rust: init: remove impl Zeroable for Infallible

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: [email protected]
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 <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
[ Reformatted the comment slightly. ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/rust/kernel/init.rs b/rust/kernel/init.rs
index 424257284d16..09004b56fb65 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/init.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/init.rs
@@ -1292,8 +1292,15 @@ impl_zeroable! {
     i8, i16, i32, i64, i128, isize,
     f32, f64,
 
-    // SAFETY: These are ZSTs, there is nothing to zero.
-    {<T: ?Sized>} PhantomData<T>, core::marker::PhantomPinned, Infallible, (),
+    // Note: do not add uninhabited types (such as `!` or `core::convert::Infallible`) to this list;
+    // creating an instance of an uninhabited type is immediate undefined behavior. For more on
+    // uninhabited/empty types, consult The Rustonomicon:
+    // <https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/nomicon/exotic-sizes.html#empty-types>. The Rust Reference
+    // also has information on undefined behavior:
+    // <https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/reference/behavior-considered-undefined.html>.
+    //
+    // SAFETY: These are inhabited ZSTs; there is nothing to zero and a valid value exists.
+    {<T: ?Sized>} PhantomData<T>, core::marker::PhantomPinned, (),
 
     // SAFETY: Type is allowed to take any value, including all zeros.
     {<T>} MaybeUninit<T>,