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From: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
To: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	"Nathan Chancellor" <nathan@kernel.org>,
	"Nicolas Schier" <nsc@kernel.org>,
	"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>, "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
	"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
	"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
	"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
	"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
	"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
	"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
	"David Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>,
	"Simona Vetter" <simona@ffwll.ch>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
	 Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>,
	 Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>,
	Timur Tabi <ttabi@nvidia.com>,  Zhi Wang <zhiw@nvidia.com>,
	Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>,
	 linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, nova-gpu@lists.linux.dev,
	 dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] gpu: nova-core: export Rust symbols for dependent modules
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:55:07 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260430-nova-exports-v1-4-7ca31664e983@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260430-nova-exports-v1-0-7ca31664e983@nvidia.com>

Export `nova-core`'s Rust symbols so that other loadable modules,
particularly `nova-drm`, can resolve references to `nova-core` at
runtime.

This is done by generating declarations and `EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()` calls
for Rust global text symbols using `nm` and compiling them into the
module as `nova_core_exports.o`.

This is a workaround until the build system supports Rust cross-crate
dependencies natively.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/Makefile            | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core_exports.c | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Makefile
index 1f794baadc86..f9aaf19f2477 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Makefile
@@ -2,4 +2,24 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_NOVA_CORE) += nova-core.o
 
-nova-core-y := nova_core.o
+nova-core-y := nova_core.o nova_core_exports.o
+
+# Export Rust symbols so dependent modules can use them at runtime.
+#
+# This is a workaround until the build system supports Rust cross-module
+# dependencies natively.
+# Kbuild uses Rust v0 mangling, whose symbols start with "_R".
+rust_exports = \
+	$(NM) -p --defined-only $(1) | \
+	awk '$$2 == "T" && $$3 ~ /^_R/ { \
+		printf "extern void %s(void); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(%s);\n", $$3, $$3 \
+	}'
+
+define filechk_nova_core_exports
+	$(call rust_exports,$(obj)/nova_core.o)
+endef
+
+$(obj)/exports_nova_core_generated.h: $(obj)/nova_core.o FORCE
+	$(call filechk,nova_core_exports)
+
+$(obj)/nova_core_exports.o: $(obj)/exports_nova_core_generated.h
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core_exports.c b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core_exports.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d3f1544fe8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core_exports.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Exports Rust symbols from the `nova_core` crate for use by dependent modules.
+ *
+ * This is a workaround until the build system supports Rust cross-module
+ * dependencies natively.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+
+#include "exports_nova_core_generated.h"

-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-30 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-30 14:55 [PATCH 0/7] gpu: drm: nova: enable calling into nova-core Alexandre Courbot
2026-04-30 14:55 ` [PATCH 1/7] scripts: modpost: detect and report truncated buf_printf() output Alexandre Courbot
2026-04-30 14:55 ` [PATCH 2/7] scripts: modpost: increase buf_printf's buffer size Alexandre Courbot
2026-05-01 13:02   ` Gary Guo
2026-05-01 15:31     ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-04-30 14:55 ` [PATCH 3/7] gpu: nova-core: rename module from nova_core to nova-core Alexandre Courbot
2026-04-30 15:07   ` Joel Fernandes
2026-05-01  3:25     ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-05-01 10:38       ` John Hubbard
2026-05-01 12:31       ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-04-30 14:55 ` Alexandre Courbot [this message]
2026-04-30 15:22   ` [PATCH 4/7] gpu: nova-core: export Rust symbols for dependent modules Joel Fernandes
2026-05-01  3:30     ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-05-01 10:24     ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-04-30 14:55 ` [PATCH 5/7] gpu: nova-core: emit Rust metadata " Alexandre Courbot
2026-04-30 14:55 ` [PATCH 6/7] gpu: drm: nova: build after nova-core metadata Alexandre Courbot
2026-04-30 14:55 ` [PATCH POC 7/7] drm: nova: demonstrate interaction with nova-core Alexandre Courbot

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