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| author | Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]> | 2025-07-12 16:01:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]> | 2025-07-14 21:30:44 +0000 |
| commit | 7498159226772d66f150dd406be462d75964a366 (patch) | |
| tree | 1fee54f46a243eac7a73daf3afaa9fe7541a35d0 /tools/perf/scripts/python/sched-migration.py | |
| parent | objtool/rust: add one more `noreturn` Rust function for Rust 1.89.0 (diff) | |
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rust: use `#[used(compiler)]` to fix build and `modpost` with Rust >= 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 <[email protected]>
Cc: Wesley Wiser <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs).
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/140872 [1]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/93798 [2]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/91504 [3]
Link: https://godbolt.org/z/sxzWTMfzW [4]
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Björn Roy Baron <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]>
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