From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>,
Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Cc: "Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] rust: alloc: take the allocator into account for FOREIGN_ALIGN
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:46:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250715-align-min-allocator-v1-2-3e1b2a5516c0@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250715-align-min-allocator-v1-0-3e1b2a5516c0@google.com>
When converting a Box<T> into a void pointer, the allocator might
guarantee a higher alignment than the type itself does, and in that case
it is guaranteed that the void pointer has that higher alignment.
This is quite useful when combined with the XArray, which you can only
create using a ForeignOwnable whose FOREIGN_ALIGN is at least 4. This
means that you can now always use a Box<T> with the XArray no matter the
alignment of T.
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
---
rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs | 15 +++++++++++----
rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs
index bffe72f44cb33a265018e67d92d9f0abe82f8e22..fd3f1e0b9c3b3437fb50d8f1b28c92bc7cefd565 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs
@@ -400,12 +400,19 @@ fn try_init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, E>
}
// SAFETY: The pointer returned by `into_foreign` comes from a well aligned
-// pointer to `T`.
+// pointer to `T` allocated by `A`.
unsafe impl<T: 'static, A> ForeignOwnable for Box<T, A>
where
A: Allocator,
{
- const FOREIGN_ALIGN: usize = core::mem::align_of::<T>();
+ const FOREIGN_ALIGN: usize = {
+ let mut align = core::mem::align_of::<T>();
+ if align < A::MIN_ALIGN {
+ align = A::MIN_ALIGN;
+ }
+ align
+ };
+
type Borrowed<'a> = &'a T;
type BorrowedMut<'a> = &'a mut T;
@@ -434,12 +441,12 @@ unsafe fn borrow_mut<'a>(ptr: *mut c_void) -> &'a mut T {
}
// SAFETY: The pointer returned by `into_foreign` comes from a well aligned
-// pointer to `T`.
+// pointer to `T` allocated by `A`.
unsafe impl<T: 'static, A> ForeignOwnable for Pin<Box<T, A>>
where
A: Allocator,
{
- const FOREIGN_ALIGN: usize = core::mem::align_of::<T>();
+ const FOREIGN_ALIGN: usize = <Box<T, A> as ForeignOwnable>::FOREIGN_ALIGN;
type Borrowed<'a> = Pin<&'a T>;
type BorrowedMut<'a> = Pin<&'a mut T>;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
index 63a66761d0c7d752e09ce7372bc230661b2f7c6d..74121cf935f364c16799b5c31cc88714dfd6b702 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
@@ -373,10 +373,10 @@ pub fn into_unique_or_drop(self) -> Option<Pin<UniqueArc<T>>> {
}
}
-// SAFETY: The pointer returned by `into_foreign` comes from a well aligned
-// pointer to `ArcInner<T>`.
+// SAFETY: The pointer returned by `into_foreign` was originally allocated as an
+// `KBox<ArcInner<T>>`, so that type is what determines the alignment.
unsafe impl<T: 'static> ForeignOwnable for Arc<T> {
- const FOREIGN_ALIGN: usize = core::mem::align_of::<ArcInner<T>>();
+ const FOREIGN_ALIGN: usize = <KBox<ArcInner<T>> as ForeignOwnable>::FOREIGN_ALIGN;
type Borrowed<'a> = ArcBorrow<'a, T>;
type BorrowedMut<'a> = Self::Borrowed<'a>;
--
2.50.0.727.gbf7dc18ff4-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-15 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-15 13:46 [PATCH 0/2] Take ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN into account for build-time XArray check Alice Ryhl
2025-07-15 13:46 ` [PATCH 1/2] rust: alloc: specify the minimum alignment of each allocator Alice Ryhl
2025-07-15 14:05 ` Danilo Krummrich
2025-07-15 14:35 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-07-15 14:39 ` Danilo Krummrich
2025-07-15 16:01 ` Benno Lossin
2025-07-15 13:46 ` Alice Ryhl [this message]
2025-07-15 14:19 ` [PATCH 2/2] rust: alloc: take the allocator into account for FOREIGN_ALIGN Danilo Krummrich
2025-07-16 9:46 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-07-15 16:00 ` Benno Lossin
2025-07-15 16:23 ` Danilo Krummrich
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