Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] Rust support for `struct iov_iter`

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On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 08:42:31AM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> This series adds support for the `struct iov_iter` type. This type
> represents an IO buffer for reading or writing, and can be configured
> for either direction of communication.
> 
> In Rust, we define separate types for reading and writing. This will
> ensure that you cannot mix them up and e.g. call copy_from_iter in a
> read_iter syscall.
> 
> To use the new abstractions, miscdevices are given new methods read_iter
> and write_iter that can be used to implement the read/write syscalls on
> a miscdevice. The miscdevice sample is updated to provide read/write
> operations.
> 
> Intended for Greg's miscdevice tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h




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