From: Lorenzo Delgado <lnsdev@proton.me>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>,
Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,
Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>,
Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Cc: "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>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@kernel.org>,
"Onur Özkan" <work@onurozkan.dev>,
"Abdiel Janulgue" <abdiel.janulgue@gmail.com>,
"Robin Murphy" <robin.murphy@arm.com>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
driver-core@lists.linux.dev, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
nova-gpu@lists.linux.dev, "Lorenzo Delgado" <lnsdev@proton.me>
Subject: [PATCH v2] rust: io: convert ResourceSize into a transparent newtype
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 20:09:49 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260719200945.687904-1-lnsdev@proton.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260712113602.389060-1-lnsdev@proton.me>
`ResourceSize` was a bare type alias for `resource_size_t`, so it
inherited every integer operation and `as` cast. That silently permits
operations that are meaningless for the size of a hardware resource:
mixing it with unrelated integers and truncating casts.
Wrap it in a `#[repr(transparent)]` newtype so each conversion at a
boundary becomes explicit and reviewable. The representation is
unchanged, so this is ABI-identical; only the spelling at the FFI
boundary changes. Provide the conversion surface `from_raw`/`into_raw`,
`From` in both directions, and a fallible `TryFrom<ResourceSize> for
usize` for checked narrowing. Update the two producers, `Resource::size`
and `SGEntry::dma_len`, and the `request_region` consumer. In nova-core,
add an `impl FromSafeCast<ResourceSize> for usize` so its page-count
conversion keeps the infallible `usize::from_safe_cast(sg_entry.dma_len())`
unchanged.
Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1203
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Delgado <lnsdev@proton.me>
---
v2: keep the nova-core page-count conversion infallible, per review
(Danilo Krummrich). v1 changed it to a fallible
usize::try_from(sg_entry.dma_len())?; instead of touching the call
site, add an impl FromSafeCast<ResourceSize> for usize in nova-core's
num.rs, so drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/gsp.rs keeps
usize::from_safe_cast(sg_entry.dma_len()) unchanged. FromSafeCast is
to move to the kernel crate subsequently. io.rs is unchanged from v1.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260712113602.389060-1-lnsdev@proton.me
drivers/gpu/nova-core/num.rs | 10 +++++
rust/kernel/io.rs | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
rust/kernel/io/resource.rs | 6 +--
rust/kernel/scatterlist.rs | 2 +-
4 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/num.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/num.rs
index 6eb174d136ab..7c0e878bbfb2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/num.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/num.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
//! crate.
use kernel::{
+ io::ResourceSize,
macros::paste,
prelude::*, //
};
@@ -137,6 +138,15 @@ fn from_safe_cast(value: u64) -> Self {
}
}
+// A `resource_size_t` fits into a `usize` on 64-bit platforms, where a `usize` is a `u64` and a
+// `resource_size_t` is at most a `u64`. Delegates to the primitive impl for the underlying type.
+#[cfg(CONFIG_64BIT)]
+impl FromSafeCast<ResourceSize> for usize {
+ fn from_safe_cast(value: ResourceSize) -> Self {
+ Self::from_safe_cast(value.into_raw())
+ }
+}
+
/// Counterpart to the [`FromSafeCast`] trait, i.e. this trait is to [`FromSafeCast`] what [`Into`]
/// is to [`From`].
///
diff --git a/rust/kernel/io.rs b/rust/kernel/io.rs
index fcc7678fd9e3..ebf00b4536d6 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
use crate::{
bindings,
+ fmt,
prelude::*, //
};
+use core::num::TryFromIntError;
+
pub mod mem;
pub mod poll;
pub mod register;
@@ -25,11 +28,73 @@
/// `CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT`, and it can be a u64 even on 32-bit architectures.
pub type PhysAddr = bindings::phys_addr_t;
-/// Resource Size type.
+/// Resource size type.
///
-/// This is a type alias to either `u32` or `u64` depending on the config option
-/// `CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT`, and it can be a u64 even on 32-bit architectures.
