[PATCH v7 0/4] rust: add basic serial device bus abstractions

Markus Probst via B4 Relay
2026-04-29T18:22:01Z

This patch series adds the serdev device bus rust abstraction into the
kernel.

This abstraction will be used by a driver,
which targets the MCU devices in Synology devices.

Kari Argillander also messaged me, stating that he wants to write a
watchdog driver with this abstraction (needing initial device data).

@Rob: Are you willing to maintain these rust abstractions yourself,
as you are the expert on this subsystem, otherwise I would take care of
it with a "SERIAL DEVICE BUS [RUST]" section in the MAINTAINERS file. In
the second case, I assume you are going to pick those patches as-is into
your tree, after they have been reviewed?

This series depends on [1].

[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/20260427221155.2144848-1-dakr@kernel.org/

Signed-off-by: Markus Probst <markus.probst@posteo.de>
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Changes in v7:
- adapted to driver-lifetime patch series
- Link to v6: https://patch.msgid.link/20260427-rust_serdev-v6-0-173798d5e1a3@posteo.de

Changes in v6:
- rebased onto v7.1-rc1
- Link to v5: https://patch.msgid.link/20260420-rust_serdev-v5-0-57e8ba0519f3@posteo.de

Changes in v5:
- fix typo in documentation
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260411-rust_serdev-v4-0-845e960c6627@posteo.de

Changes in v4:
- fixed not selecting rust serdev abstraction in sample
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260313-rust_serdev-v3-0-c9a3af214f7f@posteo.de

Changes in v3:
- fix vertical import style
- add Kconfig entry for the rust abstraction
- fix documentation in include/linux/serdev.h
- rename private_data to rust_private_data
- fix `complete_all` <-> `wait_for_completion` typo
- move drvdata_borrow call after the completion
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260306-rust_serdev-v2-0-e9b23b42b255@posteo.de

Changes in v2:
- fix documentation in `serdev::Driver::write` and
`serdev::Driver::write_all`
- remove use of `dev_info` in probe from the sample
- remove `properties_parse` from the sample
- add optional `baudrate` property to the sample
- remove 1. patch
- remove `TryFrom<&device::Device<Ctx>> for &serdev::Device<Ctx>`
implementation
- fix import style
- add patch to return reference in `devres::register` to fix safety
issue
- add patch to add private data to serdev_device, to fix
`Device.drvdata()` from failing
- simplify abstraction by removing ability to receive the initial
transmission. It may be added later in a separate patch series if
needed.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251220-rust_serdev-v1-0-e44645767621@posteo.de

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Markus Probst (4):
rust: devres: return reference in `devres::register`
serdev: add rust private data to serdev_device
rust: add basic serial device bus abstractions
samples: rust: add Rust serial device bus sample device driver

drivers/tty/serdev/Kconfig | 7 +
include/linux/serdev.h | 15 +-
rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h | 1 +
rust/helpers/helpers.c | 1 +
rust/helpers/serdev.c | 22 ++
rust/kernel/cpufreq.rs | 3 +-
rust/kernel/devres.rs | 15 +-
rust/kernel/drm/driver.rs | 3 +-
rust/kernel/lib.rs | 2 +
rust/kernel/serdev.rs | 571 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
samples/rust/Kconfig | 11 +
samples/rust/Makefile | 1 +
samples/rust/rust_driver_serdev.rs | 86 ++++++
13 files changed, 728 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
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