lwn.git/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator_test.rs, branch master

rust: alloc: remove `allocator_test`

2025-08-24T13:30:40+00:00

Given we do not have tests that rely on it anymore, remove `allocator_test`, which simplifies the complexity of the build. In particular, it avoids potential issues with `rusttest`, such as the one fixed at [1], where a public function was added to `Kmalloc` and used elsewhere, but it was not added to `Cmalloc`; or trivial issues like a missing import [2] due to not many people testing that target. The only downside is that we cannot use it in the `macros`' crate examples anymore, but we did not feel a need for that so far, and anyway we could support that by running those within the kernel too, which we may do regardless. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20250816204215.2719559-1-ojeda@kernel.org/ [1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20250816210214.2729269-1-ojeda@kernel.org/ [2] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250816211900.2731720-1-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich

rust: enable `clippy::ptr_as_ptr` lint

2025-06-22T21:08:42+00:00

In Rust 1.51.0, Clippy introduced the `ptr_as_ptr` lint [1]: > Though `as` casts between raw pointers are not terrible, > `pointer::cast` is safer because it cannot accidentally change the > pointer's mutability, nor cast the pointer to other types like `usize`. There are a few classes of changes required: - Modules generated by bindgen are marked `#[allow(clippy::ptr_as_ptr)]`. - Inferred casts (` as _`) are replaced with `.cast()`. - Ascribed casts (` as *... T`) are replaced with `.cast::()`. - Multistep casts from references (` as *const _ as *const T`) are replaced with `core::ptr::from_ref(&x).cast()` with or without `::` according to the previous rules. The `core::ptr::from_ref` call is required because `(x as *const _).cast::()` results in inference failure. - Native literal C strings are replaced with `c_str!().as_char_ptr()`. - `*mut *mut T as _` is replaced with `let *mut *const T = (*mut *mut T)`.cast();` since pointer to pointer can be confusing. Apply these changes and enable the lint -- no functional change intended. Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#ptr_as_ptr [1] Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein Acked-by: Viresh Kumar Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Acked-by: Tejun Heo Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250615-ptr-as-ptr-v12-1-f43b024581e8@gmail.com [ Added `.cast()` for `opp`. - Miguel ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda

rust: alloc: add missing Markdown code span

2025-05-25T20:58:35+00:00

Add missing Markdown code span. This was found using the Clippy `doc_markdown` lint, which we may want to enable. Fixes: dd09538fb409 ("rust: alloc: implement `Cmalloc` in module allocator_test") Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250324210359.1199574-5-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda

rust: alloc: satisfy POSIX alignment requirement

2025-03-05T22:57:48+00:00

ISO C's `aligned_alloc` is partially implementation-defined; on some systems it inherits stricter requirements from POSIX's `posix_memalign`. This causes the call added in commit dd09538fb409 ("rust: alloc: implement `Cmalloc` in module allocator_test") to fail on macOS because it doesn't meet the requirements of `posix_memalign`. Adjust the call to meet the POSIX requirement and add a comment. This fixes failures in `make rusttest` on macOS. Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: dd09538fb409 ("rust: alloc: implement `Cmalloc` in module allocator_test") Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein Reviewed-by: Gary Guo Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250213-aligned-alloc-v7-1-d2a2d0be164b@gmail.com [ Added Cc: stable. - Miguel ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda

rust: use custom FFI integer types

2024-11-10T22:58:00+00:00

Currently FFI integer types are defined in libcore. This commit creates the `ffi` crate and asks bindgen to use that crate for FFI integer types instead of `core::ffi`. This commit is preparatory and no type changes are made in this commit yet. Signed-off-by: Gary Guo Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240913213041.395655-4-gary@garyguo.net [ Added `rustdoc`, `rusttest` and KUnit tests support. Rebased on top of `rust-next` (e.g. migrated more `core::ffi` cases). Reworded crate docs slightly and formatted. - Miguel ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda

rust: alloc: implement `Cmalloc` in module allocator_test

2024-10-15T21:10:32+00:00

So far the kernel's `Box` and `Vec` types can't be used by userspace test cases, since all users of those types (e.g. `CString`) use kernel allocators for instantiation. In order to allow userspace test cases to make use of such types as well, implement the `Cmalloc` allocator within the allocator_test module and type alias all kernel allocators to `Cmalloc`. The `Cmalloc` allocator uses libc's `realloc()` function as allocator backend. Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin Reviewed-by: Gary Guo Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-26-dakr@kernel.org [ Removed the temporary `allow(dead_code)` as discussed in the list and fixed typo, added backticks. - Miguel ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda

rust: alloc: implement `KVmalloc` allocator

2024-10-15T20:56:59+00:00

Implement `Allocator` for `KVmalloc`, an `Allocator` that tries to allocate memory with `kmalloc` first and, on failure, falls back to `vmalloc`. All memory allocations made with `KVmalloc` end up in `kvrealloc_noprof()`; all frees in `kvfree()`. Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin Reviewed-by: Gary Guo Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-10-dakr@kernel.org [ Reworded typo. - Miguel ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda

rust: alloc: implement `Vmalloc` allocator

2024-10-15T20:56:59+00:00

Implement `Allocator` for `Vmalloc`, the kernel's virtually contiguous allocator, typically used for larger objects, (much) larger than page size. All memory allocations made with `Vmalloc` end up in `vrealloc()`. Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin Reviewed-by: Gary Guo Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-9-dakr@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda

rust: alloc: add module `allocator_test`

2024-10-15T20:56:59+00:00

`Allocator`s, such as `Kmalloc`, will be used by e.g. `Box` and `Vec` in subsequent patches, and hence this dependency propagates throughout the whole kernel. Add the `allocator_test` module that provides an empty implementation for all `Allocator`s in the kernel, such that we don't break the `rusttest` make target in subsequent patches. Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin Reviewed-by: Gary Guo Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-8-dakr@kernel.org [ Added missing `_old_layout` parameter as discussed. - Miguel ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda