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Currently the example in the documentation shows a version-based name
for the Kconfig example:
RUSTC_VERSION_MIN_107900
The reason behind it was to possibly avoid repetition in case several
features used the same minimum.
However, we ended up preferring to give them a descriptive name for each
feature added even if that could lead to some repetition. In practice,
the repetition has not happened so far, and even if it does at some point,
it is not a big deal.
Thus replace the example in the documentation with one of our current
examples (after removing previous ones from the bump), to show how they
actually look like, and in case someone `grep`s for it.
In addition, it has the advantage that it shows the `RUSTC_HAS_*`
pattern we follow in `init/Kconfig`, similar to the C side.
Reviewed-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405235309.418950-31-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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There is no need to use `def_bool y if <expr>` -- one can simply write
`def_bool <expr>`.
In fact, the simpler form is how we actually use them in practice in
`init/Kconfig`.
Thus simplify the example.
Reviewed-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405235309.418950-30-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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The versions provided nowadays by even a distribution like Debian Stable
(and Debian Old Stable) are newer than those mentioned [1].
Thus remove the workaround.
Note that the minimum binutils version in the kernel is still 2.30, so
one could argue part of the note is still relevant, but it is unlikely
a kernel developer using such an old binutils is enabling Rust on a
modern kernel, especially when using distribution toolchains, e.g. the
Rust minimum version is not satisfied by Debian Old Stable.
So we are at the point where keeping the docs short and relevant for
essentially everyone is probably the better trade-off.
Link: https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=all&searchon=names&keywords=binutils [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CANiq72mCpc9=2TN_zC4NeDMpFQtPXAFvyiP+gRApg2vzspPWmw@mail.gmail.com/
Reviewed-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405235309.418950-29-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Nix does not need the "unstable channel" note, since its packages are
recent enough even in the stable channel [1][2].
Thus remove it to simplify the documentation.
Link: https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=25.11&query=rust [1]
Link: https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=25.11&query=bindgen [2]
Reviewed-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405235309.418950-28-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Gentoo does not need the "testing" note, since its packages are recent
enough even in the stable branch [1][2].
Thus remove it to simplify the documentation.
Link: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-lang/rust [1]
Link: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-util/bindgen [2]
Reviewed-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405235309.418950-27-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) is scheduled to be released in a few
weeks [1], and it has a recent enough Rust toolchain, just like Ubuntu
25.10 has [2][3].
We could update the title and the paragraph, but to simplify and to
make it more consistent with the other distributions' sections, let's
instead just remove that title. It will also reduce the differences
later on to keep it updated. Eventually, when we remove the remaining
subsection for older LTSs, Ubuntu should be a small section like the
other distributions.
Thus remove the title and add the mention of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
Link: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/schedule/#resolute-raccoon-schedule [1]
Link: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=rustc&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all§ion=all [2]
Link: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=bindgen&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all§ion=all [3]
Reviewed-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405235309.418950-26-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Ubuntu 25.04 is out of support [1], and Ubuntu 25.10 is the latest
supported one.
Moreover, Ubuntu 25.10 is the first that provides a recent enough Rust
given the minimum bump -- they provide 1.85.1 [2].
Thus update it.
Link: https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle [1]
Link: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=rustc&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all§ion=all [2]
Reviewed-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405235309.418950-25-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Now that the minimum supported Rust version is bumped, bump the versioned
Rust packages [1][2][3][4] to that version for Ubuntu in the Quick
Start guide.
In addition, add "may" to the `RUST_LIB_SRC` line since it does not look
like it is needed from a quick test in a Ubuntu 24.04 LTS container.
Link: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&searchon=names&keywords=rustc [1]
Link: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&searchon=names&keywords=bindgen [2]
Link: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rustc-1.85 [3]
Link: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-bindgen-0.71 [4]
Reviewed-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405235309.418950-24-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Both openSUSE Tumbleweed and Slowroll provide the `rust-src` package
nowadays [1].
Thus remove the version-specific one from the Quick Start guide.
