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Message-ID: <20260207210805.196759-2-jason.kei.hall@gmail.com>
Date: Sat,  7 Feb 2026 14:07:45 -0700
From: Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@...il.com>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc: rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn.roy.baron@...il.com>,
	Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>,
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakru@...nel.org>,
	Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...bosch.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
	Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 1/2] scripts: checkpatch: move Rust-specific lints to separate file

Create scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl for Rust-specific linting logic.
Add a conditional loading hook in scripts/checkpatch.pl to call it.
This will allow Rust linting logic to be maintained independently.

Add a new entry to the MAINTAINERS file to track this new file.

Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@...il.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS                | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 scripts/checkpatch.pl      | 14 ++++++++++++++
 scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index f6bc65de83c7..57831dc30e6b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4109,7 +4109,7 @@ F:	drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
 ATOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
 M:	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
 M:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
-M:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
+M:	Boqun Feng <boqun@...nel.org>
 R:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
 R:	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
 L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
@@ -4500,7 +4500,7 @@ F:	lib/sbitmap.c
 
 BLOCK LAYER DEVICE DRIVER API [RUST]
 M:	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
-R:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
+R:	Boqun Feng <boqun@...nel.org>
 L:	linux-block@...r.kernel.org
 L:	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
@@ -5880,6 +5880,12 @@ R:	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
 S:	Maintained
 F:	scripts/checkpatch.pl
 
+CHECKPATCH RUST LINTS
+M:	Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@...il.com>
+L:	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
+S:	Maintained
+F:	scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl
+
 CHECKPATCH DOCUMENTATION
 M:	Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>
 M:	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
@@ -11264,7 +11270,7 @@ F:	tools/testing/selftests/timers/
 
 DELAY, SLEEP, TIMEKEEPING, TIMERS [RUST]
 M:	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
-R:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
+R:	Boqun Feng <boqun@...nel.org>
 R:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@...il.com>
 R:	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
 R:	Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
@@ -14559,7 +14565,7 @@ M:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
 M:	Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
 M:	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
 M:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
-M:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
+M:	Boqun Feng <boqun@...nel.org>
 M:	Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
 M:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
 M:	Jade Alglave <j.alglave@....ac.uk>
@@ -14718,7 +14724,7 @@ LOCKING PRIMITIVES
 M:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
 M:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
 M:	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
-M:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com> (LOCKDEP & RUST)
+M:	Boqun Feng <boqun@...nel.org> (LOCKDEP & RUST)
 R:	Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
 L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
@@ -21912,7 +21918,7 @@ M:	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org> (kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h)
 M:	Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.upadhyay@...nel.org> (kernel/rcu/tasks.h)
 M:	Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>
 M:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
-M:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
+M:	Boqun Feng <boqun@...nel.org>
 M:	Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
 R:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
 R:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
@@ -22362,7 +22368,7 @@ RESTARTABLE SEQUENCES SUPPORT
 M:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
 M:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
 M:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
-M:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
+M:	Boqun Feng <boqun@...nel.org>
 L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 F:	include/trace/events/rseq.h
@@ -22885,7 +22891,7 @@ F:	tools/verification/
 
 RUST
 M:	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
-R:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
+R:	Boqun Feng <boqun@...nel.org>
 R:	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
 R:	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>
 R:	Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c0250244cf7a..f75cb70ad0dd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ my $D = dirname(abs_path($P));
 
 my $V = '0.32';
 
+my $rust_checkpatch_available = 0;
+if (-e "$D/rust_checkpatch.pl") {
+	require "$D/rust_checkpatch.pl";
+	$rust_checkpatch_available = 1;
+}
+
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);
 
 my $quiet = 0;
@@ -2947,6 +2953,14 @@ sub process {
 
 		$cnt_lines++ if ($realcnt != 0);
 
+# Check for Rust-specific lints
+		if ($rust_checkpatch_available && $realfile =~ /\.rs$/) {
+			my ($type, $msg) = process_rust($line, $rawline, $herecurr);
+			if ($type) {
+				WARN($type, $msg);
+			}
+		}
+
 # Verify the existence of a commit log if appropriate
 # 2 is used because a $signature is counted in $commit_log_lines
 		if ($in_commit_log) {
diff --git a/scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl b/scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56c1bc29d3f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# (c) 2026, Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@...il.com>
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+sub process_rust {
+    my ($line, $rawline, $herecurr) = @_;
+
+    # Reserve for future Rust-specific lints
+    return ();
+}
+
+1;
-- 
2.43.0


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