From: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>
To: "Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>,
"Yury Norov" <yury.norov@gmail.com>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>, "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Daniel Almeida" <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>,
"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@kernel.org>,
"Onur Özkan" <work@onurozkan.dev>,
"David Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>,
"Simona Vetter" <simona@ffwll.ch>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>,
Timur Tabi <ttabi@nvidia.com>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
nova-gpu@lists.linux.dev, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/3] rust: num: add cv! macro to create values from constant expressions
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:16:40 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902-cv-v3-1-0f90659e711d@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902-cv-v3-0-0f90659e711d@nvidia.com>
Currently, using NonZero/Bounded constants is quite verbose. It's
unfortunate because it disincentivizes using it in interface boundaries.
Introduce a macro to make it nicer to use. The macro `cv!` (for constant
value) takes a const integer expression and widens it to i128 (at build
time only) before passing it as a const generic value to a new trait
`FromConst`. The value is then converted and appears in the
associated constant `FromConst::VALUE`. The trait is implemented by
NonZero, Bounded, and Alignment and lets values of each be constructed
from constants without a verbose turbofish syntax.
For example, `const { NonZero::new(1).unwrap() }` can be written as
`cv!(1)`.
Suggested-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>
---
rust/kernel/num.rs | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs | 19 +++++++
rust/kernel/ptr.rs | 14 +++++
3 files changed, 171 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/num.rs b/rust/kernel/num.rs
index dbe848e30efe..9435459376a4 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/num.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/num.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
//! Additional numerical features for the kernel.
+use crate::const_assert;
use core::ops;
pub mod bounded;
@@ -9,6 +10,143 @@
pub use bounded::*;
+/// Creates a value from an integer constant expression, with validity checked at build time.
+///
+/// This works for any type that implements [`FromConst`], with the target type inferred from
+/// the context, or named explicitly with `cv!(value => Type)`.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use core::num::NonZero;
+/// use kernel::num::Bounded;
+/// use kernel::num::cv;
+/// use kernel::ptr::Alignment;
+///
+/// let v: NonZero<usize> = cv!(8);
+/// assert_eq!(v.get(), 8);
+///
+/// // Any integer constant expression works, not only literals.
+/// let m: NonZero<usize> = cv!(usize::MAX);
+/// assert_eq!(m.get(), usize::MAX);
+///
+/// let b: Bounded<u32, 4> = cv!(15);
+/// assert_eq!(b.get(), 15);
+///
+/// let a: Alignment = cv!(4096);
+/// assert_eq!(a.as_usize(), 4096);
+///
+/// // Checked narrowing of integer constants, including in `const` items.
+/// const SMALL: u8 = cv!(200u32);
+/// assert_eq!(SMALL, 200);
+///
+/// const N: NonZero<u8> = cv!(5);
+/// assert_eq!(N.get(), 5);
+///
+/// // The target type can be given explicitly.
+/// let e = cv!(200u32 => u8);
+/// assert_eq!(e, 200);
+///
+/// // With an explicit primitive target, the expression can use generic parameters.
+/// const fn as_u64<const KEY: u16>() -> u64 {
+/// cv!(KEY => u64)
+/// }
+/// assert_eq!(as_u64::<0x40>(), 0x40);
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+macro_rules! cv {
+ (@cast $v:expr => $t:ty) => {
+ const {
+ #[allow(unused_comparisons, unused_assignments, clippy::as_underscore)]
+ {
+ let v = $v;
+ let r = v as $t;
+ // Pin `back` to `v`'s type so `as _` casts back to the source type.
+ let mut back = v;
+ back = r as _;
+
+ ::core::assert!(
+ back == v && (v < 0) == (r < 0),
+ "value does not fit into the target type"
+ );
+
+ r
+ }
+ }
+ };
+ ($v:expr => u8) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => u8) };
+ ($v:expr => u16) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => u16) };
+ ($v:expr => u32) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => u32) };
+ ($v:expr => u64) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => u64) };
+ ($v:expr => u128) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => u128) };
+ ($v:expr => usize) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => usize) };
+ ($v:expr => i8) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i8) };
+ ($v:expr => i16) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i16) };
+ ($v:expr => i32) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i32) };
+ ($v:expr => i64) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i64) };
+ ($v:expr => i128) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i128) };
+ ($v:expr => isize) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => isize) };
+ ($v:expr => $t:ty) => {
+ <$t as $crate::num::FromConst<{ $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i128) }>>::VALUE
+ };
+ ($v:expr) => {
+ <_ as $crate::num::FromConst<{ $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i128) }>>::VALUE
+ };
+}
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use cv;
+
+/// Types that can be created from an integer constant expression validated at build time.
