Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] rust: miscdevice: abstraction for uring-cmd

[Sidong Yang]

On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 06:41:06PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM Sidong Yang <sidong.yang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Although some existing kernel modules already use uring_cmd, they aren’t
> > implemented in Rust. Currently, no Rust code leverages this abstraction,
> > but it will enable anyone who wants to write kernel drivers in Rust using
> > uring_cmd.
> 
> Do you have a concrete user in mind?

Sadly, there isn’t a concrete user yet. I understand that an abstraction by itself
won’t be merged without a real in-tree user.
I’ll identify a suitable kernel module to port to Rust and follow up once I have one.

Thanks,
Sidong

> 
> i.e. I am asking because the kernel, in general, requires a user (in
> mainline) for code to be merged. So maintainers normally don't merge
> code unless it is clear who will use a feature upstream -- please see
> the last bullet of:
> 
>     https://rust-for-linux.com/contributing#submitting-new-abstractions-and-modules
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Cheers,
> Miguel