Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: rust: allow `clippy::uninlined_format_args`

Miguel Ojeda
2026-04-03T10:07:14Z

On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 10:59 PM Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Clippy in Rust 1.88.0 (only) reports [1]:
>
> warning: variables can be used directly in the `format!` string
> --> rust/macros/module.rs:112:23
> |
> 112 | let content = format!("{param}:{content}", param = param, content = content);
> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> |
> = help: for further information visit https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#uninlined_format_args
> = note: `-W clippy::uninlined-format-args` implied by `-W clippy::all`
> = help: to override `-W clippy::all` add `#[allow(clippy::uninlined_format_args)]`
> help: change this to
> |
> 112 - let content = format!("{param}:{content}", param = param, content = content);
> 112 + let content = format!("{param}:{content}");
>
> warning: variables can be used directly in the `format!` string
> --> rust/macros/module.rs:198:14
> |
> 198 | t => panic!("Unsupported parameter type {}", t),
> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> |
> = help: for further information visit https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#uninlined_format_args
> = note: `-W clippy::uninlined-format-args` implied by `-W clippy::all`
> = help: to override `-W clippy::all` add `#[allow(clippy::uninlined_format_args)]`
> help: change this to
> |
> 198 - t => panic!("Unsupported parameter type {}", t),
> 198 + t => panic!("Unsupported parameter type {t}"),
> |
>
> The reason it only triggers in that version is that the lint was moved
> from `pedantic` to `style` in Rust 1.88.0 and then back to `pedantic`
> in Rust 1.89.0 [2][3].
>
> In the first case, the suggestion is fair and a pure simplification, thus
> we will clean it up separately.
>
> To keep the behavior the same across all versions, and since the lint
> does not work for all macros (e.g. custom ones like `pr_info!`), disable
> it globally.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs).
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72=drAtf3y_DZ-2o4jb6Az9J3Yj4QYwWnbRui4sm4AJD3Q@mail.gmail.com/ [1]
> Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/15287 [2]
> Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/15151 [3]
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

Applied series to `rust-next` -- thanks everyone!

(If wanted by modules, I can drop the top commit.)

Cheers,
Miguel