[PATCH v2 4/5] rust: binder: enable `clippy::as_underscore`
From: Tamir Duberstein
Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 14:40:36 EST
In Rust 1.63.0, Clippy introduced the `as_underscore` lint [1]:
> The conversion might include lossy conversion or a dangerous cast that
> might go undetected due to the type being inferred.
>
> The lint is allowed by default as using `_` is less wordy than always
> specifying the type.
Always specifying the type is especially helpful in function call
contexts where the inferred type may change at a distance. Specifying
the type also allows Clippy to spot more cases of `useless_conversion`.
Several inferred conversions from `binder_uintptr_t` to the driver's
internal `u64` node identifiers are identity conversions. Although the
UAPI header retains `BINDER_IPC_32BIT` for userspace building against
older kernels, commit 1190b4e38f97 ("ANDROID: binder: remove 32-bit
binder interface.") removed kernel support for selecting that protocol.
Rust Binder therefore uses the 64-bit Binder protocol on every supported
architecture.
While this does not eliminate unchecked `as` conversions, it makes such
conversions easier to scrutinize. It also has the slight benefit of
removing a degree of freedom on which to bikeshed. Thus apply the
changes and enable the lint in the Binder Rust driver -- no functional
change intended.
Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#as_underscore [1]
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/android/binder/allocation.rs | 4 ++--
drivers/android/binder/defs.rs | 2 +-
drivers/android/binder/node.rs | 11 ++++++-----
drivers/android/binder/node/wrapper.rs | 2 +-
drivers/android/binder/process.rs | 8 ++++----
drivers/android/binder/rust_binder_main.rs | 4 ++--
drivers/android/binder/thread.rs | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
drivers/android/binder/transaction.rs | 14 ++++++++------
8 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/allocation.rs b/drivers/android/binder/allocation.rs
index 0cab959e4b7e..61fc08bcd6be 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/allocation.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/allocation.rs
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ pub(crate) fn transfer_binder_object(
BINDER_TYPE_WEAK_BINDER
};
newobj.flags = obj.flags;
- newobj.__bindgen_anon_1.binder = ptr as _;
- newobj.cookie = cookie as _;
+ newobj.__bindgen_anon_1.binder = ptr as uapi::binder_uintptr_t;
+ newobj.cookie = cookie as uapi::binder_uintptr_t;
self.write(offset, &newobj)?;
// Increment the user ref count on the node. It will be decremented as part of the
// destruction of the buffer, when we see a binder or weak-binder object.
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/defs.rs b/drivers/android/binder/defs.rs
index e697c2c13e29..8ac9bdd7a499 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/defs.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/defs.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ fn default() -> Self {
impl BinderVersion {
pub(crate) fn current() -> Self {
Self(MaybeUninit::new(uapi::binder_version {
- protocol_version: BINDER_CURRENT_PROTOCOL_VERSION as _,
+ protocol_version: BINDER_CURRENT_PROTOCOL_VERSION as i32,
}))
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/node.rs b/drivers/android/binder/node.rs
index 3d96738dee66..4e75f58bf0db 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/node.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/node.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
seq_print,
sync::lock::{spinlock::SpinLockBackend, Guard},
sync::{Arc, LockedBy, SpinLock},
+ uapi,
};
use crate::{
@@ -465,7 +466,7 @@ pub(crate) fn incr_refcount_allow_zero2one_with_wrapper(
owner_inner: &mut ProcessInner,
) -> Option<DLArc<dyn DeliverToRead>> {
match self.incr_refcount_allow_zero2one(strong, owner_inner) {
- Ok(Some(node)) => Some(node as _),
+ Ok(Some(node)) => Some(node as DLArc<dyn DeliverToRead>),
Ok(None) => None,
Err(CouldNotDeliverCriticalIncrement) => {
assert!(strong);
@@ -490,8 +491,8 @@ pub(crate) fn populate_counts(
guard: &Guard<'_, ProcessInner, SpinLockBackend>,
) {
let inner = self.inner.access(guard);
- out.strong_count = inner.strong.count as _;
- out.weak_count = inner.weak.count as _;
+ out.strong_count = inner.strong.count as u32;
+ out.weak_count = inner.weak.count as u32;
}
pub(crate) fn populate_debug_info(
