Re: [PATCH v5 18/24] rust: pci: make Bar lifetime-parameterized

["Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>]

On Mon May 25, 2026 at 9:21 PM BST, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> Convert pci::Bar<SIZE> to pci::Bar<'a, SIZE>, storing &'a Device<Bound>
> to tie the BAR mapping lifetime to the device.
> 
> iomap_region_sized() now returns Result<Bar<'a, SIZE>> directly instead
> of impl PinInit<Devres<Bar<SIZE>>, Error>.
> 
> Since the lifetime ties the mapping to the device's bound state, callers
> no longer need Devres for the common case where the Bar lives in the
> driver's private data.
> 
> Add Bar::into_devres() to consume the bar and register it as a
> device-managed resource, returning Devres<Bar<'static, SIZE>>. The
> lifetime is erased to 'static because Devres guarantees the bar does not
> actually outlive the device -- access is revoked on unbind.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs |  7 +++--
>  rust/kernel/devres.rs           |  2 +-
>  rust/kernel/pci/io.rs           | 52 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  samples/rust/rust_driver_pci.rs |  5 ++--
>  4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)