Re: [GIT PULL] pin-init changes for v7.3-rc1

On Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:00:07 +0100 Gary Guo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Still more of refactors this cycle and not much feature updates. Tuple struct
> still doesn't made it as there are some complexity related to `#[cfg]`s, but
> the cfg-related internal refactoring are picked so hopefully we can land it the
> next one.
>
> I did a late rebase today to rename the API based on Benno's feedback. It does
> made it into today's linux-next (2026-08-05). Feel free to wait for a few more
> rounds before pulling if you see fit.

Thanks Gary -- we will need this on the merge commit in linux-next due
to the changes from driver-core-next (Cc'ing Mark):

diff --git a/rust/kernel/serdev.rs b/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
index c0cd24481ee3..a4927452016e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ extern "C" fn probe_callback(sdev: *mut bindings::serdev_device) -> kernel::ffi:
             // SAFETY:
             // - `driver.as_mut_ptr()` is a valid pointer to uninitialized data.
             // - `private_data.driver` is pinned.
-            let result = unsafe { data.__pinned_init(driver.as_mut_ptr()) };
+            let result = unsafe { pin_init::raw_try_init(driver.as_mut_ptr(), data) };

             *active = result.is_ok();

Cheers,
Miguel