[PATCH v2 2/7] rust: io: always inline functions using build_assert with arguments

From: Alexandre Courbot

Date: Thu Nov 27 2025 - 21:12:03 EST


`build_assert` relies on the compiler to optimize out its error path.
Functions using it with its arguments must thus always be inlined,
otherwise the error path of `build_assert` might not be optimized out,
triggering a build error.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/io.rs | 9 ++++++---
rust/kernel/io/resource.rs | 2 ++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/io.rs b/rust/kernel/io.rs
index ee182b0b5452..ccdd394099cb 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ macro_rules! define_read {
/// Bound checks are performed on compile time, hence if the offset is not known at compile
/// time, the build will fail.
$(#[$attr])*
- #[inline]
+ // Always inline to optimize out error path of `io_addr_assert`.
+ #[inline(always)]
pub fn $name(&self, offset: usize) -> $type_name {
let addr = self.io_addr_assert::<$type_name>(offset);

@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@ macro_rules! define_write {
/// Bound checks are performed on compile time, hence if the offset is not known at compile
/// time, the build will fail.
$(#[$attr])*
- #[inline]
+ // Always inline to optimize out error path of `io_addr_assert`.
+ #[inline(always)]
pub fn $name(&self, value: $type_name, offset: usize) {
let addr = self.io_addr_assert::<$type_name>(offset);

@@ -217,7 +219,8 @@ fn io_addr<U>(&self, offset: usize) -> Result<usize> {
self.addr().checked_add(offset).ok_or(EINVAL)
}

- #[inline]
+ // Always inline to optimize out error path of `build_assert`.
+ #[inline(always)]
fn io_addr_assert<U>(&self, offset: usize) -> usize {
build_assert!(Self::offset_valid::<U>(offset, SIZE));

diff --git a/rust/kernel/io/resource.rs b/rust/kernel/io/resource.rs
index bea3ee0ed87b..d9851923562c 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io/resource.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io/resource.rs
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ impl Flags {
/// Resource represents a memory region that must be ioremaped using `ioremap_np`.
pub const IORESOURCE_MEM_NONPOSTED: Flags = Flags::new(bindings::IORESOURCE_MEM_NONPOSTED);

+ // Always inline to optimize out error path of `build_assert`.
+ #[inline(always)]
const fn new(value: u32) -> Self {
crate::build_assert!(value as u64 <= c_ulong::MAX as u64);
Flags(value as c_ulong)

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2.52.0