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<title>rust: use `#[used(compiler)]` to fix build and `modpost` with Rust &gt;= 1.89.0</title>
<updated>2025-07-24T06:56:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miguel Ojeda</name>
<email>ojeda@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-12T16:01:03+00:00</published>
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commit 7498159226772d66f150dd406be462d75964a366 upstream.

Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails
to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as:

    kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to
    `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test'

Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused:

    WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o
    ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o

The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1]
treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]`
for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`,
`SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique`
too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined
references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple
`.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost`
because they only expect one.

Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior
and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature
(`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good
news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust &gt;= 1.60) [3].

The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they
behave the same way as before [4].

Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]`
since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is
not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to
avoid symbol conflicts.

Cc: David Wood &lt;david@davidtw.co&gt;
Cc: Wesley Wiser &lt;wwiser@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs).
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/140872 [1]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/93798 [2]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/91504 [3]
Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4]
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron &lt;bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 7498159226772d66f150dd406be462d75964a366 upstream.

Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails
to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as:

    kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to
    `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test'

Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused:

    WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o
    ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o

The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1]
treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]`
for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`,
`SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique`
too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined
references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple
`.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost`
because they only expect one.

Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior
and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature
(`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good
news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust &gt;= 1.60) [3].

The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they
behave the same way as before [4].

Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]`
since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is
not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to
avoid symbol conflicts.

Cc: David Wood &lt;david@davidtw.co&gt;
Cc: Wesley Wiser &lt;wwiser@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs).
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/140872 [1]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/93798 [2]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/91504 [3]
Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4]
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron &lt;bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rust: remove leftover mentions of the `alloc` crate</title>
<updated>2025-03-22T19:54:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miguel Ojeda</name>
<email>ojeda@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-03T17:10:30+00:00</published>
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commit 374908a15af4cd60862ebc51a6e012ace2212c76 upstream.

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 &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250303171030.1081134-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 374908a15af4cd60862ebc51a6e012ace2212c76 upstream.

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 &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250303171030.1081134-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rust: use custom FFI integer types</title>
<updated>2025-03-13T12:01:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gary Guo</name>
<email>gary@garyguo.net</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-07T22:50:06+00:00</published>
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commit d072acda4862f095ec9056979b654cc06a22cc68 upstream.

Currently FFI integer types are defined in libcore. This commit creates
the `ffi` crate and asks bindgen to use that crate for FFI integer types
instead of `core::ffi`.

This commit is preparatory and no type changes are made in this commit
yet.

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240913213041.395655-4-gary@garyguo.net
[ Added `rustdoc`, `rusttest` and KUnit tests support. Rebased on top of
  `rust-next` (e.g. migrated more `core::ffi` cases). Reworded crate
  docs slightly and formatted. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit d072acda4862f095ec9056979b654cc06a22cc68 upstream.

Currently FFI integer types are defined in libcore. This commit creates
the `ffi` crate and asks bindgen to use that crate for FFI integer types
instead of `core::ffi`.

This commit is preparatory and no type changes are made in this commit
yet.

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240913213041.395655-4-gary@garyguo.net
[ Added `rustdoc`, `rusttest` and KUnit tests support. Rebased on top of
  `rust-next` (e.g. migrated more `core::ffi` cases). Reworded crate
  docs slightly and formatted. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rust: alloc: implement kernel `Vec` type</title>
<updated>2025-03-13T12:01:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-07T22:49:42+00:00</published>
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commit 2aac4cd7dae3d7bb0e0ddec2561b2ee4cbe6c8f6 upstream.

`Vec` provides a contiguous growable array type with contents allocated
with the kernel's allocators (e.g. `Kmalloc`, `Vmalloc` or `KVmalloc`).

In contrast to Rust's stdlib `Vec` type, the kernel `Vec` type considers
the kernel's GFP flags for all appropriate functions, always reports
allocation failures through `Result&lt;_, AllocError&gt;` and remains
independent from unstable features.

