From: Konstantin Shelekhin <k.shelekhin@yadro.com>
To: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 12/27] rust: add `kernel` crate
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:23:42 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yyr0PmHaxvJ0r4hm@yadro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANiq72=3j2NM2kS8iw14G6MnGirb0=O6XQyCsY9vVgsZ1DfLaQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Aug 06, 2022 at 01:22:52PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 12:25 PM Konstantin Shelekhin
> <k.shelekhin@yadro.com> wrote:
> >
> > I sense possible problems here. It's common for a kernel code to pass
> > flags during memory allocations.
>
> Yes, of course. We will support this, but how exactly it will look
> like, to what extent upstream Rust's `alloc` could support our use
> cases, etc. has been on discussion for a long time.
>
> For instance, see https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/pull/815 for
> a potential extension trait approach with no allocator carried on the
> type that Andreas wrote after a discussion in the last informal call:
>
> let a = Box::try_new_atomic(101)?;
In my opinion, the rest of the thread clearly shows that the
conservative approach is currently the only solid option. I suggest the
following explicit API:
let a = Box::try_new(size, flags)?;
Vec::try_push(item, flags)?;
etc. Whadda you think?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-21 11:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 102+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-05 15:41 [PATCH v9 00/27] Rust support Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 01/27] kallsyms: use `sizeof` instead of hardcoded size Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 16:48 ` Geert Stappers
2022-08-05 18:46 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 22:40 ` Konstantin Shelekhin
2022-08-17 19:36 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-18 9:03 ` Konstantin Shelekhin
2022-08-18 16:03 ` Kees Cook
2022-09-27 12:48 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 02/27] kallsyms: avoid hardcoding buffer size Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 19:37 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-18 16:50 ` Geert Stappers
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 03/27] kallsyms: add static relationship between `KSYM_NAME_LEN{,_BUFFER}` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 19:39 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-17 19:50 ` Boqun Feng
2022-08-17 20:31 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-17 20:45 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 04/27] kallsyms: support "big" kernel symbols Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 05/27] kallsyms: increase maximum kernel symbol length to 512 Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 06/27] rust: add C helpers Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 19:44 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-17 20:22 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:34 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-17 21:44 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 23:56 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-18 16:03 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-18 16:08 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-18 17:01 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 08/27] rust: adapt `alloc` crate to the kernel Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 09/27] rust: add `compiler_builtins` crate Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:08 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-22 23:55 ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-08-24 18:38 ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-08-29 17:11 ` Gary Guo
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 10/27] rust: add `macros` crate Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 11/27] rust: add `bindings` crate Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 12/27] rust: add `kernel` crate Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-06 10:24 ` Konstantin Shelekhin
2022-08-06 11:22 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-06 12:15 ` Konstantin Shelekhin
2022-08-06 14:57 ` Matthew Wilcox
2022-09-19 14:07 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2022-09-19 16:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2022-09-19 17:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2022-09-19 18:05 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2022-09-19 20:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2022-09-19 22:35 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2022-09-19 23:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2022-09-19 23:50 ` Alex Gaynor
2022-09-19 23:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2022-09-20 0:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2022-09-20 15:55 ` Eric W. Biederman
2022-09-20 22:39 ` Gary Guo
2022-09-21 6:42 ` comex
2022-09-21 14:19 ` Boqun Feng
2022-10-03 2:03 ` comex
2022-09-20 0:40 ` Boqun Feng
2022-10-03 4:17 ` Kyle Strand
2022-09-20 0:41 ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2022-09-21 11:23 ` Konstantin Shelekhin [this message]
2022-09-21 11:46 ` Greg KH
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 13/27] rust: export generated symbols Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:11 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-05 15:41 ` [PATCH v9 14/27] vsprintf: add new `%pA` format specifier Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 15/27] scripts: checkpatch: diagnose uses of `%pA` in the C side as errors Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 16/27] scripts: checkpatch: enable language-independent checks for Rust Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:12 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 17/27] scripts: decode_stacktrace: demangle Rust symbols Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 18/27] scripts: add `generate_rust_analyzer.py` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:13 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 19/27] scripts: add `generate_rust_target.rs` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:14 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 20/27] scripts: add `rust_is_available.sh` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:18 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-17 20:40 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-22 20:09 ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-08-23 12:12 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-23 12:16 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 21/27] scripts: add `is_rust_module.sh` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:19 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 22/27] rust: add `.rustfmt.toml` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:19 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 23/27] Kbuild: add Rust support Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:26 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-17 20:56 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-22 22:35 ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-09-12 16:07 ` Masahiro Yamada
2022-09-12 16:18 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-09-13 6:37 ` Masahiro Yamada
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 24/27] docs: add Rust documentation Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 25/27] x86: enable initial Rust support Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:27 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 26/27] samples: add first Rust examples Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-06 13:14 ` Konstantin Shelekhin
2022-08-17 21:02 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-18 9:04 ` Konstantin Shelekhin
2022-08-17 20:28 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-05 15:42 ` [PATCH v9 27/27] MAINTAINERS: Rust Miguel Ojeda
2022-08-17 20:28 ` Kees Cook
2022-08-17 20:43 ` Miguel Ojeda
[not found] ` <20220805154231.31257-8-ojeda@kernel.org>
2022-08-17 20:07 ` [PATCH v9 07/27] rust: import upstream `alloc` crate Kees Cook
2022-08-17 21:00 ` Miguel Ojeda
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