Re: [PATCH V17 0/7] Rust Support for powerpc

"Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <[email protected]>
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Le 04/08/2026 à 15:40, FUJITA Tomonori a écrit :
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> On Tue, 4 Aug 2026 12:11:57 +0200
> Link Mauve <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 12:27:13PM +0530, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
>>> On Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:54:47 +0530, Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) wrote:
>>>> Enable experimental rust support for ppc64le and ppc32be. The patch for
>>>> ppc32 has been provided by Link Mauve[1] and ppc64le support[2] has been
>>>> merged over it. ppc32 needs some toolchain fixes mentioned in the patch
>>>> `rust: Add PowerPC support` and the discussion for that is done here[1].
>>>>
>>>> This has been tested on
>>>> - powernv9 hardware
>>>> - pseries P11 hardware
>>>> - pseries(9, 10) qemu
>>>> - powernv(9, 10) qemu
>>>> - rustdoc on x86 and powerpc64le
>>>> - rusttest on x86 and powerpc64le
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Applied to powerpc/next.
>>>
>>> [1/7] rust: Fix "multiple candidates for rmeta dependency core" error
>>>        https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.kernel.org%2Fpowerpc%2Fc%2F00cdfd072c709c608606461d7d44d4613119bfa9&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy%40csgroup.eu%7C34e4deafcc1d41c1738a08def22e01b0%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639214476617198585%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4qQe1qS37TGv6%2Bf9H56kWVqMYSAHsWiDx5oz8WHZ8%2Bg%3D&reserved=0
>>> [2/7] dma-resv: Fix undefined symbol when CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER is disabled
>>>        https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.kernel.org%2Fpowerpc%2Fc%2Fbe809b60cbb61aab96179f44ac3670242ae72996&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy%40csgroup.eu%7C34e4deafcc1d41c1738a08def22e01b0%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639214476617235654%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cw2l64D3ah%2FM3pxFmvMpUnNmcqcSvN3RFoDiYAIR76g%3D&reserved=0
>>> [3/7] powerpc/jump_label: adjust inline asm to be consistent
>>>        https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.kernel.org%2Fpowerpc%2Fc%2F13244c0a40139fe66c4c5c5655f4d732a6002957&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy%40csgroup.eu%7C34e4deafcc1d41c1738a08def22e01b0%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639214476617259593%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xNvcH9k5RA5ktJupn90VdDuwx4YBvezuDcapqKlYfjs%3D&reserved=0
>>> [4/7] rust/powerpc: Set min rustc version for powerpc
>>>        https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.kernel.org%2Fpowerpc%2Fc%2Fe299147cdc8e19c6421a6b7863dc82a35b09d967&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy%40csgroup.eu%7C34e4deafcc1d41c1738a08def22e01b0%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639214476617280683%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uNZA7AulROQGv%2B2l4M%2FqC5W4ncWktRoSRRp8eaF%2FcCY%3D&reserved=0
>>> [5/7] rust: Make __udivdi3() and __umoddi3() panic
>>>        https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.kernel.org%2Fpowerpc%2Fc%2Fc93c194e4ee71a734986fd99a8b1ec9fbb7a9b8b&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy%40csgroup.eu%7C34e4deafcc1d41c1738a08def22e01b0%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639214476617303292%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=znZPWXM7k5FpRlekIyUN1bHzmMyk1YESR56WsiwBuMA%3D&reserved=0
>>> [6/7] rust: Add PowerPC support
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>>> [7/7] powerpc: Enable Rust for ppc64le
>>>        https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.kernel.org%2Fpowerpc%2Fc%2Fbc87cbdb952e9223616b839d64bdb4723aa2ed1d&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy%40csgroup.eu%7C34e4deafcc1d41c1738a08def22e01b0%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639214476617346994%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ITEFv9C1CSUVLqJNe5Y8sStUE3KoOVYVzSzbP0qis74%3D&reserved=0
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>
>> I just tested those again in linux-next, with the Wii support series on
>> top, but now the kernel fails to build due to ARCH_WARN_ASM and
>> ARCH_WARN_REACHABLE not being defined on PowerPC:
>> ```
>> error: no rules expected `ARCH_WARN_ASM`
