Re: [PATCH v18 0/7] rust: extend `module!` macro with integer parameter support

From: Daniel Gomez

Date: Sat Nov 01 2025 - 17:39:27 EST


On 24/09/2025 14.39, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> Extend the `module!` macro with support module parameters. Also add some
> string to integer parsing functions.
>
> Based on the original module parameter support by Miguel [1],
> later extended and generalized by Adam for more types [2][3].
> Originally tracked at [4].
>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/pull/7 [1]
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/pull/82 [2]
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/pull/87 [3]
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/11 [4]
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>

I tested this series with rust_minimal module. They LGTM,

Tested-by: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The patches did not apply cleanly to v6.18-rc3, at least not when using b4.
However, when applying them to the base commit and then rebasing onto v6.18-rc3,
I didn't see any conflicts.

I've created a temporary branch with this rebase here:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/modules/linux.git/log/?h=rebase/20250924-module-params-v3-v18-0-bf512c35d910@xxxxxxxxxx

Can you take a look when you can? I'll merge this shortly after checking with
Uwe, as there are some minor conflicts with his tree.

+ Uwe

These are the conflicts I see when merging the patch series from Michal [1]
(Introduce import_ns support for Rust). I believe these are trivial things that
we will get notified from linux-next merging. But let me know what you think as
you have requested in that thread.

[1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251028-pwm_fixes-v1-0-25a532d31998@xxxxxxxxxxx/

...
Applying: rust: macros: Add support for 'imports_ns' to module!
Patch failed at 0008 rust: macros: Add support for 'imports_ns' to module!
error: patch failed: rust/macros/module.rs:98
error: rust/macros/module.rs: patch does not apply
hint: Use 'git am --show-current-patch=diff' to see the failed patch
hint: When you have resolved this problem, run "git am --continue".
hint: If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git am --skip" instead.
hint: To restore the original branch and stop patching, run "git am --abort".
hint: Disable this message with "git config set advice.mergeConflict false"

git am --show-current-patch=diff
---
rust/macros/module.rs | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
---
rust/macros/module.rs | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/macros/module.rs b/rust/macros/module.rs
index 5ee54a00c0b65699596e660b2d4d60e64be2a50c..408cd115487514c8be79724d901c676435696376 100644
--- a/rust/macros/module.rs
+++ b/rust/macros/module.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct ModuleInfo {
description: Option<String>,
alias: Option<Vec<String>>,
firmware: Option<Vec<String>>,
+ imports_ns: Option<Vec<String>>,
}

impl ModuleInfo {
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ fn parse(it: &mut token_stream::IntoIter) -> Self {
"license",
"alias",
"firmware",
+ "imports_ns",
];
const REQUIRED_KEYS: &[&str] = &["type", "name", "license"];
let mut seen_keys = Vec::new();
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ fn parse(it: &mut token_stream::IntoIter) -> Self {
"license" => info.license = expect_string_ascii(it),
"alias" => info.alias = Some(expect_string_array(it)),
"firmware" => info.firmware = Some(expect_string_array(it)),
+ "imports_ns" => info.imports_ns = Some(expect_string_array(it)),
_ => panic!("Unknown key \"{key}\". Valid keys are: {EXPECTED_KEYS:?}."),
}

@@ -195,6 +198,11 @@ pub(crate) fn module(ts: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
modinfo.emit("firmware", &fw);
}
}
+ if let Some(imports) = info.imports_ns {
+ for ns in imports {
+ modinfo.emit("import_ns", &ns);
+ }
+ }

// Built-in modules also export the `file` modinfo string.
let file =