linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rust: optimize rust symbol generation for SeqFile

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Message-ID: <CAH5fLgjOvytFDnz0Ms_3R3bA7GymCNrF-T=Du=UQi5GaqfZYJQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:12:58 +0100
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@...ux.dev>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: ojeda@...nel.org, alex.gaynor@...il.com, boqun.feng@...il.com, 
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	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	llvm@...ts.linux.dev, Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@...mail.com>, 
	Grace Deng <Grace.Deng006@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: optimize rust symbol generation for SeqFile

Adding Christian Brauner who picked up the original SeqFile patch.

On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> From: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@...mail.com>
>
> When build the kernel using the llvm-18.1.3-rust-1.85.0-x86_64
> with ARCH=arm64, the following symbols are generated:
>
> $nm vmlinux | grep ' _R'.*SeqFile | rustfilt
> ffff8000805b78ac T <kernel::seq_file::SeqFile>::call_printf
>
> This Rust symbol is trivial wrappers around the C functions seq_printf.
> It doesn't make sense to go through a trivial wrapper for its functions,
> so mark it inline.
>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1145
> Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
> Co-developed-by: Grace Deng <Grace.Deng006@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Grace Deng <Grace.Deng006@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@...mail.com>

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