[PATCH v4 0/4] Rust netlink support + use in Rust Binder

Alice Ryhl
2026-05-04T09:05:07Z

The C Binder driver exposes messages over netlink when transactions
fail, so that a userpace daemon can respond to processes with many
failing transactions.

This patch series adds netlink support from Rust, then implements an
equivalent API in Rust Binder.

As Binder only uses broadcast messages, I did not add support for other
kinds of messages.

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
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Changes in v4:
- Fix typo in 'report netlink transactions' commit message.
- Document that some methods are for const context only.
- Rebase and pick up tags.
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260415-binder-netlink-v3-0-84be9ba63ee2@google.com

Changes in v3:
- Fix spurious 'return' statements in Rust helpers (Patch 1).
- Sashiko review:
- Fix ynl_gen to handle empty multicast groups and correct multicast indexing (Patch 2).
- Fix transaction failed reply logic to report via Netlink inside reply_inner() (Patch 4).
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260408-binder-netlink-v2-0-c0d327d15435@google.com

Changes in v2:
- Make inclusion of to_pid conditional too.
- Add note about file name in second patch.
- Make it clear that the sk_buff wrapper is netlink-specific.
- Better handle bitfield in patch 1.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260306-binder-netlink-v1-0-daceb5bc83f2@google.com

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Alice Ryhl (3):
rust: netlink: add raw netlink abstraction
ynl_gen: generate Rust files from yaml files
rust_binder: add generated netlink.rs file

Carlos Llamas (1):
rust_binder: report netlink transactions

drivers/android/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/android/binder/netlink.rs | 113 ++++++++++
drivers/android/binder/rust_binder_main.rs | 8 +-
drivers/android/binder/thread.rs | 10 +
drivers/android/binder/transaction.rs | 40 ++++
rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h | 3 +
rust/helpers/genetlink.c | 46 ++++
rust/helpers/helpers.c | 1 +
rust/kernel/lib.rs | 1 +
rust/kernel/netlink.rs | 336 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
rust/uapi/uapi_helper.h | 1 +
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py | 139 +++++++++++-
tools/net/ynl/ynl-regen.sh | 2 +-
13 files changed, 697 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 7fd2df204f342fc17d1a0bfcd474b24232fb0f32
change-id: 20260306-binder-netlink-c82110b2fb74

Best regards,
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Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>