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<title>linux.git/scripts/Makefile.build, branch v6.18.21</title>
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<title>rust: kbuild: give `--config-path` to `rustfmt` in `.rsi` target</title>
<updated>2026-02-06T15:57:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miguel Ojeda</name>
<email>ojeda@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-15T18:38:32+00:00</published>
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commit af20ae33e7dd949f2e770198e74ac8f058cb299d upstream.

`rustfmt` is configured via the `.rustfmt.toml` file in the source tree,
and we apply `rustfmt` to the macro expanded sources generated by the
`.rsi` target.

However, under an `O=` pointing to an external folder (i.e. not just
a subdir), `rustfmt` will not find the file when checking the parent
folders. Since the edition is configured in this file, this can lead to
errors when it encounters newer syntax, e.g.

    error: expected one of `!`, `.`, `::`, `;`, `?`, `where`, `{`, or an operator, found `"rust_minimal"`
      --&gt; samples/rust/rust_minimal.rsi:29:49
       |
    28 | impl ::kernel::ModuleMetadata for RustMinimal {
       |                                               - while parsing this item list starting here
    29 |     const NAME: &amp;'static ::kernel::str::CStr = c"rust_minimal";
       |                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected one of 8 possible tokens
    30 | }
       | - the item list ends here
       |
       = note: you may be trying to write a c-string literal
       = note: c-string literals require Rust 2021 or later
       = help: pass `--edition 2024` to `rustc`
       = note: for more on editions, read https://doc.rust-lang.org/edition-guide

A workaround is to use `RUSTFMT=n`, which is documented in the `Makefile`
help for cases where macro expanded source may happen to break `rustfmt`
for other reasons, but this is not one of those cases.

One solution would be to pass `--edition`, but we want `rustfmt` to
use the entire configuration, even if currently we essentially use the
default configuration.

Thus explicitly give the path to the config file to `rustfmt` instead.

Reported-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Fixes: 2f7ab1267dc9 ("Kbuild: add Rust support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115183832.46595-1-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 af20ae33e7dd949f2e770198e74ac8f058cb299d upstream.

`rustfmt` is configured via the `.rustfmt.toml` file in the source tree,
and we apply `rustfmt` to the macro expanded sources generated by the
`.rsi` target.

However, under an `O=` pointing to an external folder (i.e. not just
a subdir), `rustfmt` will not find the file when checking the parent
folders. Since the edition is configured in this file, this can lead to
errors when it encounters newer syntax, e.g.

    error: expected one of `!`, `.`, `::`, `;`, `?`, `where`, `{`, or an operator, found `"rust_minimal"`
      --&gt; samples/rust/rust_minimal.rsi:29:49
       |
    28 | impl ::kernel::ModuleMetadata for RustMinimal {
       |                                               - while parsing this item list starting here
    29 |     const NAME: &amp;'static ::kernel::str::CStr = c"rust_minimal";
       |                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected one of 8 possible tokens
    30 | }
       | - the item list ends here
       |
       = note: you may be trying to write a c-string literal
       = note: c-string literals require Rust 2021 or later
       = help: pass `--edition 2024` to `rustc`
       = note: for more on editions, read https://doc.rust-lang.org/edition-guide

A workaround is to use `RUSTFMT=n`, which is documented in the `Makefile`
help for cases where macro expanded source may happen to break `rustfmt`
for other reasons, but this is not one of those cases.

One solution would be to pass `--edition`, but we want `rustfmt` to
use the entire configuration, even if currently we essentially use the
default configuration.

Thus explicitly give the path to the config file to `rustfmt` instead.

Reported-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Fixes: 2f7ab1267dc9 ("Kbuild: add Rust support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115183832.46595-1-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>kbuild: fix compilation of dtb specified on command-line without make rule</title>
<updated>2026-01-08T09:16:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas De Schampheleire</name>
<email>thomas.de_schampheleire@nokia.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-26T10:00:16+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit b08fc4d0ec2466558f6d5511434efdfabbddf2a6 ]

Since commit e7e2941300d2 ("kbuild: split device tree build rules into
scripts/Makefile.dtbs"), it is no longer possible to compile a device tree
blob that is not specified in a make rule
like:
    dtb-$(CONFIG_FOO) += foo.dtb

Before the mentioned commit, one could copy a dts file to e.g.
arch/arm64/boot/dts/ (or a new subdirectory) and then convert it to a dtb
file using:
    make ARCH=arm64 foo.dtb

In this scenario, both 'dtb-y' and 'dtb-' are empty, and the inclusion of
scripts/Makefile.dtbs relies on 'targets' to contain the MAKECMDGOALS. The
value of 'targets', however, is only final later in the code.

