linux/Documentation/rust/arch-support.rst
David Gow ab0f4cedc3 arch: um: rust: Add i386 support for Rust
At present, Rust in the kernel only supports 64-bit x86, so UML has
followed suit. However, it's significantly easier to support 32-bit i386
on UML than on bare metal, as UML does not use the -mregparm option
(which alters the ABI), which is not yet supported by rustc[1].

Add support for CONFIG_RUST on um/i386, by adding a new target config to
generate_rust_target, and replacing various checks on CONFIG_X86_64 to
also support CONFIG_X86_32.

We still use generate_rust_target, rather than a built-in rustc target,
in order to match x86_64, provide a future place for -mregparm, and more
easily disable floating point instructions.

With these changes, the KUnit tests pass with:
kunit.py run --make_options LLVM=1 --kconfig_add CONFIG_RUST=y
--kconfig_add CONFIG_64BIT=n --kconfig_add CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE=n

An earlier version of these changes was proposed on the Rust-for-Linux
github[2].

[1]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/116972
[2]: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/pull/966

Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240604224052.3138504-1-davidgow@google.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2024-07-03 12:22:22 +02:00

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
Arch Support
============
Currently, the Rust compiler (``rustc``) uses LLVM for code generation,
which limits the supported architectures that can be targeted. In addition,
support for building the kernel with LLVM/Clang varies (please see
Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst). This support is needed for ``bindgen``
which uses ``libclang``.
Below is a general summary of architectures that currently work. Level of
support corresponds to ``S`` values in the ``MAINTAINERS`` file.
============= ================ ==============================================
Architecture Level of support Constraints
============= ================ ==============================================
``arm64`` Maintained Little Endian only.
``loongarch`` Maintained \-
``riscv`` Maintained ``riscv64`` only.
``um`` Maintained \-
``x86`` Maintained ``x86_64`` only.
============= ================ ==============================================