linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 05/13] rust: init: wrap type checking struct initializers in a closure

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Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2023 08:46:55 +0000
From:   Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>
Cc:     Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
        Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
        Andreas Hindborg <nmi@...aspace.dk>,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 05/13] rust: init: wrap type checking struct initializers in a closure

In the implementation of the init macros there is a `if false` statement
that type checks the initializer to ensure every field is initialized.
Since the next patch has a stack variable to store the struct, the
function might allocate too much memory on debug builds. Putting the
struct into a closure that is never executed ensures that even in debug
builds no stack overflow error is caused. In release builds this was not
a problem since the code was optimized away due to the `if false`.

Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
---
v3 -> v4:
- added Reviewed-by from Gary.

v2 -> v3:
- added Reviewed-by's from Martin and Alice.

v1 -> v2:
- do not call the created closure.

 rust/kernel/init/macros.rs | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/init/macros.rs b/rust/kernel/init/macros.rs
index 454f31b8c614..2bad086cda0a 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/init/macros.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/init/macros.rs
@@ -1040,14 +1040,14 @@ macro_rules! __init_internal {
                     // once, this struct initializer will still be type-checked and complain with a
                     // very natural error message if a field is forgotten/mentioned more than once.
                     #[allow(unreachable_code, clippy::diverging_sub_expression)]
-                    if false {
+                    let _ = || {
                         $crate::__init_internal!(make_initializer:
                             @slot(slot),
                             @type_name($t),
                             @munch_fields($($fields)*,),
                             @acc(),
                         );
-                    }
+                    };
                 }
                 Ok(__InitOk)
             }
@@ -1168,8 +1168,8 @@ macro_rules! __init_internal {
         @acc($($acc:tt)*),
     ) => {
         // Endpoint, nothing more to munch, create the initializer.
-        // Since we are in the `if false` branch, this will never get executed. We abuse `slot` to
-        // get the correct type inference here:
+        // Since we are in the closure that is never called, this will never get executed.
+        // We abuse `slot` to get the correct type inference here:
         unsafe {
             ::core::ptr::write($slot, $t {
                 $($acc)*
-- 
2.41.0