Move the conditional include of scripts/Makefile.dtbs down to where the
value of 'targets' is final. Since Makefile.dtbs updates 'always-y' which is
used as a prerequisite in the build rule, the build rule also needs to move
down.

Fixes: e7e2941300d2 ("kbuild: split device tree build rules into scripts/Makefile.dtbs")
Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire &lt;thomas.de_schampheleire@nokia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251126100017.1162330-1-thomas.de_schampheleire@nokia.com
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nsc@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit b08fc4d0ec2466558f6d5511434efdfabbddf2a6 ]

Since commit e7e2941300d2 ("kbuild: split device tree build rules into
scripts/Makefile.dtbs"), it is no longer possible to compile a device tree
blob that is not specified in a make rule
like:
    dtb-$(CONFIG_FOO) += foo.dtb

Before the mentioned commit, one could copy a dts file to e.g.
arch/arm64/boot/dts/ (or a new subdirectory) and then convert it to a dtb
file using:
    make ARCH=arm64 foo.dtb

In this scenario, both 'dtb-y' and 'dtb-' are empty, and the inclusion of
scripts/Makefile.dtbs relies on 'targets' to contain the MAKECMDGOALS. The
value of 'targets', however, is only final later in the code.

Move the conditional include of scripts/Makefile.dtbs down to where the
value of 'targets' is final. Since Makefile.dtbs updates 'always-y' which is
used as a prerequisite in the build rule, the build rule also needs to move
down.

Fixes: e7e2941300d2 ("kbuild: split device tree build rules into scripts/Makefile.dtbs")
Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire &lt;thomas.de_schampheleire@nokia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251126100017.1162330-1-thomas.de_schampheleire@nokia.com
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nsc@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: Let kernel-doc.py use PYTHON3 override</title>
<updated>2025-11-09T02:42:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jean Delvare</name>
<email>jdelvare@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-07T18:29:33+00:00</published>
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It is possible to force a specific version of python to be used when
building the kernel by passing PYTHON3= on the make command line.
However kernel-doc.py is currently called with python3 hard-coded and
thus ignores this setting.

Use $(PYTHON3) to run $(KERNELDOC) so that the desired version of
python is used.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare &lt;jdelvare@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nsc@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab &lt;mchehab+huawei@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251107192933.2bfe9e57@endymion
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
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It is possible to force a specific version of python to be used when
building the kernel by passing PYTHON3= on the make command line.
However kernel-doc.py is currently called with python3 hard-coded and
thus ignores this setting.

Use $(PYTHON3) to run $(KERNELDOC) so that the desired version of
python is used.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare &lt;jdelvare@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nsc@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab &lt;mchehab+huawei@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251107192933.2bfe9e57@endymion
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@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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</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: list: add `impl_list_item!` examples</title>
<updated>2025-07-19T21:18:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tamir Duberstein</name>
<email>tamird@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-09T19:31:15+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=5d840b4c4935cd5100be97b6df565b4b159970a5'/>
<id>5d840b4c4935cd5100be97b6df565b4b159970a5</id>
<content type='text'>
There's a comprehensive example in `rust/kernel/list.rs` but it doesn't
exercise the `using ListLinksSelfPtr` variant nor the generic cases. Add
that here. Generalize `impl_has_list_links_self_ptr` to handle nested
fields in the same manner as `impl_has_list_links`.

Tested-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein &lt;tamird@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250709-list-no-offset-v4-5-a429e75840a9@gmail.com
[ Fixed Rust &lt; 1.82 build by enabling the `offset_of_nested`
  feature. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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There's a comprehensive example in `rust/kernel/list.rs` but it doesn't
exercise the `using ListLinksSelfPtr` variant nor the generic cases. Add
that here. Generalize `impl_has_list_links_self_ptr` to handle nested
fields in the same manner as `impl_has_list_links`.

