[PATCH 3/3] rust: upgrade to Rust 1.78.0
From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Mon Apr 01 2024 - 17:24:38 EST
This is the next upgrade to the Rust toolchain, from 1.77.1 to 1.78.0
(i.e. the latest) [1].
See the upgrade policy [2] and the comments on the first upgrade in
commit 3ed03f4da06e ("rust: upgrade to Rust 1.68.2").
# Unstable features
There have been no changes to the set of unstable features used in
our own code. Therefore, the only unstable features allowed to be used
outside the `kernel` crate is still `new_uninit`.
However, since we are finally dropping our `alloc` fork [3], all the
unstable features used by `alloc` (~30 language ones, ~60 library ones)
are not a concern anymore. This reduces the maintenance burden, increases
the chances of new compiler versions working without changes and gets
us closer to the goal of supporting several compiler versions.
It also means that, ignoring non-language/library features, we are
currently left with just the few language features needed to implement the
kernel `Arc`, the `new_uninit` library feature, the `compiler_builtins`
marker and the few `no_*` `cfg`s we pass when compiling `core`/`alloc`.
Please see [4] for details.
# Required changes
## LLVM's data layout
Rust 1.77.0 (i.e. the previous upgrade) introduced a check for matching
LLVM data layouts [5]. Then, Rust 1.78.0 upgraded LLVM's bundled major
version from 17 to 18 [6], which changed the data layout in x86 [7]. Thus
update the data layout in our custom target specification for x86 so
that the compiler does not complain about the mismatch:
error: data-layout for target `target-5559158138856098584`,
`e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128`,
differs from LLVM target's `x86_64-linux-gnu` default layout,
`e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-i128:128-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128`
In the future, the goal is to drop the custom target specifications.
Meanwhile, if we want to support other LLVM versions used in `rustc`
(e.g. for LTO), we will need to add some extra logic (e.g. conditional on
LLVM's version, or extracting the data layout from an existing built-in
target specification).
## `unused_imports`
Rust's `unused_imports` lint covers both unused and redundant imports.
Now, in 1.78.0, the lint detects more cases of redundant imports [8].
Thus one of the previous patches cleaned them up.
## Clippy's `new_without_default`
Clippy now suggests to implement `Default` even when `new()` is `const`,
since `Default::default()` may call `const` functions even if it is not
`const` itself [9]. Thus one of the previous patches implemented it.
# Other changes in Rust
Rust 1.78.0 introduced `feature(asm_goto)` [10] [11]. This feature was
discussed in the past [12].
Rust 1.78.0 introduced support for mutable pointers to Rust statics,
including a test case for the Linux kernel's `VTABLE` use case [13].
Rust 1.78.0 with debug assertions enabled (i.e. `-Cdebug-assertions=y`,
kernel's `CONFIG_RUST_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y`) now always checks all unsafe
preconditions, without a way to opt-out for particular cases [14].
Rust 1.78.0 also improved a couple issues we reported when giving feedback
for the new `--check-cfg` feature [15] [16].
# `alloc` upgrade and reviewing
As mentioned above, compiler upgrades will not update `alloc` anymore,
since we are dropping our `alloc` fork [3].
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/stable/RELEASES.md#version-1780-2024-05-02 [1]
Link: https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-version-policy [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240328013603.206764-1-wedsonaf@xxxxxxxxx/ [3]
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [4]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/120062 [5]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/120055 [6]
Link: https://reviews.llvm.org/D86310 [7]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/117772 [8]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/10903 [9]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/119365 [10]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/119364 [11]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/ZWipTZysC2YL7qsq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [12]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/120932 [13]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/120969 [14]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/121202 [15]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/121237 [16]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Please note that Rust 1.78.0 will be released in a month (2024-05-02).
Documentation/process/changes.rst | 2 +-
scripts/generate_rust_target.rs | 2 +-
scripts/min-tool-version.sh | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index b5d3107c6734..5d83958888e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils.
====================== =============== ========================================
GNU C 5.1 gcc --version
Clang/LLVM (optional) 13.0.1 clang --version
-Rust (optional) 1.77.1 rustc --version
+Rust (optional) 1.78.0 rustc --version
bindgen (optional) 0.65.1 bindgen --version
GNU make 3.82 make --version
bash 4.2 bash --version
diff --git a/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs b/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs
index 54919cf48621..3fcbc3737b2e 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs
+++ b/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ fn main() {
ts.push("arch", "x86_64");
ts.push(
"data-layout",
- "e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128",
+ "e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-i128:128-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128",
);
let mut features = "-3dnow,-3dnowa,-mmx,+soft-float".to_string();
if cfg.has("MITIGATION_RETPOLINE") {
diff --git a/scripts/min-tool-version.sh b/scripts/min-tool-version.sh
index 6086e00e640e..91c91201212c 100755
--- a/scripts/min-tool-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/min-tool-version.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ llvm)
fi
;;
rustc)
- echo 1.77.1
+ echo 1.78.0
;;
bindgen)
echo 0.65.1
--
2.44.0