[PATCH 1/2] rust: kbuild: treat `build_error` and `rustdoc` as kernel objects

From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Sun Nov 02 2025 - 16:30:13 EST


Even if normally `build_error` isn't a kernel object, it should still
be treated as such so that we pass the same flags. Similarly, `rustdoc`
targets are never kernel objects, but we need to treat them as such.

Otherwise, starting with Rust 1.91.0 (released 2025-10-30), `rustc`
will complain about missing sanitizer flags since `-Zsanitizer` is a
target modifier too [1]:

error: mixing `-Zsanitizer` will cause an ABI mismatch in crate `build_error`
--> rust/build_error.rs:3:1
|
3 | //! Build-time error.
| ^
|
= help: the `-Zsanitizer` flag modifies the ABI so Rust crates compiled with different values of this flag cannot be used together safely
= note: unset `-Zsanitizer` in this crate is incompatible with `-Zsanitizer=kernel-address` in dependency `core`
= help: set `-Zsanitizer=kernel-address` in this crate or unset `-Zsanitizer` in `core`
= help: if you are sure this will not cause problems, you may use `-Cunsafe-allow-abi-mismatch=sanitizer` to silence this error

Thus explicitly mark them as kernel objects.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs).
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/138736 [1]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/Makefile | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
index 23c7ae905bd2..5de103e20841 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile
+++ b/rust/Makefile
@@ -127,9 +127,14 @@ rustdoc-core: private rustc_target_flags = --edition=$(core-edition) $(core-cfgs
rustdoc-core: $(RUST_LIB_SRC)/core/src/lib.rs rustdoc-clean FORCE
+$(call if_changed,rustdoc)

+# Even if `rustdoc` targets are not kernel objects, they should still be
+# treated as such so that we pass the same flags. Otherwise, for instance,
+# `rustc` will complain about missing sanitizer flags causing an ABI mismatch.
+rustdoc-compiler_builtins: private is-kernel-object := y
rustdoc-compiler_builtins: $(src)/compiler_builtins.rs rustdoc-core FORCE
+$(call if_changed,rustdoc)

+rustdoc-ffi: private is-kernel-object := y
rustdoc-ffi: $(src)/ffi.rs rustdoc-core FORCE
+$(call if_changed,rustdoc)

@@ -147,6 +152,7 @@ rustdoc-pin_init: $(src)/pin-init/src/lib.rs rustdoc-pin_init_internal \
rustdoc-macros FORCE
+$(call if_changed,rustdoc)

+rustdoc-kernel: private is-kernel-object := y
rustdoc-kernel: private rustc_target_flags = --extern ffi --extern pin_init \
--extern build_error --extern macros \
--extern bindings --extern uapi
@@ -522,6 +528,10 @@ $(obj)/pin_init.o: $(src)/pin-init/src/lib.rs $(obj)/compiler_builtins.o \
$(obj)/$(libpin_init_internal_name) $(obj)/$(libmacros_name) FORCE
+$(call if_changed_rule,rustc_library)

+# Even if normally `build_error` is not a kernel object, it should still be
+# treated as such so that we pass the same flags. Otherwise, for instance,
+# `rustc` will complain about missing sanitizer flags causing an ABI mismatch.
+$(obj)/build_error.o: private is-kernel-object := y
$(obj)/build_error.o: private skip_gendwarfksyms = 1
$(obj)/build_error.o: $(src)/build_error.rs $(obj)/compiler_builtins.o FORCE
+$(call if_changed_rule,rustc_library)
--
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