linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rust: sync: inline various lock related methods

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Message-ID: <aV7n66KP_AeBzVBK@tardis-2.local>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 07:10:35 +0800
From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 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>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: sync: inline various lock related methods

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 12:10:23PM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> While debugging a different issue [1], I inspected a rust_binder.ko file
> and noticed the following relocation:
> 
> 	R_AARCH64_CALL26	_RNvXNtNtNtCsdfZWD8DztAw_6kernel4sync4lock8spinlockNtB2_15SpinLockBackendNtB4_7Backend6unlock
> 
> This relocation (and a similar one for lock) occurred many times
> throughout the module. That is not really useful because all this
> function does is call spin_unlock(), so what we actually want here is
> that a call to spin_unlock() dirctly is generated in favor of this
> wrapper method.
> 
> Thus, mark these methods inline.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/p/20251111-binder-fix-list-remove-v1-0-8ed14a0da63d@google.com
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Rebased on v6.19-rc1.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251113-inline-lock-unlock-v1-1-1b6e8c323bcf@google.com

Queued, thanks you!

Regards,
Boqun