[PULL 50/61] docs: update rust.rst

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[PULL 50/61] docs: update rust.rst
Posted by Paolo Bonzini 2 weeks, 1 day ago
From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>

Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250827104147.717203-23-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com
Reviewed-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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 docs/devel/rust.rst | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/devel/rust.rst b/docs/devel/rust.rst
index 29eb48af35b..13a20e86a16 100644
--- a/docs/devel/rust.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/rust.rst
@@ -103,15 +103,18 @@ anymore.
 Writing Rust code in QEMU
 -------------------------
 
-QEMU includes four crates:
+QEMU includes several crates:
 
-* ``qemu_api`` for bindings to C code and useful functionality
+* ``common`` provides Rust-only utilities
 
-* ``qemu_api_macros`` defines several procedural macros that are useful when
+* ``bql``, ``chardev``, ``hw/core``, ``migration``, ``qom``, ``system``,
+  ``util`` for bindings to respective QEMU C library APIs
+
+* ``qemu_macros`` defines several procedural macros that are useful when
   writing C code
 
 * ``pl011`` (under ``rust/hw/char/pl011``) and ``hpet`` (under ``rust/hw/timer/hpet``)
-  are sample devices that demonstrate ``qemu_api`` and ``qemu_api_macros``, and are
+  are sample devices that demonstrate Rust binding usage and ``qemu_macros``, and are
   used to further develop them.  These two crates are functional\ [#issues]_ replacements
   for the ``hw/char/pl011.c`` and ``hw/timer/hpet.c`` files.
 
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ This section explains how to work with them.
 Status
 ''''''
 
-Modules of ``qemu_api`` can be defined as:
+The stability of the modules can be defined as:
 
 - *complete*: ready for use in new devices; if applicable, the API supports the
   full functionality available in C
@@ -140,26 +143,26 @@ Modules of ``qemu_api`` can be defined as:
 
 The status of the modules is as follows:
 
-================ ======================
-module           status
-================ ======================
-``assertions``   stable
-``bitops``       complete
-``callbacks``    complete
-``cell``         stable
-``errno``        complete
-``error``        stable
-``irq``          complete
-``log``          proof of concept
-``memory``       stable
-``module``       complete
-``qdev``         stable
-``qom``          stable
-``sysbus``       stable
-``timer``        stable
-``vmstate``      stable
-``zeroable``     stable
-================ ======================
+========================== ======================
+module                     status
+========================== ======================
+``bql::cell``              stable
+``common::assertions``     stable
+``common::bitops``         complete
+``common::callbacks``      complete
+``common::errno``          complete
+``common::zeroable``       stable
+``hwcore::irq``            complete
+``hwcore::qdev``           stable
+``hwcore::sysbus``         stable
+``migration::vmstate``     stable
+``qom``                    stable
+``system::memory``         stable
+``util::error``            stable
+``util::log``              proof of concept
+``util::module``           complete
+``util::timer``            stable
+========================== ======================
 
 .. note::
   API stability is not a promise, if anything because the C APIs are not a stable
@@ -260,7 +263,7 @@ to go from a shared reference to a ``&mut``.
 
 Whenever C code provides you with an opaque ``void *``, avoid converting it
 to a Rust mutable reference, and use a shared reference instead.  The
-``qemu_api::cell`` module provides wrappers that can be used to tell the
+``bql::cell`` module provides wrappers that can be used to tell the
 Rust compiler about interior mutability, and optionally to enforce locking
 rules for the "Big QEMU Lock".  In the future, similar cell types might
 also be provided for ``AioContext``-based locking as well.
@@ -292,7 +295,7 @@ the wrapper to be declared thread-safe::
 Writing bindings to C code
 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
-Here are some things to keep in mind when working on the ``qemu_api`` crate.
+Here are some things to keep in mind when working on the QEMU Rust crate.
 
 **Look at existing code**
   Very often, similar idioms in C code correspond to similar tricks in
@@ -355,7 +358,7 @@ from the type after ``as`` in the invocation of ``parse_macro_input!``::
             .into()
     }
 
-The ``qemu_api_macros`` crate has utility functions to examine a
+The ``qemu_macros`` crate has utility functions to examine a
 ``DeriveInput`` and perform common checks (e.g. looking for a struct
 with named fields).  These functions return ``Result<..., syn::Error>``
 and can be used easily in the procedural macro function::
@@ -396,7 +399,7 @@ Right now, only the nightly version of ``rustfmt`` is supported.  This
 might change in the future.  While CI checks for correct formatting via
 ``cargo fmt --check``, maintainers can fix this for you when applying patches.
 
-It is expected that ``qemu_api`` provides full ``rustdoc`` documentation for
+It is expected that QEMU Rust crates provides full ``rustdoc`` documentation for
 bindings that are in their final shape or close.
 
 Adding dependencies
-- 
2.51.0