[PATCH v3] rust: net: netlink: Migrate to zerocopy's IntoBytes

From: Sagar Taunk

Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 13:27:41 EST


Replace the kernel's own `transmute::FromBytes` and `AsBytes` traits
with their zerocopy equivalents. Specifically, this updates
`GenlMsg::put` to rely on `IntoBytes` for converting attributes into
byte slices.

Also, add `Immutable` trait bound on `GenlMsg::put` as zerocopy
splits the `no interior mutability` guarantee that `AsBytes` bundled
together.

Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1241
Signed-off-by: Sagar Taunk <sagartaunk@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes Since V2: Follow vertical import style as told by Alexandre Courbot.
No functional changes.

rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs b/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs
index 22ef3dde36fa..a2f4bd171dcf 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
alloc::{self, AllocError},
error::to_result,
prelude::*,
- transmute::AsBytes,
types::Opaque,
ThisModule,
};
@@ -22,6 +21,11 @@
ptr::NonNull, //
};

+use zerocopy::{
+ Immutable,
+ IntoBytes, //
+};
+
/// The default netlink message size.
pub const GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE: usize = bindings::GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE;

@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ impl GenlMsg {
#[inline]
fn put<T>(&mut self, attrtype: c_int, value: &T) -> Result
where
- T: ?Sized + AsBytes,
+ T: ?Sized + IntoBytes + Immutable,
{
let skb = self.skb.skb.as_ptr();
let len = size_of_val(value);
--
2.55.0