Re: [PATCH v6] rust: kernel: add support for bits/genmask macros

[Daniel Almeida]

> On 16 Jun 2025, at 11:42, Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Boqun,
> 
>> 
>> We should tell/educate people to do the right thing, if a..b is not
>> inclusive in Rust, then we should treat them as non-inclusive in Rust
>> kernel code. Otherwise you create confusion for no reason. My assumption
>> is that most people will ask "what's the right way to do this" first
>> instead of replicating the old way.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Boqun
>> 
> 
> This is just my opinion, of course:
> 
> I _hardly_ believe this will be the case. When people see genmask and two
> numbers, they expect the range to be inclusive, full stop (at least IMHO). That's how it has
> worked for decades, so it’s only natural to expect this behavior to transfer over.
> 
> However, I do understand and agree with your point, and I will change the
> implementation here to comply. Perhaps we can use some markdown to alert users?
> 
> — Daniel

Or better yet, perhaps we should only support a..=b.

— Daniel