[ This patch starts using a new unstable feature, `inline_const`, but
  it was stabilized in Rust 1.79.0, i.e. the next version after the
  minimum one, thus it will not be an issue. - Miguel ]

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-17-dakr@kernel.org
[ Cleaned `rustdoc` unescaped backtick warning, added a couple more
  backticks elsewhere, fixed typos, sorted `feature`s, rewrapped
  documentation lines. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 2aac4cd7dae3d7bb0e0ddec2561b2ee4cbe6c8f6 upstream.

`Vec` provides a contiguous growable array type with contents allocated
with the kernel's allocators (e.g. `Kmalloc`, `Vmalloc` or `KVmalloc`).

In contrast to Rust's stdlib `Vec` type, the kernel `Vec` type considers
the kernel's GFP flags for all appropriate functions, always reports
allocation failures through `Result&lt;_, AllocError&gt;` and remains
independent from unstable features.

[ This patch starts using a new unstable feature, `inline_const`, but
  it was stabilized in Rust 1.79.0, i.e. the next version after the
  minimum one, thus it will not be an issue. - Miguel ]

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-17-dakr@kernel.org
[ Cleaned `rustdoc` unescaped backtick warning, added a couple more
  backticks elsewhere, fixed typos, sorted `feature`s, rewrapped
  documentation lines. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rust: alloc: remove extension of std's `Box`</title>
<updated>2025-03-13T12:01:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-07T22:49:39+00:00</published>
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commit e8c6ccdbcaaf31f26c0fffd4073edd0b0147cdc6 upstream.

Now that all existing `Box` users were moved to the kernel `Box` type,
remove the `BoxExt` extension and all other related extensions.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-14-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit e8c6ccdbcaaf31f26c0fffd4073edd0b0147cdc6 upstream.

Now that all existing `Box` users were moved to the kernel `Box` type,
remove the `BoxExt` extension and all other related extensions.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-14-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rust: start using the `#[expect(...)]` attribute</title>
<updated>2025-03-13T12:01:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miguel Ojeda</name>
<email>ojeda@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-07T22:49:23+00:00</published>
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commit 1f9ed172545687e5c04c77490a45896be6d2e459 upstream.

In Rust, it is possible to `allow` particular warnings (diagnostics,
lints) locally, making the compiler ignore instances of a given warning
within a given function, module, block, etc.

It is similar to `#pragma GCC diagnostic push` + `ignored` + `pop` in C:

    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-function"
    static void f(void) {}
    #pragma GCC diagnostic pop

But way less verbose:

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn f() {}

By that virtue, it makes it possible to comfortably enable more
diagnostics by default (i.e. outside `W=` levels) that may have some
false positives but that are otherwise quite useful to keep enabled to
catch potential mistakes.

The `#[expect(...)]` attribute [1] takes this further, and makes the
compiler warn if the diagnostic was _not_ produced. For instance, the
following will ensure that, when `f()` is called somewhere, we will have
to remove the attribute:

    #[expect(dead_code)]
    fn f() {}

If we do not, we get a warning from the compiler:

    warning: this lint expectation is unfulfilled
     --&gt; x.rs:3:10
      |
    3 | #[expect(dead_code)]
      |          ^^^^^^^^^
      |
      = note: `#[warn(unfulfilled_lint_expectations)]` on by default

This means that `expect`s do not get forgotten when they are not needed.

See the next commit for more details, nuances on its usage and
documentation on the feature.

The attribute requires the `lint_reasons` [2] unstable feature, but it
is becoming stable in 1.81.0 (to be released on 2024-09-05) and it has
already been useful to clean things up in this patch series, finding
cases where the `allow`s should not have been there.

Thus, enable `lint_reasons` and convert some of our `allow`s to `expect`s
where possible.

This feature was also an example of the ongoing collaboration between
Rust and the kernel -- we tested it in the kernel early on and found an
issue that was quickly resolved [3].

