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 5/7] gpu: nova-core: emit Rust metadata for dependent modules
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:55:08 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260430-nova-exports-v1-5-7ca31664e983@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260430-nova-exports-v1-0-7ca31664e983@nvidia.com>
Emit nova-core's `.rmeta` crate metadata so dependent Rust modules can
resolve nova-core's types and functions via `--extern`.
The metadata is exposed as an explicit Kbuild target instead of relying
on an untracked side effect of the object build. This lets dependent
modules ask for the metadata directly, including single-target builds
where `nova-core`'s object may already be up to date.
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 | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Makefile
index f9aaf19f2477..fea6d5c68cd6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Makefile
@@ -23,3 +23,27 @@ $(obj)/exports_nova_core_generated.h: $(obj)/nova_core.o FORCE
$(call filechk,nova_core_exports)
$(obj)/nova_core_exports.o: $(obj)/exports_nova_core_generated.h
+
+# Dependent Rust drivers need `nova-core`'s crate metadata.
+# Expose it as an explicit target so they can request it directly.
+nova_core_rmeta := libnova_core.rmeta
+nova_core_rmeta_private := .nova_core_rmeta/$(nova_core_rmeta)
+targets += $(nova_core_rmeta) $(nova_core_rmeta_private)
+
+# Build in a private directory to avoid racing with `nova_core.o` on rustc's
+# intermediate object names during parallel builds.
+quiet_cmd_rustc_rmeta_rs = RUSTC RMETA $@
+ cmd_rustc_rmeta_rs = mkdir -p $(dir $@); \
+ $(rust_common_cmd) --emit=metadata=$@ \
+ --emit=obj=$(basename $@).o $<; \
+ rm -f $(basename $@).o
+
+$(obj)/$(nova_core_rmeta_private): private __modname := nova-core
+$(obj)/$(nova_core_rmeta_private): private part-of-builtin := $(if $(filter y,$(CONFIG_NOVA_CORE)),y)
+$(obj)/$(nova_core_rmeta_private): private part-of-module := $(if $(filter m,$(CONFIG_NOVA_CORE)),y)
+$(obj)/$(nova_core_rmeta_private): $(obj)/nova_core.rs FORCE
+ +$(call if_changed_dep,rustc_rmeta_rs)
+
+# Keep the metadata available at a stable path for consumers.
+$(obj)/$(nova_core_rmeta): $(obj)/$(nova_core_rmeta_private) FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,copy)
--
2.54.0
next prev 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 ` [PATCH 4/7] gpu: nova-core: export Rust symbols for dependent modules Alexandre Courbot
2026-04-30 15:22 ` Joel Fernandes
2026-05-01 3:30 ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-05-01 10:24 ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-04-30 14:55 ` Alexandre Courbot [this message]
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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