From 7498159226772d66f150dd406be462d75964a366 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miguel Ojeda Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 18:01:03 +0200 Subject: rust: use `#[used(compiler)]` to fix build and `modpost` with Rust >= 1.89.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 >= 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 Cc: Wesley Wiser 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 Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda --- rust/kernel/lib.rs | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'rust/kernel/lib.rs') diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs index 6b4774b2b1c3..e13d6ed88fa6 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ // Expected to become stable. #![feature(arbitrary_self_types)] // +// To be determined. +#![feature(used_with_arg)] +// // `feature(derive_coerce_pointee)` is expected to become stable. Before Rust // 1.84.0, it did not exist, so enable the predecessor features. #![cfg_attr(CONFIG_RUSTC_HAS_COERCE_POINTEE, feature(derive_coerce_pointee))] -- cgit