+///
+/// Implement this trait to make a type usable with [`cv!`]. Use the [`cv`] macro, not this trait
+/// directly, for creating values.
+#[diagnostic::on_unimplemented(message = "`{Self}` cannot be converted from a constant")]
+pub trait FromConst<const V: i128>: Sized {
+ /// The value that corresponds to the constant `V`.
+ ///
+ /// Fails the build if `V` is not a valid value for `Self`.
+ const VALUE: Self;
+}
+
+/// Implements [`FromConst`] for primitive integer types and their [`NonZero`](core::num::NonZero)
+/// versions.
+macro_rules! impl_from_const {
+ ($($type:ty)*) => {
+ $(
+ impl<const V: i128> FromConst<V> for $type {
+ const VALUE: Self = {
+ const_assert!(
+ V >= <$type>::MIN as i128 && V <= <$type>::MAX as i128,
+ "constant cannot be represented by the target type"
+ );
+
+ V as $type
+ };
+ }
+
+ impl<const V: i128> FromConst<V> for core::num::NonZero<$type> {
+ const VALUE: Self = {
+ const_assert!(
+ V >= <$type>::MIN as i128 && V <= <$type>::MAX as i128,
+ "constant cannot be represented by the underlying type"
+ );
+
+ match core::num::NonZero::new(V as $type) {
+ Some(value) => value,
+ None => panic!("constant cannot be zero"),
+ }
+ };
+ }
+ )*
+ };
+}
+
+impl_from_const!(
+ u8 u16 u32 u64 usize
+ i8 i16 i32 i64 isize
+);
+
/// Designates unsigned primitive types.
pub enum Unsigned {}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
index 2a2b0a4bca5e..f720eb44e7d3 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
use kernel::{
num::{
+ FromConst,
Integer,
Unsigned, //
},
@@ -272,6 +273,24 @@ pub const fn new<const VALUE: $type>() -> Self {
unsafe { Self::__new(VALUE) }
}
}
+
+ impl<const N: u32, const V: i128> FromConst<V> for Bounded<$type, N> {
+ const VALUE: Self = {
+ const_assert!(
+ V >= <$type>::MIN as i128 && V <= <$type>::MAX as i128,
+ "constant cannot be represented by the underlying type"
+ );
+ // Statically assert that `V` fits within the set number of bits.
+ const_assert!(
+ fits_within!(V as $type, $type, N),
+ "constant cannot be represented within the given number of bits"
+ );
+
+ // SAFETY: the asserts above confirmed that `V` can be represented within `N`
+ // bits.
+ unsafe { Self::__new(V as $type) }
+ };
+ }
)*
};
}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/ptr.rs b/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
index 82acb531b17b..ac1662c3c8af 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
@@ -166,6 +166,20 @@ pub const fn mask(self) -> usize {
}
}
+impl<const V: i128> crate::num::FromConst<V> for Alignment {
+ const VALUE: Self = {
+ const_assert!(
+ V > 0 && V <= usize::MAX as i128,
+ "constant cannot be represented as an Alignment"
+ );
+
+ match Alignment::new_checked(V as usize) {
+ Some(alignment) => alignment,
+ None => panic!("constant is not a power of two"),
+ }
+ };
+}
+
/// Trait for items that can be aligned against an [`Alignment`].
pub trait Alignable: Sized {
/// Aligns `self` down to `alignment`.
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 9:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 9:16 [PATCH v3 0/3] rust: introduce cv! macro for safe const conversions of integer-like types Eliot Courtney
2026-09-02 9:16 ` Eliot Courtney [this message]
2026-09-02 13:21 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] rust: num: add cv! macro to create values from constant expressions Gary Guo
2026-09-02 9:16 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] rust: prelude: add `num::cv` Eliot Courtney
2026-09-02 9:16 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] gpu: nova-core: use cv! for constant casts Eliot Courtney
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