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<entry>
<title>rust: allow `clippy::disallowed_names` for doctests</title>
<updated>2025-11-17T21:53:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miguel Ojeda</name>
<email>ojeda@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2025-11-17T08:07:13+00:00</published>
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Examples (i.e. doctests) may want to use names such as `foo`, thus the
`clippy::disallowed_names` lint [1] gets in the way.

Thus allow it for all doctests.

In addition, remove it from the existing `expect`s we have in a few
doctests.

This does not mean that we should stop trying to find good names for
our examples, though.

Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/stable/index.html#disallowed_names [1]
Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/aRHSLChi5HYXW4-9@google.com/
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117080714.876978-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Examples (i.e. doctests) may want to use names such as `foo`, thus the
`clippy::disallowed_names` lint [1] gets in the way.

Thus allow it for all doctests.

In addition, remove it from the existing `expect`s we have in a few
doctests.

This does not mean that we should stop trying to find good names for
our examples, though.

Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/stable/index.html#disallowed_names [1]
Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/aRHSLChi5HYXW4-9@google.com/
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117080714.876978-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rust: allow `unreachable_pub` for doctests</title>
<updated>2025-11-17T07:41:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miguel Ojeda</name>
<email>ojeda@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-10T11:35:27+00:00</published>
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Examples (i.e. doctests) may want to show public items such as structs,
thus the `unreachable_pub` warning is not very helpful.

Thus allow it for all doctests.

In addition, remove it from the existing `expect`s we have in a couple
doctests.

Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/aRG9VjsaCjsvAwUn@google.com/
Reviewed-by: David Gow &lt;davidgow@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251110113528.1658238-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Examples (i.e. doctests) may want to show public items such as structs,
thus the `unreachable_pub` warning is not very helpful.

Thus allow it for all doctests.

In addition, remove it from the existing `expect`s we have in a couple
doctests.

Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/aRG9VjsaCjsvAwUn@google.com/
Reviewed-by: David Gow &lt;davidgow@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251110113528.1658238-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'rust-6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux</title>
<updated>2025-08-03T20:49:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-03T20:49:10+00:00</published>
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Pull Rust updates from Miguel Ojeda:
 "Toolchain and infrastructure:

   - Enable a set of Clippy lints: 'ptr_as_ptr', 'ptr_cast_constness',
     'as_ptr_cast_mut', 'as_underscore', 'cast_lossless' and
     'ref_as_ptr'

     These are intended to avoid type casts with the 'as' operator,
     which are quite powerful, into restricted variants that are less
     powerful and thus should help to avoid mistakes

   - Remove the 'author' key now that most instances were moved to the
     plural one in the previous cycle

  'kernel' crate:

   - New 'bug' module: add 'warn_on!' macro which reuses the existing
     'BUG'/'WARN' infrastructure, i.e. it respects the usual sysctls and
     kernel parameters:

         warn_on!(value == 42);

     To avoid duplicating the assembly code, the same strategy is
     followed as for the static branch code in order to share the
     assembly between both C and Rust

     This required a few rearrangements on C arch headers -- the
     existing C macros should still generate the same outputs, thus no
     functional change expected there

   - 'workqueue' module: add delayed work items, including a
     'DelayedWork' struct, a 'impl_has_delayed_work!' macro and an
     'enqueue_delayed' method, e.g.:

         /// Enqueue the struct for execution on the system workqueue,
         /// where its value will be printed 42 jiffies later.
         fn print_later(value: Arc&lt;MyStruct&gt;) {
             let _ = workqueue::system().enqueue_delayed(value, 42);
         }

   - New 'bits' module: add support for 'bit' and 'genmask' functions,
     with runtime- and compile-time variants, e.g.:

         static_assert!(0b00010000 == bit_u8(4));
         static_assert!(0b00011110 == genmask_u8(1..=4));

         assert!(checked_bit_u32(u32::BITS).is_none());

   - 'uaccess' module: add 'UserSliceReader::strcpy_into_buf', which
     reads NUL-terminated strings from userspace into a '&amp;CStr'

