rust: build_assert: add build_{error,assert}! macros

Add the `build_error!` and `build_assert!` macros which leverage
the previously introduced `build_error` crate. Do so in a new
module, called `build_assert`.

The former fails the build if the code path calling it can possibly
be executed. The latter asserts that a boolean expression is `true`
at compile time.

In particular, `build_assert!` can be used in some contexts where
`static_assert!` cannot:

    fn f1<const N: usize>() {
        static_assert!(N > 1);` // Error.
        build_assert!(N > 1);   // Build-time check.
        assert!(N > 1);         // Run-time check.
    }

    #[inline]
    fn f2(n: usize) {
        static_assert!(n > 1);  // Error.
        build_assert!(n > 1);   // Build-time check.
        assert!(n > 1);         // Run-time check.
    }

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <[email protected]>
[Reworded, adapted for upstream and applied latest changes]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]>

rust/kernel/build_assert.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Build-time assert.
+
+/// Fails the build if the code path calling `build_error!` can possibly be executed.
+///
+/// If the macro is executed in const context, `build_error!` will panic.
+/// If the compiler or optimizer cannot guarantee that `build_error!` can never
+/// be called, a build error will be triggered.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// # use kernel::build_error;
+/// #[inline]
+/// fn foo(a: usize) -> usize {
+///     a.checked_add(1).unwrap_or_else(|| build_error!("overflow"))
+/// }
+///
+/// assert_eq!(foo(usize::MAX - 1), usize::MAX); // OK.
+/// // foo(usize::MAX); // Fails to compile.
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! build_error {
+    () => {{
+        $crate::build_error("")
+    }};
+    ($msg:expr) => {{
+        $crate::build_error($msg)
+    }};
+}
+
+/// Asserts that a boolean expression is `true` at compile time.
+///
+/// If the condition is evaluated to `false` in const context, `build_assert!`
+/// will panic. If the compiler or optimizer cannot guarantee the condition will
+/// be evaluated to `true`, a build error will be triggered.
+///
+/// [`static_assert!`] should be preferred to `build_assert!` whenever possible.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// These examples show that different types of [`assert!`] will trigger errors
+/// at different stage of compilation. It is preferred to err as early as
+/// possible, so [`static_assert!`] should be used whenever possible.
+/// ```ignore
+/// fn foo() {
+///     static_assert!(1 > 1); // Compile-time error
+///     build_assert!(1 > 1); // Build-time error
+///     assert!(1 > 1); // Run-time error
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// When the condition refers to generic parameters or parameters of an inline function,
+/// [`static_assert!`] cannot be used. Use `build_assert!` in this scenario.
+/// ```
+/// fn foo<const N: usize>() {
+///     // `static_assert!(N > 1);` is not allowed
+///     build_assert!(N > 1); // Build-time check
+///     assert!(N > 1); // Run-time check
+/// }
+///
+/// #[inline]
+/// fn bar(n: usize) {
+///     // `static_assert!(n > 1);` is not allowed
+///     build_assert!(n > 1); // Build-time check
+///     assert!(n > 1); // Run-time check
+/// }
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! build_assert {
+    ($cond:expr $(,)?) => {{
+        if !$cond {
+            $crate::build_error(concat!("assertion failed: ", stringify!($cond)));
+        }
+    }};
+    ($cond:expr, $msg:expr) => {{
+        if !$cond {
+            $crate::build_error($msg);
+        }
+    }};
+}

rust/kernel/lib.rs

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ compile_error!("Missing kernel configuration for conditional compilation");
 #[cfg(not(test))]
 #[cfg(not(testlib))]
 mod allocator;
+mod build_assert;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod prelude;
 pub mod print;
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ pub mod str;
 pub use bindings;
 pub use macros;
 
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub use build_error::build_error;
+
 /// Prefix to appear before log messages printed from within the `kernel` crate.
 const __LOG_PREFIX: &[u8] = b"rust_kernel\0";
 

rust/kernel/prelude.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ pub use alloc::{boxed::Box, vec::Vec};
 
 pub use macros::{module, vtable};
 
+pub use super::build_assert;
+
 pub use super::{dbg, pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_debug, pr_emerg, pr_err, pr_info, pr_notice, pr_warn};
 
 pub use super::static_assert;