linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 5/7] rust: sync: refcount: always inline functions using build

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Message-Id: <20251128-io-build-assert-v2-5-a9ea9ce7d45d@nvidia.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:11:41 +0900
From: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
 Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>, 
 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 <lossin@...nel.org>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
 Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, 
 Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, 
 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/7] rust: sync: refcount: always inline functions using
 build_assert with arguments

`build_assert` relies on the compiler to optimize out its error path.
Functions using it with its arguments must thus always be inlined,
otherwise the error path of `build_assert` might not be optimized out,
triggering a build error.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
---
 rust/kernel/sync/refcount.rs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/refcount.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/refcount.rs
index 19236a5bccde..6c7ae8b05a0b 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/refcount.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/refcount.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ impl Refcount {
     /// Construct a new [`Refcount`] from an initial value.
     ///
     /// The initial value should be non-saturated.
-    #[inline]
+    // Always inline to optimize out error path of `build_assert`.
+    #[inline(always)]
     pub fn new(value: i32) -> Self {
         build_assert!(value >= 0, "initial value saturated");
         // SAFETY: There are no safety requirements for this FFI call.

-- 
2.52.0