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Rust no_std skill for embedded and bare-metal development. Use when writing
npx skill4agent add mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills rust-no-std#![no_std]coreallocstdno_std// src/lib.rs
#![no_std]
// core is always available (no OS needed)
use core::fmt;
use core::mem;
use core::slice;
// alloc: heap collections — requires a global allocator
#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
extern crate alloc;
#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
use alloc::{vec::Vec, string::String, boxed::Box, format};
pub fn add(a: u32, b: u32) -> u32 {
a + b
}# Cargo.toml
[features]
default = []
alloc = [] # opt-in to heap allocation
[dependencies]
# no_std-compatible dependencies only| Crate | Requires OS | Requires heap | Provides |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | No | Primitives, traits, iter, fmt, mem, ptr, slice, option, result |
| No | Yes (allocator) | Vec, String, Box, Arc, Rc, HashMap (requires global allocator) |
| Yes | Yes | All of core + alloc + OS APIs (threads, files, sockets, env) |
stdcoreallocuse std::fmtuse core::fmtstdcore// These work in no_std:
core::fmt::Write // trait for write! macro
core::iter // iterators
core::ops // operators (+, -, *, Deref, etc.)
core::option::Option
core::result::Result
core::mem::{size_of, align_of, swap, replace}
core::ptr::{read, write, null, NonNull}
core::slice, core::str
core::sync::atomic // atomic types
core::cell::{Cell, UnsafeCell, RefCell}
core::cmp, core::convert, core::clone, core::default
core::num // numeric conversions
core::panic::PanicInfo // for panic handlerallocno_std// src/allocator.rs — embedded allocator using linked_list_allocator
use linked_list_allocator::LockedHeap;
#[global_allocator]
static ALLOCATOR: LockedHeap = LockedHeap::empty();
pub fn init_heap(heap_start: usize, heap_size: usize) {
unsafe {
ALLOCATOR.lock().init(heap_start as *mut u8, heap_size);
}
}[dependencies]
linked-list-allocator = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }// src/main.rs (bare-metal)
#![no_std]
#![no_main]
extern crate alloc;
use alloc::vec::Vec;
mod allocator;
// In init code (after BSS/data init):
allocator::init_heap(0x20010000, 0x10000); // 64KB heap at RAM+64KB
// Now alloc types work:
let mut v: Vec<u32> = Vec::new();
v.push(42);linked-list-allocatorno_stdbuddy-allocdlmalloctalcno_std// Option 1: halt on panic (simplest, production)
use core::panic::PanicInfo;
#[panic_handler]
fn panic(_info: &PanicInfo) -> ! {
loop {} // spin forever
}
// Option 2: print panic info via defmt (embedded with debug probe)
#[panic_handler]
fn panic(info: &PanicInfo) -> ! {
defmt::error!("{}", defmt::Display2Format(info));
cortex_m::asm::udf(); // undefined instruction → hard fault
}
// Option 3: use a panic crate (in Cargo.toml)
// panic-halt = "0.2" — spin loop
// panic-reset = "0.1.1" — reset MCU
// panic-probe = "0.3" — defmt + probe-rsalloc#![no_std]
#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
extern crate alloc;
pub struct Parser<'a> {
data: &'a [u8], // borrowed slice: no allocation needed
pos: usize,
}
impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
pub fn new(data: &'a [u8]) -> Self {
Parser { data, pos: 0 }
}
// Core API: return borrowed data, no allocation
pub fn next_token(&mut self) -> Option<&'a [u8]> { /* ... */ None }
// Alloc API: only when alloc feature is enabled
#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
pub fn collect_all(&mut self) -> alloc::vec::Vec<&'a [u8]> {
let mut tokens = alloc::vec::Vec::new();
while let Some(tok) = self.next_token() {
tokens.push(tok);
}
tokens
}
}# Cargo.toml
[dev-dependencies]
std = [] # allow std in tests only (via cfg)
[features]
std = []// lib.rs
#![cfg_attr(not(test), no_std)] // no_std except during tests
// Tests compile normally with std — only library code is no_std# Run tests targeting the host (std available for test framework)
cargo test --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
# Test with the actual embedded target using QEMU
cargo test --target thumbv7em-none-eabihf # fails: no test runner on bare metal
# Solution: use defmt-test or probe-run for on-target testing
# Or: architecture-neutral pure logic tests on host# Check no_std compliance without hardware
cargo check --target thumbv7em-none-eabihf
cargo build --target thumbv7em-none-eabihfskills/embedded/embedded-rustskills/rust/rust-crossskills/rust/rust-unsafeskills/embedded/linker-scripts