     Introduce 'UserPtr' newtype, similar in purpose to '__user' in C,
     to minimize mistakes handling userspace pointers, including mixing
     them up with integers and leaking them via the 'Debug' trait. Add
     it to the prelude, too

   - Start preparations for the replacement of our custom 'CStr' type
     with the analogous type in the 'core' standard library. This will
     take place across several cycles to make it easier. For this one,
     it includes a new 'fmt' module, using upstream method names and
     some other cleanups

     Replace 'fmt!' with a re-export, which helps Clippy lint properly,
     and clean up the found 'uninlined-format-args' instances

   - 'dma' module:

      - Clarify wording and be consistent in 'coherent' nomenclature

      - Convert the 'read!()' and 'write!()' macros to return a 'Result'

      - Add 'as_slice()', 'write()' methods in 'CoherentAllocation'

      - Expose 'count()' and 'size()' in 'CoherentAllocation' and add
        the corresponding type invariants

      - Implement 'CoherentAllocation::dma_handle_with_offset()'

   - 'time' module:

      - Make 'Instant' generic over clock source. This allows the
        compiler to assert that arithmetic expressions involving the
        'Instant' use 'Instants' based on the same clock source

      - Make 'HrTimer' generic over the timer mode. 'HrTimer' timers
        take a 'Duration' or an 'Instant' when setting the expiry time,
        depending on the timer mode. With this change, the compiler can
        check the type matches the timer mode

      - Add an abstraction for 'fsleep'. 'fsleep' is a flexible sleep
        function that will select an appropriate sleep method depending
        on the requested sleep time

      - Avoid 64-bit divisions on 32-bit hardware when calculating
        timestamps

      - Seal the 'HrTimerMode' trait. This prevents users of the
        'HrTimerMode' from implementing the trait on their own types

      - Pass the correct timer mode ID to 'hrtimer_start_range_ns()'

   - 'list' module: remove 'OFFSET' constants, allowing to remove
     pointer arithmetic; now 'impl_list_item!' invokes
     'impl_has_list_links!' or 'impl_has_list_links_self_ptr!'. Other
     simplifications too

   - 'types' module: remove 'ForeignOwnable::PointedTo' in favor of a
     constant, which avoids exposing the type of the opaque pointer, and
     require 'into_foreign' to return non-null

     Remove the 'Either&lt;L, R&gt;' type as well. It is unused, and we want
     to encourage the use of custom enums for concrete use cases

   - 'sync' module: implement 'Borrow' and 'BorrowMut' for 'Arc' types
     to allow them to be used in generic APIs

   - 'alloc' module: implement 'Borrow' and 'BorrowMut' for 'Box&lt;T, A&gt;';
     and 'Borrow', 'BorrowMut' and 'Default' for 'Vec&lt;T, A&gt;'

   - 'Opaque' type: add 'cast_from' method to perform a restricted cast
     that cannot change the inner type and use it in callers of
     'container_of!'. Rename 'raw_get' to 'cast_into' to match it

   - 'rbtree' module: add 'is_empty' method

   - 'sync' module: new 'aref' submodule to hold 'AlwaysRefCounted' and
     'ARef', which are moved from the too general 'types' module which
     we want to reduce or eventually remove. Also fix a safety comment
     in 'static_lock_class'

  'pin-init' crate:

   - Add 'impl&lt;T, E&gt; [Pin]Init&lt;T, E&gt; for Result&lt;T, E&gt;', so results are
     now (pin-)initializers

   - Add 'Zeroable::init_zeroed()' that delegates to 'init_zeroed()'

   - New 'zeroed()', a safe version of 'mem::zeroed()' and also provide
     it via 'Zeroable::zeroed()'

   - Implement 'Zeroable' for 'Option&lt;&amp;T&gt;', 'Option&lt;&amp;mut T&gt;' and for
     'Option&lt;[unsafe] [extern "abi"] fn(...args...) -&gt; ret&gt;' for
     '"Rust"' and '"C"' ABIs and up to 20 arguments

