user/sven/linux.git/Documentation/rust, branch v6.13.7

Merge tag 'rust-6.13' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux

2024-11-26T22:00:26Z

Pull rust updates from Miguel Ojeda: "Toolchain and infrastructure: - Enable a series of lints, including safety-related ones, e.g. the compiler will now warn about missing safety comments, as well as unnecessary ones. How safety documentation is organized is a frequent source of review comments, thus having the compiler guide new developers on where they are expected (and where not) is very nice. - Start using '#[expect]': an interesting feature in Rust (stabilized in 1.81.0) that makes the compiler warn if an expected warning was _not_ emitted. This is useful to avoid forgetting cleaning up locally ignored diagnostics ('#[allow]'s). - Introduce '.clippy.toml' configuration file for Clippy, the Rust linter, which will allow us to tweak its behaviour. For instance, our first use cases are declaring a disallowed macro and, more importantly, enabling the checking of private items. - Lints-related fixes and cleanups related to the items above. - Migrate from 'receiver_trait' to 'arbitrary_self_types': to get the kernel into stable Rust, one of the major pieces of the puzzle is the support to write custom types that can be used as 'self', i.e. as receivers, since the kernel needs to write types such as 'Arc' that common userspace Rust would not. 'arbitrary_self_types' has been accepted to become stable, and this is one of the steps required to get there. - Remove usage of the 'new_uninit' unstable feature. - Use custom C FFI types. Includes a new 'ffi' crate to contain our custom mapping, instead of using the standard library 'core::ffi' one. The actual remapping will be introduced in a later cycle. - Map '__kernel_{size_t,ssize_t,ptrdiff_t}' to 'usize'/'isize' instead of 32/64-bit integers. - Fix 'size_t' in bindgen generated prototypes of C builtins. - Warn on bindgen < 0.69.5 and libclang >= 19.1 due to a double issue in the projects, which we managed to trigger with the upcoming tracepoint support. It includes a build test since some distributions backported the fix (e.g. Debian -- thanks!). All major distributions we list should be now OK except Ubuntu non-LTS. 'macros' crate: - Adapt the build system to be able run the doctests there too; and clean up and enable the corresponding doctests. 'kernel' crate: - Add 'alloc' module with generic kernel allocator support and remove the dependency on the Rust standard library 'alloc' and the extension traits we used to provide fallible methods with flags. Add the 'Allocator' trait and its implementations '{K,V,KV}malloc'. Add the 'Box' type (a heap allocation for a single value of type 'T' that is also generic over an allocator and considers the kernel's GFP flags) and its shorthand aliases '{K,V,KV}Box'. Add 'ArrayLayout' type. Add 'Vec' (a contiguous growable array type) and its shorthand aliases '{K,V,KV}Vec', including iterator support. For instance, now we may write code such as: let mut v = KVec::new(); v.push(1, GFP_KERNEL)?; assert_eq!(&v, &[1]); Treewide, move as well old users to these new types. - 'sync' module: add global lock support, including the 'GlobalLockBackend' trait; the 'Global{Lock,Guard,LockedBy}' types and the 'global_lock!' macro. Add the 'Lock::try_lock' method. - 'error' module: optimize 'Error' type to use 'NonZeroI32' and make conversion functions public. - 'page' module: add 'page_align' function. - Add 'transmute' module with the existing 'FromBytes' and 'AsBytes' traits. - 'block::mq::request' module: improve rendered documentation. - 'types' module: extend 'Opaque' type documentation and add simple examples for the 'Either' types. drm/panic: - Clean up a series of Clippy warnings. Documentation: - Add coding guidelines for lints and the '#[expect]' feature. - Add Ubuntu to the list of distributions in the Quick Start guide. MAINTAINERS: - Add Danilo Krummrich as maintainer of the new 'alloc' module. And a few other small cleanups and fixes" * tag 'rust-6.13' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux: (82 commits) rust: alloc: Fix `ArrayLayout` allocations docs: rust: remove spurious item in `expect` list rust: allow `clippy::needless_lifetimes` rust: warn on bindgen < 0.69.5 and libclang >= 19.1 rust: use custom FFI integer types rust: map `__kernel_size_t` and friends also to usize/isize rust: fix size_t in bindgen prototypes of C builtins rust: sync: add global lock support rust: macros: enable the rest of the tests rust: macros: enable paste! use from macro_rules! rust: enable macros::module! tests rust: kbuild: expand rusttest target for macros rust: types: extend `Opaque` documentation rust: block: fix formatting of `kernel::block::mq::request` module rust: macros: fix documentation of the paste! macro rust: kernel: fix THIS_MODULE header path in ThisModule doc comment rust: page: add Rust version of PAGE_ALIGN rust: helpers: remove unnecessary header includes rust: exports: improve grammar in commentary drm/panic: allow verbose version check ...

