On Thu Aug 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM JST, Alexandre Courbot wrote: > Basically a resend of the previous version, plus fixes to build with the > MSRV (1.78). > > The first patch makes two additions: > > - Bring an equivalent of the nightly upstream `Alignment` type [2] with > an identical public interface, > - Add a new `Alignable` extension trait that provides a way to align > values up or down according to an `Alignment`, and implement it on > unsigned integer types. > > The second patch makes use of these in the Nova driver. > > [3] is recommended as a dependency, a small cleanup preventing an unwrap > upon applying this series. > > [1] https://github.com/rust-lang/libs-team/issues/631 > [2] https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/struct.Alignment.html > [3] > https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/[email protected]/ > > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <[email protected]>
Gentle ping for this feature, how are we feeling about it?
