On Wed Feb 4, 2026 at 4:06 PM GMT, Andreas Hindborg wrote: > "Danilo Krummrich" <[email protected]> writes: > >> On Wed Feb 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM CET, Andreas Hindborg wrote: >>> From: Asahi Lina <[email protected]> >>> >>> By analogy to `AlwaysRefCounted` and `ARef`, an `Ownable` type is a >>> (typically C FFI) type that *may* be owned by Rust, but need not be. Unlike >>> `AlwaysRefCounted`, this mechanism expects the reference to be unique >>> within Rust, and does not allow cloning. >>> >>> Conceptually, this is similar to a `KBox<T>`, except that it delegates >>> resource management to the `T` instead of using a generic allocator. >>> >>> This change is a derived work based on work by Asahi Lina >>> <[email protected]> [1] and Oliver Mangold <[email protected]>. >>> >>> Link: >>> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/[email protected]/ >>> [1] >>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <[email protected]> >> >> Given the From: line above, this needs Lina's SoB. >> >> This patch was also originally posted by Abdiel and Boqun and I think we >> should >> account for this. I mentioned this in a couple of previous versions already, >> e.g. in [1]. I think we should account for this. >> >> [1] >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ > > I had a question about this in the cover letter. > > It is my understanding that the SoB needs confirmation from the author > if the code was changed. I changed the code and did not want to bother > the original author, because it is my understanding they do not wish to > be contacted. I did not want to misrepresent the original author, and so > I did not change the "From:" line.
Looks like your didn't make a very substantial change (just OwnableMut -> Unpin)? So mentioning the change in commit message should be sufficient. If it's very substantial I would change author to be you and add the original author as Co-developed-by instead. Best, Gary > > I want to be clear that I want to submit this patch the correct way, > whatever that is. I will happily take all the guidance I can get to find > the correct way to represent the work of the original author(s). > > How would you prefer to account for the work by Abdiel and Boqun? > > Please advise about SoB and I will correct the series. > > > Best regards, > Andreas Hindborg
