[PATCH v15 0/3] rust: add basic serial device bus abstractions

Markus Probst <[email protected]> Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:28:15 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-serial,dev.linux.lists.driver-core,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-pm,org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
This patch series adds the serdev device bus rust abstraction into the
kernel.

This abstraction will be used by a driver,
which targets the MCU devices in Synology devices.

Kari Argillander also messaged me, stating that he wants to write a
watchdog driver with this abstraction (needing initial device data).

This series depends on [1].

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/[email protected]/

Signed-off-by: Markus Probst <[email protected]>
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Changes in v15:
- fix documentation typo
- add documentation for `PrivateData::active`
- adding missing `#[inline]` attributes
- replace `serdev::Timeout` with the use of `impl Into<Jiffies>`
- This replaces https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/[email protected]/
- Link to v14: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]

Changes in v14:
- fix issues reported by Sashiko:
  - fix missing Sync
  - fix write buffers allowed with data.len() > i32::MAX
  - fix sample driver possibly stalling on full tx buffer
- Link to v13: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]

Changes in v13:
- Added Acked-by trailer from Rob. Consider this a RESEND.
- Link to v12: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]

Changes in v12:
- fix CoreInternal instead of BoundInternal
- Link to v11: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]

Changes in v11:
- redo changes from v9 with the following fixes:
  - fix memory leak on probe failure
  - fix possible access of dropped drvdata from receive_buf
- Link to v10: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]

Changes in v10:
- revert everything from v9, except BoundInternal
- use mutex to ensure receive_buf won't be called on a dropped drvdata.
- Link to v9: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]

Changes in v9:
- make use of BoundInternal
- use PrivateData wrapper and drop rust_private_data field
- use non-devm version of serdev_device_open
- Link to v8: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]

Changes in v8:
- adapted to driver-lifetime v5 patch series
- add MAINTAINERS file patch
- Link to v7: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]

Changes in v7:
- adapted to driver-lifetime patch series
- Link to v6: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]

Changes in v6:
- rebased onto v7.1-rc1
- Link to v5: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]

Changes in v5:
- fix typo in documentation
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

Changes in v4:
- fixed not selecting rust serdev abstraction in sample
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

Changes in v3:
- fix vertical import style
- add Kconfig entry for the rust abstraction
- fix documentation in include/linux/serdev.h
- rename private_data to rust_private_data
- fix `complete_all` <-> `wait_for_completion` typo
- move drvdata_borrow call after the completion
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

Changes in v2:
- fix documentation in `serdev::Driver::write` and
  `serdev::Driver::write_all`
- remove use of `dev_info` in probe from the sample
- remove `properties_parse` from the sample
- add optional `baudrate` property to the sample
- remove 1. patch
- remove `TryFrom<&device::Device<Ctx>> for &serdev::Device<Ctx>`
  implementation
- fix import style
- add patch to return reference in `devres::register` to fix safety
  issue
- add patch to add private data to serdev_device, to fix
  `Device.drvdata()` from failing
- simplify abstraction by removing ability to receive the initial
  transmission. It may be added later in a separate patch series if
  needed.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

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Markus Probst (3):
      rust: add basic serial device bus abstractions
      samples: rust: add Rust serial device bus sample device driver
      MAINTAINERS: serdev: Add self for serdev

 MAINTAINERS                        |   5 +-
 drivers/tty/serdev/Kconfig         |   7 +
 rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h    |   1 +
 rust/helpers/helpers.c             |   1 +
 rust/helpers/serdev.c              |  22 ++
 rust/kernel/lib.rs                 |   2 +
 rust/kernel/serdev.rs              | 605 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 samples/rust/Kconfig               |  11 +
 samples/rust/Makefile              |   1 +
 samples/rust/rust_driver_serdev.rs |  90 ++++++
 10 files changed, 744 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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base-commit: 1137d8b5df06137fb49513cc923b3b24d94cb809
change-id: 20251217-rust_serdev-ee5481e9085c
prerequisite-message-id: [email protected]
prerequisite-patch-id: 310c6bee038ca3909a8e5e58ec12b74f7189b869
prerequisite-patch-id: 92812c3d42b29504838e6dc66c307ff5c035bb5e