[PATCH 3/6] scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: plumb crate-attrs

From: Eliot Courtney

Date: Tue Jan 20 2026 - 03:54:26 EST


Add --crate-attrs argument to pass per-crate attributes.

The crate_attrs field was added to rust-analyzer in v0.3.2727 (~1.94.0)
and is silently ignored by older versions, so it's safe to add it.

Signed-off-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/Makefile | 5 ++++-
scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py | 9 +++++++--
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
index 2238b0b69197..e6c5108ab625 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile
+++ b/rust/Makefile
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ proc_macro2-cfgs := \
$(if $(call rustc-min-version,108800),proc_macro_span_file proc_macro_span_location)

# Stable since Rust 1.79.0: `feature(proc_macro_byte_character,proc_macro_c_str_literals)`.
+proc_macro2-crate-attrs := feature(proc_macro_byte_character,proc_macro_c_str_literals)
+
proc_macro2-flags := \
--cap-lints=allow \
- -Zcrate-attr='feature(proc_macro_byte_character,proc_macro_c_str_literals)' \
+ -Zcrate-attr='$(proc_macro2-crate-attrs)' \
$(call cfgs-to-flags,$(proc_macro2-cfgs))

quote-cfgs := \
@@ -575,6 +577,7 @@ rust-analyzer:
--cfgs='syn=$(syn-cfgs)' \
--editions='core=$(core-edition)' \
--editions='quote=$(quote-edition)' \
+ --crate-attrs='proc_macro2=$(proc_macro2-crate-attrs)' \
$(realpath $(srctree)) $(realpath $(objtree)) \
$(rustc_sysroot) $(RUST_LIB_SRC) $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(srcroot)) \
> rust-project.json
diff --git a/scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py b/scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py
index 17ed5546504b..e8c50812fb9f 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import pathlib
import subprocess
import sys

+
def args_single(args):
result = {}
for arg in args:
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ def args_crates_cfgs(cfgs):

return crates_cfgs

-def generate_crates(srctree, objtree, sysroot_src, external_src, cfgs, editions):
+def generate_crates(srctree, objtree, sysroot_src, external_src, cfgs, editions, crate_attrs):
# Generate the configuration list.
generated_cfg = []
with open(objtree / "include" / "generated" / "rustc_cfg") as fd:
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ def generate_crates(srctree, objtree, sysroot_src, external_src, cfgs, editions)
crates_indexes = {}
crates_cfgs = args_crates_cfgs(cfgs)
crates_editions = args_single(editions)
+ crates_crate_attrs = args_crates_cfgs(crate_attrs)

def append_crate(display_name, root_module, deps, cfg=[], is_workspace_member=True, is_proc_macro=False):
# Miguel Ojeda writes:
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ def generate_crates(srctree, objtree, sysroot_src, external_src, cfgs, editions)
"deps": [{"crate": crates_indexes[dep], "name": dep} for dep in deps],
"cfg": cfg,
"edition": edition,
+ # Crate attributes were introduced in 1.94.0 but older versions will silently ignore this.
+ "crate_attrs": crates_crate_attrs.get(display_name, []),
"env": {
"RUST_MODFILE": "This is only for rust-analyzer"
}
@@ -233,6 +237,7 @@ def main():
parser.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', action='store_true')
parser.add_argument('--cfgs', action='append', default=[])
parser.add_argument('--editions', action='append', default=[])
+ parser.add_argument('--crate-attrs', action='append', default=[])
parser.add_argument("srctree", type=pathlib.Path)
parser.add_argument("objtree", type=pathlib.Path)
parser.add_argument("sysroot", type=pathlib.Path)
@@ -246,7 +251,7 @@ def main():
)

rust_project = {
- "crates": generate_crates(args.srctree, args.objtree, args.sysroot_src, args.exttree, args.cfgs, args.editions),
+ "crates": generate_crates(args.srctree, args.objtree, args.sysroot_src, args.exttree, args.cfgs, args.editions, args.crate_attrs),
"sysroot": str(args.sysroot),
}


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