Re: [PATCH] rust: serdev: use ThisModule::as_ptr() instead of field access

Markus Probst <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:53:26 +0000

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux,dev.linux.lists.driver-core,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-serial
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Thu, 2026-08-13 at 17:24 +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> The THIS_MODULE series [1] applied to rust-next moved ThisModule from
> lib.rs into a module.rs submodule, making the tuple struct field private
> outside the module. This breaks the module.0 field access in serdev in
> driver-core-next.
> 
> Update the call to __serdev_device_driver_register() to use the public
> module.as_ptr() accessor to fix the build.
I encounter 2 errors when building with both driver-core-next and rust-
next

error[E0616]: field `0` of struct `module::ThisModule` is private
  --> rust/kernel/serdev.rs:90:89
   |
90 |         to_result(unsafe {
bindings::__serdev_device_driver_register(sdrv.get(), module.0) })
   |                                                                  
^ private field

error[E0599]: no method named `__pinned_init` found for associated type
`impl pin_init::PinInit<<T as serdev::Driver>::Data<'_>, error::Error>
+ '_` in the current scope
   --> rust/kernel/serdev.rs:200:40
    |
200 |             let result = unsafe {
data.__pinned_init(driver.as_mut_ptr()) };
    |                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ method not
found in `impl pin_init::PinInit<<T as serdev::Driver>::Data<'_>,
error::Error> + '_`

error: aborting due to 2 previous errors


> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ [1]
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <[email protected]>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/serdev.rs | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/serdev.rs b/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
> index c0cd24481ee3..eecb1117095c 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ unsafe fn register(
>          }
>  
>          // SAFETY: `sdrv` is guaranteed to be a valid `DriverType`.
> -        to_result(unsafe { bindings::__serdev_device_driver_register(sdrv.get(), module.0) })
> +        to_result(unsafe { bindings::__serdev_device_driver_register(sdrv.get(), module.as_ptr()) })
>      }
>  
>      unsafe fn unregister(sdrv: &Opaque<Self::DriverType>) {
> 
> base-commit: 8364d0e36cbbdfe9adb65a170a70cbe3cdb02ff9

The first error disappears with this patch.

Reviewed-by: Markus Probst <[email protected]>


Should I send a patch regarding the 2. error?

It seems the `PinInit::__pinned_init` function is not only deprecated,
but also behind the `#[cfg(not(kernel))]` flag, which causes the error.

Thanks
- Markus Probst

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