[PATCH 10/10] rust: pin-init: internal: turn `PhantomPinned` error into warnings
From: Gary Guo
Date: Tue Apr 28 2026 - 09:23:02 EST
The `PhantomPinned` detection is just a lint, and is emitted as an error
because there is no `compile_warning!()` macro, and
`proc-macro-diagnostics` is not stable.
Use of `#[deprecated = ""]` attribute to approximate custom proc-macro
warnings. A new line is added before message for visual clarity.
An example warning with this trick looks like this:
warning: use of deprecated function `_::warn`:
The field `pin` of type `PhantomPinned` only has an effect if it has the `#[pin]` attribute
--> test.rs:9:5
|
9 | pin: marker::PhantomPinned,
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Suggested-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/pin-init/issues/51
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/pin-init/internal/src/diagnostics.rs | 14 ++++++++++++++
rust/pin-init/internal/src/pin_data.rs | 2 +-
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/rust/pin-init/internal/src/diagnostics.rs b/rust/pin-init/internal/src/diagnostics.rs
index 3bdb477c2f2b..c7d9b3e624fc 100644
--- a/rust/pin-init/internal/src/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/rust/pin-init/internal/src/diagnostics.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
use std::fmt::Display;
use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
+use quote::quote_spanned;
use syn::{spanned::Spanned, Error};
pub(crate) struct DiagCtxt(TokenStream);
@@ -15,6 +16,19 @@ pub(crate) fn error(&mut self, span: impl Spanned, msg: impl Display) -> ErrorGu
ErrorGuaranteed(())
}
+ pub(crate) fn warn(&mut self, span: impl Spanned, msg: impl Display) {
+ // Have the message start on a new line for visual clarity.
+ let msg = format!("\n{}", msg);
+ self.0.extend(quote_spanned!(span.span() =>
+ // Approximate using deprecated warning while `proc_macro_diagnostic` is unstable.
+ const _: () = {
+ #[deprecated = #msg]
+ const fn warn() {}
+ warn();
+ };
+ ));
+ }
+
pub(crate) fn with(
fun: impl FnOnce(&mut DiagCtxt) -> Result<TokenStream, ErrorGuaranteed>,
) -> TokenStream {
diff --git a/rust/pin-init/internal/src/pin_data.rs b/rust/pin-init/internal/src/pin_data.rs
index 76cd11bf28eb..163a31ed1556 100644
--- a/rust/pin-init/internal/src/pin_data.rs
+++ b/rust/pin-init/internal/src/pin_data.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub(crate) fn pin_data(
for (pinned, field) in &fields {
if !pinned && is_phantom_pinned(&field.ty) {
- dcx.error(
+ dcx.warn(
field,
format!(
"The field `{}` of type `PhantomPinned` only has an effect \
--
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