Link: https://software.opensuse.org/package/rust-src?search_term=rust-src [1]
Reviewed-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405235309.418950-23-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux
Pull rust updates from Miguel Ojeda:
"Toolchain and infrastructure:
- Add '__rust_helper' annotation to the C helpers
This is needed to inline these helpers into Rust code
- Remove imports available via the prelude, treewide
This was possible thanks to a new lint in Klint that Gary has
implemented -- more Klint-related changes, including initial
upstream support, are coming
- Deduplicate pin-init flags
'kernel' crate:
- Add support for calling a function exactly once with the new
'do_once_lite!' macro (and 'OnceLite' type)
Based on this, add 'pr_*_once!' macros to print only once
- Add 'impl_flags!' macro for defining common bitflags operations:
impl_flags!(
/// Represents multiple permissions.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub struct Permissions(u32);
/// Represents a single permission.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum Permission {
/// Read permission.
Read = 1 << 0,
/// Write permission.
Write = 1 << 1,
/// Execute permission.
Execute = 1 << 2,
}
);
let mut f: Permissions = Permission::Read | Permission::Write;
assert!(f.contains(Permission::Read));
assert!(!f.contains(Permission::Execute));
f |= Permission::Execute;
assert!(f.contains(Permission::Execute));
let f2: Permissions = Permission::Write | Permission::Execute;
assert!((f ^ f2).contains(Permission::Read));
assert!(!(f ^ f2).contains(Permission::Write));
- 'bug' module: support 'CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE_DETAILED' in the
'warn_on!' macro in order to show the evaluated condition alongside
the file path:
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: [val == 1] linux/samples/rust/rust_minimal.rs:27 at ...
Modules linked in: rust_minimal(+)
- Add safety module with 'unsafe_precondition_assert!' macro,
currently a wrapper for 'debug_assert!', intended to mark the
validation of safety preconditions where possible:
/// # Safety
///
/// The caller must ensure that `index` is less than `N`.
unsafe fn set_unchecked(&mut self, index: usize, value: T) {
unsafe_precondition_assert!(
index < N,
"set_unchecked() requires index ({index}) < N ({N})"
);
...
}
- Add instructions to 'build_assert!' documentation requesting to
always inline functions when used with function arguments
- 'ptr' module: replace 'build_assert!' with a 'const' one
- 'rbtree' module: reduce unsafe blocks on pointer derefs
- 'transmute' module: implement 'FromBytes' and 'AsBytes' for
inhabited ZSTs, and use it in Nova
- More treewide replacements of 'c_str!' with C string literals
'macros' crate:
- Rewrite most procedural macros ('module!', 'concat_idents!',
'#[export]', '#[vtable]', '#[kunit_tests]') to use the 'syn'
parsing library which we introduced last cycle, with better
diagnostics
This also allows to support '#[cfg]' properly in the '#[vtable]'
macro, to support arbitrary types in 'module!' macro (not just an
identifier) and to remove several custom parsing helpers we had
- Use 'quote!' from the recently vendored 'quote' library and remove
our custom one
The vendored one also allows us to avoid quoting '"' and '{}'
inside the template anymore and editors can now highlight it. In
addition, it improves robustness as it eliminates the need for
string quoting and escaping
- Use 'pin_init::zeroed()' to simplify KUnit code
'pin-init' crate:
- Rewrite all procedural macros ('[pin_]init!', '#[pin_data]',
'#[pinned_drop]', 'derive([Maybe]Zeroable)') to use the 'syn'
parsing library which we introduced last cycle, with better
diagnostics
- Implement 'InPlaceWrite' for '&'static mut MaybeUninit<T>'. This
enables users to use external allocation mechanisms such as
'static_cell'
- Support tuple structs in 'derive([Maybe]Zeroable)'
- Support attributes on fields in '[pin_]init!' (such as
'#[cfg(...)]')
- Add a '#[default_error(<type>)]' attribute to '[pin_]init!' to
override the default error (when no '? Error' is specified)
- Support packed structs in '[pin_]init!' with
'#[disable_initialized_field_access]'
- Remove 'try_[pin_]init!' in favor of merging their feature with
'[pin_]init!'. Update the kernel's own 'try_[pin_]init!' macros to
use the 'default_error' attribute
- Correct 'T: Sized' bounds to 'T: ?Sized' in the generated
'PinnedDrop' check by '#[pin_data]'
Documentation:
- Conclude the Rust experiment
MAINTAINERS:
- Add "RUST [RUST-ANALYZER]" entry for the rust-analyzer support.
