This is the second upgrade to the Rust toolchain, from 1.68.2 to 1.71.1
(i.e. the latest).
See the upgrade policy [1] and the comments on the first upgrade in
commit 3ed03f4da0 ("rust: upgrade to Rust 1.68.2").
# Unstable features
No unstable features (that we use) were stabilized.
Therefore, the only unstable feature allowed to be used outside
the `kernel` crate is still `new_uninit`, though other code to be
upstreamed may increase the list.
Please see [2] for details.
# Required changes
For the upgrade, this patch requires the following changes:
- Removal of the `__rust_*` allocator functions, together with
the addition of the `__rust_no_alloc_shim_is_unstable` static.
See [3] for details.
- Some more compiler builtins added due to `<f{32,64}>::midpoint()`
that got added in Rust 1.71 [4].
# `alloc` upgrade and reviewing
The vast majority of changes are due to our `alloc` fork being upgraded
at once.
There are two kinds of changes to be aware of: the ones coming from
upstream, which we should follow as closely as possible, and the updates
needed in our added fallible APIs to keep them matching the newer
infallible APIs coming from upstream.
Instead of taking a look at the diff of this patch, an alternative
approach is reviewing a diff of the changes between upstream `alloc` and
the kernel's. This allows to easily inspect the kernel additions only,
especially to check if the fallible methods we already have still match
the infallible ones in the new version coming from upstream.
Another approach is reviewing the changes introduced in the additions in
the kernel fork between the two versions. This is useful to spot
potentially unintended changes to our additions.
To apply these approaches, one may follow steps similar to the following
to generate a pair of patches that show the differences between upstream
Rust and the kernel (for the subset of `alloc` we use) before and after
applying this patch:
# Get the difference with respect to the old version.
git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc |
cut -d/ -f3- |
grep -Fv README.md |
xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH
git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > old.patch
git -C linux restore rust/alloc
# Apply this patch.
git -C linux am rust-upgrade.patch
# Get the difference with respect to the new version.
git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc |
cut -d/ -f3- |
grep -Fv README.md |
xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH
git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > new.patch
git -C linux restore rust/alloc
Now one may check the `new.patch` to take a look at the additions (first
approach) or at the difference between those two patches (second
approach). For the latter, a side-by-side tool is recommended.
Link: https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-version-policy [1]
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [2]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/86844 [3]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/92048 [4]
Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/68
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230729220317.416771-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
This is the first upgrade to the Rust toolchain since the initial Rust
merge, from 1.62.0 to 1.68.2 (i.e. the latest).
# Context
The kernel currently supports only a single Rust version [1] (rather
than a minimum) given our usage of some "unstable" Rust features [2]
which do not promise backwards compatibility.
The goal is to reach a point where we can declare a minimum version for
the toolchain. For instance, by waiting for some of the features to be
stabilized. Therefore, the first minimum Rust version that the kernel
will support is "in the future".
# Upgrade policy
Given we will eventually need to reach that minimum version, it would be
ideal to upgrade the compiler from time to time to be as close as
possible to that goal and find any issues sooner. In the extreme, we
could upgrade as soon as a new Rust release is out. Of course, upgrading
so often is in stark contrast to what one normally would need for GCC
and LLVM, especially given the release schedule: 6 weeks for Rust vs.
half a year for LLVM and a year for GCC.
Having said that, there is no particular advantage to updating slowly
either: kernel developers in "stable" distributions are unlikely to be
able to use their distribution-provided Rust toolchain for the kernel
anyway [3]. Instead, by routinely upgrading to the latest instead,
kernel developers using Linux distributions that track the latest Rust
release may be able to use those rather than Rust-provided ones,
especially if their package manager allows to pin / hold back /
downgrade the version for some days during windows where the version may
not match. For instance, Arch, Fedora, Gentoo and openSUSE all provide
and track the latest version of Rust as they get released every 6 weeks.
Then, when the minimum version is reached, we will stop upgrading and
decide how wide the window of support will be. For instance, a year of
Rust versions. We will probably want to start small, and then widen it
over time, just like the kernel did originally for LLVM, see commit
3519c4d6e0 ("Documentation: add minimum clang/llvm version").
