linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/3] Support more safe `AsBytes`/`FromBytes` usage

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Message-ID: <20251216-transmute-v2-0-b23e5277ad02@google.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:44:40 +0000
From: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@...gle.com>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 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>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Cc: rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] Support more safe `AsBytes`/`FromBytes` usage

Currently:
* Slices of `AsBytes`/`FromBytes` types cannot be synthesized from
  bytes slices (without unsafe).
* Users must use `unsafe impl` to assert that structs are `AsBytes` or
  `FromBytes` and write appropriate justifications.
* Bindgen-generated types cannot implement `AsBytes` or `FromBytes`,
  meaning that casting them to or from bytes involves assumptions in the
  `unsafe impl` that could easily go out of sync if the underlying
  header is edited or an assumption is invalid on a platform the author
  did not consider.

This series seeks to address all there of these by:
1. Adding slice cast functions to `FromBytes`
2. Adding a derive for `AsBytes` and `FromBytes`, for now restricted to
   the simple case of structs.
3. Refactoring the crate structure to allow the derives added in 2 to be
   used on bindgen definitions.

1 or 2 can be taken independently, 3 requires 2.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@...gle.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Reworked to put `transmute` in `ffi` rather than creating a new crate,
  per Alice's comment on Zulip.
- Switched to new kernel import style.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251212-transmute-v1-0-9b28e06c6508@google.com

---
Matthew Maurer (3):
      rust: transmute: Support transmuting slices of AsBytes/FromBytes types
      rust: Add support for deriving `AsBytes` and `FromBytes`
      rust: Support deriving `AsBytes`/`FromBytes` on bindgen types

 rust/Makefile                     | 14 ++++---
 rust/bindgen_parameters           |  8 ++++
 rust/bindings/lib.rs              |  4 ++
 rust/{ffi.rs => ffi/lib.rs}       |  5 +++
 rust/{kernel => ffi}/transmute.rs | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/kernel/lib.rs                |  2 +-
 rust/macros/lib.rs                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/macros/transmute.rs          | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/uapi/lib.rs                  |  4 ++
 scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py |  2 +-
 10 files changed, 247 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 008d3547aae5bc86fac3eda317489169c3fda112
change-id: 20251212-transmute-8ab6076700a8

Best regards,
-- 
Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@...gle.com>