Cc: Fridtjof Stoldt &lt;xfrednet@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Urgau &lt;urgau@numericable.fr&gt;
Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/2383-lint-reasons.html#expect-lint-attribute [1]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/54503 [2]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/114557 [3]
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross &lt;tmgross@umich.edu&gt;
Tested-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240904204347.168520-18-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 1f9ed172545687e5c04c77490a45896be6d2e459 upstream.

In Rust, it is possible to `allow` particular warnings (diagnostics,
lints) locally, making the compiler ignore instances of a given warning
within a given function, module, block, etc.

It is similar to `#pragma GCC diagnostic push` + `ignored` + `pop` in C:

    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-function"
    static void f(void) {}
    #pragma GCC diagnostic pop

But way less verbose:

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn f() {}

By that virtue, it makes it possible to comfortably enable more
diagnostics by default (i.e. outside `W=` levels) that may have some
false positives but that are otherwise quite useful to keep enabled to
catch potential mistakes.

The `#[expect(...)]` attribute [1] takes this further, and makes the
compiler warn if the diagnostic was _not_ produced. For instance, the
following will ensure that, when `f()` is called somewhere, we will have
to remove the attribute:

    #[expect(dead_code)]
    fn f() {}

If we do not, we get a warning from the compiler:

    warning: this lint expectation is unfulfilled
     --&gt; x.rs:3:10
      |
    3 | #[expect(dead_code)]
      |          ^^^^^^^^^
      |
      = note: `#[warn(unfulfilled_lint_expectations)]` on by default

This means that `expect`s do not get forgotten when they are not needed.

See the next commit for more details, nuances on its usage and
documentation on the feature.

The attribute requires the `lint_reasons` [2] unstable feature, but it
is becoming stable in 1.81.0 (to be released on 2024-09-05) and it has
already been useful to clean things up in this patch series, finding
cases where the `allow`s should not have been there.

Thus, enable `lint_reasons` and convert some of our `allow`s to `expect`s
where possible.

This feature was also an example of the ongoing collaboration between
Rust and the kernel -- we tested it in the kernel early on and found an
issue that was quickly resolved [3].

Cc: Fridtjof Stoldt &lt;xfrednet@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Urgau &lt;urgau@numericable.fr&gt;
Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/2383-lint-reasons.html#expect-lint-attribute [1]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/54503 [2]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/114557 [3]
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross &lt;tmgross@umich.edu&gt;
Tested-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240904204347.168520-18-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rust: enable arbitrary_self_types and remove `Receiver`</title>
<updated>2024-12-14T19:03:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gary Guo</name>
<email>gary@garyguo.net</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-15T13:26:31+00:00</published>
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commit c95bbb59a9b22f9b838b15d28319185c1c884329 upstream.

The term "receiver" means that a type can be used as the type of `self`,
and thus enables method call syntax `foo.bar()` instead of
`Foo::bar(foo)`. Stable Rust as of today (1.81) enables a limited
selection of types (primitives and types in std, e.g. `Box` and `Arc`)
to be used as receivers, while custom types cannot.

We want the kernel `Arc` type to have the same functionality as the Rust
std `Arc`, so we use the `Receiver` trait (gated behind `receiver_trait`
unstable feature) to gain the functionality.

The `arbitrary_self_types` RFC [1] (tracking issue [2]) is accepted and
it will allow all types that implement a new `Receiver` trait (different
from today's unstable trait) to be used as receivers. This trait will be
automatically implemented for all `Deref` types, which include our `Arc`
type, so we no longer have to opt-in to be used as receiver. To prepare
us for the change, remove the `Receiver` implementation and the
associated feature. To still allow `Arc` and others to be used as method
receivers, turn on `arbitrary_self_types` feature instead.

This feature gate is introduced in 1.23.0. It used to enable both
`Deref` types and raw pointer types to be used as receivers, but the
latter is now split into a different feature gate in Rust 1.83 nightly.
We do not need receivers on raw pointers so this change would not affect
us and usage of `arbitrary_self_types` feature would work for all Rust
versions that we support (&gt;=1.78).

Cc: Adrian Taylor &lt;ade@hohum.me.uk&gt;
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3519 [1]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44874 [2]
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240915132734.1653004-1-gary@garyguo.net
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit c95bbb59a9b22f9b838b15d28319185c1c884329 upstream.

The term "receiver" means that a type can be used as the type of `self`,
and thus enables method call syntax `foo.bar()` instead of
`Foo::bar(foo)`. Stable Rust as of today (1.81) enables a limited
selection of types (primitives and types in std, e.g. `Box` and `Arc`)
to be used as receivers, while custom types cannot.

We want the kernel `Arc` type to have the same functionality as the Rust
std `Arc`, so we use the `Receiver` trait (gated behind `receiver_trait`
unstable feature) to gain the functionality.

The `arbitrary_self_types` RFC [1] (tracking issue [2]) is accepted and
it will allow all types that implement a new `Receiver` trait (different
from today's unstable trait) to be used as receivers. This trait will be
automatically implemented for all `Deref` types, which include our `Arc`
type, so we no longer have to opt-in to be used as receiver. To prepare
us for the change, remove the `Receiver` implementation and the
associated feature. To still allow `Arc` and others to be used as method
receivers, turn on `arbitrary_self_types` feature instead.

This feature gate is introduced in 1.23.0. It used to enable both
`Deref` types and raw pointer types to be used as receivers, but the
latter is now split into a different feature gate in Rust 1.83 nightly.
We do not need receivers on raw pointers so this change would not affect
us and usage of `arbitrary_self_types` feature would work for all Rust
versions that we support (&gt;=1.78).

Cc: Adrian Taylor &lt;ade@hohum.me.uk&gt;
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3519 [1]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44874 [2]
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240915132734.1653004-1-gary@garyguo.net
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rust: kernel: fix THIS_MODULE header path in ThisModule doc comment</title>
<updated>2024-12-05T13:02:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yutaro Ohno</name>
<email>yutaro.ono.418@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-21T02:58:47+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 8b55dc8610acf816a66373be53ca6e3bbe2d313a ]

The doc comment for `ThisModule` incorrectly states the C header file
for `THIS_MODULE` as `include/linux/export.h`, while the correct path is
`include/linux/init.h`. This is because `THIS_MODULE` was moved in
commit 5b20755b7780 ("init: move THIS_MODULE from &lt;linux/export.h&gt; to
&lt;linux/init.h&gt;").

Update the doc comment for `ThisModule` to reflect the correct header
file path for `THIS_MODULE`.

Fixes: 5b20755b7780 ("init: move THIS_MODULE from &lt;linux/export.h&gt; to &lt;linux/init.h&gt;")
Signed-off-by: Yutaro Ohno &lt;yutaro.ono.418@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZxXDZwxWgoEiIYkj@ohnotp
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 8b55dc8610acf816a66373be53ca6e3bbe2d313a ]

The doc comment for `ThisModule` incorrectly states the C header file
for `THIS_MODULE` as `include/linux/export.h`, while the correct path is
`include/linux/init.h`. This is because `THIS_MODULE` was moved in
commit 5b20755b7780 ("init: move THIS_MODULE from &lt;linux/export.h&gt; to
&lt;linux/init.h&gt;").

Update the doc comment for `ThisModule` to reflect the correct header
file path for `THIS_MODULE`.

Fixes: 5b20755b7780 ("init: move THIS_MODULE from &lt;linux/export.h&gt; to &lt;linux/init.h&gt;")
Signed-off-by: Yutaro Ohno &lt;yutaro.ono.418@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZxXDZwxWgoEiIYkj@ohnotp
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: kernel: sort Rust modules</title>
<updated>2024-09-26T15:49:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miguel Ojeda</name>
<email>ojeda@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-26T12:47:51+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=ece207a83e464af710d641f29e32b7a144c48e79'/>
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Rust modules are intended to be sorted, thus do so.

This makes `rustfmtcheck` to pass again.

Fixes: 570172569238 ("Merge tag 'rust-6.12' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux")
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240926124751.345471-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Rust modules are intended to be sorted, thus do so.