# Unstable features stabilized
This upgrade allows us to remove the following unstable features since
they were stabilized:
- `feature(explicit_generic_args_with_impl_trait)` (1.63).
- `feature(core_ffi_c)` (1.64).
- `feature(generic_associated_types)` (1.65).
- `feature(const_ptr_offset_from)` (1.65, *).
- `feature(bench_black_box)` (1.66, *).
- `feature(pin_macro)` (1.68).
The ones marked with `*` apply only to our old `rust` branch, not
mainline yet, i.e. only for code that we may potentially upstream.
With this patch applied, the only unstable feature allowed to be used
outside the `kernel` crate is `new_uninit`, though other code to be
upstreamed may increase the list.
Please see [2] for details.
# Other required changes
Since 1.63, `rustdoc` triggers the `broken_intra_doc_links` lint for
links pointing to exported (`#[macro_export]`) `macro_rules`. An issue
was opened upstream [4], but it turns out it is intended behavior. For
the moment, just add an explicit reference for each link. Later we can
revisit this if `rustdoc` removes the compatibility measure.
Nevertheless, this was helpful to discover a link that was pointing to
the wrong place unintentionally. Since that one was actually wrong, it
is fixed in a previous commit independently.
Another change was the addition of `cfg(no_rc)` and `cfg(no_sync)` in
upstream [5], thus remove our original changes for that.
Similarly, upstream now tests that it compiles successfully with
`#[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]` [6], which allow us to get rid
of some changes, such as an `#[allow(dead_code)]`.
In addition, remove another `#[allow(dead_code)]` due to new uses
within the standard library.
Finally, add `try_extend_trusted` and move the code in `spec_extend.rs`
since upstream moved it for the infallible version.
# `alloc` upgrade and reviewing
There are a large amount of changes, but the vast majority of them are
due to our `alloc` fork being upgraded at once.
There are two kinds of changes to be aware of: the ones coming from
upstream, which we should follow as closely as possible, and the updates
needed in our added fallible APIs to keep them matching the newer
infallible APIs coming from upstream.
Instead of taking a look at the diff of this patch, an alternative
approach is reviewing a diff of the changes between upstream `alloc` and
the kernel's. This allows to easily inspect the kernel additions only,
especially to check if the fallible methods we already have still match
the infallible ones in the new version coming from upstream.
Another approach is reviewing the changes introduced in the additions in
the kernel fork between the two versions. This is useful to spot
potentially unintended changes to our additions.
To apply these approaches, one may follow steps similar to the following
to generate a pair of patches that show the differences between upstream
Rust and the kernel (for the subset of `alloc` we use) before and after
applying this patch:
# Get the difference with respect to the old version.
git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc |
cut -d/ -f3- |
grep -Fv README.md |
xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH
git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > old.patch
git -C linux restore rust/alloc
# Apply this patch.
git -C linux am rust-upgrade.patch
# Get the difference with respect to the new version.
git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc |
cut -d/ -f3- |
grep -Fv README.md |
xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH
git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > new.patch
git -C linux restore rust/alloc
Now one may check the `new.patch` to take a look at the additions (first
approach) or at the difference between those two patches (second
approach). For the latter, a side-by-side tool is recommended.
Link: https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-version-policy [1]
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72mT3bVDKdHgaea-6WiZazd8Mvurqmqegbe5JZxVyLR8Yg@mail.gmail.com/ [3]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/106142 [4]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/89891 [5]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/98652 [6]
Reviewed-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-By: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Ariel Miculas <amiculas@cisco.com>
Tested-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Tested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230418214347.324156-4-ojeda@kernel.org
[ Removed `feature(core_ffi_c)` from `uapi` ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
It may be unclear for readers which upstream Rust version these files
are based on. They may be unaware that they are intended to match the
minimum (and only, so far) supported version of Rust in the kernel.
Thus clarify it.
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Ariel Miculas <amiculas@cisco.com>
Tested-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Tested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230418214347.324156-2-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Add some missing fallible methods that we need.
They are all marked as:
#[stable(feature = "kernel", since = "1.0.0")]
for easy identification.
Lina: Extracted from commit 487d7578bd03 ("rust: alloc: add some `try_*`
methods we need") in rust-for-linux/rust.