   - Changed blanket impls of 'Init' and 'PinInit' from 'impl&lt;T, E&gt;
     [Pin]Init&lt;T, E&gt; for T' to 'impl&lt;T&gt; [Pin]Init&lt;T&gt; for T'

   - Renamed 'zeroed()' to 'init_zeroed()'

   - Upstream dev news: improve CI more to deny warnings, use
     '--all-targets'. Check the synchronization status of the two
     '-next' branches in upstream and the kernel

  MAINTAINERS:

   - Add Vlastimil Babka, Liam R. Howlett, Uladzislau Rezki and Lorenzo
     Stoakes as reviewers (thanks everyone)

  And a few other cleanups and improvements"

* tag 'rust-6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux: (76 commits)
  rust: Add warn_on macro
  arm64/bug: Add ARCH_WARN_ASM macro for BUG/WARN asm code sharing with Rust
  riscv/bug: Add ARCH_WARN_ASM macro for BUG/WARN asm code sharing with Rust
  x86/bug: Add ARCH_WARN_ASM macro for BUG/WARN asm code sharing with Rust
  rust: kernel: move ARef and AlwaysRefCounted to sync::aref
  rust: sync: fix safety comment for `static_lock_class`
  rust: types: remove `Either&lt;L, R&gt;`
  rust: kernel: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names
  rust: str: add `CStr` methods matching `core::ffi::CStr`
  rust: str: remove unnecessary qualification
  rust: use `kernel::{fmt,prelude::fmt!}`
  rust: kernel: add `fmt` module
  rust: kernel: remove `fmt!`, fix clippy::uninlined-format-args
  scripts: rust: emit path candidates in panic message
  scripts: rust: replace length checks with match
  rust: list: remove nonexistent generic parameter in link
  rust: bits: add support for bits/genmask macros
  rust: list: remove OFFSET constants
  rust: list: add `impl_list_item!` examples
  rust: list: use fully qualified path
  ...
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Pull Rust updates from Miguel Ojeda:
 "Toolchain and infrastructure:

   - Enable a set of Clippy lints: 'ptr_as_ptr', 'ptr_cast_constness',
     'as_ptr_cast_mut', 'as_underscore', 'cast_lossless' and
     'ref_as_ptr'

     These are intended to avoid type casts with the 'as' operator,
     which are quite powerful, into restricted variants that are less
     powerful and thus should help to avoid mistakes

   - Remove the 'author' key now that most instances were moved to the
     plural one in the previous cycle

  'kernel' crate:

   - New 'bug' module: add 'warn_on!' macro which reuses the existing
     'BUG'/'WARN' infrastructure, i.e. it respects the usual sysctls and
     kernel parameters:

         warn_on!(value == 42);

     To avoid duplicating the assembly code, the same strategy is
     followed as for the static branch code in order to share the
     assembly between both C and Rust

     This required a few rearrangements on C arch headers -- the
     existing C macros should still generate the same outputs, thus no
     functional change expected there

   - 'workqueue' module: add delayed work items, including a
     'DelayedWork' struct, a 'impl_has_delayed_work!' macro and an
     'enqueue_delayed' method, e.g.:

         /// Enqueue the struct for execution on the system workqueue,
         /// where its value will be printed 42 jiffies later.
         fn print_later(value: Arc&lt;MyStruct&gt;) {
             let _ = workqueue::system().enqueue_delayed(value, 42);
         }

   - New 'bits' module: add support for 'bit' and 'genmask' functions,
     with runtime- and compile-time variants, e.g.:

         static_assert!(0b00010000 == bit_u8(4));
         static_assert!(0b00011110 == genmask_u8(1..=4));

         assert!(checked_bit_u32(u32::BITS).is_none());

   - 'uaccess' module: add 'UserSliceReader::strcpy_into_buf', which
     reads NUL-terminated strings from userspace into a '&amp;CStr'

