[PATCH v3 1/2] rust: kernel: create `overflow_assert!` macro
From: Antonio Hickey
Date: Sat Jun 21 2025 - 19:03:38 EST
This commit creates a macro for overflow assertions. The use of this
macro will avoid local `#ifdef`s by encapsulating the conditional
behavior (like `#[cfg(CONFIG_RUST_OVERFLOW_CHECKS)]`) to the macro.
In addition this macro allows us to document the intent of the assertion
more clearly.
Co-developed-by: Daniel Cote <danielstonecote@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Cote <danielstonecote@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Hickey <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1159
Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/lib.rs | 1 +
rust/kernel/overflow_assert.rs | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 rust/kernel/overflow_assert.rs
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 6b4774b2b1c3..e395adb6b293 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
pub mod of;
#[cfg(CONFIG_PM_OPP)]
pub mod opp;
+pub mod overflow_assert;
pub mod page;
#[cfg(CONFIG_PCI)]
pub mod pci;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/overflow_assert.rs b/rust/kernel/overflow_assert.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc5f60611ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/overflow_assert.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Overflow assert.
+
+/// Verifies at runtime that an expression is within an expected bound.
+///
+/// This macro is only active when `CONFIG_RUST_OVERFLOW_CHECKS` is enabled.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// overflow_assert!(3 <= 10);
+/// overflow_assert!(5 <= 5);
+///
+/// const X: u8 = 5;
+/// overflow_assert!(X + 3 < 10);
+///
+/// const fn f(x: i32) -> i32 {
+/// x + 1
+/// }
+/// overflow_assert!(f(40) < 42);
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! overflow_assert {
+ ($cond:expr) => {
+ if cfg!(CONFIG_RUST_OVERFLOW_CHECKS) {
+ ::core::assert!(
+ $cond,
+ concat!("overflow assertion failed: ", stringify!($cond))
+ );
+ }
+ };
+}
--
2.50.0