Re: [PATCH 3/3] rust: upgrade to Rust 1.73.0

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Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> This is the next upgrade to the Rust toolchain, from 1.72.1 to 1.73.0
> (i.e. the latest) [1].
> 
> See the upgrade policy [2] and the comments on the first upgrade in
> commit 3ed03f4da06e ("rust: upgrade to Rust 1.68.2").
> 
> # Unstable features
> 
> No unstable features (that we use) were stabilized.
> 
> Therefore, the only unstable feature allowed to be used outside
> the `kernel` crate is still `new_uninit`, though other code to be
> upstreamed may increase the list.
> 
> Please see [3] for details.
> 
> # Required changes
> 
> For the upgrade, the following changes are required:
> 
>   - Allow `internal_features` for `feature(compiler_builtins)` since
>     now Rust warns about using internal compiler and standard library
>     features (similar to how it also warns about incomplete ones) [4].
> 
>   - A cleanup for a documentation link thanks to a new `rustdoc` lint.
>     See previous commits for details.
> 
>   - A need to make an intra-doc link to a macro explicit, due to a
>     change in behavior in `rustdoc`. See previous commits for details.
> 
> # `alloc` upgrade and reviewing
> 
> The vast majority of changes are due to our `alloc` fork being upgraded
> at once.
> 
> There are two kinds of changes to be aware of: the ones coming from
> upstream, which we should follow as closely as possible, and the updates
> needed in our added fallible APIs to keep them matching the newer
> infallible APIs coming from upstream.
> 
> Instead of taking a look at the diff of this patch, an alternative
> approach is reviewing a diff of the changes between upstream `alloc` and
> the kernel's. This allows to easily inspect the kernel additions only,
> especially to check if the fallible methods we already have still match
> the infallible ones in the new version coming from upstream.
> 
> Another approach is reviewing the changes introduced in the additions in
> the kernel fork between the two versions. This is useful to spot
> potentially unintended changes to our additions.
> 
> To apply these approaches, one may follow steps similar to the following
> to generate a pair of patches that show the differences between upstream
> Rust and the kernel (for the subset of `alloc` we use) before and after
> applying this patch:
> 
>     # Get the difference with respect to the old version.
>     git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
>     git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc |
>         cut -d/ -f3- |
>         grep -Fv README.md |
>         xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH
>     git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > old.patch
>     git -C linux restore rust/alloc
> 
>     # Apply this patch.
>     git -C linux am rust-upgrade.patch
> 
>     # Get the difference with respect to the new version.
>     git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
>     git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc |
>         cut -d/ -f3- |
>         grep -Fv README.md |
>         xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH
>     git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > new.patch
>     git -C linux restore rust/alloc
> 
> Now one may check the `new.patch` to take a look at the additions (first
> approach) or at the difference between those two patches (second
> approach). For the latter, a side-by-side tool is recommended.

I followed these instructions, and it looks good to me:

    $ diff old.patch new.patch 
    18c18
    < index e24a0fe51bda..51821feb20b1 100644
    ---
    > index 5205ed9fb50a..8cb4a31cf6e5 100644
    28c28
    < index 8ef2bac9282c..bdab710f7737 100644
    ---
    > index 96b93830f960..9620eba17268 100644
    60c60
    < index 967ad3a0e690..115fcb053e73 100644
    ---
    > index ffe6d6373875..73b9ffd845d9 100644
    69c69
    < @@ -107,7 +109,7 @@
    ---
    > @@ -109,7 +111,7 @@
    78c78
    < @@ -217,6 +219,7 @@
    ---
    > @@ -218,6 +220,7 @@
    86c86
    < @@ -237,15 +240,19 @@
    ---
    > @@ -238,15 +241,19 @@
    107c107
    < index dfd30d99cf04..65d5ce15828e 100644
    ---
    > index 01b03de6acb5..a7425582a323 100644
    238c238
    < index 598ecf05e824..a4e9a5002a6d 100644
    ---
    > index e45ddc7896be..209a88cfe598 100644
    679c679
    < index 56065ce565bf..a6a735201e59 100644
    ---
    > index e2f865d0f716..ada919537446 100644
    756c756
    <  impl<'a, T: 'a, I, A: Allocator + 'a> SpecExtend<&'a T, I> for Vec<T, A>
    ---
    >  impl<'a, T: 'a, I, A: Allocator> SpecExtend<&'a T, I> for Vec<T, A>
    759c759
    < @@ -46,6 +87,17 @@ impl<'a, T: 'a, I, A: Allocator + 'a> SpecExtend<&'a T, I> for Vec<T, A>
    ---
    > @@ -46,6 +87,17 @@ impl<'a, T: 'a, I, A: Allocator> SpecExtend<&'a T, I> for Vec<T, A>
    763c763
    < +impl<'a, T: 'a, I, A: Allocator + 'a> TrySpecExtend<&'a T, I> for Vec<T, A>
    ---
    > +impl<'a, T: 'a, I, A: Allocator> TrySpecExtend<&'a T, I> for Vec<T, A>
    774c774
    <  impl<'a, T: 'a, A: Allocator + 'a> SpecExtend<&'a T, slice::Iter<'a, T>> for Vec<T, A>
    ---
    >  impl<'a, T: 'a, A: Allocator> SpecExtend<&'a T, slice::Iter<'a, T>> for Vec<T, A>
    782c782
    < +impl<'a, T: 'a, A: Allocator + 'a> TrySpecExtend<&'a T, slice::Iter<'a, T>> for Vec<T, A>
    ---
    > +impl<'a, T: 'a, A: Allocator> TrySpecExtend<&'a T, slice::Iter<'a, T>> for Vec<T, A>

> Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/stable/RELEASES.md#version-1730-2023-10-05 [1]
> Link: https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-version-policy [2]
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [3]
> Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-team/issues/596 [4]
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>



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