     Introduce 'UserPtr' newtype, similar in purpose to '__user' in C,
     to minimize mistakes handling userspace pointers, including mixing
     them up with integers and leaking them via the 'Debug' trait. Add
     it to the prelude, too

   - Start preparations for the replacement of our custom 'CStr' type
     with the analogous type in the 'core' standard library. This will
     take place across several cycles to make it easier. For this one,
     it includes a new 'fmt' module, using upstream method names and
     some other cleanups

     Replace 'fmt!' with a re-export, which helps Clippy lint properly,
     and clean up the found 'uninlined-format-args' instances

   - 'dma' module:

      - Clarify wording and be consistent in 'coherent' nomenclature

      - Convert the 'read!()' and 'write!()' macros to return a 'Result'

      - Add 'as_slice()', 'write()' methods in 'CoherentAllocation'

      - Expose 'count()' and 'size()' in 'CoherentAllocation' and add
        the corresponding type invariants

      - Implement 'CoherentAllocation::dma_handle_with_offset()'

   - 'time' module:

      - Make 'Instant' generic over clock source. This allows the
        compiler to assert that arithmetic expressions involving the
        'Instant' use 'Instants' based on the same clock source

      - Make 'HrTimer' generic over the timer mode. 'HrTimer' timers
        take a 'Duration' or an 'Instant' when setting the expiry time,
        depending on the timer mode. With this change, the compiler can
        check the type matches the timer mode

      - Add an abstraction for 'fsleep'. 'fsleep' is a flexible sleep
        function that will select an appropriate sleep method depending
        on the requested sleep time

      - Avoid 64-bit divisions on 32-bit hardware when calculating
        timestamps

      - Seal the 'HrTimerMode' trait. This prevents users of the
        'HrTimerMode' from implementing the trait on their own types

      - Pass the correct timer mode ID to 'hrtimer_start_range_ns()'

   - 'list' module: remove 'OFFSET' constants, allowing to remove
     pointer arithmetic; now 'impl_list_item!' invokes
     'impl_has_list_links!' or 'impl_has_list_links_self_ptr!'. Other
     simplifications too

   - 'types' module: remove 'ForeignOwnable::PointedTo' in favor of a
     constant, which avoids exposing the type of the opaque pointer, and
     require 'into_foreign' to return non-null

     Remove the 'Either&lt;L, R&gt;' type as well. It is unused, and we want
     to encourage the use of custom enums for concrete use cases

   - 'sync' module: implement 'Borrow' and 'BorrowMut' for 'Arc' types
     to allow them to be used in generic APIs

   - 'alloc' module: implement 'Borrow' and 'BorrowMut' for 'Box&lt;T, A&gt;';
     and 'Borrow', 'BorrowMut' and 'Default' for 'Vec&lt;T, A&gt;'

   - 'Opaque' type: add 'cast_from' method to perform a restricted cast
     that cannot change the inner type and use it in callers of
     'container_of!'. Rename 'raw_get' to 'cast_into' to match it

   - 'rbtree' module: add 'is_empty' method

   - 'sync' module: new 'aref' submodule to hold 'AlwaysRefCounted' and
     'ARef', which are moved from the too general 'types' module which
     we want to reduce or eventually remove. Also fix a safety comment
     in 'static_lock_class'

  'pin-init' crate:

   - Add 'impl&lt;T, E&gt; [Pin]Init&lt;T, E&gt; for Result&lt;T, E&gt;', so results are
     now (pin-)initializers

   - Add 'Zeroable::init_zeroed()' that delegates to 'init_zeroed()'

   - New 'zeroed()', a safe version of 'mem::zeroed()' and also provide
     it via 'Zeroable::zeroed()'

   - Implement 'Zeroable' for 'Option&lt;&amp;T&gt;', 'Option&lt;&amp;mut T&gt;' and for
     'Option&lt;[unsafe] [extern "abi"] fn(...args...) -&gt; ret&gt;' for
     '"Rust"' and '"C"' ABIs and up to 20 arguments

