linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: kbuild: set `bindgen`'s Rust target version

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Message-ID: <CANiq72moPEL5s0T3ELEDvWiE6Lz5oZv2hZnziV5A60EP65bkkQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:42:19 +0100
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...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@...nel.org>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev, 
	Christian Poveda <git@...rz.com>, Emilio Cobos Álvarez <emilio@...sal.io>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: kbuild: set `bindgen`'s Rust target version

On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 10:08 AM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Just to double-check, the problem is that bindgen currently doesn't
> get any information about the rustc we're using, so it may generate
> code invalid on the rustc we are actually using?

Exactly: it doesn't at the moment, but eventually a future release could.

Of course, people using the latest stable `rustc` would likely never
see an issue. But there may be people e.g. building `bindgen` on their
own, and thus likely picking the latest version, while using an older
Rust toolchain from their distribution instead of, say, `rustup`.

Cheers,
Miguel