-pub type ResourceSize = bindings::resource_size_t;
+/// This wraps either `u32` or `u64` depending on the config option
+/// `CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT`, and it can be a `u64` even on 32-bit architectures.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use kernel::io::ResourceSize;
+///
+/// let size = ResourceSize::from_raw(0x1000);
+/// assert_eq!(size.into_raw(), 0x1000);
+///
+/// // Round-trips through the raw C type.
+/// let raw: kernel::bindings::resource_size_t = size.into();
+/// assert_eq!(ResourceSize::from(raw), size);
+///
+/// // Fallible conversion to `usize` (can truncate on 32-bit).
+/// assert_eq!(usize::try_from(size)?, 0x1000);
+/// # Ok::<(), core::num::TryFromIntError>(())
+/// ```
+#[repr(transparent)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+pub struct ResourceSize(bindings::resource_size_t);
+
+impl ResourceSize {
+ /// Creates a resource size from the raw C type.
+ #[inline]
+ pub const fn from_raw(value: bindings::resource_size_t) -> Self {
+ Self(value)
+ }
+
+ /// Turns this resource size into the raw C type.
+ #[inline]
+ pub const fn into_raw(self) -> bindings::resource_size_t {
+ self.0
+ }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for ResourceSize {
+ fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+ write!(f, "{:#x}", self.0)
+ }
+}
+
+impl From<bindings::resource_size_t> for ResourceSize {
+ #[inline]
+ fn from(value: bindings::resource_size_t) -> Self {
+ Self::from_raw(value)
+ }
+}
+
+impl From<ResourceSize> for bindings::resource_size_t {
+ #[inline]
+ fn from(value: ResourceSize) -> Self {
+ value.into_raw()
+ }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<ResourceSize> for usize {
+ type Error = TryFromIntError;
+
+ #[inline]
+ fn try_from(value: ResourceSize) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+ Self::try_from(value.into_raw())
+ }
+}
/// Raw representation of an MMIO region.
///
diff --git a/rust/kernel/io/resource.rs b/rust/kernel/io/resource.rs
index 17b0c174cfc5..a33a416b289a 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io/resource.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io/resource.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fn drop(&mut self) {
};
// SAFETY: Safe as per the invariant of `Region`.
- unsafe { release_fn(start, size) };
+ unsafe { release_fn(start, size.into_raw()) };
}
}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ pub fn request_region(
bindings::__request_region(
self.0.get(),
start,
- size,
+ size.into_raw(),
name.as_char_ptr(),
flags.0 as c_int,
)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ pub fn request_region(
pub fn size(&self) -> ResourceSize {
let inner = self.0.get();
// SAFETY: Safe as per the invariants of `Resource`.
- unsafe { bindings::resource_size(inner) }
+ ResourceSize::from_raw(unsafe { bindings::resource_size(inner) })
}
/// Returns the start address of the resource.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/scatterlist.rs b/rust/kernel/scatterlist.rs
index b83c468b5c63..5d67242befd8 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/scatterlist.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/scatterlist.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ pub fn dma_address(&self) -> dma::DmaAddress {
pub fn dma_len(&self) -> ResourceSize {
#[allow(clippy::useless_conversion)]
// SAFETY: `self.as_raw()` is a valid pointer to a `struct scatterlist`.
- unsafe { bindings::sg_dma_len(self.as_raw()) }.into()
+ ResourceSize::from_raw(unsafe { bindings::sg_dma_len(self.as_raw()) }.into())
}
}
base-commit: 7059bdf4f04a3e14f4fafb3ac35fdca913e3e21a
--
2.54.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-19 20:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-12 11:36 [PATCH] rust: io: convert ResourceSize into a transparent newtype Lorenzo Delgado
2026-07-16 21:45 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-07-19 10:40 ` Lorenzo Delgado
2026-07-19 14:53 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-07-19 20:53 ` Gary Guo
2026-07-19 20:09 ` Lorenzo Delgado [this message]
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