Tested-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein &lt;tamird@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250709-list-no-offset-v4-5-a429e75840a9@gmail.com
[ Fixed Rust &lt; 1.82 build by enabling the `offset_of_nested`
  feature. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: use `#[used(compiler)]` to fix build and `modpost` with Rust &gt;= 1.89.0</title>
<updated>2025-07-14T21:30:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miguel Ojeda</name>
<email>ojeda@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-12T16:01:03+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=7498159226772d66f150dd406be462d75964a366'/>
<id>7498159226772d66f150dd406be462d75964a366</id>
<content type='text'>
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;
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<pre>
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;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild</title>
<updated>2025-06-07T17:05:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-07T17:05:35+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=8630c59e99363c4b655788fd01134aef9bcd9264'/>
<id>8630c59e99363c4b655788fd01134aef9bcd9264</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Add support for the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES() macro, which
   exports a symbol only to specified modules

 - Improve ABI handling in gendwarfksyms

 - Forcibly link lib-y objects to vmlinux even if CONFIG_MODULES=n

 - Add checkers for redundant or missing &lt;linux/export.h&gt; inclusion

 - Deprecate the extra-y syntax

 - Fix a genksyms bug when including enum constants from *.symref files

* tag 'kbuild-v6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (28 commits)
  genksyms: Fix enum consts from a reference affecting new values
  arch: use always-$(KBUILD_BUILTIN) for vmlinux.lds
  kbuild: set y instead of 1 to KBUILD_{BUILTIN,MODULES}
  efi/libstub: use 'targets' instead of extra-y in Makefile
  module: make __mod_device_table__* symbols static
  scripts/misc-check: check unnecessary #include &lt;linux/export.h&gt; when W=1
  scripts/misc-check: check missing #include &lt;linux/export.h&gt; when W=1
  scripts/misc-check: add double-quotes to satisfy shellcheck
  kbuild: move W=1 check for scripts/misc-check to top-level Makefile
  scripts/tags.sh: allow to use alternative ctags implementation
  kconfig: introduce menu type enum
  docs: symbol-namespaces: fix reST warning with literal block
  kbuild: link lib-y objects to vmlinux forcibly even when CONFIG_MODULES=n
  tinyconfig: enable CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
  docs/core-api/symbol-namespaces: drop table of contents and section numbering
  modpost: check forbidden MODULE_IMPORT_NS("module:") at compile time
  kbuild: move kbuild syntax processing to scripts/Makefile.build
  Makefile: remove dependency on archscripts for header installation
  Documentation/kbuild: Add new gendwarfksyms kABI rules
  Documentation/kbuild: Drop section numbers
  ...
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<pre>
Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Add support for the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES() macro, which
   exports a symbol only to specified modules

 - Improve ABI handling in gendwarfksyms

 - Forcibly link lib-y objects to vmlinux even if CONFIG_MODULES=n

 - Add checkers for redundant or missing &lt;linux/export.h&gt; inclusion

 - Deprecate the extra-y syntax

 - Fix a genksyms bug when including enum constants from *.symref files

* tag 'kbuild-v6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (28 commits)
  genksyms: Fix enum consts from a reference affecting new values
  arch: use always-$(KBUILD_BUILTIN) for vmlinux.lds
  kbuild: set y instead of 1 to KBUILD_{BUILTIN,MODULES}
  efi/libstub: use 'targets' instead of extra-y in Makefile
  module: make __mod_device_table__* symbols static
  scripts/misc-check: check unnecessary #include &lt;linux/export.h&gt; when W=1
  scripts/misc-check: check missing #include &lt;linux/export.h&gt; when W=1
  scripts/misc-check: add double-quotes to satisfy shellcheck
  kbuild: move W=1 check for scripts/misc-check to top-level Makefile
  scripts/tags.sh: allow to use alternative ctags implementation
  kconfig: introduce menu type enum
  docs: symbol-namespaces: fix reST warning with literal block
  kbuild: link lib-y objects to vmlinux forcibly even when CONFIG_MODULES=n
  tinyconfig: enable CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
  docs/core-api/symbol-namespaces: drop table of contents and section numbering
  modpost: check forbidden MODULE_IMPORT_NS("module:") at compile time
  kbuild: move kbuild syntax processing to scripts/Makefile.build
  Makefile: remove dependency on archscripts for header installation
  Documentation/kbuild: Add new gendwarfksyms kABI rules
  Documentation/kbuild: Drop section numbers
  ...
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'rust-6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux</title>
<updated>2025-06-05T04:18:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-05T04:18:37+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=ec7714e4947909190ffb3041a03311a975350fe0'/>
<id>ec7714e4947909190ffb3041a03311a975350fe0</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull Rust updates from Miguel Ojeda:
 "Toolchain and infrastructure:

   - KUnit '#[test]'s:

      - Support KUnit-mapped 'assert!' macros.

