Re: [PATCH v2] cred: rust: mark Credential methods inline

[Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>]

On Mar  4, 2025 Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> wrote:
> 
> When you build the kernel using the llvm-19.1.4-rust-1.83.0-x86_64
> toolchain provided by kernel.org with ARCH=arm64, the following symbols
> are generated:
> 
> $ nm out-linux/vmlinux | grep ' _R'.*Credential | rustfilt
> ffffffc0808fc540 T <kernel::cred::Credential>::get_secid
> ffffffc0808fc588 T <kernel::cred::Credential as kernel::types::AlwaysRefCounted>::dec_ref
> ffffffc0808fc570 T <kernel::cred::Credential as kernel::types::AlwaysRefCounted>::inc_ref
> 
> However, these Rust symbols are trivial wrappers around the functions
> security_cred_getsecid, get_cred, and put_cred respectively. It doesn't
> make sense to go through a trivial wrapper for these functions, so mark
> them inline. Also mark other trivial methods inline to prevent similar
> cases in the future.
> 
> After applying this patch, the above command will produce no output.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Reword commit message.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250303-inline-cred-v1-1-b2527beace76@google.com
> ---
>  rust/kernel/cred.rs | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Merged into lsm/dev, thanks everyone!

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