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Linus Torvalds 910bfc26d1 Rust changes for v6.11
The highlight is the establishment of a minimum version for the Rust
 toolchain, including 'rustc' (and bundled tools) and 'bindgen'.
 
 The initial minimum will be the pinned version we currently have, i.e.
 we are just widening the allowed versions. That covers 3 stable Rust
 releases: 1.78.0, 1.79.0, 1.80.0 (getting released tomorrow), plus beta,
 plus nightly.
 
 This should already be enough for kernel developers in distributions
 that provide recent Rust compiler versions routinely, such as Arch
 Linux, Debian Unstable (outside the freeze period), Fedora Linux,
 Gentoo Linux (especially the testing channel), Nix (unstable) and
 openSUSE Slowroll and Tumbleweed.
 
 In addition, the kernel is now being built-tested by Rust's pre-merge
 CI. That is, every change that is attempting to land into the Rust
 compiler is tested against the kernel, and it is merged only if it
 passes. Similarly, the bindgen tool has agreed to build the kernel in
 their CI too.
 
 Thus, with the pre-merge CI in place, both projects hope to avoid
 unintentional changes to Rust that break the kernel. This means that,
 in general, apart from intentional changes on their side (that we
 will need to workaround conditionally on our side), the upcoming Rust
 compiler versions should generally work.
 
 In addition, the Rust project has proposed getting the kernel into
 stable Rust (at least solving the main blockers) as one of its three
 flagship goals for 2024H2 [1].
 
 I would like to thank Niko, Sid, Emilio et al. for their help promoting
 the collaboration between Rust and the kernel.
 
 [1] https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-project-goals/2024h2/index.html#flagship-goals
 
 Toolchain and infrastructure:
 
  - Support several Rust toolchain versions.
 
  - Support several bindgen versions.
 
  - Remove 'cargo' requirement and simplify 'rusttest', thanks to 'alloc'
    having been dropped last cycle.
 
  - Provide proper error reporting for the 'rust-analyzer' target.
 
 'kernel' crate:
 
  - Add 'uaccess' module with a safe userspace pointers abstraction.
 
  - Add 'page' module with a 'struct page' abstraction.
 
  - Support more complex generics in workqueue's 'impl_has_work!' macro.
 
 'macros' crate:
 
  - Add 'firmware' field support to the 'module!' macro.
 
  - Improve 'module!' macro documentation.
 
 Documentation:
 
  - Provide instructions on what packages should be installed to build
    the kernel in some popular Linux distributions.
 
  - Introduce the new kernel.org LLVM+Rust toolchains.
 
  - Explain '#[no_std]'.
 
 And a few other small bits.
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Merge tag 'rust-6.11' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux

Pull Rust updates from Miguel Ojeda:
 "The highlight is the establishment of a minimum version for the Rust
  toolchain, including 'rustc' (and bundled tools) and 'bindgen'.

  The initial minimum will be the pinned version we currently have, i.e.
  we are just widening the allowed versions. That covers three stable
  Rust releases: 1.78.0, 1.79.0, 1.80.0 (getting released tomorrow),
  plus beta, plus nightly.

  This should already be enough for kernel developers in distributions
  that provide recent Rust compiler versions routinely, such as Arch
  Linux, Debian Unstable (outside the freeze period), Fedora Linux,
  Gentoo Linux (especially the testing channel), Nix (unstable) and
  openSUSE Slowroll and Tumbleweed.

  In addition, the kernel is now being built-tested by Rust's pre-merge
  CI. That is, every change that is attempting to land into the Rust
  compiler is tested against the kernel, and it is merged only if it
  passes. Similarly, the bindgen tool has agreed to build the kernel in
  their CI too.

  Thus, with the pre-merge CI in place, both projects hope to avoid
  unintentional changes to Rust that break the kernel. This means that,
  in general, apart from intentional changes on their side (that we will
  need to workaround conditionally on our side), the upcoming Rust
  compiler versions should generally work.

  In addition, the Rust project has proposed getting the kernel into
  stable Rust (at least solving the main blockers) as one of its three
  flagship goals for 2024H2 [1].

  I would like to thank Niko, Sid, Emilio et al. for their help
  promoting the collaboration between Rust and the kernel.

  Toolchain and infrastructure:

   - Support several Rust toolchain versions.

   - Support several bindgen versions.

