Re: [PATCH] rust: num: Add inline annotation to Bounded methods

[Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com>]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 12:57:38PM +0200, Link Mauve wrote:
> It was previously generating a ton of very short functions, such as
> <<kernel::num::bounded::Bounded<u32, 32>>::shr::<17, 15>> or
> <<kernel::num::bounded::Bounded<u16, 16>>::new::<16384>> on use.
> 
> These are obviously better inlined, although I wasn’t completely sure
> between #[inline] and #[inline(always)], but the former worked fine in
> my setup so I went for it, we can always adjust it later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Link Mauve <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr>

Reviewed-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com>

Do you want me to take the patch with the bitops branch, or you've
a better route in mind?

Thanks,
Yury

> ---
>  rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
> index 0b32f4343922..d3486675046a 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
> @@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ impl<const N: u32> Bounded<$type, N> {
>                  ", 4>::new::<7>();")]
>              /// assert_eq!(v.get(), 7);
>              /// ```
> +            #[inline]
>              pub const fn new<const VALUE: $type>() -> Self {
>                  // Statically assert that `VALUE` fits within the set number of bits.
>                  const_assert!(fits_within!(VALUE, $type, N));
> @@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ impl<T, const N: u32> Bounded<T, N>
>      /// # Safety
>      ///
>      /// The caller must ensure that `value` can be represented within `N` bits.
> +    #[inline]
>      const unsafe fn __new(value: T) -> Self {
>          // Enforce the type invariants.
>          // `N` cannot be zero.
> @@ -350,6 +352,7 @@ impl<T, const N: u32> Bounded<T, N>
>      /// let v = Bounded::<i8, 4>::try_new(8);
>      /// assert_eq!(v, None);
>      /// ```
> +    #[inline]
>      pub fn try_new(value: T) -> Option<Self> {
>          fits_within(value, N).then(|| {
>              // SAFETY: `fits_within` confirmed that `value` can be represented within `N` bits.
> @@ -412,6 +415,7 @@ pub fn from_expr(expr: T) -> Self {
>      /// let v = Bounded::<u32, 4>::new::<7>();
>      /// assert_eq!(v.get(), 7u32);
>      /// ```
> +    #[inline]
>      pub const fn get(self) -> T {
>          self.0
>      }
> @@ -430,6 +434,7 @@ pub const fn get(self) -> T {
>      /// // The contained values are equal even though `larger_v` has a bigger capacity.
>      /// assert_eq!(larger_v, v);
>      /// ```
> +    #[inline]
>      pub const fn extend<const M: u32>(self) -> Bounded<T, M> {
>          const_assert!(
>              M >= N,
> @@ -459,6 +464,7 @@ pub const fn extend<const M: u32>(self) -> Bounded<T, M> {
>      /// // ... but doesn't fit within `2` bits.
>      /// assert_eq!(v.try_shrink::<2>(), None);
>      /// ```
> +    #[inline]
>      pub fn try_shrink<const M: u32>(self) -> Option<Bounded<T, M>> {
>          Bounded::<T, M>::try_new(self.get())
>      }
> @@ -482,6 +488,7 @@ pub fn try_shrink<const M: u32>(self) -> Option<Bounded<T, M>> {
>      /// // This won't build: a `u8` is smaller than the required 12 bits.
>      /// // let _: Bounded<u8, 12> = v.cast();
>      /// ```
> +    #[inline]
>      pub fn cast<U>(self) -> Bounded<U, N>
>      where
>          U: TryFrom<T> + Integer,
> @@ -510,6 +517,7 @@ pub fn cast<U>(self) -> Bounded<U, N>
>      ///
>      /// assert_eq!(v_shifted.get(), 0xff);
>      /// ```
> +    #[inline]
>      pub fn shr<const SHIFT: u32, const RES: u32>(self) -> Bounded<T, RES> {
>          const_assert!(SHIFT < T::BITS);
>          const_assert!(RES + SHIFT >= N);
> @@ -563,6 +571,7 @@ pub fn shr_exact<const SHIFT: u32, const RES: u32>(self) -> Option<Bounded<T, RE
>      ///
>      /// assert_eq!(v_shifted.get(), 0xff00);
>      /// ```
> +    #[inline]
>      pub fn shl<const SHIFT: u32, const RES: u32>(self) -> Bounded<T, RES> {
>          const_assert!(RES >= N + SHIFT);
>  
> 
> base-commit: 2efb7a11f1aa4d2dc285fe2680cca22cb9f72f64
> -- 
> 2.56.0