On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > * Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> [250213 07:16]: > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 01:03:04PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM Lorenzo Stoakes > > > <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > Right, I don't mean the rust subsystem, I mean designated rust > > > > maintainers. The point being that this won't add workload to Andrew, nor > > > > require him nor other mm C people to understand rust. > > > > > > Sounds good, and apologies for being pedantic, but given the recent > > > discussions, I thought I should clarify just in case others read it > > > differently. > > > > > > In the same vein, one more quick thing (that you probably didn't mean > > > in this way, but still, I think it is better I add the note, sorry): I > > > don't think it is true that it will not add workload to Andrew or MM > > > in general. It always adds some workload, even if the maintainers > > > don't handle the patches at all, since they may still need to perform > > > a small change in something Rust related due to another change they > > > need to do, or perhaps at least contact the Rust sub-maintainer to do > > > it for them, etc. > > > > > > https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-kernel-policy#didnt-you-promise-rust-wouldnt-be-extra-work-for-maintainers > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Miguel > > > > Ack, for the record I'm happy to help with any work that might come up. > > Ack, here too. > > Without the drama, I'm not sure how we'd feel so alive :P > > Can I be added to whatever list so I can be Cc'ed on the changes on your > side? I'm happy to format the entries whichever way you all prefer, but for example it could be a new MAINTAINERS entry below MEMORY MAPPING along these lines: MEMORY MANAGEMENT/MAPPING [RUST] M: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx> R: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> R: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> L: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx L: rust-for-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx S: Maintained F: rust/helpers/mm.c F: rust/kernel/mm.rs F: rust/kernel/mm/ Alice
