Re: [PATCH v14 0/8] Rust support for mm_struct, vm_area_struct, and mmap

["Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>]

* Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com> [250214 13:05]:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> wrote:
> >
> > This will become more important once we have more than just wrappers,
> > but I think we should talk about what this will need to look like before
> > it actually happens.  ie: unstable rust branch tracking unstable c
> > branch with build emails, etc?  Early days yet, though.
> 
> Like an equivalent to the `mm-unstable` one? Would patches only be
> promoted if they pass the Rust build etc.?
> 
> (Sorry, I don't mind to interfere -- just trying to understand how it
> would work, since I may be able to use as an example later on for
> other subsystems etc.)

I don't know, but I would think if it means Linus won't take things then
we should do our best to know as soon as possible.

> 
> > I am unclear how the branching/merging happens.  When do we need to
> > start (at lest) building the rust side?  We've been doing a lot of work
> > in the modularization/interface level to try and integrate more isolated
> > testing, as well as the locking changes.
> >
> > Do you have build bots that will tell us when things are broken?
> 
> If you mean on the Rust side, I just wrote some context on another thread:
> 
>     https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72=Yy8e=pGA+bUHPZhn+D66TmU3kLSjAXCSQzgseSYnDxQ@mail.gmail.com/
> 
> The important bit is:
> 
>     I regularly test different combinations (branches, configs, compiler
>     versions, and so on) to catch mainly toolchain issues and so on, and
>     keep things as clean as I can. Others use regularly the Rust support
>     for their different use cases, thus more testing happens on different
>     environments. In other words, things generally work just fine.
> 
>     However, our testing is not meant to catch every issue everywhere.
>     Like for anything else in the kernel, whoever maintains a branch with
>     a particular Rust feature needs to set up proper testing for that
>     particular feature and relevant configs.
> 
> I hope that clarifies.
> 
> Moreover, there are some bots available that support Rust, e.g.
> Intel's 0-day bot. I am happy to put you in contact with them to see
> what they can do for your branches.

Thanks.  I don't know how the majority of the mm people feel about this
stuff or what efforts we should make.

I don't want to hijack this patch set with my questions and I should do
more research on it.  I do think we need more discussions about it.

Thanks,
Liam