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From: Yilin Chen <1479826151@qq.com>
To: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Cc: Yilin Chen <1479826151@qq.com>,
	rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	acourbot@nvidia.com, yury.norov@gmail.com, ojeda@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: bitfield: require Zeroable storage for Zeroable impl
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:32:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tencent_BECF7D8D0F045D49DE115EED535736C7EB08@qq.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DLEFXN8E20PU.3GJN24VECD90Z@garyguo.net>

Hi Gary,

Resending my reply for visibility on the mailing list.

You are right that a bitfield with at least one field generates a use of
`Bounded<$storage, ...>`, which requires the storage type to implement
`Integer`. However, `bitfield!` also accepts an empty field list. In that
case, no `Bounded` use is generated, so the `Integer` requirement is
absent, while the macro still generates the unconditional `Zeroable`
implementation.

For example:

    use core::num::NonZeroU32;
    use pin_init::Zeroable;

    bitfield! {
        struct Bad(NonZeroU32) {}
    }

    fn check_bad_zeroable() {
        let _: Bad = <Bad as Zeroable>::zeroed();
    }

This currently compiles. Since the all-zero bit pattern is invalid for
`NonZeroU32`, the generated `Zeroable` implementation is unsound. This is
why I think the explicit `$storage: Zeroable` bound is necessary.

Best regards,
Yilin


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-21  6:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-13 15:34 [PATCH] rust: bitfield: require Zeroable storage for Zeroable impl Yilin Chen
2026-09-13 19:37 ` Gary Guo
2026-09-21  6:32   ` Yilin Chen [this message]
2026-09-21  7:18     ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-09-21 10:05       ` Gary Guo
2026-09-22  5:28         ` [PATCH v2] rust: bitfield: require integer storage Yilin Chen
2026-09-22 13:53           ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-09-22 14:02             ` Gary Guo
2026-09-22 13:39         ` [PATCH] rust: bitfield: require Zeroable storage for Zeroable impl Alexandre Courbot

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