docs: rust: remove spurious item in `expect` list

2024-11-24T23:10:29Z

This list started as a "when to prefer `expect`" list, but at some point during writing I changed it to a "prefer `expect` unless..." one. However, the first bullet remained, which does not make sense anymore. Thus remove it. In addition, fix nearby typo. Fixes: 04866494e936 ("Documentation: rust: discuss `#[expect(...)]` in the guidelines") Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241117133127.473937-1-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda

Merge tag 'docs-6.13' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

2024-11-20T17:16:45Z

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "Another moderately busy cycle in docsland: - Work on Chinese translations has picked up again. Happily, they are maintaining the existing translations and not just adding new ones. - Some maintenance of the Japanese and Italian translations as well. - The removal of the venerable "dontdiff" file. It has long outlived its usefulness and contained entries ("parse.*") that would actively mask actual source change. - The addition of enforcement information to the code-of-conduct documentation. Along with some build-system fixes and a lot of typo and language fixes" * tag 'docs-6.13' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (52 commits) Documentation/CoC: spell out enforcement for unacceptable behaviors docs: fix typos and whitespace in Documentation/process/backporting.rst docs/zh_CN: fix one sentence in llvm.rst docs: bug-bisect: add a note about bisecting -next docs/zh_CN: add the translation of kbuild/llvm.rst Documentation: Fix incorrect paths/magic in magic numbers rst Documentation/maintainer-tip: Fix typos Documentation: Improve crash_kexec_post_notifiers description Docs/zh_CN: Translate physical_memory.rst to Simplified Chinese Documentation: admin: reorganize kernel-parameters intro docs/zh_CN: update the translation of process/programming-language.rst docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/page_owner.rst docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/page_table_check.rst docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/overcommit-accounting.rst docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/admon/faq.rst docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/active_mm.rst docs/zh_CN: update the translation of mm/hmm.rst docs: remove Documentation/dontdiff docs/zh_CN: Add a entry in Chinese glossary Docs/zh_CN: Fix the pfn calculation error in page_tables.rst ...

RISC-V: disallow gcc + rust builds

2024-10-25T13:18:37Z

During the discussion before supporting rust on riscv, it was decided not to support gcc yet, due to differences in extension handling compared to llvm (only the version of libclang matching the c compiler is supported). Recently Jason Montleon reported [1] that building with gcc caused build issues, due to unsupported arguments being passed to libclang. After some discussion between myself and Miguel, it is better to disable gcc + rust builds to match the original intent, and subsequently support it when an appropriate set of extensions can be deduced from the version of libclang. Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240917000848.720765-2-jmontleo@redhat.com/ [1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240926-battering-revolt-6c6a7827413e@spud/ [2] Fixes: 70a57b247251a ("RISC-V: enable building 64-bit kernels with rust support") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Jason Montleon Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241001-playlist-deceiving-16ece2f440f5@spud Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt

kernel-docs: Add new section for Rust learning materials

2024-10-14T15:50:29Z

Include a new section in the Index of Further Kernel Documentation with resources to learn Rust. Reference it in the Rust index. The resources are a product of a survey among assistants to the conference Kangrejos'24. Signed-off-by: Carlos Bilbao Reviewed-by: Dirk Behme Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240922160411.274949-1-carlos.bilbao.osdev@gmail.com

Documentation: rust: discuss `#[expect(...)]` in the guidelines

2024-10-07T19:39:57Z

Discuss `#[expect(...)]` in the Lints sections of the coding guidelines document, which is an upcoming feature in Rust 1.81.0, and explain that it is generally to be preferred over `allow` unless there is a reason not to use it (e.g. conditional compilation being involved). Tested-by: Gary Guo Reviewed-by: Gary Guo Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240904204347.168520-19-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda

Documentation: rust: add coding guidelines on lints

2024-10-07T19:39:57Z

In the C side, disabling diagnostics locally, i.e. within the source code, is rare (at least in the kernel). Sometimes warnings are manipulated via the flags at the translation unit level, but that is about it. In Rust, it is easier to change locally the "level" of lints (e.g. allowing them locally). In turn, this means it is easier to globally enable more lints that may trigger a few false positives here and there that need to be allowed locally, but that generally can spot issues or bugs. Thus document this. Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl Tested-by: Gary Guo Reviewed-by: Gary Guo Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240904204347.168520-17-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda

docs: rust: quick-start: add Ubuntu

2024-10-07T08:49:15Z

Ubuntu has changed their maintenance model for Rust toolchains and is now providing recent Rust releases in their releases, including both LTS and non-LTS (interim) releases. Therefore, add instructions to the Quick Start guide for Ubuntu, like it is done for the other distributions. Link: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=rustc-1 Link: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=bindgen-0 Cc: Zixing Liu Cc: William Grant Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240925140600.275429-1-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda

Merge tag 'rust-6.12' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux

2024-09-25T17:25:40Z

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>' 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 ...

docs: rust: include other expressions in conditional compilation section

2024-09-05T20:45:01Z

Expand the conditional compilation section to explain how to support other expressions, such as testing whether `RUSTC_VERSION` is at least a given version, which requires a numerical comparison that Rust's `cfg` predicates do not support (yet?). Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier Tested-by: Alice Ryhl Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240902165535.1101978-7-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda