diff --git a/rust/alloc/README.md b/rust/alloc/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c89c753720b5092a208a838e7afe99996dac03bb
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+++ b/rust/alloc/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# `alloc`
+
+These source files come from the Rust standard library, hosted in
+the <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust> repository, licensed under
+"Apache-2.0 OR MIT" and adapted for kernel use. For copyright details,
+see <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/COPYRIGHT>.
+
+Please note that these files should be kept as close as possible to
+upstream. In general, only additions should be performed (e.g. new
+methods). Eventually, changes should make it into upstream so that,
+at some point, this fork can be dropped from the kernel tree.
+
+
+## Rationale
+
+On one hand, kernel folks wanted to keep `alloc` in-tree to have more
+freedom in both workflow and actual features if actually needed
+(e.g. receiver types if we ended up using them), which is reasonable.
+
+On the other hand, Rust folks wanted to keep `alloc` as close as
+upstream as possible and avoid as much divergence as possible, which
+is also reasonable.
+
+We agreed on a middle-ground: we would keep a subset of `alloc`
+in-tree that would be as small and as close as possible to upstream.
+Then, upstream can start adding the functions that we add to `alloc`
+etc., until we reach a point where the kernel already knows exactly
+what it needs in `alloc` and all the new methods are merged into
+upstream, so that we can drop `alloc` from the kernel tree and go back
+to using the upstream one.
+
+By doing this, the kernel can go a bit faster now, and Rust can
+slowly incorporate and discuss the changes as needed.
diff --git a/rust/alloc/alloc.rs b/rust/alloc/alloc.rs
index 6162b5c6d4c9308fa379f9ab9567e57f22ba02a5..ca224a54177077b53c25ee7a7b404e800451ef70 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/alloc.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/alloc.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 //! Memory allocation APIs
 
 #![stable(feature = "alloc_module", since = "1.28.0")]
diff --git a/rust/alloc/borrow.rs b/rust/alloc/borrow.rs
index cb4e438f8bea22cbd34455f8aed2791f2bc5e856..dde4957200d4065957eea8e76dfe9e912b24b3bb 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/borrow.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/borrow.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 //! A module for working with borrowed data.
 
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub use core::borrow::{Borrow, BorrowMut};
 
-use crate::fmt;
+use core::fmt;
 #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
 use crate::string::String;
 
diff --git a/rust/alloc/boxed.rs b/rust/alloc/boxed.rs
index c07536f0d0ce1c997a3d415d8886fec4237ec1cd..dcfe87b14f3a644484a83d1cf1cfde54d12fddbd 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/boxed.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/boxed.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 //! A pointer type for heap allocation.
 //!
 //! [`Box<T>`], casually referred to as a 'box', provides the simplest form of
@@ -163,9 +165,11 @@
 #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
 use crate::vec::Vec;
 
+#[cfg(not(no_thin))]
 #[unstable(feature = "thin_box", issue = "92791")]
 pub use thin::ThinBox;
 
+#[cfg(not(no_thin))]
 mod thin;
 
 /// A pointer type for heap allocation.
diff --git a/rust/alloc/collections/mod.rs b/rust/alloc/collections/mod.rs
index 628a5b155673c9cc1cb9f4ce72799b2bc926e9ea..1eec265b28f807ed1e42d66f4fe7041a57af7067 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/collections/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/collections/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 //! Collection types.
 
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
diff --git a/rust/alloc/lib.rs b/rust/alloc/lib.rs
index fd21b3671182bbea095da16d49005a94dcd32e5d..233bcd5e46544c1f60e0ee72ad2281541be686d2 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 //! # The Rust core allocation and collections library
 //!
 //! This library provides smart pointers and collections for managing
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@
 extern crate test;
 
 // Module with internal macros used by other modules (needs to be included before other modules).
+#[cfg(not(no_macros))]
 #[macro_use]
 mod macros;
 
@@ -216,11 +219,16 @@ mod boxed {
 pub mod collections;
 #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
 pub mod ffi;
+#[cfg(not(no_fmt))]
 pub mod fmt;
+#[cfg(not(no_rc))]
 pub mod rc;
 pub mod slice;
+#[cfg(not(no_str))]
 pub mod str;
+#[cfg(not(no_string))]
 pub mod string;
+#[cfg(not(no_sync))]
 #[cfg(target_has_atomic = "ptr")]
 pub mod sync;
 #[cfg(all(not(no_global_oom_handling), target_has_atomic = "ptr"))]
diff --git a/rust/alloc/raw_vec.rs b/rust/alloc/raw_vec.rs
index 4be5f6cf9ca514773cf8857dce2058e43c46b5fd..daf5f2da7168e2365c03298f64319b0ed2278b80 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/raw_vec.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/raw_vec.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 #![unstable(feature = "raw_vec_internals", reason = "unstable const warnings", issue = "none")]
 
 use core::alloc::LayoutError;
@@ -307,6 +309,12 @@ pub fn try_reserve(&mut self, len: usize, additional: usize) -> Result<(), TryRe
         }
     }
 
+    /// The same as `reserve_for_push`, but returns on errors instead of panicking or aborting.
+    #[inline(never)]
+    pub fn try_reserve_for_push(&mut self, len: usize) -> Result<(), TryReserveError> {
+        self.grow_amortized(len, 1)
+    }
+
     /// Ensures that the buffer contains at least enough space to hold `len +
     /// additional` elements. If it doesn't already, will reallocate the
     /// minimum possible amount of memory necessary. Generally this will be
@@ -421,6 +429,7 @@ fn grow_exact(&mut self, len: usize, additional: usize) -> Result<(), TryReserve
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     fn shrink(&mut self, cap: usize) -> Result<(), TryReserveError> {
         assert!(cap <= self.capacity(), "Tried to shrink to a larger capacity");
 
diff --git a/rust/alloc/slice.rs b/rust/alloc/slice.rs
index 199b3c9d0290c22abdd80a6aac327a539d67885e..e444e97fa14538b5fab07dab4ab1438c86c56821 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/slice.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/slice.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 //! A dynamically-sized view into a contiguous sequence, `[T]`.
 //!
 //! *[See also the slice primitive type](slice).*
diff --git a/rust/alloc/vec/drain.rs b/rust/alloc/vec/drain.rs
index 5cdee0bd4da492fb082151f98ee1633672262105..b6a5f98e4fcd95b9d05ecb38a978ef5866b87f39 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/vec/drain.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/vec/drain.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 use crate::alloc::{Allocator, Global};
 use core::fmt;
 use core::iter::{FusedIterator, TrustedLen};
diff --git a/rust/alloc/vec/drain_filter.rs b/rust/alloc/vec/drain_filter.rs
index 3c37c92ae44b0cbdbe68a8c0cea948afbaa352ef..b04fce041622f39593e828185a950fc6ca313416 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/vec/drain_filter.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/vec/drain_filter.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 use crate::alloc::{Allocator, Global};
 use core::ptr::{self};
 use core::slice::{self};
diff --git a/rust/alloc/vec/into_iter.rs b/rust/alloc/vec/into_iter.rs
index 9b84a1d9b4b641594887d028c961a35e77632e2d..f7a50e76691e804850ef75d7bc6a00e25d971080 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/vec/into_iter.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/vec/into_iter.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
 use super::AsVecIntoIter;
 use crate::alloc::{Allocator, Global};
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@
 };
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 use core::mem::{self, ManuallyDrop};
+#[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
 use core::ops::Deref;
 use core::ptr::{self, NonNull};
 use core::slice::{self};
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ pub(super) fn forget_allocation_drop_remaining(&mut self) {
     }
 
     /// Forgets to Drop the remaining elements while still allowing the backing allocation to be freed.
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub(crate) fn forget_remaining_elements(&mut self) {
         self.ptr = self.end;
     }
diff --git a/rust/alloc/vec/is_zero.rs b/rust/alloc/vec/is_zero.rs
index edf270db81d4d8fb52339f8ac23162e15cb855b7..377f3d17277755044c4a3cb051717395c7486f87 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/vec/is_zero.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/vec/is_zero.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 use crate::boxed::Box;
 
 #[rustc_specialization_trait]
diff --git a/rust/alloc/vec/mod.rs b/rust/alloc/vec/mod.rs
index 3dc8a4fbba86ba064926de4668fb25a3dfefba01..540787804cc29720cebc407de89f2765fe9a2c09 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/vec/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/vec/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 //! A contiguous growable array type with heap-allocated contents, written
 //! `Vec<T>`.
 //!
@@ -1739,6 +1741,29 @@ pub fn push(&mut self, value: T) {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Tries to append an element to the back of a collection.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// let mut vec = vec![1, 2];
+    /// vec.try_push(3).unwrap();
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2, 3]);
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    #[stable(feature = "kernel", since = "1.0.0")]
+    pub fn try_push(&mut self, value: T) -> Result<(), TryReserveError> {
+        if self.len == self.buf.capacity() {
+            self.buf.try_reserve_for_push(self.len)?;
+        }
+        unsafe {
+            let end = self.as_mut_ptr().add(self.len);
+            ptr::write(end, value);
+            self.len += 1;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Removes the last element from a vector and returns it, or [`None`] if it
     /// is empty.
     ///
diff --git a/rust/alloc/vec/partial_eq.rs b/rust/alloc/vec/partial_eq.rs
index b0cf72577a1be734abca5350b0e7f56461a02f49..10ad4e492287b9e4dfa0c70fa4957752c1548ccb 100644
--- a/rust/alloc/vec/partial_eq.rs
+++ b/rust/alloc/vec/partial_eq.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
 use crate::alloc::Allocator;
 #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
 use crate::borrow::Cow;