In commit 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and
`GlobalAlloc`") we stopped using the upstream `alloc` crate.

Thus remove a few leftover mentions treewide.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Also to 6.12.y after the `alloc` backport lands
Fixes: 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and `GlobalAlloc`")
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst | 2 +-
 rust/kernel/lib.rs                 | 2 +-
 scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs        | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
index 4aa50e5fcb8c..6d2607870ba4 100644
--- a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
+++ b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Rust standard library source
 ****************************
 
 The Rust standard library source is required because the build system will
-cross-compile ``core`` and ``alloc``.
+cross-compile ``core``.
 
 If ``rustup`` is being used, run::
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 398242f92a96..7697c60b2d1a 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //! usage by Rust code in the kernel and is shared by all of them.
 //!
 //! In other words, all the rest of the Rust code in the kernel (e.g. kernel
-//! modules written in Rust) depends on [`core`], [`alloc`] and this crate.
+//! modules written in Rust) depends on [`core`] and this crate.
 //!
 //! If you need a kernel C API that is not ported or wrapped yet here, then
 //! do so first instead of bypassing this crate.
diff --git a/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs b/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs
index 5ebd42ae4a3f..76aaa8329413 100644
--- a/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs
+++ b/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 //!   - Test code should be able to define functions and call them, without having to carry
 //!     the context.
 //!
-//!   - Later on, we may want to be able to test non-kernel code (e.g. `core`, `alloc` or
-//!     third-party crates) which likely use the standard library `assert*!` macros.
+//!   - Later on, we may want to be able to test non-kernel code (e.g. `core` or third-party
+//!     crates) which likely use the standard library `assert*!` macros.
 //!
 //! For this reason, instead of the passed context, `kunit_get_current_test()` is used instead
 //! (i.e. `current->kunit_test`).

base-commit: 7eb172143d5508b4da468ed59ee857c6e5e01da6
-- 
2.48.1

On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> In commit 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and
> `GlobalAlloc`") we stopped using the upstream `alloc` crate.
>
> Thus remove a few leftover mentions treewide.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Also to 6.12.y after the `alloc` backport lands
> Fixes: 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and `GlobalAlloc`")
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

Applied to `rust-fixes` -- thanks everyone!

Cheers,
Miguel

"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org> writes:

> In commit 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and
> `GlobalAlloc`") we stopped using the upstream `alloc` crate.
>
> Thus remove a few leftover mentions treewide.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Also to 6.12.y after the `alloc` backport lands
> Fixes: 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and `GlobalAlloc`")
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>


Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg

On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 06:10:30PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> In commit 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and
> `GlobalAlloc`") we stopped using the upstream `alloc` crate.
> 
> Thus remove a few leftover mentions treewide.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Also to 6.12.y after the `alloc` backport lands
> Fixes: 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and `GlobalAlloc`")
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

Good catch,

Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>