From b9b701fce49a448b1e046f7cda592fec2958e5cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miguel Ojeda Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:13:02 +0100 Subject: rust: clarify the language unstable features in use 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 Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin 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 --- scripts/Makefile.build | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts') diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build index 13dcd86e74ca..da2d720c964a 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.build +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build @@ -222,6 +222,15 @@ $(obj)/%.lst: $(obj)/%.c FORCE # Compile Rust sources (.rs) # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- +# The features in this list are the ones allowed for non-`rust/` code. +# +# - Stable since Rust 1.81.0: `feature(lint_reasons)`. +# - Stable since Rust 1.82.0: `feature(asm_const)`, `feature(raw_ref_op)`. +# - Stable since Rust 1.87.0: `feature(asm_goto)`. +# - Expected to become stable: `feature(arbitrary_self_types)`. +# +# Please see https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 for details on +# the unstable features in use. rust_allowed_features := asm_const,asm_goto,arbitrary_self_types,lint_reasons,raw_ref_op # `--out-dir` is required to avoid temporaries being created by `rustc` in the -- cgit v1.2.3