linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: bitmap: clean Rust 1.92.0 `unused

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Message-ID: <aO51pV5WSmqnT4rL@yury>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:09:09 -0400
From: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
	Burak Emir <bqe@...gle.com>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
	Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>,
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>,
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: bitmap: clean Rust 1.92.0 `unused_unsafe` warning

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 09:20:15AM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 02:14:22AM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > Starting with Rust 1.92.0 (expected 2025-12-11), Rust allows to safely
> > take the address of a union field [1][2]:
> > 
> >       CLIPPY L rust/kernel.o
> >     error: unnecessary `unsafe` block
> >        --> rust/kernel/bitmap.rs:169:13
> >         |
> >     169 |             unsafe { core::ptr::addr_of!(self.repr.bitmap) }
> >         |             ^^^^^^ unnecessary `unsafe` block
> >         |
> >         = note: `-D unused-unsafe` implied by `-D warnings`
> >         = help: to override `-D warnings` add `#[allow(unused_unsafe)]`
> > 
> >     error: unnecessary `unsafe` block
> >        --> rust/kernel/bitmap.rs:185:13
> >         |
> >     185 |             unsafe { core::ptr::addr_of_mut!(self.repr.bitmap) }
> >         |             ^^^^^^ unnecessary `unsafe` block
> > 
> > Thus allow both instances to clean the warning in newer compilers.
> > 
> > Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/141264 [1]
> > Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/141469 [2]
> > Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>

Added in bitmap-for-next.

Thanks,
Yury