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Generally okay with this addition, but I believe this should land under a feature gate first. There's at least a bit of design space here. For example, is Of course this needs some tests, at least a codegen test for cc @nagisa |
@nikic Is there a way to gate |
I've changed the attribute arg to |
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I've changed the attribute arg to
linker
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as suggested by @nikic. Remaining things are tests...
Thanks for the update! Yes, I believe we need one test for the feature gate, and one codegen test that checks llvm.used
/llvm.compiler.used
is emitted in LLVM IR.
Can you please also open a tracking issue for the feature?
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Looks like src/collect.rs will need a // ignore-tidy-filelength
because you were the lucky person to cross an arbitrary threshold...
@nikic Thanks! I've addressed all your comments. |
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@nikic Ah, that got under my radar. Thanks for opening a tracking issue :) |
`#[used(linker)]` attribute See dtolnay/linkme#41 (comment).
…askrgr Rollup of 6 pull requests Successful merges: - rust-lang#91443 (Better suggestions when user tries to collect into an unsized `[_]`) - rust-lang#91504 (`#[used(linker)]` attribute) - rust-lang#93503 (debuginfo: Fix DW_AT_containing_type vtable debuginfo regression) - rust-lang#93753 (Complete removal of #[main] attribute from compiler) - rust-lang#93799 (Fix typo in `std::fmt` docs) - rust-lang#93813 (Make a few cleanup MIR passes public) Failed merges: r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
… 1.89.0 Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
… 1.89.0 Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
… 1.89.0 Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
… 1.89.0 Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> (cherry picked from commit 7498159) Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
… 1.89.0 commit 7498159 upstream. Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
… 1.89.0 commit 7498159 upstream. Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
… 1.89.0 commit 7498159 upstream. Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
… 1.89.0 commit 7498159 upstream. Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
… 1.89.0 Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> (cherry picked from commit 7498159) Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
… 1.89.0 commit 7498159 upstream. Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
… 1.89.0 commit 7498159 upstream. Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
… 1.89.0 commit 7498159226772d66f150dd406be462d75964a366 upstream. Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> (cherry picked from commit d9ebd928288bb82df8efeb3a34f2cd31883f440e)
… 1.89.0 commit 7498159226772d66f150dd406be462d75964a366 upstream. Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
… 1.89.0 commit 7498159226772d66f150dd406be462d75964a366 upstream. Starting with Rust 1.89.0 (expected 2025-08-07), the Rust compiler fails to build the `rusttest` target due to undefined references such as: kernel...-cgu.0:(.text....+0x116): undefined reference to `rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test' Moreover, tooling like `modpost` gets confused: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.o ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.o The reason behind both issues is that the Rust compiler will now [1] treat `#[used]` as `#[used(linker)]` instead of `#[used(compiler)]` for our targets. This means that the retain section flag (`R`, `SHF_GNU_RETAIN`) will be used and that they will be marked as `unique` too, with different IDs. In turn, that means we end up with undefined references that did not get discarded in `rusttest` and that multiple `.modinfo` sections are generated, which confuse tooling like `modpost` because they only expect one. Thus start using `#[used(compiler)]` to keep the previous behavior and to be explicit about what we want. Sadly, it is an unstable feature (`used_with_arg`) [2] -- we will talk to upstream Rust about it. The good news is that it has been available for a long time (Rust >= 1.60) [3]. The changes should also be fine for previous Rust versions, since they behave the same way as before [4]. Alternatively, we could use `#[no_mangle]` or `#[export_name = ...]` since those still behave like `#[used(compiler)]`, but of course it is not really what we want to express, and it requires other changes to avoid symbol conflicts. Cc: David Wood <david@davidtw.co> Cc: Wesley Wiser <wwiser@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: rust-lang/rust#140872 [1] Link: rust-lang/rust#93798 [2] Link: rust-lang/rust#91504 [3] Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4] Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250712160103.1244945-3-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> (cherry picked from commit d9ebd928288bb82df8efeb3a34f2cd31883f440e) Signed-off-by: Jack Vogel <jack.vogel@oracle.com>
See dtolnay/linkme#41 (comment).