From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>,
Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>, Burak Emir <bqe@google.com>
Cc: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: bitops: add helpers for _find_* functions
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:35:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ikenw5v9.fsf@t14s.mail-host-address-is-not-set> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251203-bitops-find-helper-v1-1-5193deb57766@google.com>
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> writes:
> On 32-bit ARM, _find_next_bit does not exist because ARM provides that
> function through a #define instead. This means that Rust, which calls
> the underscored version, fails to find it. This triggers errors:
>
> ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: _find_next_bit
> >>> referenced by bitmap.rs:459 (rust/kernel/bitmap.rs:459)
> >>> rust/kernel.o:(kernel::bitmap::tests::kunit_rust_wrapper_bitmap_borrow) in archive vmlinux.a
> >>> referenced by bitmap.rs:459 (rust/kernel/bitmap.rs:459)
> >>> rust/kernel.o:(kernel::bitmap::tests::kunit_rust_wrapper_bitmap_set_clear_find) in archive vmlinux.a
> >>> referenced by bitmap.rs:459 (rust/kernel/bitmap.rs:459)
> >>> rust/kernel.o:(kernel::bitmap::tests::kunit_rust_wrapper_bitmap_set_clear_find) in archive vmlinux.a
> >>> referenced 10 more times
>
> ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: _find_next_zero_bit
> >>> referenced by bitmap.rs:479 (rust/kernel/bitmap.rs:479)
> >>> rust/kernel.o:(kernel::bitmap::tests::kunit_rust_wrapper_bitmap_copy) in archive vmlinux.a
> >>> referenced by bitmap.rs:479 (rust/kernel/bitmap.rs:479)
> >>> rust/kernel.o:(kernel::bitmap::tests::kunit_rust_wrapper_bitmap_set_clear_find) in archive vmlinux.a
> >>> referenced by bitmap.rs:479 (rust/kernel/bitmap.rs:479)
> >>> rust/kernel.o:(kernel::bitmap::tests::kunit_rust_wrapper_owned_bitmap_out_of_bounds) in archive vmlinux.a
> >>> referenced 6 more times
>
> To fix this, add Rust helpers in this particular case.
>
> Fixes: 6cf93a9ed39e ("rust: add bindings for bitops.h")
> Reported-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
> Closes: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/x/topic/x/near/561677301
> Tested-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
> ---
> rust/helpers/bitops.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/helpers/bitops.c b/rust/helpers/bitops.c
> index 5d0861d29d3f0d705a014ae4601685828405f33b..84061af591a261f7268ffe6535282bf3c7608e2d 100644
> --- a/rust/helpers/bitops.c
> +++ b/rust/helpers/bitops.c
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>
> #include <linux/bitops.h>
> +#include <linux/find.h>
>
> void rust_helper___set_bit(unsigned long nr, unsigned long *addr)
> {
> @@ -21,3 +22,34 @@ void rust_helper_clear_bit(unsigned long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
> {
> clear_bit(nr, addr);
> }
> +
> +/*
> + * Rust normally calls the single-underscore-prefixed version of these
> + * functions, which are not inlined. However, on some platforms, they do not
> + * exist. In those cases, provide a rust helper for the underscored version.
> + */
> +#ifdef find_next_zero_bit
> +__rust_helper unsigned long
> +rust_helper__find_next_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size,
> + unsigned long offset)
> +{
> + return find_next_zero_bit(addr, size, offset);
> +}
> +#endif /* find_next_zero_bit */
> +
> +#ifdef find_next_bit
> +__rust_helper unsigned long
> +rust_helper__find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size,
> + unsigned long offset)
> +{
> + return find_next_bit(addr, size, offset);
> +}
> +#endif /* find_next_bit */
> +
> +#ifdef find_last_bit
> +__rust_helper unsigned long
> +rust_helper__find_last_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size)
> +{
> + return find_last_bit(addr, size);
> +}
> +#endif /* find_last_bit */
>
> ---
> base-commit: 54e3eae855629702c566bd2e130d9f40e7f35bde
> change-id: 20251203-bitops-find-helper-25ed1bbae700
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
I messed up when testing this patch. It actually does not solve the
issue.
It appears that bindgen will emit an extern "C" declaration for the
missing C functions, even though they are not in the symbol table. When
we add the rust helpers, the declarations emitted based on the
non-existent C functions will mask the rust helper functions.
We can circumvent this by using another name for our helper. While it
works, it is not fixing the root cause. I am not sure why bindgen emits
these functions even though they are not in the symbol table at the end.
At any rate, the following is a workaround:
diff --git a/rust/helpers/bitops.c b/rust/helpers/bitops.c
index 5d0861d29d3f0..4f15315bc47f2 100644
--- a/rust/helpers/bitops.c
+++ b/rust/helpers/bitops.c
@@ -21,3 +21,26 @@ void rust_helper_clear_bit(unsigned long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
{
clear_bit(nr, addr);
}
+
+/*
+ * Rust normally calls the single-underscore-prefixed version of these
+ * functions, which are not inlined. However, on some platforms, they do not
+ * exist. In those cases, provide a rust helper for the underscored version.
+ */
+#ifdef find_next_zero_bit
+__rust_helper unsigned long
+rust_helper_r_find_next_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size,
+ unsigned long offset)
+{
+ return find_next_zero_bit(addr, size, offset);
+}
+#endif /* find_next_zero_bit */
+
+#ifdef find_next_bit
+__rust_helper unsigned long
+rust_helper_r_find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size,
+ unsigned long offset)
+{
+ return find_next_bit(addr, size, offset);
+}
+#endif /* find_next_bit */
diff --git a/rust/kernel/bitmap.rs b/rust/kernel/bitmap.rs
index aa8fc7bf06fc9..88af73edb0c21 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/bitmap.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/bitmap.rs
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ pub fn next_bit(&self, start: usize) -> Option<usize> {
);
// SAFETY: `_find_next_bit` tolerates out-of-bounds arguments and returns a
// value larger than or equal to `self.len()` in that case.
- let index = unsafe { bindings::_find_next_bit(self.as_ptr(), self.len(), start) };
+ let index = unsafe { bindings::r_find_next_bit(self.as_ptr(), self.len(), start) };
if index >= self.len() {
None
} else {
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ pub fn next_zero_bit(&self, start: usize) -> Option<usize> {
);
// SAFETY: `_find_next_zero_bit` tolerates out-of-bounds arguments and returns a
// value larger than or equal to `self.len()` in that case.
- let index = unsafe { bindings::_find_next_zero_bit(self.as_ptr(), self.len(), start) };
+ let index = unsafe { bindings::r_find_next_zero_bit(self.as_ptr(), self.len(), start) };
if index >= self.len() {
None
} else {
Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg
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2025-12-03 15:42 [PATCH] rust: bitops: add helpers for _find_* functions Alice Ryhl
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