        The support that landed last cycle was very basic, and the
        'assert!' macros panicked since they were the standard library
        ones. Now, they are mapped to the KUnit ones in a similar way to
        how is done for doctests, reusing the infrastructure there.

        With this, a failing test like:

            #[test]
            fn my_first_test() {
                assert_eq!(42, 43);
            }

        will report:

            # my_first_test: ASSERTION FAILED at rust/kernel/lib.rs:251
            Expected 42 == 43 to be true, but is false
            # my_first_test.speed: normal
            not ok 1 my_first_test

      - Support tests with checked 'Result' return types.

        The return value of test functions that return a 'Result' will
        be checked, thus one can now easily catch errors when e.g. using
        the '?' operator in tests.

        With this, a failing test like:

            #[test]
            fn my_test() -&gt; Result {
                f()?;
                Ok(())
            }

        will report:

            # my_test: ASSERTION FAILED at rust/kernel/lib.rs:321
            Expected is_test_result_ok(my_test()) to be true, but is false
            # my_test.speed: normal
            not ok 1 my_test

      - Add 'kunit_tests' to the prelude.

   - Clarify the remaining language unstable features in use.

   - Compile 'core' with edition 2024 for Rust &gt;= 1.87.

   - Workaround 'bindgen' issue with forward references to 'enum' types.

   - objtool: relax slice condition to cover more 'noreturn' functions.

   - Use absolute paths in macros referencing 'core' and 'kernel'
     crates.

   - Skip '-mno-fdpic' flag for bindgen in GCC 32-bit arm builds.

   - Clean some 'doc_markdown' lint hits -- we may enable it later on.

  'kernel' crate:

   - 'alloc' module:

      - 'Box': support for type coercion, e.g. 'Box&lt;T&gt;' to 'Box&lt;dyn U&gt;'
        if 'T' implements 'U'.

      - 'Vec': implement new methods (prerequisites for nova-core and
        binder): 'truncate', 'resize', 'clear', 'pop',
        'push_within_capacity' (with new error type 'PushError'),
        'drain_all', 'retain', 'remove' (with new error type
        'RemoveError'), insert_within_capacity' (with new error type
        'InsertError').

        In addition, simplify 'push' using 'spare_capacity_mut', split
        'set_len' into 'inc_len' and 'dec_len', add type invariant 'len
        &lt;= capacity' and simplify 'truncate' using 'dec_len'.

   - 'time' module:

      - Morph the Rust hrtimer subsystem into the Rust timekeeping
        subsystem, covering delay, sleep, timekeeping, timers. This new
        subsystem has all the relevant timekeeping C maintainers listed
        in the entry.

      - Replace 'Ktime' with 'Delta' and 'Instant' types to represent a
        duration of time and a point in time.

      - Temporarily add 'Ktime' to 'hrtimer' module to allow 'hrtimer'
        to delay converting to 'Instant' and 'Delta'.

   - 'xarray' module:

      - Add a Rust abstraction for the 'xarray' data structure. This
        abstraction allows Rust code to leverage the 'xarray' to store
        types that implement 'ForeignOwnable'. This support is a
        dependency for memory backing feature of the Rust null block
        driver, which is waiting to be merged.

      - Set up an entry in 'MAINTAINERS' for the XArray Rust support.
        Patches will go to the new Rust XArray tree and then via the
        Rust subsystem tree for now.

      - Allow 'ForeignOwnable' to carry information about the pointed-to
        type. This helps asserting alignment requirements for the
        pointer passed to the foreign language.

   - 'container_of!': retain pointer mut-ness and add a compile-time
     check of the type of the first parameter ('$field_ptr').

   - Support optional message in 'static_assert!'.

   - Add C FFI types (e.g. 'c_int') to the prelude.

