Re: [PATCH v4 07/15] rust: pin-init: rewrite `#[pin_data]` using `syn`

["Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>]

On Fri Jan 16, 2026 at 10:54 AM GMT, Benno Lossin wrote:
> Rewrite the attribute macro `#[pin_data]` using `syn`. No functional
> changes intended aside from improved error messages on syntactic and
> semantical errors. For example if one forgets a comma at the end of a
> field:
> 
>     #[pin_data]
>     struct Foo {
>         a: Box<Foo>
>         b: Box<Foo>
>     }
> 
> The declarative macro reports the following errors:
> 
>     error: expected `,`, or `}`, found `b`
>      --> tests/ui/compile-fail/pin_data/missing_comma.rs:5:16
>       |
>     5 |     a: Box<Foo>
>       |                ^ help: try adding a comma: `,`
> 
>     error: recursion limit reached while expanding `$crate::__pin_data!`
>      --> tests/ui/compile-fail/pin_data/missing_comma.rs:3:1
>       |
>     3 | #[pin_data]
>       | ^^^^^^^^^^^
>       |
>       = help: consider increasing the recursion limit by adding a `#![recursion_limit = "256"]` attribute to your crate (`$CRATE`)
>       = note: this error originates in the macro `$crate::__pin_data` which comes from the expansion of the attribute macro `pin_data` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
> 
> The new `syn` version reports:
> 
>     error: expected `,`, or `}`, found `b`
>      --> tests/ui/compile-fail/pin_data/missing_comma.rs:5:16
>       |
>     5 |     a: Box<Foo>
>       |                ^ help: try adding a comma: `,`
> 
>     error: expected `,`
>      --> tests/ui/compile-fail/pin_data/missing_comma.rs:6:5
>       |
>     6 |     b: Box<Foo>
>       |     ^
> 
> Tested-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>

> ---
> Changes in v4:
> * improve parsing
> * consolidate generics handling
> * improve handling of `#[pin]` attributes
> Changes in v3:
> * use DiagCtxt error handling
> Changes in v2:
> * improved error handling
> * fix clippy warnings
> * fix typos and variable names
> * collect the information about the pinned/not pinned fields only once
>   at the beginning
> ---
>  rust/pin-init/internal/src/helpers.rs  | 149 ------
>  rust/pin-init/internal/src/lib.rs      |   7 +-
>  rust/pin-init/internal/src/pin_data.rs | 611 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  rust/pin-init/src/macros.rs            | 574 -----------------------
>  4 files changed, 503 insertions(+), 838 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 rust/pin-init/internal/src/helpers.rs