   - Changed blanket impls of 'Init' and 'PinInit' from 'impl&lt;T, E&gt;
     [Pin]Init&lt;T, E&gt; for T' to 'impl&lt;T&gt; [Pin]Init&lt;T&gt; for T'

   - Renamed 'zeroed()' to 'init_zeroed()'

   - Upstream dev news: improve CI more to deny warnings, use
     '--all-targets'. Check the synchronization status of the two
     '-next' branches in upstream and the kernel

  MAINTAINERS:

   - Add Vlastimil Babka, Liam R. Howlett, Uladzislau Rezki and Lorenzo
     Stoakes as reviewers (thanks everyone)

  And a few other cleanups and improvements"

* tag 'rust-6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux: (76 commits)
  rust: Add warn_on macro
  arm64/bug: Add ARCH_WARN_ASM macro for BUG/WARN asm code sharing with Rust
  riscv/bug: Add ARCH_WARN_ASM macro for BUG/WARN asm code sharing with Rust
  x86/bug: Add ARCH_WARN_ASM macro for BUG/WARN asm code sharing with Rust
  rust: kernel: move ARef and AlwaysRefCounted to sync::aref
  rust: sync: fix safety comment for `static_lock_class`
  rust: types: remove `Either&lt;L, R&gt;`
  rust: kernel: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names
  rust: str: add `CStr` methods matching `core::ffi::CStr`
  rust: str: remove unnecessary qualification
  rust: use `kernel::{fmt,prelude::fmt!}`
  rust: kernel: add `fmt` module
  rust: kernel: remove `fmt!`, fix clippy::uninlined-format-args
  scripts: rust: emit path candidates in panic message
  scripts: rust: replace length checks with match
  rust: list: remove nonexistent generic parameter in link
  rust: bits: add support for bits/genmask macros
  rust: list: remove OFFSET constants
  rust: list: add `impl_list_item!` examples
  rust: list: use fully qualified path
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: kernel: move ARef and AlwaysRefCounted to sync::aref</title>
<updated>2025-07-22T11:52:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Shankari Anand</name>
<email>shankari.ak0208@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-15T11:04:23+00:00</published>
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Move the definitions of `ARef` and `AlwaysRefCounted` from `types.rs`
to a new file `sync/aref.rs`.  Define the corresponding `aref` module
under `rust/kernel/sync.rs`.  These types are better grouped in `sync`.

To avoid breaking existing imports, they are re-exported from `types.rs`.
Drop unused imports `mem::ManuallyDrop`, `ptr::NonNull` from `types.rs`,
they are now only used in `sync/aref.rs`, where they are already imported.

Suggested-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1173
Signed-off-by: Shankari Anand &lt;shankari.ak0208@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250715110423.334744-1-shankari.ak0208@gmail.com
[ Added missing `///`. Changed module title. Reworded slightly. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Move the definitions of `ARef` and `AlwaysRefCounted` from `types.rs`
to a new file `sync/aref.rs`.  Define the corresponding `aref` module
under `rust/kernel/sync.rs`.  These types are better grouped in `sync`.

To avoid breaking existing imports, they are re-exported from `types.rs`.
Drop unused imports `mem::ManuallyDrop`, `ptr::NonNull` from `types.rs`,
they are now only used in `sync/aref.rs`, where they are already imported.

Suggested-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1173
Signed-off-by: Shankari Anand &lt;shankari.ak0208@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250715110423.334744-1-shankari.ak0208@gmail.com
[ Added missing `///`. Changed module title. Reworded slightly. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rust: types: remove `Either&lt;L, R&gt;`</title>
<updated>2025-07-21T21:54:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Benno Lossin</name>
<email>lossin@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-19T12:43:02+00:00</published>
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This enum is not used. Additionally, using it would result in poor
ergonomics, because in order to do any operation on a value it has to be
matched first. Our version of `Either` also doesn't provide any helper
methods making it even more difficult to use.

The alternative of creating a custom enum for the concrete use-case also
is much better for ergonomics. As one can provide functions on the type
directly and users don't need to match the value manually.

Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250519124304.79237-1-lossin@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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This enum is not used. Additionally, using it would result in poor
ergonomics, because in order to do any operation on a value it has to be
matched first. Our version of `Either` also doesn't provide any helper
methods making it even more difficult to use.

The alternative of creating a custom enum for the concrete use-case also
is much better for ergonomics. As one can provide functions on the type
directly and users don't need to match the value manually.

Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250519124304.79237-1-lossin@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: types: rename Opaque::raw_get to cast_into</title>
<updated>2025-07-15T20:26:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alice Ryhl</name>
<email>aliceryhl@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-24T15:27:56+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=64fb810bce03a4e2b4d3ecbba04bb97da3536dd8'/>
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In the previous patch we added Opaque::cast_from() that performs the
opposite operation to Opaque::raw_get(). For consistency with this
naming, rename raw_get() to cast_from().

There are a few other options such as calling cast_from() something
closer to raw_get() rather than renaming this method. However, I could
not find a great naming scheme that works with raw_get(). The previous
version of this patch used from_raw(), but functions of that name
typically have a different signature, so that's not a great option.

Suggested-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250624-opaque-from-raw-v2-2-e4da40bdc59c@google.com
[ Removed `HrTimer::raw_get` change. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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In the previous patch we added Opaque::cast_from() that performs the
opposite operation to Opaque::raw_get(). For consistency with this
naming, rename raw_get() to cast_from().

There are a few other options such as calling cast_from() something
closer to raw_get() rather than renaming this method. However, I could
not find a great naming scheme that works with raw_get(). The previous
version of this patch used from_raw(), but functions of that name
typically have a different signature, so that's not a great option.

Suggested-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250624-opaque-from-raw-v2-2-e4da40bdc59c@google.com
[ Removed `HrTimer::raw_get` change. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: types: add Opaque::cast_from</title>
<updated>2025-07-15T19:01:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alice Ryhl</name>
<email>aliceryhl@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-24T15:27:55+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=8802e168437840ea0b1d5ca571cd3e95681e9e2b'/>
<id>8802e168437840ea0b1d5ca571cd3e95681e9e2b</id>
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Since commit b20fbbc08a36 ("rust: check type of `$ptr` in
`container_of!`") we have enforced that the field pointer passed to
container_of! must match the declared field. This caused mismatches when
using a pointer to bindings::x for fields of type Opaque&lt;bindings::x&gt;.

This situation encourages the user to simply pass field.cast() to the
container_of! macro, but this is not great because you might
accidentally pass a *mut bindings::y when the field type is
Opaque&lt;bindings::x&gt;, which would be wrong.

To help catch this kind of mistake, add a new Opaque::cast_from that
wraps a raw pointer in Opaque without changing the inner type. Also
update the docs to reflect this as well as some existing users.

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250624-opaque-from-raw-v2-1-e4da40bdc59c@google.com
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Since commit b20fbbc08a36 ("rust: check type of `$ptr` in
`container_of!`") we have enforced that the field pointer passed to
container_of! must match the declared field. This caused mismatches when
using a pointer to bindings::x for fields of type Opaque&lt;bindings::x&gt;.

This situation encourages the user to simply pass field.cast() to the
container_of! macro, but this is not great because you might
accidentally pass a *mut bindings::y when the field type is
Opaque&lt;bindings::x&gt;, which would be wrong.

To help catch this kind of mistake, add a new Opaque::cast_from that
wraps a raw pointer in Opaque without changing the inner type. Also
update the docs to reflect this as well as some existing users.