This makes `rustfmtcheck` to pass again.

Fixes: 570172569238 ("Merge tag 'rust-6.12' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux")
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240926124751.345471-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'rust-6.12' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux</title>
<updated>2024-09-25T17:25:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-25T17:25:40+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=570172569238c66a482ec3eb5d766cc9cf255f69'/>
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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 shadow call sanitizer support.

   - Support 'RUSTC_VERSION', including re-config and re-build on
     change.

   - Split helpers file into several files in a folder, to avoid
     conflicts in it. Eventually those files will be moved to the right
     places with the new build system. In addition, remove the need to
     manually export the symbols defined there, reusing existing
     machinery for that.

   - Relax restriction on configurations with Rust + GCC plugins to just
     the RANDSTRUCT plugin.

  'kernel' crate:

   - New 'list' module: doubly-linked linked list for use with reference
     counted values, which is heavily used by the upcoming Rust Binder.

     This includes 'ListArc' (a wrapper around 'Arc' that is guaranteed
     unique for the given ID), 'AtomicTracker' (tracks whether a
     'ListArc' exists using an atomic), 'ListLinks' (the prev/next
     pointers for an item in a linked list), 'List' (the linked list
     itself), 'Iter' (an iterator over a 'List'), 'Cursor' (a cursor
     into a 'List' that allows to remove elements), 'ListArcField' (a
     field exclusively owned by a 'ListArc'), as well as support for
     heterogeneous lists.

   - New 'rbtree' module: red-black tree abstractions used by the
     upcoming Rust Binder.

     This includes 'RBTree' (the red-black tree itself), 'RBTreeNode' (a
     node), 'RBTreeNodeReservation' (a memory reservation for a node),
     'Iter' and 'IterMut' (immutable and mutable iterators), 'Cursor'
     (bidirectional cursor that allows to remove elements), as well as
     an entry API similar to the Rust standard library one.

   - 'init' module: add 'write_[pin_]init' methods and the
     'InPlaceWrite' trait. Add the 'assert_pinned!' macro.

   - 'sync' module: implement the 'InPlaceInit' trait for 'Arc' by
     introducing an associated type in the trait.

   - 'alloc' module: add 'drop_contents' method to 'BoxExt'.

   - 'types' module: implement the 'ForeignOwnable' trait for
     'Pin&lt;Box&lt;T&gt;&gt;' and improve the trait's documentation. In addition,
     add the 'into_raw' method to the 'ARef' type.

   - 'error' module: in preparation for the upcoming Rust support for
     32-bit architectures, like arm, locally allow Clippy lint for
     those.

  Documentation:

   - https://rust.docs.kernel.org has been announced, so link to it.

   - Enable rustdoc's "jump to definition" feature, making its output a
     bit closer to the experience in a cross-referencer.

   - Debian Testing now also provides recent Rust releases (outside of
     the freeze period), so add it to the list.

  MAINTAINERS:

   - Trevor is joining as reviewer of the "RUST" entry.

  And a few other small bits"

* tag 'rust-6.12' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux: (54 commits)
  kasan: rust: Add KASAN smoke test via UAF
  kbuild: rust: Enable KASAN support
  rust: kasan: Rust does not support KHWASAN
  kbuild: rust: Define probing macros for rustc
  kasan: simplify and clarify Makefile
  rust: cfi: add support for CFI_CLANG with Rust
  cfi: add CONFIG_CFI_ICALL_NORMALIZE_INTEGERS
  rust: support for shadow call stack sanitizer
  docs: rust: include other expressions in conditional compilation section
  kbuild: rust: replace proc macros dependency on `core.o` with the version text
  kbuild: rust: rebuild if the version text changes
  kbuild: rust: re-run Kconfig if the version text changes
  kbuild: rust: add `CONFIG_RUSTC_VERSION`
  rust: avoid `box_uninit_write` feature
  MAINTAINERS: add Trevor Gross as Rust reviewer
  rust: rbtree: add `RBTree::entry`
  rust: rbtree: add cursor
  rust: rbtree: add mutable iterator
  rust: rbtree: add iterator
  rust: rbtree: add red-black tree implementation backed by the C version
  ...
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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 shadow call sanitizer support.

