[PATCH] usb: rust: mark Device and Interface methods as inline

Nicolás Antinori <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:36:06 -0300
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.linux-kernel-mentees,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
When building the kernel using llvm-19.1.7-rust-1.85.1-x86_64, the
following symbols are generated:

$ nm vmlinux | grep ' _R'.*usb.*Device | rustfilt
...
ffffffff823f2490 T <kernel::usb::Device as kernel::sync::aref::AlwaysRefCounted>::dec_ref
ffffffff823f2470 T <kernel::usb::Device as kernel::sync::aref::AlwaysRefCounted>::inc_ref
...

$ nm vmlinux | grep ' _R'.*usb.*Interface | rustfilt
ffffffff823f2450 T <kernel::usb::Interface as kernel::sync::aref::AlwaysRefCounted>::dec_ref
ffffffff823f2430 T <kernel::usb::Interface as kernel::sync::aref::AlwaysRefCounted>::inc_ref
...

However, these Rust symbols are trivial wrappers around the
`usb_get_dev`, `usb_put_dev`, `usb_get_intf` and `usb_put_intf`
functions. It doesn't make sense to go through a trivial wrapper
for these functions.

Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1145
Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Nicolás Antinori <[email protected]>
---
 rust/kernel/usb.rs | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/usb.rs b/rust/kernel/usb.rs
index 7aff0c82d0af..efbbee319b1a 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/usb.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/usb.rs
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ fn as_ref(&self) -> &Device {
 
 // SAFETY: Instances of `Interface` are always reference-counted.
 unsafe impl AlwaysRefCounted for Interface {
+    #[inline]
     fn inc_ref(&self) {
         // SAFETY: The invariants of `Interface` guarantee that `self.as_raw()`
         // returns a valid `struct usb_interface` pointer, for which we will
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ fn inc_ref(&self) {
         unsafe { bindings::usb_get_intf(self.as_raw()) };
     }
 
+    #[inline]
     unsafe fn dec_ref(obj: NonNull<Self>) {
         // SAFETY: The safety requirements guarantee that the refcount is non-zero.
         unsafe { bindings::usb_put_intf(obj.cast().as_ptr()) }
@@ -444,6 +446,7 @@ fn as_raw(&self) -> *mut bindings::usb_device {
 
 // SAFETY: Instances of `Device` are always reference-counted.
 unsafe impl AlwaysRefCounted for Device {
+    #[inline]
     fn inc_ref(&self) {
         // SAFETY: The invariants of `Device` guarantee that `self.as_raw()`
         // returns a valid `struct usb_device` pointer, for which we will
@@ -451,6 +454,7 @@ fn inc_ref(&self) {
         unsafe { bindings::usb_get_dev(self.as_raw()) };
     }
 
+    #[inline]
     unsafe fn dec_ref(obj: NonNull<Self>) {
         // SAFETY: The safety requirements guarantee that the refcount is non-zero.
         unsafe { bindings::usb_put_dev(obj.cast().as_ptr()) }
-- 
2.47.3