   - Remove 'cargo' requirement and simplify 'rusttest', thanks to
     'alloc' having been dropped last cycle.

   - Provide proper error reporting for the 'rust-analyzer' target.

  'kernel' crate:

   - Add 'uaccess' module with a safe userspace pointers abstraction.

   - Add 'page' module with a 'struct page' abstraction.

   - Support more complex generics in workqueue's 'impl_has_work!'
     macro.

  'macros' crate:

   - Add 'firmware' field support to the 'module!' macro.

   - Improve 'module!' macro documentation.

  Documentation:

   - Provide instructions on what packages should be installed to build
     the kernel in some popular Linux distributions.

   - Introduce the new kernel.org LLVM+Rust toolchains.

   - Explain '#[no_std]'.

  And a few other small bits"

Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-project-goals/2024h2/index.html#flagship-goals [1]

* tag 'rust-6.11' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux: (26 commits)
  docs: rust: quick-start: add section on Linux distributions
  rust: warn about `bindgen` versions 0.66.0 and 0.66.1
  rust: start supporting several `bindgen` versions
  rust: work around `bindgen` 0.69.0 issue
  rust: avoid assuming a particular `bindgen` build
  rust: start supporting several compiler versions
  rust: simplify Clippy warning flags set
  rust: relax most deny-level lints to warnings
  rust: allow `dead_code` for never constructed bindings
  rust: init: simplify from `map_err` to `inspect_err`
  rust: macros: indent list item in `paste!`'s docs
  rust: add abstraction for `struct page`
  rust: uaccess: add typed accessors for userspace pointers
  uaccess: always export _copy_[from|to]_user with CONFIG_RUST
  rust: uaccess: add userspace pointers
  kbuild: rust-analyzer: improve comment documentation
  kbuild: rust-analyzer: better error handling
  docs: rust: no_std is used
  rust: alloc: add __GFP_HIGHMEM flag
  rust: alloc: fix typo in docs for GFP_NOWAIT
  ...
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arch Devicetree fixes for 6.11, part 1 2024-07-27 12:46:16 -07:00
block for-6.11/block-20240722 2024-07-22 11:32:05 -07:00
certs kbuild: use $(src) instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for source directory 2024-05-10 04:34:52 +09:00
crypto crypto: testmgr - generate power-of-2 lengths more often 2024-07-13 11:50:28 +12:00
Documentation Rust changes for v6.11 2024-07-27 13:44:54 -07:00
drivers gpio fixes for v6.11-rc1 2024-07-27 12:54:06 -07:00
fs 11 hotfixes, 7 of which are cc:stable. 7 are MM, 4 are other. 2024-07-27 10:26:41 -07:00
include Rust changes for v6.11 2024-07-27 13:44:54 -07:00
init Rust changes for v6.11 2024-07-27 13:44:54 -07:00
io_uring io_uring: fix error pbuf checking 2024-07-20 11:04:57 -06:00
ipc sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
kernel Fixes and minor updates for the timer migration code: 2024-07-27 10:19:55 -07:00
lib Rust changes for v6.11 2024-07-27 13:44:54 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
mm mm/page_alloc: fix pcp->count race between drain_pages_zone() vs __rmqueue_pcplist() 2024-07-26 14:33:09 -07:00
net A lot of networking people were at a conference last week, busy 2024-07-25 13:32:25 -07:00
rust Rust changes for v6.11 2024-07-27 13:44:54 -07:00
samples Driver core changes for 6.11-rc1 2024-07-25 10:42:22 -07:00
scripts Rust changes for v6.11 2024-07-27 13:44:54 -07:00
security apparmor-pr-2024-07-24 PR 2024-07-25 2024-07-27 13:28:39 -07:00
sound Devicetree fixes for 6.11, part 1 2024-07-27 12:46:16 -07:00
tools Landlock security fix for v6.11-rc1 2024-07-27 13:16:53 -07:00
usr initramfs: shorten cmd_initfs in usr/Makefile 2024-07-16 01:07:52 +09:00
virt KVM generic changes for 6.11 2024-07-16 09:51:36 -04:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
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.mailmap MAINTAINERS: mailmap: update James Clark's email address 2024-07-26 14:32:35 -07:00
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Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
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Makefile Rust changes for v6.11 2024-07-27 13:44:54 -07:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.