Tamir and Jesung will take care of it. They have both been active
around it for a while. The new tree will flow through the Rust one
- Add Gary as maintainer for "RUST [PIN-INIT]"
- Update Boqun and Tamir emails to their kernel.org accounts
And a few other cleanups and improvements"
* tag 'rust-6.20-7.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux: (59 commits)
rust: safety: introduce `unsafe_precondition_assert!` macro
rust: add `impl_flags!` macro for defining common bitflag operations
rust: print: Add pr_*_once macros
rust: bug: Support DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE_DETAILED option
rust: print: Add support for calling a function exactly once
rust: kbuild: deduplicate pin-init flags
gpu: nova-core: remove imports available via prelude
rust: clk: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings
MAINTAINERS: Update my email address to @kernel.org
rust: macros: support `#[cfg]` properly in `#[vtable]` macro.
rust: kunit: use `pin_init::zeroed` instead of custom null value
rust: macros: rearrange `#[doc(hidden)]` in `module!` macro
rust: macros: allow arbitrary types to be used in `module!` macro
rust: macros: convert `#[kunit_tests]` macro to use `syn`
rust: macros: convert `concat_idents!` to use `syn`
rust: macros: convert `#[export]` to use `syn`
rust: macros: use `quote!` for `module!` macro
rust: macros: use `syn` to parse `module!` macro
rust: macros: convert `#[vtable]` macro to use `syn`
rust: macros: use `quote!` from vendored crate
...
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The root document usually has a special :ref:`genindex` link to the
generated index. This is also the case for Documentation/index.rst. The
other index.rst files deeper in the directory hierarchy usually don't.
For SPHINXDIRS builds, the root document isn't Documentation/index.rst,
but some other index.rst in the hierarchy. Currently they have a
".. only::" block to add the index link when doing SPHINXDIRS html
builds.
This is obviously very tedious and repetitive. The link is also added to
all index.rst files in the hierarchy for SPHINXDIRS builds, not just the
root document.
Put the boilerplate in a sphinx-includes/subproject-index.rst file, and
include it at the end of the root document for subproject builds in an
ad-hoc source-read extension defined in conf.py.
For now, keep having the boilerplate in translations, because this
approach currently doesn't cover translated index link headers.
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Tested-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
[jc: did s/doctree/kern_doc_dir/ ]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20260123143149.2024303-1-jani.nikula@intel.com>
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The Rust support was merged in v6.1 into mainline in order to help
determine whether Rust as a language was suitable for the kernel,
i.e. worth the tradeoffs, technically, procedurally and socially.
At the 2025 Linux Kernel Maintainers Summit, the experiment has just
been deemed concluded [1].
Thus remove the section -- it was not fully true already anyway, since
there are already uses of Rust in production out there, some well-known
Linux distributions enable it and it is already in millions of devices
via Android.
Obviously, this does not mean that everything works for every kernel
configuration, architecture, toolchain etc., or that there won't be
new issues. There is still a ton of work to do in all areas, from the
kernel to upstream Rust, GCC and other projects. And, in fact, certain
combinations (such as the mixed GCC+LLVM builds and the upcoming GCC
support) are still quite experimental but getting there.
But the experiment is done, i.e. Rust is here to stay.
I hope this signals commitment from the kernel to companies and other
entities to invest more into it, e.g. into giving time to their kernel
developers to train themselves in Rust.
Thanks to the many kernel maintainers that gave the project their
support and patience throughout these years, and to the many other
developers, whether in the kernel or in other projects, that have
made this possible. I had a long list of 173 names in the credits of
the original pull that merged the support into the kernel [2], and now
such a list would be way longer, so I will not even try to compose one,
but again, thanks a lot, everybody.
Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1050174/ [1]
Link: https://git.kernel.org/linus/8aebac82933f [2]
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251213000042.23072-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Debian 13 (released 2025-08-09) packages Rust 1.85.0 [1], which is recent
enough to build Linux.
Thus document it.
In fact, we are planning to propose that the minimum supported Rust
version in Linux follows Debian Stable releases, with Debian 13 being
the first one we upgrade to, i.e. Rust 1.85.
Link: https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250809 [1]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251012224645.1148411-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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`rustfmt`, by default, formats imports in a way that is prone to conflicts
while merging and rebasing, since in some cases it condenses several
items into the same line.
For instance, Linus mentioned [1] that the following case:
use crate::{
fmt,
page::AsPageIter,
};
is compressed by `rustfmt` into:
use crate::{fmt, page::AsPageIter};
which is undesirable.
Similarly, `rustfmt` may put several items in the same line even if the
braces span already multiple lines, e.g.:
use kernel::{
acpi, c_str,
device::{property, Core},
of, platform,
};
The options that control the formatting behavior around imports are
generally unstable, and `rustfmt` releases do not allow to use nightly
features, unlike the compiler and other Rust tooling [2].
