LLVM 22 needs bindgen 0.72.1

LLVM 22 needs bindgen 0.72.1

[Burak Emir]

Hey Nathan, Miguel, anyone who may run into this,

I just filed https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1247

I couldn't find this described anywhere, so posting here for wider
reach. Maybe it helps save some time.

I have run into this with the slim LLVM toolchains [1] which use LLVM
22. It could happen with any toolchain LLVM 22.

- bindgen 0.71.1 with a libclang LLVM 22 will erroneously generate
opaque types as bindings. This then leads to build errors "field does
not exist".

- Using bindgen 0.72.1 works fine.

It would be great if the slim LLVM toolchains could be updated to
bindgen 0.72.1

cheers,
Burak

[1] https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/llvm/rust/

Re: LLVM 22 needs bindgen 0.72.1

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 9:18 PM Burak Emir <burak.emir@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It would be great if the slim LLVM toolchains could be updated to
> bindgen 0.72.1

Yeah, this is the "Missing fields in nested class with LLVM 22." entry
I have in:

  https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/353

Updating the toolchains would be nice. I think we can easily add a
check on `rust_is_available.sh` like e.g. the one I had before commit:

  ae64324ad5c1 ("rust: rust_is_available: remove warning for `bindgen`
< 0.69.5 && libclang >= 19.1")

I will do that.

Cheers,
Miguel

Re: LLVM 22 needs bindgen 0.72.1

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Updating the toolchains would be nice.

Wait, we don't ship `bindgen` yet in those, no?

i.e. we discussed doing so some time ago, if I recall correctly, but
it is not the case yet.

Or do you mean something else?

I guess you used the instructions which pick the minimum `bindgen`.
Maybe we could add a note there, or simply remove `--version` to
suggest the latest (which could also be good so that more people test
the latest).

> I think we can easily add a
> check on `rust_is_available.sh` like e.g. the one I had before commit:
>
>   ae64324ad5c1 ("rust: rust_is_available: remove warning for `bindgen`
> < 0.69.5 && libclang >= 19.1")
>
> I will do that.

Done:

  https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260719120514.159914-1-ojeda@kernel.org/

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel

Re: LLVM 22 needs bindgen 0.72.1

[Burak Emir]

Hey Miguel!

On Sun, Jul 19, 2026 at 2:18 PM Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Updating the toolchains would be nice.
>
> Wait, we don't ship `bindgen` yet in those, no?
>
> i.e. we discussed doing so some time ago, if I recall correctly, but
> it is not the case yet.
>
> Or do you mean something else?
>
> I guess you used the instructions which pick the minimum `bindgen`.

Yes, exactly. I followed the instructions at the bottom of
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/llvm/rust/ , specifically:

cargo install --locked --root $llvm_prefix --version
$(scripts/min-tool-version.sh bindgen) bindgen-cli

> Maybe we could add a note there, or simply remove `--version` to
> suggest the latest (which could also be good so that more people test
> the latest).

I also think --latest would be a good default choice.

> > I think we can easily add a
> > check on `rust_is_available.sh` like e.g. the one I had before commit:
> >
> >   ae64324ad5c1 ("rust: rust_is_available: remove warning for `bindgen`
> > < 0.69.5 && libclang >= 19.1")
> >
> > I will do that.
>
> Done:
>
>   https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260719120514.159914-1-ojeda@kernel.org/
>

Thanks for taking care of this!

Cheers,
-- Burak

Re: LLVM 22 needs bindgen 0.72.1

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2026 at 02:17:57PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> I guess you used the instructions which pick the minimum `bindgen`.
> Maybe we could add a note there, or simply remove `--version` to
> suggest the latest (which could also be good so that more people test
> the latest).

I have updated the README to remove '--version' from the 'cargo install'
command to help avoid this. The warning seems like a good idea as well.

-- 
Cheers,
Nathan