   - 'str' module: simplify KUnit tests 'format!' macro, convert
     'rusttest' tests into KUnit, take advantage of the '-&gt; Result'
     support in KUnit '#[test]'s.

   - 'list' module: add examples for 'List', fix path of
     'assert_pinned!' (so far unused macro rule).

   - 'workqueue' module: remove 'HasWork::OFFSET'.

   - 'page' module: add 'inline' attribute.

  'macros' crate:

   - 'module' macro: place 'cleanup_module()' in '.exit.text' section.

  'pin-init' crate:

   - Add 'Wrapper&lt;T&gt;' trait for creating pin-initializers for wrapper
     structs with a structurally pinned value such as 'UnsafeCell&lt;T&gt;' or
     'MaybeUninit&lt;T&gt;'.

   - Add 'MaybeZeroable' derive macro to try to derive 'Zeroable', but
     not error if not all fields implement it. This is needed to derive
     'Zeroable' for all bindgen-generated structs.

   - Add 'unsafe fn cast_[pin_]init()' functions to unsafely change the
     initialized type of an initializer. These are utilized by the
     'Wrapper&lt;T&gt;' implementations.

   - Add support for visibility in 'Zeroable' derive macro.

   - Add support for 'union's in 'Zeroable' derive macro.

   - Upstream dev news: streamline CI, fix some bugs. Add new workflows
     to check if the user-space version and the one in the kernel tree
     have diverged. Use the issues tab [1] to track them, which should
     help folks report and diagnose issues w.r.t. 'pin-init' better.

       [1] https://github.com/rust-for-linux/pin-init/issues

  Documentation:

   - Testing: add docs on the new KUnit '#[test]' tests.

   - Coding guidelines: explain that '///' vs. '//' applies to private
     items too. Add section on C FFI types.

   - Quick Start guide: update Ubuntu instructions and split them into
     "25.04" and "24.04 LTS and older".

  And a few other cleanups and improvements"

* tag 'rust-6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux: (78 commits)
  rust: list: Fix typo `much` in arc.rs
  rust: check type of `$ptr` in `container_of!`
  rust: workqueue: remove HasWork::OFFSET
  rust: retain pointer mut-ness in `container_of!`
  Documentation: rust: testing: add docs on the new KUnit `#[test]` tests
  Documentation: rust: rename `#[test]`s to "`rusttest` host tests"
  rust: str: take advantage of the `-&gt; Result` support in KUnit `#[test]`'s
  rust: str: simplify KUnit tests `format!` macro
  rust: str: convert `rusttest` tests into KUnit
  rust: add `kunit_tests` to the prelude
  rust: kunit: support checked `-&gt; Result`s in KUnit `#[test]`s
  rust: kunit: support KUnit-mapped `assert!` macros in `#[test]`s
  rust: make section names plural
  rust: list: fix path of `assert_pinned!`
  rust: compile libcore with edition 2024 for 1.87+
  rust: dma: add missing Markdown code span
  rust: task: add missing Markdown code spans and intra-doc links
  rust: pci: fix docs related to missing Markdown code spans
  rust: alloc: add missing Markdown code span
  rust: alloc: add missing Markdown code spans
  ...
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<pre>
Pull Rust updates from Miguel Ojeda:
 "Toolchain and infrastructure:

   - KUnit '#[test]'s:

      - Support KUnit-mapped 'assert!' macros.

        The support that landed last cycle was very basic, and the
        'assert!' macros panicked since they were the standard library
        ones. Now, they are mapped to the KUnit ones in a similar way to
        how is done for doctests, reusing the infrastructure there.

        With this, a failing test like:

            #[test]
            fn my_first_test() {
                assert_eq!(42, 43);
            }

        will report:

            # my_first_test: ASSERTION FAILED at rust/kernel/lib.rs:251
            Expected 42 == 43 to be true, but is false
            # my_first_test.speed: normal
            not ok 1 my_first_test

      - Support tests with checked 'Result' return types.

        The return value of test functions that return a 'Result' will
        be checked, thus one can now easily catch errors when e.g. using
        the '?' operator in tests.

        With this, a failing test like:

            #[test]
            fn my_test() -&gt; Result {
                f()?;
                Ok(())
            }

        will report:

            # my_test: ASSERTION FAILED at rust/kernel/lib.rs:321
            Expected is_test_result_ok(my_test()) to be true, but is false
            # my_test.speed: normal
            not ok 1 my_test

      - Add 'kunit_tests' to the prelude.

