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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox" <willy@infradead.org>,
	"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
	"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
	"Wedson Almeida Filho" <wedsonaf@gmail.com>,
	"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
	"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
	"Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@proton.me>,
	"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@samsung.com>,
	"Alexander Viro" <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	"Christian Brauner" <brauner@kernel.org>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"Arve Hjønnevåg" <arve@android.com>,
	"Todd Kjos" <tkjos@android.com>,
	"Martijn Coenen" <maco@android.com>,
	"Joel Fernandes" <joel@joelfernandes.org>,
	"Carlos Llamas" <cmllamas@google.com>,
	"Suren Baghdasaryan" <surenb@google.com>,
	"Dan Williams" <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	"Kees Cook" <keescook@chromium.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"Daniel Xu" <dxu@dxuuu.xyz>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Josh Triplett" <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] rust: file: add Rust abstraction for `struct file`
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 09:53:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231201085328.GE3818@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZWipTZysC2YL7qsq@Boquns-Mac-mini.home>

On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 07:25:01AM -0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 11:42:26AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 09:08:14AM -0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> > 
> > > But but but, I then realized we have asm goto in C but Rust doesn't
> > > support them, and I haven't thought through how hard tht would be..
> > 
> > You're kidding right?
> > 
> 
> I'm not, but I've found this:
> 
> 	https://github.com/Amanieu/rfcs/blob/inline-asm/text/0000-inline-asm.md#asm-goto

Reading that makes all this even worse, apparently rust can't even use
memops.

So to summarise, Rust cannot properly interop with C, it cannot do
inline asm from this side of the millenium. Why are we even trying to
use it again?

  reply	other threads:[~2023-12-01  8:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-29 12:51 [PATCH 0/7] File abstractions needed by Rust Binder Alice Ryhl
2023-11-29 12:51 ` [PATCH 1/7] rust: file: add Rust abstraction for `struct file` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-29 15:13   ` Matthew Wilcox
2023-11-29 15:23     ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-11-29 17:08       ` Boqun Feng
2023-11-30 10:42         ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-11-30 15:25           ` Boqun Feng
2023-12-01  8:53             ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2023-12-01  9:19               ` Boqun Feng
2023-12-01  9:40                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-12-01 10:36                   ` Boqun Feng
2023-12-01 11:05                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-12-01  9:00             ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-12-01  9:52               ` Boqun Feng
2023-11-29 16:42     ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-29 16:45       ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-11-30 15:02     ` Benno Lossin
2023-11-29 17:06   ` Christian Brauner
2023-11-29 21:27     ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-29 23:17       ` Benno Lossin
2023-11-30 10:48       ` Christian Brauner
2023-11-30 12:10         ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30 12:36           ` Christian Brauner
2023-11-30 14:53   ` Benno Lossin
2023-11-30 14:59     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-11-30 15:46       ` Benno Lossin
2023-11-30 15:56         ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-11-30 15:58         ` Theodore Ts'o
2023-11-30 16:12           ` Benno Lossin
2023-12-01  1:16             ` Theodore Ts'o
2023-12-01 12:11             ` David Laight
2023-12-01 12:27               ` Alice Ryhl
2023-12-01 15:04                 ` Theodore Ts'o
2023-12-01 15:14                   ` Benno Lossin
2023-12-01 17:25                     ` David Laight
2023-12-01 17:37                       ` Benno Lossin
2023-11-29 12:51 ` [PATCH 2/7] rust: cred: add Rust abstraction for `struct cred` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30 16:17   ` Benno Lossin
2023-12-01  9:06     ` Alice Ryhl
2023-12-01 10:27       ` Christian Brauner
2023-12-04 15:42         ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-29 13:11 ` [PATCH 3/7] rust: security: add abstraction for secctx Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30 16:26   ` Benno Lossin
2023-12-01 10:48     ` Alice Ryhl
2023-12-02 10:03       ` Benno Lossin
2023-11-29 13:11 ` [PATCH 4/7] rust: file: add `FileDescriptorReservation` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-29 16:14   ` Christian Brauner
2023-11-29 16:55     ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-29 17:14       ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30  9:12         ` Christian Brauner
2023-11-30  9:23           ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30  9:09       ` Christian Brauner
2023-11-30  9:17         ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30 10:51           ` Christian Brauner
2023-11-30 11:54             ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30 12:17               ` Benno Lossin
2023-11-30 12:33                 ` Christian Brauner
2023-11-30 16:40   ` Benno Lossin
2023-12-01 11:32     ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-29 13:12 ` [PATCH 5/7] rust: file: add `Kuid` wrapper Alice Ryhl
2023-11-29 16:28   ` Christian Brauner
2023-11-29 16:48     ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-11-30 12:46       ` Christian Brauner
2023-12-06 19:59         ` Kent Overstreet
2023-12-08 16:26           ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-12-08 19:58             ` Kent Overstreet
2023-12-08  5:28         ` comex
2023-12-08 16:19           ` Miguel Ojeda
2023-12-08 17:08             ` Nick Desaulniers
2023-12-08 17:37               ` Miguel Ojeda
2023-12-08 17:43               ` Boqun Feng
2023-12-08 20:43               ` Matthew Wilcox
2023-12-09  7:24             ` comex
2023-11-30  9:36     ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30 10:52       ` Christian Brauner
2023-11-30 10:36   ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-12-06 20:02     ` Kent Overstreet
2023-12-07  7:18       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-12-07  7:46         ` Kent Overstreet
2023-11-30 16:48   ` Benno Lossin
2023-11-29 13:12 ` [PATCH 6/7] rust: file: add `DeferredFdCloser` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30 17:12   ` Benno Lossin
2023-12-01 11:35     ` Alice Ryhl
2023-12-02 10:16       ` Benno Lossin
2023-12-05 14:43         ` Alice Ryhl
2023-12-05 18:16           ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-29 13:12 ` [PATCH 7/7] rust: file: add abstraction for `poll_table` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30 17:42   ` Benno Lossin
2023-12-01 11:47     ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30 22:39   ` Boqun Feng
2023-12-01 11:50     ` Alice Ryhl
2023-11-30 22:50   ` Boqun Feng
2023-11-29 16:31 ` [PATCH 0/7] File abstractions needed by Rust Binder Christian Brauner
2023-11-29 16:48   ` Miguel Ojeda
2023-12-06 20:05   ` Kent Overstreet
2023-12-08 16:59     ` Miguel Ojeda

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