Re: [PATCH 1/2] rust: kbuild: treat `build_error` and `rustdoc` as kernel objects

On Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 10:28:52PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:

Even if normally `build_error` isn't a kernel object, it should still be treated as such so that we pass the same flags. Similarly, `rustdoc` targets are never kernel objects, but we need to treat them as such.

Otherwise, starting with Rust 1.91.0 (released 2025-10-30), `rustc` will complain about missing sanitizer flags since `-Zsanitizer` is a target modifier too [1]:

error: mixing `-Zsanitizer` will cause an ABI mismatch in crate `build_error`
 --> rust/build_error.rs:3:1
  |
3 | //! Build-time error.
  | ^
  |
  = help: the `-Zsanitizer` flag modifies the ABI so Rust crates compiled with different values of this flag cannot be used together safely
  = note: unset `-Zsanitizer` in this crate is incompatible with `-Zsanitizer=kernel-address` in dependency `core`
  = help: set `-Zsanitizer=kernel-address` in this crate or unset `-Zsanitizer` in `core`
  = help: if you are sure this will not cause problems, you may use `-Cunsafe-allow-abi-mismatch=sanitizer` to silence this error

Thus explicitly mark them as kernel objects.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs). Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/138736 [1] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda ojeda@kernel.org

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com