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<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>rust: alloc: make `ReallocFunc::call` inline</title>
<updated>2025-03-06T19:49:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gary Guo</name>
<email>gary@garyguo.net</email>
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<published>2025-01-05T19:40:06+00:00</published>
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This function can be called with different function pointers when
different allocator (e.g. Kmalloc, Vmalloc, KVmalloc), however since
this function is not polymorphic, only one instance is generated,
and function pointers are used. Given that this function is called
for any Rust-side allocation/deallocation, performance matters a lot,
so making this function inlineable.

This is discovered when doing helper inlining work, since it's discovered
that even with helpers inlined, rust_helper_ symbols are still present
in final vmlinux binary, and it turns out this function is inhibiting
the inlining, and introducing indirect function calls.

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250105194054.545201-4-gary@garyguo.net
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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This function can be called with different function pointers when
different allocator (e.g. Kmalloc, Vmalloc, KVmalloc), however since
this function is not polymorphic, only one instance is generated,
and function pointers are used. Given that this function is called
for any Rust-side allocation/deallocation, performance matters a lot,
so making this function inlineable.

This is discovered when doing helper inlining work, since it's discovered
that even with helpers inlined, rust_helper_ symbols are still present
in final vmlinux binary, and it turns out this function is inhibiting
the inlining, and introducing indirect function calls.

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250105194054.545201-4-gary@garyguo.net
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: use custom FFI integer types</title>
<updated>2024-11-10T22:58:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gary Guo</name>
<email>gary@garyguo.net</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-13T21:29:23+00:00</published>
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Currently FFI integer types are defined in libcore. This commit creates
the `ffi` crate and asks bindgen to use that crate for FFI integer types
instead of `core::ffi`.

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

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240913213041.395655-4-gary@garyguo.net
[ Added `rustdoc`, `rusttest` and KUnit tests support. Rebased on top of
  `rust-next` (e.g. migrated more `core::ffi` cases). Reworded crate
  docs slightly and formatted. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently FFI integer types are defined in libcore. This commit creates
the `ffi` crate and asks bindgen to use that crate for FFI integer types
instead of `core::ffi`.

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

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240913213041.395655-4-gary@garyguo.net
[ Added `rustdoc`, `rusttest` and KUnit tests support. Rebased on top of
  `rust-next` (e.g. migrated more `core::ffi` cases). Reworded crate
  docs slightly and formatted. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and `GlobalAlloc`</title>
<updated>2024-10-15T21:10:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-04T15:41:32+00:00</published>
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Now that we have our own `Allocator`, `Box` and `Vec` types we can remove
Rust's `alloc` crate and the `new_uninit` unstable feature.

Also remove `Kmalloc`'s `GlobalAlloc` implementation -- we can't remove
this in a separate patch, since the `alloc` crate requires a
`#[global_allocator]` to set, that implements `GlobalAlloc`.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-29-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Now that we have our own `Allocator`, `Box` and `Vec` types we can remove
Rust's `alloc` crate and the `new_uninit` unstable feature.

Also remove `Kmalloc`'s `GlobalAlloc` implementation -- we can't remove
this in a separate patch, since the `alloc` crate requires a
`#[global_allocator]` to set, that implements `GlobalAlloc`.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-29-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: alloc: implement `KVmalloc` allocator</title>
<updated>2024-10-15T20:56:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-04T15:41:13+00:00</published>
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Implement `Allocator` for `KVmalloc`, an `Allocator` that tries to
allocate memory with `kmalloc` first and, on failure, falls back to
`vmalloc`.

All memory allocations made with `KVmalloc` end up in
`kvrealloc_noprof()`; all frees in `kvfree()`.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-10-dakr@kernel.org
[ Reworded typo. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Implement `Allocator` for `KVmalloc`, an `Allocator` that tries to
allocate memory with `kmalloc` first and, on failure, falls back to
`vmalloc`.

All memory allocations made with `KVmalloc` end up in
`kvrealloc_noprof()`; all frees in `kvfree()`.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-10-dakr@kernel.org
[ Reworded typo. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: alloc: implement `Vmalloc` allocator</title>
<updated>2024-10-15T20:56:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-04T15:41:12+00:00</published>
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Implement `Allocator` for `Vmalloc`, the kernel's virtually contiguous
allocator, typically used for larger objects, (much) larger than page
size.

All memory allocations made with `Vmalloc` end up in `vrealloc()`.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-9-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Implement `Allocator` for `Vmalloc`, the kernel's virtually contiguous
allocator, typically used for larger objects, (much) larger than page
size.

All memory allocations made with `Vmalloc` end up in `vrealloc()`.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-9-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rust: alloc: implement `Allocator` for `Kmalloc`</title>
<updated>2024-10-15T20:56:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-04T15:41:10+00:00</published>
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Implement `Allocator` for `Kmalloc`, the kernel's default allocator,
typically used for objects smaller than page size.