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250624-opaque-from-raw-v2-1-e4da40bdc59c@google.com
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: types: require `ForeignOwnable::into_foreign` return non-null</title>
<updated>2025-07-14T21:55:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andreas Hindborg</name>
<email>a.hindborg@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-12T13:09:44+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=a68a6bef0e75fb9e5aea1399d8538f4e3584dab1'/>
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The intended implementations of `ForeignOwnable` will not return null
pointers from `into_foreign`, as this would render the implementation of
`try_from_foreign` useless. Current users of `ForeignOwnable` rely on
`into_foreign` returning non-null pointers. So require `into_foreign` to
return non-null pointers.

Suggested-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250612-pointed-to-v3-2-b009006d86a1@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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The intended implementations of `ForeignOwnable` will not return null
pointers from `into_foreign`, as this would render the implementation of
`try_from_foreign` useless. Current users of `ForeignOwnable` rely on
`into_foreign` returning non-null pointers. So require `into_foreign` to
return non-null pointers.

Suggested-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250612-pointed-to-v3-2-b009006d86a1@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: types: add FOREIGN_ALIGN to ForeignOwnable</title>
<updated>2025-07-14T21:55:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andreas Hindborg</name>
<email>a.hindborg@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-12T13:09:43+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=12717ebeffcf3e34063dbc1e1b7f34924150c7c9'/>
<id>12717ebeffcf3e34063dbc1e1b7f34924150c7c9</id>
<content type='text'>
The current implementation of `ForeignOwnable` is leaking the type of the
opaque pointer to consumers of the API. This allows consumers of the opaque
pointer to rely on the information that can be extracted from the pointer
type.

To prevent this, change the API to the version suggested by Maira
Canal (link below): Remove `ForeignOwnable::PointedTo` in favor of a
constant, which specifies the alignment of the pointers returned by
`into_foreign`.

With this change, `ArcInner` no longer needs `pub` visibility, so change it
to private.

Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Maíra Canal &lt;mcanal@igalia.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240309235927.168915-3-mcanal@igalia.com
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250612-pointed-to-v3-1-b009006d86a1@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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The current implementation of `ForeignOwnable` is leaking the type of the
opaque pointer to consumers of the API. This allows consumers of the opaque
pointer to rely on the information that can be extracted from the pointer
type.

To prevent this, change the API to the version suggested by Maira
Canal (link below): Remove `ForeignOwnable::PointedTo` in favor of a
constant, which specifies the alignment of the pointers returned by
`into_foreign`.

With this change, `ArcInner` no longer needs `pub` visibility, so change it
to private.

Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Maíra Canal &lt;mcanal@igalia.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240309235927.168915-3-mcanal@igalia.com
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250612-pointed-to-v3-1-b009006d86a1@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: implement `Wrapper&lt;T&gt;` for `Opaque&lt;T&gt;`</title>
<updated>2025-06-28T12:58:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christian Schrefl</name>
<email>chrisi.schrefl@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-10T20:27:55+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=64888dfdfac7f7d2013a9734755c11322ff6eaa5'/>
<id>64888dfdfac7f7d2013a9734755c11322ff6eaa5</id>
<content type='text'>
Moves the implementation for `pin-init` from an associated function
to the trait function of the `Wrapper` trait and extends the
implementation to support pin-initializers with error types.

Adds a use for the `Wrapper` trait in `revocable.rs`, to use the new
`pin-init` function. This is currently the only usage in the kernel.

Reviewed-by: Gerald Wisböck &lt;gerald.wisboeck@feather.ink&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Schrefl &lt;chrisi.schrefl@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250610-b4-rust_miscdevice_registrationdata-v6-1-b03f5dfce998@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
Moves the implementation for `pin-init` from an associated function
to the trait function of the `Wrapper` trait and extends the
implementation to support pin-initializers with error types.

Adds a use for the `Wrapper` trait in `revocable.rs`, to use the new
`pin-init` function. This is currently the only usage in the kernel.

Reviewed-by: Gerald Wisböck &lt;gerald.wisboeck@feather.ink&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;lossin@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Schrefl &lt;chrisi.schrefl@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250610-b4-rust_miscdevice_registrationdata-v6-1-b03f5dfce998@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
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