From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
To: "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>
Cc: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Alexander Viro" <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Matthew Maurer" <mmaurer@google.com>,
"Lee Jones" <lee@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] rust: miscdevice: Provide additional abstractions for iov_iter and kiocb structures
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:58:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878qkxlgoc.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aG5NzRx7dIWzTwdf@google.com> (Alice Ryhl's message of "Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:09:01 +0000")
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com> writes:
> On Tue, Jul 08, 2025 at 04:51:11PM +0200, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
>> "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com> writes:
>> > +/// Wrapper for the kernel's `struct kiocb`.
>> > +///
>> > +/// The type `T` represents the private data of the file.
>>
>> Could you give more context? Please describe the purpose for the type
>> and intended use. Perhaps give an example that can be compile tested.
>
> Right now, it's basically a `(&mut i64, &T)` tuple providing access to
> the file position and private data. That's it.
Great! Let's get something along those lines in the docs.
Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-09 11:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-04 9:25 [PATCH v2 0/4] Rust support for `struct iov_iter` Alice Ryhl
2025-07-04 9:26 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] rust: iov: add iov_iter abstractions for ITER_SOURCE Alice Ryhl
2025-07-08 14:45 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-07-09 11:07 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-07-09 11:56 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-07-09 12:35 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-07-09 17:05 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-07-14 12:18 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-08-05 10:48 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-07-04 9:26 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] rust: iov: add iov_iter abstractions for ITER_DEST Alice Ryhl
2025-07-08 14:47 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-07-09 10:58 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-07-04 9:26 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] rust: miscdevice: Provide additional abstractions for iov_iter and kiocb structures Alice Ryhl
2025-07-08 14:51 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-07-09 11:09 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-07-09 11:58 ` Andreas Hindborg [this message]
2025-07-08 14:53 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-07-09 11:12 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-07-09 11:59 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-07-04 9:26 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] samples: rust_misc_device: Expand the sample to support read()ing from userspace Alice Ryhl
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