On Sun Sep 13, 2026 at 11:18 AM JST, Sagar Taunk wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Replace the kernel's own `transmute::FromBytes` and `AsBytes` traits
with their zerocopy equivalents. Specifically, this updates
`GenlMsg::put` to rely on `IntoBytes` for converting attributes into
byte slices.
Also, add `Immutable` trait bound on `GenlMsg::put` as zerocopy
splits the `no interior mutability` guarantee that `AsBytes` bundled
together.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1241
Signed-off-by: Sagar Taunk <redacted>
---
v2: Split into a separate patch per Shashiko's review; validates the
attribute length with c_int::try_from() instead of casting with `as`.
rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs b/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs
index 22ef3dde36fa..3c2b142a7402 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
alloc::{self, AllocError},
error::to_result,
prelude::*,
- transmute::AsBytes,
types::Opaque,
ThisModule,
};
+use zerocopy::{Immutable, IntoBytes};
Please use the vertical import style as per the guidelines [1].
With that,
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
[1] https://docs.kernel.org/rust/coding-guidelines.html#imports