Re: Rust kernel policy
From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Feb 21 2025 - 17:14:40 EST
On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:23:38 +0100
Martin Uecker <uecker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > where func is defined as:
> >
> > void func(void) { return ; }
>
> Calling a function declared in this way with arguments
> would be rejected by the compiler, so I am not sure how
> this works now.
>
> If you used
>
> void func();
>
> to declare the function, this is not possible anymore in C23.
As the comment in the code states:
include/linux/static_call.h:
* This feature is strictly UB per the C standard (since it casts a function
* pointer to a different signature) and relies on the architecture ABI to
* make things work. In particular it relies on Caller Stack-cleanup and the
* whole return register being clobbered for short return values. All normal
* CDECL style ABIs conform.
Basically it's assigned via casts.
-- Steve