[PATCH v2 3/5] rust: enable `clippy::ptr_cast_constness` lint

Tamir Duberstein
2025-03-09T16:01:12Z

In Rust 1.72.0, Clippy introduced the `ptr_cast_constness` lint [1]:

> Though `as` casts between raw pointers are not terrible,
> `pointer::cast_mut` and `pointer::cast_const` are safer because they
> cannot accidentally cast the pointer to another type.

There are only 2 affected sites:
- `*mut T as *const U as *mut U` becomes `(*mut T).cast()`
- `&self as *const Self as *mut Self` becomes a reference-to-pointer
coercion + `(*const Self).cast()`.

Apply these changes and enable the lint -- no functional change
intended.

Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#ptr_cast_constness [1]
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
Makefile | 1 +
rust/kernel/block/mq/request.rs | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ec8efc8e23ba..c62bae2b107b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ export rust_common_flags := --edition=2021 \
-Aclippy::needless_lifetimes \
-Wclippy::no_mangle_with_rust_abi \
-Wclippy::ptr_as_ptr \
+ -Wclippy::ptr_cast_constness \
-Wclippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks \
-Wclippy::unnecessary_safety_comment \
-Wclippy::unnecessary_safety_doc \
diff --git a/rust/kernel/block/mq/request.rs b/rust/kernel/block/mq/request.rs
index 7943f43b9575..10c6d69be7f3 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/block/mq/request.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/block/mq/request.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn aref_from_raw(ptr: *mut bindings::request) -> ARef<Self> {
// INVARIANT: By the safety requirements of this function, invariants are upheld.
// SAFETY: By the safety requirement of this function, we own a
// reference count that we can pass to `ARef`.
- unsafe { ARef::from_raw(NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr as *const Self as *mut Self)) }
+ unsafe { ARef::from_raw(NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr.cast())) }
}

/// Notify the block layer that a request is going to be processed now.
@@ -151,11 +151,12 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn wrapper_ptr(this: *mut Self) -> NonNull<RequestDataWrapper>
/// Return a reference to the [`RequestDataWrapper`] stored in the private
/// area of the request structure.
pub(crate) fn wrapper_ref(&self) -> &RequestDataWrapper {
+ let this: *const _ = self;
// SAFETY: By type invariant, `self.0` is a valid allocation. Further,
// the private data associated with this request is initialized and
// valid. The existence of `&self` guarantees that the private data is
// valid as a shared reference.
- unsafe { Self::wrapper_ptr(self as *const Self as *mut Self).as_ref() }
+ unsafe { Self::wrapper_ptr(this.cast_mut()).as_ref() }
}
}

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2.48.1