@@ -499,8 +500,8 @@ pub(crate) fn populate_debug_info(
out: &mut BinderNodeDebugInfo,
guard: &Guard<'_, ProcessInner, SpinLockBackend>,
) {
- out.ptr = self.ptr as _;
- out.cookie = self.cookie as _;
+ out.ptr = self.ptr as uapi::binder_uintptr_t;
+ out.cookie = self.cookie as uapi::binder_uintptr_t;
let inner = self.inner.access(guard);
if inner.strong.has_count {
out.has_strong_ref = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/node/wrapper.rs b/drivers/android/binder/node/wrapper.rs
index 43294c050502..6e4ca01c941a 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/node/wrapper.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/node/wrapper.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new() -> Result<Self> {
pub(super) fn init(self, node: DArc<Node>) -> DLArc<dyn DeliverToRead> {
match self.inner.pin_init_with(DTRWrap::new(NodeWrapper { node })) {
- Ok(initialized) => ListArc::from(initialized) as _,
+ Ok(initialized) => ListArc::from(initialized) as DLArc<dyn DeliverToRead>,
Err(err) => match err {},
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/process.rs b/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
index 820cbd541435..935f04eb2981 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
lock::{spinlock::SpinLockBackend, Guard},
Arc, ArcBorrow, CondVar, CondVarTimeoutResult, Mutex, SpinLock, UniqueArc,
},
- task::Task,
+ task::{Pid, Task},
uaccess::{UserSlice, UserSliceReader},
uapi,
workqueue::{self, Work},
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new_node_ref_with_thread(
let push = match wrapper {
None => node
.incr_refcount_allow_zero2one(strong, self)?
- .map(|node| node as _),
+ .map(|node| node as DLArc<dyn DeliverToRead>),
Some(wrapper) => node.incr_refcount_allow_zero2one_with_wrapper(strong, wrapper, self),
};
if let Some(node) = push {
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ fn set_as_manager(
} else {
(0, 0, 0)
};
- let node_ref = self.get_node(ptr, cookie, flags as _, true, thread)?;
+ let node_ref = self.get_node(ptr, cookie, flags, true, thread)?;
let node = node_ref.node.clone();
self.ctx.set_manager_node(node_ref)?;
self.inner.lock().is_manager = true;
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ fn get_frozen_status(data: UserSlice) -> Result {
for ctx in crate::context::get_all_contexts()? {
ctx.for_each_proc(|proc| {
- if proc.task.pid() == info.pid as _ {
+ if proc.task.pid() == info.pid as Pid {
found = true;
let inner = proc.inner.lock();
let txns_pending = inner.txns_pending_locked();
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/rust_binder_main.rs b/drivers/android/binder/rust_binder_main.rs
index 88da29413e16..2c10a8cd3d88 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/rust_binder_main.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/rust_binder_main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
#![crate_name = "rust_binder"]
#![recursion_limit = "256"]
-#![allow(clippy::as_underscore, clippy::cast_lossless)]
+#![allow(clippy::cast_lossless)]
use kernel::{
bindings::{self, seq_file},
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ unsafe impl<T> Sync for AssertSync<T> {}
// SAFETY: We previously set `private_data` in `rust_binder_open`.
let f = unsafe { Arc::<Process>::borrow((*file).private_data) };
// SAFETY: The caller ensures that the file is valid.
- match Process::ioctl(f, unsafe { File::from_raw_file(file) }, cmd as _, arg as _) {
+ match Process::ioctl(f, unsafe { File::from_raw_file(file) }, cmd, arg) {
Ok(()) => 0,
Err(err) => err.to_errno() as isize,
}
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs b/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs
index 97d5f31e8fe3..87298a8c597d 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs
@@ -666,9 +666,9 @@ fn translate_object(
let strong = obj.hdr.type_ == BINDER_TYPE_BINDER;
// SAFETY: `binder` is a `binder_uintptr_t`; any bit pattern is a valid
// representation.
- let ptr = unsafe { obj.__bindgen_anon_1.binder } as _;
- let cookie = obj.cookie as _;
- let flags = obj.flags as _;
+ let ptr = unsafe { obj.__bindgen_anon_1.binder };
+ let cookie = obj.cookie;
+ let flags = obj.flags;
let node = self
.process
.as_arc_borrow()
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ fn translate_object(
BinderObjectRef::Handle(obj) => {
let strong = obj.hdr.type_ == BINDER_TYPE_HANDLE;
// SAFETY: `handle` is a `u32`; any bit pattern is a valid representation.
