Comment by tsimionescu

At least at some point, the proposal was to add this code in the DMA submodule, where he did have the ~final say whether it would be merged in.

When it became clear that wasn't an option, they decided to put it somewhere else, but since he'd been consulted, he still wanted to make it clear he isn't ok with the patch regardless of where the files go or any other aspect of it; but you're right that he is not the final authority on what code goes into that new subpath.

I never said in any way that he doesn't have a right to his opinion. Just that he is explicitly and vehemently opposed to Rust in the kernel, and to anything that makes that easier to happen.