Re: [PATCH v2] rust: module_param: return value by copy from `value`

[Petr Pavlu]

On 7/10/26 4:26 PM, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 10:13:53AM +0200, Petr Pavlu wrote:
>> On 7/9/26 4:13 PM, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> @Miguel, please let me know if I should take this patch on modules-next,
>>>> or if you'd prefer for it to go through the Rust tree.
>>>
>>> Please feel free to take it through modules-next, of course.
>>
>> Thanks for the confirmation. Queued now on modules-next for v7.3-rc1.
> 
> I'm seeing this error on x86 with latest nightly rust compiler:
> 
> rust/kernel.o: error: objtool: _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramaEB4_() falls through to next function _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramhEB4_()
> rust/kernel.o: error: objtool: _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramhEB4_() falls through to next function _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramiEB4_()
> rust/kernel.o: error: objtool: _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramiEB4_() falls through to next function _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramjEB4_()
> rust/kernel.o: error: objtool: _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramjEB4_() falls through to next function _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramlEB4_()
> rust/kernel.o: error: objtool: _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramlEB4_() falls through to next function _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_parammEB4_()
> rust/kernel.o: error: objtool: _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_parammEB4_() falls through to next function _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramsEB4_()
> rust/kernel.o: error: objtool: _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramsEB4_() falls through to next function _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramtEB4_()
> rust/kernel.o: error: objtool: _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramtEB4_() falls through to next function _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramyEB4_()
> rust/kernel.o: error: objtool: _RINvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel12module_param9set_paramyEB4_() falls through to next function _RINvNvNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel6devres16register_foreign8callbackINtNtCsbtRzKR1rrUg_4core3pin3PinINtNtNtB6_5alloc4kbox3BoxNtNtNtB6_3pci3irq21IrqVectorRegistrationNtNtB1A_9allocator7KmallocEEEB6_()
> rust/kernel.o: error: objtool: _RNvMNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel6deviceNtB2_6Device10get_device() falls through to next function _RNvMNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel6devresINtB2_6DevresNtNtB4_3i2c12RegistrationE19devres_node_releaseB4_()
> rust/kernel.o: error: objtool: _RNvMNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel6devresINtB2_6DevresNtNtB4_3i2c12RegistrationE19devres_node_releaseB4_() falls through to next function _RNvMNtCs65fqAZscXCv_6kernel6devresINtB2_6DevresNtNtB4_3i2c12RegistrationE21devres_node_free_nodeB4_()
> 
> I understand this is probably due to a new function in Rust stdlib that
> is no_return, so probably not caused by this patch even if this is
> triggering it.

I can't immediately reproduce this issue. I tried with linux-next
(next-20260710), rustc 1.99.0-nightly (af3d95584 2026-07-09) and
x86_64_defconfig with Rust enabled. What am I missing? Could you send me
your config and the produced rust/kernel.o off-list?

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Thanks,
Petr