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diff --git a/rust/alloc/README.md b/rust/alloc/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index eb6f22e94e..0000000000 --- a/rust/alloc/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -# `alloc` - -These source files come from the Rust standard library, hosted in -the <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust> repository, licensed under -"Apache-2.0 OR MIT" and adapted for kernel use. For copyright details, -see <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/COPYRIGHT>. - -Please note that these files should be kept as close as possible to -upstream. In general, only additions should be performed (e.g. new -methods). Eventually, changes should make it into upstream so that, -at some point, this fork can be dropped from the kernel tree. - -The Rust upstream version on top of which these files are based matches -the output of `scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc`. - - -## Rationale - -On one hand, kernel folks wanted to keep `alloc` in-tree to have more -freedom in both workflow and actual features if actually needed -(e.g. receiver types if we ended up using them), which is reasonable. - -On the other hand, Rust folks wanted to keep `alloc` as close as -upstream as possible and avoid as much divergence as possible, which -is also reasonable. - -We agreed on a middle-ground: we would keep a subset of `alloc` -in-tree that would be as small and as close as possible to upstream. -Then, upstream can start adding the functions that we add to `alloc` -etc., until we reach a point where the kernel already knows exactly -what it needs in `alloc` and all the new methods are merged into -upstream, so that we can drop `alloc` from the kernel tree and go back -to using the upstream one. - -By doing this, the kernel can go a bit faster now, and Rust can -slowly incorporate and discuss the changes as needed. |