   - Support 'RUSTC_VERSION', including re-config and re-build on
     change.

   - Split helpers file into several files in a folder, to avoid
     conflicts in it. Eventually those files will be moved to the right
     places with the new build system. In addition, remove the need to
     manually export the symbols defined there, reusing existing
     machinery for that.

   - Relax restriction on configurations with Rust + GCC plugins to just
     the RANDSTRUCT plugin.

  'kernel' crate:

   - New 'list' module: doubly-linked linked list for use with reference
     counted values, which is heavily used by the upcoming Rust Binder.

     This includes 'ListArc' (a wrapper around 'Arc' that is guaranteed
     unique for the given ID), 'AtomicTracker' (tracks whether a
     'ListArc' exists using an atomic), 'ListLinks' (the prev/next
     pointers for an item in a linked list), 'List' (the linked list
     itself), 'Iter' (an iterator over a 'List'), 'Cursor' (a cursor
     into a 'List' that allows to remove elements), 'ListArcField' (a
     field exclusively owned by a 'ListArc'), as well as support for
     heterogeneous lists.

   - New 'rbtree' module: red-black tree abstractions used by the
     upcoming Rust Binder.

     This includes 'RBTree' (the red-black tree itself), 'RBTreeNode' (a
     node), 'RBTreeNodeReservation' (a memory reservation for a node),
     'Iter' and 'IterMut' (immutable and mutable iterators), 'Cursor'
     (bidirectional cursor that allows to remove elements), as well as
     an entry API similar to the Rust standard library one.

   - 'init' module: add 'write_[pin_]init' methods and the
     'InPlaceWrite' trait. Add the 'assert_pinned!' macro.

   - 'sync' module: implement the 'InPlaceInit' trait for 'Arc' by
     introducing an associated type in the trait.

   - 'alloc' module: add 'drop_contents' method to 'BoxExt'.

   - 'types' module: implement the 'ForeignOwnable' trait for
     'Pin&lt;Box&lt;T&gt;&gt;' and improve the trait's documentation. In addition,
     add the 'into_raw' method to the 'ARef' type.

   - 'error' module: in preparation for the upcoming Rust support for
     32-bit architectures, like arm, locally allow Clippy lint for
     those.

  Documentation:

   - https://rust.docs.kernel.org has been announced, so link to it.

   - Enable rustdoc's "jump to definition" feature, making its output a
     bit closer to the experience in a cross-referencer.

   - Debian Testing now also provides recent Rust releases (outside of
     the freeze period), so add it to the list.

  MAINTAINERS:

   - Trevor is joining as reviewer of the "RUST" entry.

  And a few other small bits"

* tag 'rust-6.12' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux: (54 commits)
  kasan: rust: Add KASAN smoke test via UAF
  kbuild: rust: Enable KASAN support
  rust: kasan: Rust does not support KHWASAN
  kbuild: rust: Define probing macros for rustc
  kasan: simplify and clarify Makefile
  rust: cfi: add support for CFI_CLANG with Rust
  cfi: add CONFIG_CFI_ICALL_NORMALIZE_INTEGERS
  rust: support for shadow call stack sanitizer
  docs: rust: include other expressions in conditional compilation section
  kbuild: rust: replace proc macros dependency on `core.o` with the version text
  kbuild: rust: rebuild if the version text changes
  kbuild: rust: re-run Kconfig if the version text changes
  kbuild: rust: add `CONFIG_RUSTC_VERSION`
  rust: avoid `box_uninit_write` feature
  MAINTAINERS: add Trevor Gross as Rust reviewer
  rust: rbtree: add `RBTree::entry`
  rust: rbtree: add cursor
  rust: rbtree: add mutable iterator
  rust: rbtree: add iterator
  rust: rbtree: add red-black tree implementation backed by the C version
  ...
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