linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/19] rust: enable `clippy::undocumented_unsafe

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Message-ID: <CAH5fLgjOA7pNtQYTuRy5WAbxJd+uDv2Eh4Z3u6QxSJvd-xcBNg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 10:04:01 +0200
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Cc: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>, 
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, 
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, 
	Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/19] rust: enable `clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks` lint

On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 10:44 PM Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Checking that we are not missing any `// SAFETY` comments in our `unsafe`
> blocks is something we have wanted to do for a long time, as well as
> cleaning up the remaining cases that were not documented [1].
>
> Back when Rust for Linux started, this was something that could have
> been done via a script, like Rust's `tidy`. Soon after, in Rust 1.58.0,
> Clippy implemented the `undocumented_unsafe_blocks` lint [2].
>
> Even though the lint has a few false positives, e.g. in some cases where
> attributes appear between the comment and the `unsafe` block [3], there
> are workarounds and the lint seems quite usable already.
>
> Thus enable the lint now.
>
> We still have a few cases to clean up, so just allow those for the moment
> by writing a `TODO` comment -- some of those may be good candidates for
> new contributors.
>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/351 [1]
> Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/#/undocumented_unsafe_blocks [2]
> Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/13189 [3]
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>