[PATCH v2] rust: bitmap: document panics in `next_bit` and `next_zero_bit`

From: Georgios Androutsopoulos

Date: Fri Aug 28 2026 - 09:36:54 EST


`next_bit()` and `next_zero_bit()` use `bitmap_assert!()` to check
that `start` is less than `self.len()`, which panics when
`CONFIG_RUST_BITMAP_HARDENED` is enabled. However, neither function
has a `# Panics` section, and both document that `None` is returned
for exactly the input that triggers the panic.

Update the documentation of `next_bit()` and `next_zero_bit()` to add
the missing `# Panics` sections, add the missing blank doc comment line
before `Returns` in `next_zero_bit()`, and simplify the wording.

Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1252
Signed-off-by: Georgios Androutsopoulos <georgeandrout13@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Simplify doc wording following feedback from Alice Ryhl.
- Remove extra empty line between Link: and Signed-off-by:.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260827150719.109145-1-georgeandrout13@xxxxxxxxx/
---
rust/kernel/bitmap.rs | 17 +++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/bitmap.rs b/rust/kernel/bitmap.rs
index b27e0ec80..b51c8a96f 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/bitmap.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/bitmap.rs
@@ -459,7 +459,13 @@ pub fn last_bit(&self) -> Option<usize> {

/// Finds next set bit, starting from `start`.
///
- /// Returns `None` if `start` is greater or equal to `self.nbits`.
+ /// Returns `None` if no bits are set on or after the given index. The
+ /// index `start` must be in bounds.
+ ///
+ /// # Panics
+ ///
+ /// Panics if `CONFIG_RUST_BITMAP_HARDENED` is enabled and `start` is
+ /// out of bounds.
#[inline]
pub fn next_bit(&self, start: usize) -> Option<usize> {
bitmap_assert!(
@@ -479,7 +485,14 @@ pub fn next_bit(&self, start: usize) -> Option<usize> {
}

/// Finds next zero bit, starting from `start`.
- /// Returns `None` if `start` is greater than or equal to `self.len()`.
+ ///
+ /// Returns `None` if no bits are zero on or after the given index. The
+ /// index `start` must be in bounds.
+ ///
+ /// # Panics
+ ///
+ /// Panics if `CONFIG_RUST_BITMAP_HARDENED` is enabled and `start` is
+ /// out of bounds.
#[inline]
pub fn next_zero_bit(&self, start: usize) -> Option<usize> {
bitmap_assert!(

base-commit: 73e3f0710014fe6d4ed98cfc02292f6121db7558
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2.47.3