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commit ded103c upstream.

If one attempts to build an essentially empty file somewhere in the
kernel tree, it leads to a build error because the compiler does not
recognize the `new_uninit` unstable feature:

    error[E0635]: unknown feature `new_uninit`
     --> <crate attribute>:1:9
      |
    1 | feature(new_uninit)
      |         ^^^^^^^^^^

The reason is that we pass `-Zcrate-attr='feature(new_uninit)'` (together
with `-Zallow-features=new_uninit`) to let non-`rust/` code use that
unstable feature.

However, the compiler only recognizes the feature if the `alloc` crate
is resolved (the feature is an `alloc` one). `--extern alloc`, which we
pass, is not enough to resolve the crate.

Introducing a reference like `use alloc;` or `extern crate alloc;`
solves the issue, thus this is not seen in normal files. For instance,
`use`ing the `kernel` prelude introduces such a reference, since `alloc`
is used inside.

While normal use of the build system is not impacted by this, it can still
be fairly confusing for kernel developers [1], thus use the unstable
`force` option of `--extern` [2] (added in Rust 1.71 [3]) to force the
compiler to resolve `alloc`.

This new unstable feature is only needed meanwhile we use the other
unstable feature, since then we will not need `-Zcrate-attr`.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.6+
Reported-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
Reported-by: Julian Stecklina <julian.stecklina@cyberus-technology.de>
Closes: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/288089-General/topic/x/near/424096982 [1]
Fixes: 2f7ab12 ("Kbuild: add Rust support")
Link: rust-lang/rust#111302 [2]
Link: rust-lang/rust#109421 [3]
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240422090644.525520-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Expand Up @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ rust_common_cmd = \
-Zallow-features=$(rust_allowed_features) \
-Zcrate-attr=no_std \
-Zcrate-attr='feature($(rust_allowed_features))' \
--extern alloc --extern kernel \
-Zunstable-options --extern force:alloc --extern kernel \
--crate-type rlib -L $(objtree)/rust/ \
--crate-name $(basename $(notdir $@)) \
--out-dir $(dir $@) --emit=dep-info=$(depfile)
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