For the moment, we can introduce a workaround to prevent `rustfmt`
from compressing the example above -- the "trailing empty comment":
use crate::{
fmt,
page::AsPageIter, //
};
which is reminiscent of the trailing comma behavior in other formatters.
We already used empty comments for formatting purposes in the past,
e.g. in commit b9b701fce49a ("rust: clarify the language unstable features
in use").
In addition, `rustfmt` actually reformats with a vertical layout (i.e. it
does not put two items in the same line) when seeing such a comment,
i.e. it doesn't just preserve the formatting, which is good in the sense
that we can use it to easily reformat some imports, since it matches
the style we generally want to have.
A Git merge driver would help (suggested by Gary and Wedson), though
maintainers would need to set it up, the diffs would still be larger
and the formatting rules for imports would remain hard to predict.
Thus document the style that we will follow in the coding guidelines
by introducing a new section and explain how the trailing empty comment
works there too.
We discussed the issue with upstream Rust in our usual Rust <-> Rust
for Linux meeting [3], and there have also been a few other discussions
in parallel in issues [4][5] and Zulip [6]. We will see what happens,
but upstream Rust has already created a subteam of `rustfmt` to try
to overcome the bandwidth issue [7], which is a good signal, and some
organization work has already started (e.g. tracking issues). We will
continue our discussions with them about it.
Cc: Caleb Cartwright <caleb.cartwright@outlook.com>
Cc: Yacin Tmimi <yacintmimi@gmail.com>
Cc: Manish Goregaokar <manishsmail@gmail.com>
Cc: Deadbeef <ent3rm4n@gmail.com>
Cc: Cameron Steffen <cam.steffen94@gmail.com>
Cc: Jieyou Xu <jieyouxu@outlook.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgO7S_FZUSBbngG5vtejWOpzDfTTBkVvP3_yjJmFddbzA@mail.gmail.com/ [1]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt/issues/4884 [2]
Link: https://hackmd.io/iSCyY3JTTz-g8YM-nnzTTA [3]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt/issues/4991 [4]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt/issues/3361 [5]
Link: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/392734-council/topic/rustfmt.20maintenance/near/543815381 [6]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/team/pull/2017 [7]
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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There was no documentation yet on the KUnit-based `#[test]`s.
Thus add it now.
It includes an explanation about the `assert*!` macros being mapped to
KUnit and the support for `-> Result` introduced in these series.
Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250502215133.1923676-8-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Now that `rusttest`s are not really used much, clarify the section of
the documentation that describes them.
In addition, free the section name for the KUnit-based `#[test]`s that
will be added afterwards. To do so, rename the section into `rusttest`
host tests.
Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250502215133.1923676-7-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Rust kernel code is supposed to use the custom mapping of C FFI types,
i.e. those from the `ffi` crate, rather than the ones coming from `core`.
Thus, to minimize mistakes and to simplify the code everywhere, just
provide them in the `kernel` prelude and ask in the Coding Guidelines
to use them directly, i.e. as a single segment path.
After this lands, we can start cleaning up the existing users.
Ideally, we would use something like Clippy's `disallowed-types` to
prevent the use of the `core` ones, but that one sees through aliases.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72kc4gzfieD-FjuWfELRDXXD2vLgPv4wqk3nt4pjdPQ=qg@mail.gmail.com/
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250413005650.1745894-1-ojeda@kernel.org
[ Reworded content of the documentation to focus on how to use the
aliases first. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Split installation instructions for Ubuntu into 2 different sections:
- For Ubuntu 25.04: this release provides easy-to-install Rust packages.
- For Ubuntu 24.10 and below: these releases provide rust-1.80 and
bindgen-0.65, which do not set their tools as defaults. The instructions
for these versions have been updated to configure Rust tools properly.
Signed-off-by: Igor Korotin <igor.korotin@yahoo.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250402160047.1827500-1-igor.korotin@yahoo.com
[ Dropped 24.10 -- it is soon out of support and their `bindgen` issue
(reported as issue #2086639) was never patched anyway. Removed trailing
spaces. Split into subheaders. Added `rustfmt` link. Removed spurious
backquotes. Reworded contents slightly. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Sometimes kernel developers use `//` for documenting private items,
since those do not get rendered at the moment.
That is reasonable, but the intention behind `///` (and `//!`) vs. `//`
is to convey the distinction between documentation and other kinds of
comments, such as implementation details or TODOs.
It also increases consistency with the public items and thus e.g. allows
to change visibility of an item with less changes involved.
It is not just useful for human readers, but also tooling. For instance,
we may want to eventually generate documentation for private items
(perhaps as a toggle in the HTML UI). On top of that, `rustdoc` lints
as usual for those, too, so we may want to do it even if we do not use
the result.
Thus document this explicitly.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72n_C7exSOMe5yf-7jKKnhSCv+a9QcD=OE2B_Q2UFBL3Xg@mail.gmail.com/
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1157
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Schrefl <chrisi.schrefl@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250416112454.2503872-1-ojeda@kernel.org
[ Fixed typo. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Pull ARM and clkdev updates from Russell King:
- Simplify ARM_MMU_KEEP usage
- Add Rust support for ARM architecture version 7
- Align IPIs reported in /proc/interrupts
- require linker to support KEEP within OVERLAY
- add KEEP() for ARM vectors
- add __printf() attribute for clkdev functions
* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rmk/linux:
ARM: 9445/1: clkdev: Mark some functions with __printf() attribute
ARM: 9444/1: add KEEP() keyword to ARM_VECTORS
ARM: 9443/1: Require linker to support KEEP within OVERLAY for DCE
ARM: 9442/1: smp: Fix IPI alignment in /proc/interrupts
ARM: 9441/1: rust: Enable Rust support for ARMv7
ARM: 9439/1: arm32: simplify ARM_MMU_KEEP usage
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux
Pull Rust updates from Miguel Ojeda:
"Toolchain and infrastructure:
- Extract the 'pin-init' API from the 'kernel' crate and make it into
a standalone crate.
In order to do this, the contents are rearranged so that they can
easily be kept in sync with the version maintained out-of-tree that
other projects have started to use too (or plan to, like QEMU).
This will reduce the maintenance burden for Benno, who will now
have his own sub-tree, and will simplify future expected changes
like the move to use 'syn' to simplify the implementation.
- Add '#[test]'-like support based on KUnit.
We already had doctests support based on KUnit, which takes the
examples in our Rust documentation and runs them under KUnit.
Now, we are adding the beginning of the support for "normal" tests,
similar to those the '#[test]' tests in userspace Rust. For
instance:
#[kunit_tests(my_suite)]
mod tests {
#[test]
fn my_test() {
assert_eq!(1 + 1, 2);
}
}
Unlike with doctests, the 'assert*!'s do not map to the KUnit
assertion APIs yet.
- Check Rust signatures at compile time for functions called from C
by name.
In particular, introduce a new '#[export]' macro that can be placed
in the Rust function definition. It will ensure that the function
declaration on the C side matches the signature on the Rust
function:
#[export]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn my_function(a: u8, b: i32) -> usize {
// ...
}
The macro essentially forces the compiler to compare the types of
the actual Rust function and the 'bindgen'-processed C signature.
These cases are rare so far. In the future, we may consider
introducing another tool, 'cbindgen', to generate C headers
automatically. Even then, having these functions explicitly marked
may be a good idea anyway.
- Enable the 'raw_ref_op' Rust feature: it is already stable, and
allows us to use the new '&raw' syntax, avoiding a couple macros.
After everyone has migrated, we will disallow the macros.
- Pass the correct target to 'bindgen' on Usermode Linux.
- Fix 'rusttest' build in macOS.
'kernel' crate:
- New 'hrtimer' module: add support for setting up intrusive timers
without allocating when starting the timer. Add support for
'Pin<Box<_>>', 'Arc<_>', 'Pin<&_>' and 'Pin<&mut _>' as pointer
types for use with timer callbacks. Add support for setting clock
source and timer mode.
- New 'dma' module: add a simple DMA coherent allocator abstraction
and a test sample driver.
- 'list' module: make the linked list 'Cursor' point between
elements, rather than at an element, which is more convenient to us
and allows for cursors to empty lists; and document it with
examples of how to perform common operations with the provided
methods.
- 'str' module: implement a few traits for 'BStr' as well as the
'strip_prefix()' method.
- 'sync' module: add 'Arc::as_ptr'.
- 'alloc' module: add 'Box::into_pin'.
- 'error' module: extend the 'Result' documentation, including a few
examples on different ways of handling errors, a warning about
using methods that may panic, and links to external documentation.
