[PATCH v2] rust: sync: add #[must_use] to GlobalGuard and GlobalLock::try_lock

[PATCH v2] rust: sync: add #[must_use] to GlobalGuard and GlobalLock::try_lock

[Ashutosh Desai]

Guard is marked #[must_use] since dropping it releases the lock. GlobalGuard
wraps Guard with identical semantics but was missing the annotation, so
discarding it would silently compile without warning.

Similarly, GlobalLock::try_lock was missing #[must_use]. Option<T> does not
propagate #[must_use] from T, so the attribute needs to be on the function
directly - same reason Lock::try_lock has it.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Desai <ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Remove explanatory comment above #[must_use] on try_lock (Alice Ryhl)

Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260419001141.211935-1-ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com/

 rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs
index aecbdc34738f..ec2dd84316fc 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ pub fn lock(&'static self) -> GlobalGuard<B> {
     }
 
     /// Try to lock this global lock.
+    #[must_use = "if unused, the lock will be immediately unlocked"]
     #[inline]
     pub fn try_lock(&'static self) -> Option<GlobalGuard<B>> {
         Some(GlobalGuard {
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ pub fn try_lock(&'static self) -> Option<GlobalGuard<B>> {
 /// A guard for a [`GlobalLock`].
 ///
 /// See [`global_lock!`] for examples.
+#[must_use = "the lock unlocks immediately when the guard is unused"]
 pub struct GlobalGuard<B: GlobalLockBackend> {
     inner: Guard<'static, B::Item, B::Backend>,
 }
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH v2] rust: sync: add #[must_use] to GlobalGuard and GlobalLock::try_lock

[Gary Guo]

On Sat May 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM BST, Ashutosh Desai wrote:
> Guard is marked #[must_use] since dropping it releases the lock. GlobalGuard
> wraps Guard with identical semantics but was missing the annotation, so
> discarding it would silently compile without warning.
> 
> Similarly, GlobalLock::try_lock was missing #[must_use]. Option<T> does not
> propagate #[must_use] from T, so the attribute needs to be on the function
> directly - same reason Lock::try_lock has it.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Desai <ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com>

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

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Remove explanatory comment above #[must_use] on try_lock (Alice Ryhl)
> 
> Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260419001141.211935-1-ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com/
> 
>  rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)