Re: [PATCH 1/2] rust: allow `unreachable_pub` for doctests

[Gary Guo]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:53:16 +0000
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 12:35:27PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > Examples (i.e. doctests) may want to show public items such as structs,
> > thus the `unreachable_pub` warning is not very helpful.
> > 
> > Thus allow it for all doctests.
> > 
> > In addition, remove it from the existing `expect`s we have in a couple
> > doctests.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/aRG9VjsaCjsvAwUn@xxxxxxxxxx/
> > Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>  
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> >  rust/kernel/init.rs         | 2 +-
> >  rust/kernel/types.rs        | 2 +-
> >  scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs | 1 +
> >  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/init.rs b/rust/kernel/init.rs
> > index 4949047af8d7..e476d81c1a27 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/init.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/init.rs
> > @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
> >  //! ```
> >  //!
> >  //! ```rust
> > -//! # #![expect(unreachable_pub, clippy::disallowed_names)]
> > +//! # #![expect(clippy::disallowed_names)]  
> 
> Maybe we should also allow disallowed_names in doc tests?
> 
> Alice

+1 on allowing disallowed_names. I think for doc tests we should try
to reduce false positives to make it easier to write them. We shouldn't
try to enable all clippy lints on doc tests, especially that clippy
doesn't run today on rustdocs at all.

Best,
Gary