   - Clarify the remaining language unstable features in use.

   - Compile 'core' with edition 2024 for Rust &gt;= 1.87.

   - Workaround 'bindgen' issue with forward references to 'enum' types.

   - objtool: relax slice condition to cover more 'noreturn' functions.

   - Use absolute paths in macros referencing 'core' and 'kernel'
     crates.

   - Skip '-mno-fdpic' flag for bindgen in GCC 32-bit arm builds.

   - Clean some 'doc_markdown' lint hits -- we may enable it later on.

  'kernel' crate:

   - 'alloc' module:

      - 'Box': support for type coercion, e.g. 'Box&lt;T&gt;' to 'Box&lt;dyn U&gt;'
        if 'T' implements 'U'.

      - 'Vec': implement new methods (prerequisites for nova-core and
        binder): 'truncate', 'resize', 'clear', 'pop',
        'push_within_capacity' (with new error type 'PushError'),
        'drain_all', 'retain', 'remove' (with new error type
        'RemoveError'), insert_within_capacity' (with new error type
        'InsertError').

        In addition, simplify 'push' using 'spare_capacity_mut', split
        'set_len' into 'inc_len' and 'dec_len', add type invariant 'len
        &lt;= capacity' and simplify 'truncate' using 'dec_len'.

   - 'time' module:

      - Morph the Rust hrtimer subsystem into the Rust timekeeping
        subsystem, covering delay, sleep, timekeeping, timers. This new
        subsystem has all the relevant timekeeping C maintainers listed
        in the entry.

      - Replace 'Ktime' with 'Delta' and 'Instant' types to represent a
        duration of time and a point in time.

      - Temporarily add 'Ktime' to 'hrtimer' module to allow 'hrtimer'
        to delay converting to 'Instant' and 'Delta'.

   - 'xarray' module:

      - Add a Rust abstraction for the 'xarray' data structure. This
        abstraction allows Rust code to leverage the 'xarray' to store
        types that implement 'ForeignOwnable'. This support is a
        dependency for memory backing feature of the Rust null block
        driver, which is waiting to be merged.

      - Set up an entry in 'MAINTAINERS' for the XArray Rust support.
        Patches will go to the new Rust XArray tree and then via the
        Rust subsystem tree for now.

      - Allow 'ForeignOwnable' to carry information about the pointed-to
        type. This helps asserting alignment requirements for the
        pointer passed to the foreign language.

   - 'container_of!': retain pointer mut-ness and add a compile-time
     check of the type of the first parameter ('$field_ptr').

   - Support optional message in 'static_assert!'.

   - Add C FFI types (e.g. 'c_int') to the prelude.

   - 'str' module: simplify KUnit tests 'format!' macro, convert
     'rusttest' tests into KUnit, take advantage of the '-&gt; Result'
     support in KUnit '#[test]'s.

   - 'list' module: add examples for 'List', fix path of
     'assert_pinned!' (so far unused macro rule).

   - 'workqueue' module: remove 'HasWork::OFFSET'.

   - 'page' module: add 'inline' attribute.

  'macros' crate:

   - 'module' macro: place 'cleanup_module()' in '.exit.text' section.

  'pin-init' crate:

   - Add 'Wrapper&lt;T&gt;' trait for creating pin-initializers for wrapper
     structs with a structurally pinned value such as 'UnsafeCell&lt;T&gt;' or
     'MaybeUninit&lt;T&gt;'.

   - Add 'MaybeZeroable' derive macro to try to derive 'Zeroable', but
     not error if not all fields implement it. This is needed to derive
     'Zeroable' for all bindgen-generated structs.

   - Add 'unsafe fn cast_[pin_]init()' functions to unsafely change the
     initialized type of an initializer. These are utilized by the
     'Wrapper&lt;T&gt;' implementations.

   - Add support for visibility in 'Zeroable' derive macro.

   - Add support for 'union's in 'Zeroable' derive macro.

   - Upstream dev news: streamline CI, fix some bugs. Add new workflows
     to check if the user-space version and the one in the kernel tree
     have diverged. Use the issues tab [1] to track them, which should
     help folks report and diagnose issues w.r.t. 'pin-init' better.