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Asahi Lina <lina@asahilina.net>
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/commit/487d7578bd03
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230224-rust-vec-v1-4-733b5b5a57c5@asahilina.net
[ Match the non-fallible methods from version 1.62.0, since those
in commit 487d7578bd03 were written for 1.54.0-beta.1. ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Add the missing SPDX headers to these modules, which were just imported
from the Rust stdlib. Doing this in a separate commit makes it easier to
audit that the files have not been modified in the original import.
See the preceding two commits for attribution and licensing details.
Signed-off-by: Asahi Lina <lina@asahilina.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230224-rust-vec-v1-3-733b5b5a57c5@asahilina.net
[ Reworded for typo. ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
The `Cow` type [1] requires that its generic parameter type implements
the `ToOwned` trait [2], which provides a method to create owned data
from borrowed data, usually by cloning.
However, it is infallible, and thus in most cases it is not useful for
the kernel. [3]
Therefore, introduce `cfg(no_borrow)` to remove the `borrow` module
(which contains `ToOwned` and `Cow`) from `alloc`.
Link: https://doc.rust-lang.org/alloc/borrow/enum.Cow.html [1]
Link: https://doc.rust-lang.org/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20221204103153.117675b1@GaryWorkstation/ [3]
Cc: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Cc: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@gmail.com>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Finn Behrens <fin@nyantec.com>
Add `Vec::try_with_capacity()` and `Vec::try_with_capacity_in()` as
the fallible versions of `Vec::with_capacity()` and
`Vec::with_capacity_in()`, respectively.
The implementations follow the originals and use the previously
added `RawVec::try_with_capacity_in()`.
In turn, `Vec::try_with_capacity()` will be used to implement
the `CString` type (which wraps a `Vec<u8>`) in a later patch.
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Add the `RawVec::try_with_capacity_in()` constructor as the fallible
version of `RawVec::with_capacity_in()`.
The implementation follows the original.
The infallible constructor is implemented in terms of the private
`RawVec::allocate_in()` constructor, thus also add the private
`RawVec::try_allocate_in()` constructor following the other.
It will be used to implement `Vec::try_with_capacity{,_in}()` in
the next patch.
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
This customizes the subset of the Rust standard library `alloc` that
was just imported as-is, mainly by:
- Adding SPDX license identifiers.
- Skipping modules (e.g. `rc` and `sync`) via new `cfg`s.
- Adding fallible (`try_*`) versions of existing infallible methods
(i.e. returning a `Result` instead of panicking).
Since the standard library requires stable/unstable attributes,
these additions are annotated with:
#[stable(feature = "kernel", since = "1.0.0")]
Using "kernel" as the feature allows to have the additions
clearly marked. The "1.0.0" version is just a placeholder.
(At the moment, only one is needed, but in the future more
fallible methods will be added).
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Co-developed-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@google.com>
Co-developed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Co-developed-by: Matthew Bakhtiari <dev@mtbk.me>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Bakhtiari <dev@mtbk.me>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
This is a subset of the Rust standard library `alloc` crate,
version 1.62.0, licensed under "Apache-2.0 OR MIT", from:
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/1.62.0/library/alloc/src
The files are copied as-is, with no modifications whatsoever
(not even adding the SPDX identifiers).
For copyright details, please see:
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/1.62.0/COPYRIGHT
The next patch modifies these files as needed for use within
the kernel. This patch split allows reviewers to double-check
the import and to clearly see the differences introduced.
Vendoring `alloc`, at least for the moment, allows us to have fallible
allocations support (i.e. the `try_*` versions of methods which return
a `Result` instead of panicking) early on. It also gives a bit more
freedom to experiment with new interfaces and to iterate quickly.
Eventually, the goal is to have everything the kernel needs in
upstream `alloc` and drop it from the kernel tree.
For a summary of work on `alloc` happening upstream, please see:
https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/408
The following script may be used to verify the contents:
for path in $(cd rust/alloc/ && find . -type f -name '*.rs'); do
curl --silent --show-error --location \
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/raw/1.62.0/library/alloc/src/$path \
| diff --unified rust/alloc/$path - && echo $path: OK
done
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Co-developed-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