- let handle = unsafe { obj.__bindgen_anon_1.handle } as _;
+ let handle = unsafe { obj.__bindgen_anon_1.handle };
let node = self.process.get_node_from_handle(handle, strong)?;
security::binder_transfer_binder(&self.process.cred, &view.alloc.process.cred)?;
view.transfer_binder_object(offset, obj, strong, node)?;
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ fn translate_object(
ScatterGatherEntry {
obj_index,
offset: alloc_offset,
- sender_uaddr: obj.buffer as _,
+ sender_uaddr: obj.buffer as usize,
length: obj_length,
pointer_fixups: KVec::new(),
fixup_min_offset: 0,
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ fn translate_object(
.ok_or(EINVAL)?;
let mut fda_bytes = KVec::new();
- UserSlice::new(UserPtr::from_addr(fda_uaddr as _), fds_len)
+ UserSlice::new(UserPtr::from_addr(fda_uaddr as usize), fds_len)
.read_all(&mut fda_bytes, GFP_KERNEL)?;
if fds_len != fda_bytes.len() {
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ fn write(self: &Arc<Self>, req: &mut BinderWriteRead) -> Result {
let write_start = req.write_buffer.wrapping_add(req.write_consumed);
let write_len = req.write_size.saturating_sub(req.write_consumed);
let mut reader =
- UserSlice::new(UserPtr::from_addr(write_start as _), write_len as _).reader();
+ UserSlice::new(UserPtr::from_addr(write_start as usize), write_len as usize).reader();
while reader.len() >= size_of::<u32>() && self.inner.lock().return_work.is_unused() {
let before = reader.len();
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ fn read(self: &Arc<Self>, req: &mut BinderWriteRead, wait: bool) -> Result {
let read_start = req.read_buffer.wrapping_add(req.read_consumed);
let read_len = req.read_size.saturating_sub(req.read_consumed);
let mut writer = BinderReturnWriter::new(
- UserSlice::new(UserPtr::from_addr(read_start as _), read_len as _).writer(),
+ UserSlice::new(UserPtr::from_addr(read_start as usize), read_len as usize).writer(),
self,
);
let (in_pool, has_transaction, thread_todo, use_proc_queue) = {
@@ -1500,9 +1500,11 @@ fn read(self: &Arc<Self>, req: &mut BinderWriteRead, wait: bool) -> Result {
// Write BR_SPAWN_LOOPER if the process needs more threads for its pool.
if has_noop_placeholder && in_pool && self.process.needs_thread() {
- let mut writer =
- UserSlice::new(UserPtr::from_addr(req.read_buffer as _), req.read_size as _)
- .writer();
+ let mut writer = UserSlice::new(
+ UserPtr::from_addr(req.read_buffer as usize),
+ req.read_size as usize,
+ )
+ .writer();
writer.write(&BR_SPAWN_LOOPER)?;
}
Ok(())
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/transaction.rs b/drivers/android/binder/transaction.rs
index 47d5e4d88b07..e6cc4d403b99 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/transaction.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/transaction.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
task::{Kuid, Pid},
time::{Instant, Monotonic},
types::ScopeGuard,
+ uapi,
};
use crate::{
@@ -402,16 +403,17 @@ fn do_work(
let tr = tr_sec.tr_data();
if let Some(target_node) = &self.target_node {
let (ptr, cookie) = target_node.get_id();
- tr.target.ptr = ptr as _;
- tr.cookie = cookie as _;
+ tr.target.ptr = ptr as uapi::binder_uintptr_t;
+ tr.cookie = cookie as uapi::binder_uintptr_t;
};
tr.code = self.code;
tr.flags = self.flags;
- tr.data_size = self.data_size as _;
- tr.data.ptr.buffer = self.data_address as _;
- tr.offsets_size = self.offsets_size as _;
+ tr.data_size = self.data_size as uapi::binder_size_t;
+ tr.data.ptr.buffer = self.data_address as uapi::binder_uintptr_t;
+ tr.offsets_size = self.offsets_size as uapi::binder_size_t;
if tr.offsets_size > 0 {
- tr.data.ptr.offsets = (self.data_address + ptr_align(self.data_size).unwrap()) as _;
+ tr.data.ptr.offsets =
+ (self.data_address + ptr_align(self.data_size).unwrap()) as uapi::binder_uintptr_t;
}
tr.sender_euid = self.sender_euid.into_uid_in_current_ns();
tr.sender_pid = 0;
--
2.54.0