'macros' crate:
- 'module' macro: add the 'authors' key to support multiple authors.
The original key will be kept until everyone has migrated.
Documentation:
- Add error handling sections.
MAINTAINERS:
- Add Danilo Krummrich as reviewer of the Rust "subsystem".
- Add 'RUST [PIN-INIT]' entry with Benno Lossin as maintainer. It has
its own sub-tree.
- Add sub-tree for 'RUST [ALLOC]'.
- Add 'DMA MAPPING HELPERS DEVICE DRIVER API [RUST]' entry with
Abdiel Janulgue as primary maintainer. It will go through the
sub-tree of the 'RUST [ALLOC]' entry.
- Add 'HIGH-RESOLUTION TIMERS [RUST]' entry with Andreas Hindborg as
maintainer. It has its own sub-tree.
And a few other cleanups and improvements"
* tag 'rust-6.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux: (71 commits)
rust: dma: add `Send` implementation for `CoherentAllocation`
rust: macros: fix `make rusttest` build on macOS
rust: block: refactor to use `&raw mut`
rust: enable `raw_ref_op` feature
rust: uaccess: name the correct function
rust: rbtree: fix comments referring to Box instead of KBox
rust: hrtimer: add maintainer entry
rust: hrtimer: add clocksource selection through `ClockId`
rust: hrtimer: add `HrTimerMode`
rust: hrtimer: implement `HrTimerPointer` for `Pin<Box<T>>`
rust: alloc: add `Box::into_pin`
rust: hrtimer: implement `UnsafeHrTimerPointer` for `Pin<&mut T>`
rust: hrtimer: implement `UnsafeHrTimerPointer` for `Pin<&T>`
rust: hrtimer: add `hrtimer::ScopedHrTimerPointer`
rust: hrtimer: add `UnsafeHrTimerPointer`
rust: hrtimer: allow timer restart from timer handler
rust: str: implement `strip_prefix` for `BStr`
rust: str: implement `AsRef<BStr>` for `[u8]` and `BStr`
rust: str: implement `Index` for `BStr`
rust: str: implement `PartialEq` for `BStr`
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This commit allows building ARMv7 kernels with Rust support.
The rust core library expects some __eabi_... functions
that are not implemented in the kernel.
Those functions are some float operations and __aeabi_uldivmod.
For now those are implemented with define_panicking_intrinsics!.
This is based on the code by Sven Van Asbroeck from the original
rust branch and inspired by the AArch version by Jamie Cunliffe.
I have tested the rust samples and a custom simple MMIO module
on hardware (De1SoC FPGA + Arm A9 CPU).
Tested-by: Rudraksha Gupta <guptarud@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Schrefl <chrisi.schrefl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
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Add error handling sections to the documentation and use it
to link to the existing code documentation. This will allow
to extend that documentation, use intra-doc links and test
the examples.
Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72keOdXy0LFKk9SzYWwSjiD710v=hQO4xi+5E4xNALa6cA@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250115062552.1970768-1-dirk.behme@de.bosch.com
[ Slightly tweaked wording. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Fix adding a newline at the end of the usage of pr_info! in the
documentation
Fixes: e3c3d34507c7 ("docs: rust: Add description of Rust documentation test as KUnit ones")
Reported-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1139
Signed-off-by: Alban Kurti <kurti@invicto.ai>
Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250206-printing_fix-v3-1-a85273b501ae@invicto.ai
[ Replaced Closes with Link since it fixes part of the issue. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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In commit 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and
`GlobalAlloc`") we stopped using the upstream `alloc` crate.
Thus remove a few leftover mentions treewide.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Also to 6.12.y after the `alloc` backport lands
Fixes: 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and `GlobalAlloc`")
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250303171030.1081134-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Pull rust updates from Miguel Ojeda:
"Toolchain and infrastructure:
- Enable a series of lints, including safety-related ones, e.g. the
compiler will now warn about missing safety comments, as well as
unnecessary ones. How safety documentation is organized is a
frequent source of review comments, thus having the compiler guide
new developers on where they are expected (and where not) is very
nice.
- Start using '#[expect]': an interesting feature in Rust (stabilized
in 1.81.0) that makes the compiler warn if an expected warning was
_not_ emitted. This is useful to avoid forgetting cleaning up
locally ignored diagnostics ('#[allow]'s).
- Introduce '.clippy.toml' configuration file for Clippy, the Rust
linter, which will allow us to tweak its behaviour. For instance,
our first use cases are declaring a disallowed macro and, more
importantly, enabling the checking of private items.
