[PATCH] rust: print: Fix issue with rust_build_error
From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Sat Sep 20 2025 - 12:20:16 EST
When printing just before calling io.write32(), modpost fails due to
build_assert's missing rust_build_error symbol. The issue is that, the
printk arguments are passed as reference in bindings code, thus Rust
cannot trust its value and fails to optimize away the build_assert.
The issue can be reproduced with the following simple snippet:
let offset = 0;
pr_err!("{}", offset);
io.write32(base, offset);
Fix it by just using a closure to call printk. Rust captures the
arguments into the closure's arguments thus breaking the dependency.
This can be fixed by simply creating a variable alias for each variable
however the closure is a simple and concise fix.
Another approach with using const-generics for the io.write32 API was
investigated, but it cannot work with code that dynamically calculates
the write offset.
Disassembly of users of pr_err!() with/without patch shows identical
code generation, thus the fix has no difference in the final binary.
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/print.rs | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/print.rs b/rust/kernel/print.rs
index 2d743d78d220..5847942195a7 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/print.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/print.rs
@@ -143,34 +143,38 @@ pub fn call_printk_cont(args: fmt::Arguments<'_>) {
#[expect(clippy::crate_in_macro_def)]
macro_rules! print_macro (
// The non-continuation cases (most of them, e.g. `INFO`).
- ($format_string:path, false, $($arg:tt)+) => (
+ ($format_string:path, false, $($arg:tt)+) => ({
// To remain sound, `arg`s must be expanded outside the `unsafe` block.
// Typically one would use a `let` binding for that; however, `format_args!`
// takes borrows on the arguments, but does not extend the scope of temporaries.
// Therefore, a `match` expression is used to keep them around, since
// the scrutinee is kept until the end of the `match`.
- match $crate::prelude::fmt!($($arg)+) {
- // SAFETY: This hidden macro should only be called by the documented
- // printing macros which ensure the format string is one of the fixed
- // ones. All `__LOG_PREFIX`s are null-terminated as they are generated
- // by the `module!` proc macro or fixed values defined in a kernel
- // crate.
- args => unsafe {
- $crate::print::call_printk(
- &$format_string,
- crate::__LOG_PREFIX,
- args,
- );
+ (|| {
+ match $crate::prelude::fmt!($($arg)+) {
+ // SAFETY: This hidden macro should only be called by the documented
+ // printing macros which ensure the format string is one of the fixed
+ // ones. All `__LOG_PREFIX`s are null-terminated as they are generated
+ // by the `module!` proc macro or fixed values defined in a kernel
+ // crate.
+ args => unsafe {
+ $crate::print::call_printk(
+ &$format_string,
+ crate::__LOG_PREFIX,
+ args,
+ );
+ }
}
- }
- );
+ })();
+ });
// The `CONT` case.
- ($format_string:path, true, $($arg:tt)+) => (
- $crate::print::call_printk_cont(
- $crate::prelude::fmt!($($arg)+),
- );
- );
+ ($format_string:path, true, $($arg:tt)+) => ({
+ (|| {
+ $crate::print::call_printk_cont(
+ $crate::prelude::fmt!($($arg)+),
+ );
+ })();
+ });
);
/// Stub for doctests
--
2.34.1