Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] uaccess: always export _copy_[from|to]_user with CONFIG_RUST

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thu, Feb 8, 2024, at 23:56, Valentin Obst wrote:
>> -#else
>>  extern __must_check unsigned long
>>  _copy_from_user(void *, const void __user *, unsigned long);
>> -#endif
>
> This function is now unconditionally declared, but only defined if
> `!defined(INLINE_COPY_FROM_USER) || defined(CONFIG_RUST)`, i.e., in the
> common case where it is inlined and Rust is disabled this can lead to
> link-time problems if someone decides to use it.

Yes, that is intentional.

If someone tries to use it when the declaration is not there,
they just get a compile-time error, which is not all that
different from a link-time error in practice.

It's unlikely to make a difference here, but enclosing
declarations in an #ifdef is annoying when you want to
reference it from somewhere that is parsed by the compiler
but not called without the respective options.

The if(IS_ENABLED()) and PTR_IF() constructs in particular
only work when the unused functions are still declared.

       Arnd