[PATCH 1/2] rust: add a wrapper for the `num_possible_cpus` C function

From: Andreas Hindborg

Date: Sun Feb 15 2026 - 15:10:44 EST


This function returns the max number of CPUs that can be online.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/helpers/helpers.c | 1 +
rust/helpers/num_cpus.c | 8 ++++++++
rust/kernel/lib.rs | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/helpers/helpers.c b/rust/helpers/helpers.c
index 79c72762ad9c4..a19d6562fcb3a 100644
--- a/rust/helpers/helpers.c
+++ b/rust/helpers/helpers.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
#include "maple_tree.c"
#include "mm.c"
#include "mutex.c"
+#include "num_cpus.c"
#include "of.c"
#include "page.c"
#include "pci.c"
diff --git a/rust/helpers/num_cpus.c b/rust/helpers/num_cpus.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..daddacb0418d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/num_cpus.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+
+unsigned int rust_helper_num_possible_cpus(void)
+{
+ return num_possible_cpus();
+}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index f812cf1200428..7040e105dd3b9 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -366,3 +366,9 @@ pub fn file_from_location<'a>(loc: &'a core::panic::Location<'a>) -> &'a core::f
c"<Location::file_as_c_str() not supported>"
}
}
+
+/// Returns maximum number of CPUs that may be online on the system.
+pub fn num_possible_cpus() -> u32 {
+ // SAFETY: FFI call with no additional requirements.
+ unsafe { bindings::num_possible_cpus() }
+}

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