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commit 49ceae68a0df9a92617a61e9ce8a0efcf6419585 upstream. In Rust, producing an invalid value of any type is immediate undefined behavior (UB); this includes via zeroing memory. Therefore, since an uninhabited type has no valid values, producing any values at all for it is UB. The Rust standard library type `core::convert::Infallible` is uninhabited, by virtue of having been declared as an enum with no cases, which always produces uninhabited types in Rust. The current kernel code allows this UB to be triggered, for example by code like `Box::<core::convert::Infallible>::init(kernel::init::zeroed())`. Thus, remove the implementation of `Zeroable` for `Infallible`, thereby avoiding the unsoundness (potential for future UB). Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 38cde0bd7b67 ("rust: init: add `Zeroable` trait and `init::zeroed` function") Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/pinned-init/pull/13 Signed-off-by: Laine Taffin Altman <alexanderaltman@me.com> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CA160A4E-561E-4918-837E-3DCEBA74F808@me.com [ Reformatted the comment slightly. ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.