Re: [PATCH v6] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function

Hi Trevor,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on rust/rust-next]
[also build test ERROR on driver-core/driver-core-testing driver-core/driver-core-next driver-core/driver-core-linus drm/drm-next drm-misc/drm-misc-next akpm-mm/mm-everything linus/master v7.2-rc6]
[cannot apply to next-20260731]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
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url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Trevor-Chan/rust-aref-make-AlwaysRefCounted-inc_ref-an-associated-function/20260803-160221
base:   https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux rust-next
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260628095132.47753-1-trev%40trevrosa.dev
patch subject: [PATCH v6] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
config: x86_64-buildonly-randconfig-001-20260803 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260803/[email protected]/config)
compiler: clang version 22.1.3 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project e9846648fd6183ee6d8cbdb4502213fcf902a211)
rustc: rustc 1.96.0 (ac68faa20 2026-05-25)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260803/[email protected]/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email protected]/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> error[E0424]: expected value, found module `self`
   --> rust/kernel/pwm.rs:637:50
   |
   634 |     fn inc_ref(obj: &Self) {
   |        ------- this function doesn't have a `self` parameter
   ...
   637 |         unsafe { bindings::get_device(&raw mut (*self.0.get()).dev) };
   |                                                  ^^^^ `self` value is a keyword only available in methods with a `self` parameter
   |
   help: add a `self` receiver parameter to make the associated `fn` a method
   |
   634 |     fn inc_ref(&self, obj: &Self) {
   |                ++++++

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