Re: [PATCH] rust: bitfield: always inline test conversions

["Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>]

On Sat Aug 8, 2026 at 2:50 AM JST, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> From: Antoni Boucher <bouanto@zoho.com>
>
> When using the Rust GCC backend (i.e. `rustc_codegen_gcc`), GCC does not
> inline enough these `Bounded::from_expr` calls:
>
>     /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: rust/kernel.o: in function `<kernel::num::bounded::Bounded<u16, 2> as core::convert::From<kernel::bitfield::tests::Priority>>::from':
>     fake.c:(.text.unlikely+0x7be): undefined reference to `rust_build_error'
>
>     /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: rust/kernel.o: in function `<kernel::num::bounded::Bounded<u64, 4> as core::convert::From<kernel::bitfield::tests::MemoryType>>::from':
>     fake.c:(.text.unlikely+0x90d): undefined reference to `rust_build_error'
>
> Thus, similar to commit bc197e24a3ac ("rust: num: bounded: Always inline
> fits_within and from_expr"), mark them as `#[inline(always)]`.
>
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> Signed-off-by: Antoni Boucher <bouanto@zoho.com>
> [ Reworded to add the error and to follow our usual style and sent on
>   behalf of Antoni, who found this during his work to support Rust for
>   Linux with the GCC backend, i.e. with `rustc_codegen_gcc`.- Miguel ]
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

There always are a couple of these going through the cracks, aren't
there. :)

Acked-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>