- Lints-related fixes and cleanups related to the items above.
- Migrate from 'receiver_trait' to 'arbitrary_self_types': to get the
kernel into stable Rust, one of the major pieces of the puzzle is
the support to write custom types that can be used as 'self', i.e.
as receivers, since the kernel needs to write types such as 'Arc'
that common userspace Rust would not. 'arbitrary_self_types' has
been accepted to become stable, and this is one of the steps
required to get there.
- Remove usage of the 'new_uninit' unstable feature.
- Use custom C FFI types. Includes a new 'ffi' crate to contain our
custom mapping, instead of using the standard library 'core::ffi'
one. The actual remapping will be introduced in a later cycle.
- Map '__kernel_{size_t,ssize_t,ptrdiff_t}' to 'usize'/'isize'
instead of 32/64-bit integers.
- Fix 'size_t' in bindgen generated prototypes of C builtins.
- Warn on bindgen < 0.69.5 and libclang >= 19.1 due to a double issue
in the projects, which we managed to trigger with the upcoming
tracepoint support. It includes a build test since some
distributions backported the fix (e.g. Debian -- thanks!). All
major distributions we list should be now OK except Ubuntu non-LTS.
'macros' crate:
- Adapt the build system to be able run the doctests there too; and
clean up and enable the corresponding doctests.
'kernel' crate:
- Add 'alloc' module with generic kernel allocator support and remove
the dependency on the Rust standard library 'alloc' and the
extension traits we used to provide fallible methods with flags.
Add the 'Allocator' trait and its implementations '{K,V,KV}malloc'.
Add the 'Box' type (a heap allocation for a single value of type
'T' that is also generic over an allocator and considers the
kernel's GFP flags) and its shorthand aliases '{K,V,KV}Box'. Add
'ArrayLayout' type. Add 'Vec' (a contiguous growable array type)
and its shorthand aliases '{K,V,KV}Vec', including iterator
support.
For instance, now we may write code such as:
let mut v = KVec::new();
v.push(1, GFP_KERNEL)?;
assert_eq!(&v, &[1]);
Treewide, move as well old users to these new types.
- 'sync' module: add global lock support, including the
'GlobalLockBackend' trait; the 'Global{Lock,Guard,LockedBy}' types
and the 'global_lock!' macro. Add the 'Lock::try_lock' method.
- 'error' module: optimize 'Error' type to use 'NonZeroI32' and make
conversion functions public.
- 'page' module: add 'page_align' function.
- Add 'transmute' module with the existing 'FromBytes' and 'AsBytes'
traits.
- 'block::mq::request' module: improve rendered documentation.
- 'types' module: extend 'Opaque' type documentation and add simple
examples for the 'Either' types.
drm/panic:
- Clean up a series of Clippy warnings.
Documentation:
- Add coding guidelines for lints and the '#[expect]' feature.
- Add Ubuntu to the list of distributions in the Quick Start guide.
MAINTAINERS:
- Add Danilo Krummrich as maintainer of the new 'alloc' module.
And a few other small cleanups and fixes"
* tag 'rust-6.13' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux: (82 commits)
rust: alloc: Fix `ArrayLayout` allocations
docs: rust: remove spurious item in `expect` list
rust: allow `clippy::needless_lifetimes`
rust: warn on bindgen < 0.69.5 and libclang >= 19.1
rust: use custom FFI integer types
rust: map `__kernel_size_t` and friends also to usize/isize
rust: fix size_t in bindgen prototypes of C builtins
rust: sync: add global lock support
rust: macros: enable the rest of the tests
rust: macros: enable paste! use from macro_rules!
rust: enable macros::module! tests
rust: kbuild: expand rusttest target for macros
rust: types: extend `Opaque` documentation
rust: block: fix formatting of `kernel::block::mq::request` module
rust: macros: fix documentation of the paste! macro
rust: kernel: fix THIS_MODULE header path in ThisModule doc comment
rust: page: add Rust version of PAGE_ALIGN
rust: helpers: remove unnecessary header includes
rust: exports: improve grammar in commentary
drm/panic: allow verbose version check
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This list started as a "when to prefer `expect`" list, but at some point
during writing I changed it to a "prefer `expect` unless..." one. However,
the first bullet remained, which does not make sense anymore.
Thus remove it. In addition, fix nearby typo.