       [1] https://github.com/rust-for-linux/pin-init/issues

  Documentation:

   - Testing: add docs on the new KUnit '#[test]' tests.

   - Coding guidelines: explain that '///' vs. '//' applies to private
     items too. Add section on C FFI types.

   - Quick Start guide: update Ubuntu instructions and split them into
     "25.04" and "24.04 LTS and older".

  And a few other cleanups and improvements"

* tag 'rust-6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux: (78 commits)
  rust: list: Fix typo `much` in arc.rs
  rust: check type of `$ptr` in `container_of!`
  rust: workqueue: remove HasWork::OFFSET
  rust: retain pointer mut-ness in `container_of!`
  Documentation: rust: testing: add docs on the new KUnit `#[test]` tests
  Documentation: rust: rename `#[test]`s to "`rusttest` host tests"
  rust: str: take advantage of the `-&gt; Result` support in KUnit `#[test]`'s
  rust: str: simplify KUnit tests `format!` macro
  rust: str: convert `rusttest` tests into KUnit
  rust: add `kunit_tests` to the prelude
  rust: kunit: support checked `-&gt; Result`s in KUnit `#[test]`s
  rust: kunit: support KUnit-mapped `assert!` macros in `#[test]`s
  rust: make section names plural
  rust: list: fix path of `assert_pinned!`
  rust: compile libcore with edition 2024 for 1.87+
  rust: dma: add missing Markdown code span
  rust: task: add missing Markdown code spans and intra-doc links
  rust: pci: fix docs related to missing Markdown code spans
  rust: alloc: add missing Markdown code span
  rust: alloc: add missing Markdown code spans
  ...
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<entry>
<title>kbuild: move kbuild syntax processing to scripts/Makefile.build</title>
<updated>2025-05-25T09:15:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-14T05:46:33+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=8f81d8529e19c84b014e4239d2012373274d138d'/>
<id>8f81d8529e19c84b014e4239d2012373274d138d</id>
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scripts/Makefile.lib is included by the following Makefiles:

  scripts/Makefile.build
  scripts/Makefile.modfinal
  scripts/Makefile.package
  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o

However, the last four do not need to process Kbuild syntax such as
obj-*, lib-*, subdir-*, etc.

Move the relevant code to scripts/Makefile.build.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas.schier@linux.dev&gt;
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scripts/Makefile.lib is included by the following Makefiles:

  scripts/Makefile.build
  scripts/Makefile.modfinal
  scripts/Makefile.package
  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o

However, the last four do not need to process Kbuild syntax such as
obj-*, lib-*, subdir-*, etc.

Move the relevant code to scripts/Makefile.build.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas.schier@linux.dev&gt;
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</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: clarify the language unstable features in use</title>
<updated>2025-05-11T22:20:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miguel Ojeda</name>
<email>ojeda@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-27T21:13:02+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=b9b701fce49a448b1e046f7cda592fec2958e5cd'/>
<id>b9b701fce49a448b1e046f7cda592fec2958e5cd</id>
<content type='text'>
We track the details of which Rust features we use at our usual "live
list" [1] (and its sub-lists), but in light of a discussion in the LWN
article [2], it would help to clarify it in the source code.

In particular, we are very close to rely only on stable Rust language-wise
-- essentially only two language features remain (including the `kernel`
crate).

Thus add some details in both the feature list of the `kernel` crate as
well as the list of allowed features.

This does not over every single feature, and there are quite a few
non-language features that we use too. To have the full picture, please
refer to [1].

Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [1]
Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1015409/ [2]
Suggested-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250327211302.286313-1-ojeda@kernel.org
[ Improved comments with suggestions from the list. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
We track the details of which Rust features we use at our usual "live
list" [1] (and its sub-lists), but in light of a discussion in the LWN
article [2], it would help to clarify it in the source code.

In particular, we are very close to rely only on stable Rust language-wise
-- essentially only two language features remain (including the `kernel`
crate).

Thus add some details in both the feature list of the `kernel` crate as
well as the list of allowed features.

This does not over every single feature, and there are quite a few
non-language features that we use too. To have the full picture, please
refer to [1].

Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [1]
Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1015409/ [2]
Suggested-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250327211302.286313-1-ojeda@kernel.org
[ Improved comments with suggestions from the list. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
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