All memory allocations made with `Kmalloc` end up in `krealloc()`.

It serves as allocator for the subsequently introduced types `KBox` and
`KVec`.

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-7-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Implement `Allocator` for `Kmalloc`, the kernel's default allocator,
typically used for objects smaller than page size.

All memory allocations made with `Kmalloc` end up in `krealloc()`.

It serves as allocator for the subsequently introduced types `KBox` and
`KVec`.

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-7-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: alloc: implement `ReallocFunc`</title>
<updated>2024-10-15T20:56:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-04T15:41:08+00:00</published>
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`ReallocFunc` is an abstraction for the kernel's realloc derivates, such
as `krealloc`, `vrealloc` and `kvrealloc`.

All of the named functions share the same function signature and
implement the same semantics. The `ReallocFunc` abstractions provides a
generalized wrapper around those, to trivialize the implementation of
`Kmalloc`, `Vmalloc` and `KVmalloc` in subsequent patches.

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-5-dakr@kernel.org
[ Added temporary `allow(dead_code)` for `dangling_from_layout` to clean
  warning in `rusttest` target as discussed in the list (but it is
  needed earlier, i.e. in this patch already). Added colon. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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`ReallocFunc` is an abstraction for the kernel's realloc derivates, such
as `krealloc`, `vrealloc` and `kvrealloc`.

All of the named functions share the same function signature and
implement the same semantics. The `ReallocFunc` abstractions provides a
generalized wrapper around those, to trivialize the implementation of
`Kmalloc`, `Vmalloc` and `KVmalloc` in subsequent patches.

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-5-dakr@kernel.org
[ Added temporary `allow(dead_code)` for `dangling_from_layout` to clean
  warning in `rusttest` target as discussed in the list (but it is
  needed earlier, i.e. in this patch already). Added colon. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: alloc: rename `KernelAllocator` to `Kmalloc`</title>
<updated>2024-10-14T15:55:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-04T15:41:07+00:00</published>
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Subsequent patches implement `Vmalloc` and `KVmalloc` allocators, hence
align `KernelAllocator` to this naming scheme.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-4-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Subsequent patches implement `Vmalloc` and `KVmalloc` allocators, hence
align `KernelAllocator` to this naming scheme.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-4-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: alloc: separate `aligned_size` from `krealloc_aligned`</title>
<updated>2024-10-14T15:55:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-04T15:41:06+00:00</published>
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Separate `aligned_size` from `krealloc_aligned`.

Subsequent patches implement `Allocator` derivates, such as `Kmalloc`,
that require `aligned_size` and replace the original `krealloc_aligned`.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-3-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Separate `aligned_size` from `krealloc_aligned`.

Subsequent patches implement `Allocator` derivates, such as `Kmalloc`,
that require `aligned_size` and replace the original `krealloc_aligned`.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin &lt;benno.lossin@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-3-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: enable `clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks` lint</title>
<updated>2024-10-07T19:39:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miguel Ojeda</name>
<email>ojeda@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-04T20:43:32+00:00</published>
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Checking that we are not missing any `// SAFETY` comments in our `unsafe`
blocks is something we have wanted to do for a long time, as well as
cleaning up the remaining cases that were not documented [1].

Back when Rust for Linux started, this was something that could have
been done via a script, like Rust's `tidy`. Soon after, in Rust 1.58.0,
Clippy implemented the `undocumented_unsafe_blocks` lint [2].

Even though the lint has a few false positives, e.g. in some cases where
attributes appear between the comment and the `unsafe` block [3], there
are workarounds and the lint seems quite usable already.

Thus enable the lint now.

We still have a few cases to clean up, so just allow those for the moment
by writing a `TODO` comment -- some of those may be good candidates for
new contributors.

Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/351 [1]
Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/#/undocumented_unsafe_blocks [2]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/13189 [3]
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross &lt;tmgross@umich.edu&gt;
Tested-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240904204347.168520-5-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
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Checking that we are not missing any `// SAFETY` comments in our `unsafe`
blocks is something we have wanted to do for a long time, as well as
cleaning up the remaining cases that were not documented [1].

Back when Rust for Linux started, this was something that could have
been done via a script, like Rust's `tidy`. Soon after, in Rust 1.58.0,
Clippy implemented the `undocumented_unsafe_blocks` lint [2].

Even though the lint has a few false positives, e.g. in some cases where
attributes appear between the comment and the `unsafe` block [3], there
are workarounds and the lint seems quite usable already.

Thus enable the lint now.

We still have a few cases to clean up, so just allow those for the moment
by writing a `TODO` comment -- some of those may be good candidates for
new contributors.

Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/351 [1]
Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/#/undocumented_unsafe_blocks [2]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/13189 [3]
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross &lt;tmgross@umich.edu&gt;
Tested-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240904204347.168520-5-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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