Re: [PATCH v2] rust/kernel/faux: mark Registration methods inline

From: Alice Ryhl
Date: Tue Mar 11 2025 - 04:06:51 EST


On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 03:51:38PM -0400, Ethan Carter Edwards wrote:
> When building the kernel on Arch Linux using on x86_64 with tools:
> $ rustc --version
> rustc 1.84.0 (9fc6b4312 2025-01-07)
> $ cargo --version
> cargo 1.84.0 (66221abde 2024-11-19)

Is there a reason you didn't drop this from the commit message?

> $ clang --version
> clang version 19.1.7
> Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>
> The following symbols are generated:
> $ nm vmlinux | rg ' _R' | rustfilt | rg faux
> ffffffff81959ae0 T <kernel::faux::Registration>::new
> ffffffff81959b40 T <kernel::faux::Registration as core::ops::drop::Drop>::drop
>
> However, these Rust symbols are wrappers around bindings in the C faux
> code. Inlining these functions removes the middle-man wrapper function
> After applying this patch, the above function signatures disappear.
>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1145
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On v1 I replied with:

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>

So you should add that to the commit message when you send a new
version. :)

(Unless there are changes that require me to review it again.)

Alice