Re: [PATCH 4/5] rust: error: Add a helper to convert a C ERR_PTR to a `Result`

[Andreas Hindborg <nmi@metaspace.dk>]

Asahi Lina <lina@asahilina.net> writes:

> From: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>
>
> Some kernel C API functions return a pointer which embeds an optional
> `errno`. Callers are supposed to check the returned pointer with
> `IS_ERR()` and if this returns `true`, retrieve the `errno` using
> `PTR_ERR()`.
>
> Create a Rust helper function to implement the Rust equivalent:
> transform a `*mut T` to `Result<*mut T>`.
>
> Lina: Imported from rust-for-linux/linux, with subsequent refactoring
> and contributions squashed in and attributed below. Replaced usage of
> from_kernel_errno_unchecked() with an open-coded constructor, since this
> is the only user anyway.
>
> Co-developed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> Co-developed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
> Co-developed-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com>
> Co-developed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
> Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
> Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Asahi Lina <lina@asahilina.net>
> ---
>  rust/helpers.c       | 12 ++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/error.rs | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 61 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/helpers.c b/rust/helpers.c
> index 89f4cd1e0df3..04b9be46e887 100644
> --- a/rust/helpers.c
> +++ b/rust/helpers.c
> @@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ __force void *rust_helper_ERR_PTR(long err)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_ERR_PTR);
>  
> +bool rust_helper_IS_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
> +{
> +	return IS_ERR(ptr);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_IS_ERR);
> +
> +long rust_helper_PTR_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
> +{
> +	return PTR_ERR(ptr);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_PTR_ERR);
> +
>  /*
>   * We use `bindgen`'s `--size_t-is-usize` option to bind the C `size_t` type
>   * as the Rust `usize` type, so we can use it in contexts where Rust
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/error.rs b/rust/kernel/error.rs
> index 1e8371f28746..cf3d089477d2 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/error.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/error.rs
> @@ -177,3 +177,52 @@ pub fn to_result(err: core::ffi::c_int) -> Result {
>          Ok(())
>      }
>  }
> +
> +/// Transform a kernel "error pointer" to a normal pointer.
> +///
> +/// Some kernel C API functions return an "error pointer" which optionally
> +/// embeds an `errno`. Callers are supposed to check the returned pointer
> +/// for errors. This function performs the check and converts the "error pointer"
> +/// to a normal pointer in an idiomatic fashion.
> +///
> +/// # Examples
> +///
> +/// ```ignore
> +/// # use kernel::from_kernel_err_ptr;
> +/// # use kernel::bindings;
> +/// fn devm_platform_ioremap_resource(
> +///     pdev: &mut PlatformDevice,
> +///     index: u32,
> +/// ) -> Result<*mut core::ffi::c_void> {
> +///     // SAFETY: FFI call.
> +///     unsafe {
> +///         from_kernel_err_ptr(bindings::devm_platform_ioremap_resource(
> +///             pdev.to_ptr(),
> +///             index,
> +///         ))
> +///     }
> +/// }
> +/// ```
> +// TODO: Remove `dead_code` marker once an in-kernel client is available.
> +#[allow(dead_code)]
> +pub(crate) fn from_kernel_err_ptr<T>(ptr: *mut T) -> Result<*mut T> {

For consistency, if `from_kernel_errno()` should be `from_errno()` this
should be `from_err_ptr()` as well?

BR Andreas

> +    // CAST: Casting a pointer to `*const core::ffi::c_void` is always valid.
> +    let const_ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void = ptr.cast();
> +    // SAFETY: The FFI function does not deref the pointer.
> +    if unsafe { bindings::IS_ERR(const_ptr) } {
> +        // SAFETY: The FFI function does not deref the pointer.
> +        let err = unsafe { bindings::PTR_ERR(const_ptr) };
> +        // CAST: If `IS_ERR()` returns `true`,
> +        // then `PTR_ERR()` is guaranteed to return a
> +        // negative value greater-or-equal to `-bindings::MAX_ERRNO`,
> +        // which always fits in an `i16`, as per the invariant above.
> +        // And an `i16` always fits in an `i32`. So casting `err` to
> +        // an `i32` can never overflow, and is always valid.
> +        //
> +        // SAFETY: `IS_ERR()` ensures `err` is a
> +        // negative value greater-or-equal to `-bindings::MAX_ERRNO`.
> +        #[cfg_attr(CONFIG_ARM, allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast))]
> +        return Err(Error(err as i32));
> +    }
> +    Ok(ptr)
> +}