Re: [PATCH 1/1] rust: sync: Add Lock::from_raw() for ZST data types

[Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 2024-09-16 at 23:30 +0100, Gary Guo wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:05:46 -0400
> Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > A few of the APIs I've been writing bindings for (KMS in particular) rely
> > on the user manually acquiring specific locks before calling certain
> > functions. At the moment though, the only way of acquiring these locks in
> > bindings is to simply call the C locking functions directly - since said
> > locks are not acquired on the rust side of things.
> > 
> > However - if we add `#[repr(C)]` to `Lock<T, B>`, then given `T` is a ZST -
> > `Lock<T, B>` becomes equivalent in data layout to its inner `B::State`
> > type. Since locks in C don't have data explicitly associated with them
> > anyway, we can take advantage of this to add a `Lock::from_raw()` function
> > that can translate a raw pointer to `B::State` into its proper `Lock<T, B>`
> > equivalent. This lets us simply acquire a reference to the lock in question
> > and work with it like it was initialized on the rust side of things,
> > allowing us to use less unsafe code to implement bindings with lock
> > requirements.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > index f6c34ca4d819f..f77cb178840b2 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
> >  //! spinlocks, raw spinlocks) to be provided with minimal effort.
> >  
> >  use super::LockClassKey;
> > -use crate::{init::PinInit, pin_init, str::CStr, types::Opaque, types::ScopeGuard};
> > -use core::{cell::UnsafeCell, marker::PhantomData, marker::PhantomPinned};
> > +use crate::{init::PinInit, pin_init, prelude::*, str::CStr, types::Opaque, types::ScopeGuard};
> > +use core::{cell::UnsafeCell, marker::PhantomData, marker::PhantomPinned, mem};
> >  use macros::pin_data;
> >  
> >  pub mod mutex;
> > @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ unsafe fn relock(ptr: *mut Self::State, guard_state: &mut Self::GuardState) {
> >  ///
> >  /// Exposes one of the kernel locking primitives. Which one is exposed depends on the lock
> >  /// [`Backend`] specified as the generic parameter `B`.
> > +#[repr(C)]
> >  #[pin_data]
> >  pub struct Lock<T: ?Sized, B: Backend> {
> >      /// The kernel lock object.
> > @@ -117,6 +118,33 @@ pub fn new(t: T, name: &'static CStr, key: &'static LockClassKey) -> impl PinIni
> >              }),
> >          })
> >      }
> > +
> > +    /// Constructs a [`Lock`] from a raw pointer.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// This can be useful for interacting with a lock which was initialised outside of rust. This
> > +    /// can only be used when `T` is a ZST type.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// # Safety
> > +    ///
> > +    /// - The caller promises that `ptr` points to a valid initialised instance of [`State`].
> > +    /// - The caller promises that `T` is a type that it is allowed to create (e.g. `!` would not be
> > +    ///   allowed)
> 
> I think "allowed to create" is quite vague. Is `IrqDisabled<'static>`
> something that is classified as allowed to create? It is not an
> uninhabited type, but it does have invariants associated with that.
> 
> Do you have a need for `T` to be arbitrary type, not just `()`? I would
> prefer to see this being an impl on `Lock<(), B>` if you do not have a
> specific need for arbitrary ZST types.

That's a very good point! Honestly I don't think I do, and I agree it's
probably a better idea to make this explicitly () as opposed to any ZST. Will
send a new version with this fixed in a moment

> 
> Best,
> Gary
> 
> > +    ///
> > +    /// [`State`]: Backend::State
> > +    pub unsafe fn from_raw<'a>(ptr: *mut B::State) -> &'a Self {
> > +        build_assert!(
> > +            mem::size_of::<T>() == 0,
> > +            "Lock::<T, B>::from_raw() can only be used if T is a ZST"
> > +        );
> > +
> > +        // SAFETY:
> > +        // * By the safety contract `ptr` must point to a valid initialised instance of `B::State`
> > +        // * We just asserted that `T` is a ZST, making `state` the only non-ZST member of the
> > +        //   struct
> > +        // * Combined with `#[repr(C)]`, this guarantees `Self` has an equivalent data layout to
> > +        //   `B::State`.
> > +        unsafe { &*ptr.cast() }
> > +    }
> >  }
> >  
> >  impl<T: ?Sized, B: Backend> Lock<T, B> {
> 

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Software Engineer at Red Hat

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