linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/2] rust: WMI abstractions

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Message-ID: <cover.1768153572.git.foxido@foxido.dev>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 21:31:24 +0300
From: Gladyshev Ilya <foxido@...ido.dev>
To: foxido@...ido.dev
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
	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>,
	Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>,
	Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] rust: WMI abstractions

Overview
========
This patchset implements WMI abstractions for Rust drivers. It is the successor
of the previous RFC posting [0]. These abstractions allow most WMI drivers to be
implemented in Rust (provided other dependencies are abstracted as well).

Currently, the only driver in existance is a reference driver (rewrite of redmi-wmi,
Armin is OK with that [1]). While being fully functional, it depends on sparse-keyboard
abstractions, which I am still polishing. You can view WIP abstractions & driver at [2].

Notes
=====
I do not know how these abstractions should be handled in MAINTAINERS, so for now I have
simply added them to the original WMI entry. I would be happy to be added as a reviewer
to keep the Rust version 'synced'/valid though.

[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/cover.1766331321.git.foxido@foxido.dev/
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/c7384f13-e286-45a4-95c6-24d389217185@gmx.de/
[2]: https://git.foxido.dev/foxido/linux/-/commits/rust_wmi?ref_type=heads

---
Changes since v1:
- Add lifetime to AcpiObject
- Add forgotten `Sync` requirement to the WMI driver trait
- Drop unsafe in DeviceId::new() (so no need for the const_intrinsic_copy feature)
- Device<Core> -> Device<Bound> in notify
- Small fixes (styling, missing safety comment)
- Add link to the WIP reference driver

I didn't touch AcpiObject::type_id() in v2 because it does its job for now. It's currently
small (only one subtype, whereas both enum options would introduce a larger integration
surface), and it would be an easy change if someone needs a more powerful solution.

I've also played around with some other suggestions, but:
- Suggested wrapping acpi_object instead of bindgen union subtypes will only introduce
    unneeded unsafety in each subtype's operation. I decided it's better to expose the bindgen
    type once than to validate a safety invariant each time.
- Suggested implementation via a sealed trait didn't really provide any benefits; it just
    raised code complexity a bit. Maybe I did it wrong, though...

Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/cover.1767818037.git.foxido@foxido.dev/
---

Gladyshev Ilya (2):
  rust: implement wrapper for acpi_object
  rust: add WMI abstractions

 MAINTAINERS                     |   1 +
 rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h |   1 +
 rust/kernel/acpi.rs             |  97 +++++++++++
 rust/kernel/lib.rs              |   2 +
 rust/kernel/wmi.rs              | 286 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 387 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 rust/kernel/wmi.rs


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