Fixes: 04866494e936 ("Documentation: rust: discuss `#[expect(...)]` in the guidelines")
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241117133127.473937-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"Another moderately busy cycle in docsland:
- Work on Chinese translations has picked up again. Happily, they are
maintaining the existing translations and not just adding new ones.
- Some maintenance of the Japanese and Italian translations as well.
- The removal of the venerable "dontdiff" file. It has long outlived
its usefulness and contained entries ("parse.*") that would
actively mask actual source change.
- The addition of enforcement information to the code-of-conduct
documentation.
Along with some build-system fixes and a lot of typo and language
fixes"
* tag 'docs-6.13' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (52 commits)
Documentation/CoC: spell out enforcement for unacceptable behaviors
docs: fix typos and whitespace in Documentation/process/backporting.rst
docs/zh_CN: fix one sentence in llvm.rst
docs: bug-bisect: add a note about bisecting -next
docs/zh_CN: add the translation of kbuild/llvm.rst
Documentation: Fix incorrect paths/magic in magic numbers rst
Documentation/maintainer-tip: Fix typos
Documentation: Improve crash_kexec_post_notifiers description
Docs/zh_CN: Translate physical_memory.rst to Simplified Chinese
Documentation: admin: reorganize kernel-parameters intro
docs/zh_CN: update the translation of process/programming-language.rst
docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/page_owner.rst
docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/page_table_check.rst
docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/overcommit-accounting.rst
docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/admon/faq.rst
docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/active_mm.rst
docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/hmm.rst
docs: remove Documentation/dontdiff
docs/zh_CN: Add a entry in Chinese glossary
Docs/zh_CN: Fix the pfn calculation error in page_tables.rst
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During the discussion before supporting rust on riscv, it was decided
not to support gcc yet, due to differences in extension handling
compared to llvm (only the version of libclang matching the c compiler
is supported). Recently Jason Montleon reported [1] that building with
gcc caused build issues, due to unsupported arguments being passed to
libclang. After some discussion between myself and Miguel, it is better
to disable gcc + rust builds to match the original intent, and
subsequently support it when an appropriate set of extensions can be
deduced from the version of libclang.
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240917000848.720765-2-jmontleo@redhat.com/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240926-battering-revolt-6c6a7827413e@spud/ [2]
Fixes: 70a57b247251a ("RISC-V: enable building 64-bit kernels with rust support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Jason Montleon <jmontleo@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241001-playlist-deceiving-16ece2f440f5@spud
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
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Include a new section in the Index of Further Kernel Documentation with
resources to learn Rust. Reference it in the Rust index. The resources
are a product of a survey among assistants to the conference Kangrejos'24.
Signed-off-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com>
Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240922160411.274949-1-carlos.bilbao.osdev@gmail.com
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Discuss `#[expect(...)]` in the Lints sections of the coding guidelines
document, which is an upcoming feature in Rust 1.81.0, and explain that
it is generally to be preferred over `allow` unless there is a reason
not to use it (e.g. conditional compilation being involved).
Tested-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240904204347.168520-19-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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In the C side, disabling diagnostics locally, i.e. within the source code,
is rare (at least in the kernel). Sometimes warnings are manipulated
via the flags at the translation unit level, but that is about it.
In Rust, it is easier to change locally the "level" of lints
(e.g. allowing them locally). In turn, this means it is easier to
globally enable more lints that may trigger a few false positives here
and there that need to be allowed locally, but that generally can spot
issues or bugs.
Thus document this.
Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Tested-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240904204347.168520-17-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Ubuntu has changed their maintenance model for Rust toolchains and is
now providing recent Rust releases in their releases, including both
LTS and non-LTS (interim) releases.
Therefore, add instructions to the Quick Start guide for Ubuntu, like
it is done for the other distributions.
Link: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=rustc-1
Link: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=bindgen-0
Cc: Zixing Liu <zixing.liu@canonical.com>
Cc: William Grant <wgrant@ubuntu.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240925140600.275429-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Pull Rust updates from Miguel Ojeda:
"Toolchain and infrastructure:
- Support 'MITIGATION_{RETHUNK,RETPOLINE,SLS}' (which cleans up
objtool warnings), teach objtool about 'noreturn' Rust symbols and
mimic '___ADDRESSABLE()' for 'module_{init,exit}'. With that, we
should be objtool-warning-free, so enable it to run for all Rust
object files.
- KASAN (no 'SW_TAGS'), KCFI and sh |