Unstable features: reword to mention that the alloc fork is now gone

We could just remove it instead, but I thought it would not hurt keeping it reworded for a couple releases or so. Reported-by: Christian Schrefl <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]>
Rust-for-Linux · Jun 11, 2024 · 407fec4 · 407fec4
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@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ Moreover, most of the features are only allowed within the `kernel` crate, i.e.
 
 If you would like to use a new Rust unstable feature in the kernel, then please [contact us](Contact.md).
 
-### `alloc`
+### `alloc` (older releases)
 
 [`alloc`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/alloc/) is part of the Rust standard library and its implementation uses many unstable features. Normally, this library (as well as [`core`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/core/) and others) is provided by the compiler, and thus those unstable features do not break users' code.
 
-Currently, the kernel contains a fork of `alloc` (matched to the supported Rust version by the kernel) with some additions on top. This complicates compiling the kernel with a different compiler version due to those unstable features, but this fork is meant to be temporary: the original plan for `alloc` discussed with upstream Rust (and others) is documented in-tree in the [`rust/alloc/README.md`](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/rust/alloc/README.md?h=v6.6) file.
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-Discussions with upstream Rust are ongoing to see what the eventual solution for `alloc` will be.
+In older releases, the kernel contained a fork of `alloc` (matched to the supported Rust version by the kernel) with some additions on top. This complicated compiling the kernel with a different compiler version due to those unstable features, but this fork was meant to be temporary, and eventually it got dropped in v6.10. The original plan for `alloc` discussed with upstream Rust (and others) was documented in-tree in the [`rust/alloc/README.md`](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/rust/alloc/README.md?h=v6.6) file.