>>     --> /home/linkmauve/dev/linux/wii/rust/kernel/generated_arch_warn_asm.rs:1:28
>>      |
>>    1 | ::kernel::concat_literals!(ARCH_WARN_ASM("{file}", "{line}", "{flags}", "{size}"))
>>      |                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ no rules expected this token in macro call
>>      |
>>     ::: ../rust/kernel/lib.rs:279:1
>>      |
>> 279 | macro_rules! concat_literals {
>>      | ---------------------------- when calling this macro
>>      |
>>      = note: while trying to match sequence start
>>
>> error: no rules expected `ARCH_WARN_REACHABLE`
>>     --> /home/linkmauve/dev/linux/wii/rust/kernel/generated_arch_reachable_asm.rs:1:28
>>      |
>>    1 | ::kernel::concat_literals!(ARCH_WARN_REACHABLE)
>>      |                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ no rules expected this token in macro call
>>      |
>>     ::: ../rust/kernel/lib.rs:279:1
>>      |
>> 279 | macro_rules! concat_literals {
>>      | ---------------------------- when calling this macro
>>      |
>>      = note: while trying to match sequence start
>>
>> error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
>> ```
>>
>> This is in addition to the bindings::kvfree_call_rcu() call, but that
>> one is already being handled in a different thread.
> 
> Looks like powerpc needs something like the followings:
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h
> index 0db48977c70c..8aba39e0cf26 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h
> @@ -32,34 +32,38 @@
>   #endif /* verbose */
> 
>   #else /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */
> -/* _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY expects args %0,%1,%2,%3 to be FILE, LINE, flags and
> -   sizeof(struct bug_entry), respectively */
>   #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
> -#define _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY                                \
> +#define _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY(file, line, flags)     \
>          ".section __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"         \
>          "2:     .4byte 1b - .\n"                \
> -       "       .4byte %0 - .\n"                \
> -       "       .short %1, %2\n"                \
> -       ".org 2b+%3\n"                          \
> -       ".previous\n"
> +       "       .4byte " file " - .\n"          \
> +       "       .short " line ", " flags "\n"
>   #else
> -#define _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY                                \
> +#define _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY(file, line, flags)     \
>          ".section __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"         \
>          "2:     .4byte 1b - .\n"                \
> -       "       .short %2\n"                    \
> -       ".org 2b+%3\n"                          \
> -       ".previous\n"
> +       "       .short " flags "\n"
>   #endif
> 
>   #define BUG_ENTRY(cond_str, insn, flags, ...)          \
>          __asm__ __volatile__(                           \
>                  "1:     " insn "\n"                     \
> -               _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY                         \
> +               _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY("%0", "%1", "%2")       \
> +               ".org 2b+%3\n"                          \
> +               ".previous\n"                           \
>                  : : "i" (WARN_CONDITION_STR(cond_str) __FILE__), "i" (__LINE__),        \
>                    "i" (flags),                          \
>                    "i" (sizeof(struct bug_entry)),       \
>                    ##__VA_ARGS__)
> 
> +#define ARCH_WARN_ASM(file, line, flags, size)         \
> +               "1:     twi 31, 0, 0\n"                 \
> +               _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY(file, line, flags)      \
> +               ".org 2b+" size "\n"                    \
> +               ".previous\n"

Will this build ? Isn't ARCH_WARN_ASM() for use in ASM .S files ? 
_EMIT_BUG_ENTRY is defined in a !__ASSEMBLER__ ifdef.

powerpc already has EMIT_BUG_ENTRY macro for ASM for that. Why do you 
need to modify _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY and BUG_ENTRY() which are for C only (in 
a #ifdef !__ASSEMBLER__) ?

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v7.2-rc5/source/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h#L10

Christophe
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