[PATCH v2 0/3] rust: Add irq abstraction, SpinLockIrq

[PATCH v2 0/3] rust: Add irq abstraction, SpinLockIrq

[Lyude Paul]

This adds a simple interface for disabling and enabling CPUs, along with
the ability to mark a function as expecting interrupts be disabled -
along with adding bindings for spin_lock_irqsave/spin_lock_irqrestore().

Current example usecase (very much WIP driver) in rvkms:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/lyudess/linux/-/commits/rvkms-example-07312024

specifically drivers/gpu/drm/rvkms/crtc.rs

(The kunit tests also compile)

Lyude Paul (3):
  rust: Introduce irq module
  rust: sync: Introduce lock::Backend::Context
  rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq

 rust/helpers.c                    |  22 +++++++
 rust/kernel/irq.rs                |  87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/kernel/lib.rs                |   1 +
 rust/kernel/sync.rs               |   2 +-
 rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs          |  17 ++++-
 rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs    |   3 +
 rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 235 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 rust/kernel/irq.rs

-- 
2.45.2

[PATCH v2 1/3] rust: Introduce irq module

[Lyude Paul]

This introduces a module for dealing with interrupt-disabled contexts,
including the ability to enable and disable interrupts
(with_irqs_disabled()) - along with the ability to annotate functions as
expecting that IRQs are already disabled on the local CPU.

V2:
* Actually make it so that we check whether or not we have interrupts
  disabled with debug assertions
* Fix issues in the documentation (added suggestions, missing periods, made
  sure that all rustdoc examples compile properly)
* Pass IrqDisabled by value, not reference
* Ensure that IrqDisabled is !Send and !Sync using
  PhantomData<(&'a (), *mut ())>
* Add all of the suggested derives from Benno Lossin

Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
---
 rust/helpers.c     | 22 ++++++++++++
 rust/kernel/irq.rs | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/kernel/lib.rs |  1 +
 3 files changed, 110 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 rust/kernel/irq.rs

diff --git a/rust/helpers.c b/rust/helpers.c
index 87ed0a5b60990..b0afe14372ae3 100644
--- a/rust/helpers.c
+++ b/rust/helpers.c
@@ -69,6 +69,28 @@ void rust_helper_spin_unlock(spinlock_t *lock)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_spin_unlock);
 
+unsigned long rust_helper_local_irq_save(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+
+	return flags;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_local_irq_save);
+
+void rust_helper_local_irq_restore(unsigned long flags)
+{
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_local_irq_restore);
+
+bool rust_helper_irqs_disabled(void)
+{
+	return irqs_disabled();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_irqs_disabled);
+
 void rust_helper_init_wait(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry)
 {
 	init_wait(wq_entry);
diff --git a/rust/kernel/irq.rs b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e50110f92f3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Interrupt controls
+//!
+//! This module allows Rust code to control processor interrupts. [`with_irqs_disabled()`] may be
+//! used for nested disables of interrupts, whereas [`IrqDisabled`] can be used for annotating code
+//! that requires that interrupts already be disabled.
+
+use bindings;
+use core::marker::*;
+
+/// A token that is only available in contexts where IRQs are disabled.
+///
+/// [`IrqDisabled`] is marker made available when interrupts are not active. Certain functions take
+/// an `IrqDisabled` in order to indicate that they may only be run in IRQ-free contexts.
+///
+/// This is a marker type; it has no size, and is simply used as a compile-time guarantee that
+/// interrupts are disabled where required.
+///
+/// This token can be created by [`with_irqs_disabled`]. See [`with_irqs_disabled`] for examples and
+/// further information.
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Ord, Eq, PartialOrd, PartialEq, Hash)]
+pub struct IrqDisabled<'a>(PhantomData<(&'a (), *mut ())>);
+
+impl IrqDisabled<'_> {
+    /// Create a new [`IrqDisabled`] without disabling interrupts.
+    ///
+    /// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
+    /// without interrupts. If debug assertions are enabled, this function will assert that
+    /// interrupts are disabled upon creation. Otherwise, it has no size or cost at runtime.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// If debug assertions are enabled, this function will panic if interrupts are not disabled
+    /// upon creation.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// This function must only be called in contexts where it is already known that interrupts have
+    /// been disabled for the current CPU, as the user is making a promise that they will remain
+    /// disabled at least until this [`IrqDisabled`] is dropped.
+    pub unsafe fn new() -> Self {
+        // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
+        debug_assert!(unsafe { bindings::irqs_disabled() });
+
+        Self(PhantomData)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Run the closure `cb` with interrupts disabled on the local CPU.
+///
+/// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
+/// without interrupts.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// Using [`with_irqs_disabled`] to call a function that can only be called with interrupts
+/// disabled:
+///
+/// ```
+/// use kernel::irq::{IrqDisabled, with_irqs_disabled};
+///
+/// // Requiring interrupts be disabled to call a function
+/// fn dont_interrupt_me(_irq: IrqDisabled<'_>) {
+///     /* When this token is available, IRQs are known to be disabled. Actions that rely on this
+///      * can be safely performed
+///      */
+/// }
+///
+/// // Disabling interrupts. They'll be re-enabled once this closure completes.
+/// with_irqs_disabled(|irq| dont_interrupt_me(irq));
+/// ```
+#[inline]
+pub fn with_irqs_disabled<'a, T, F>(cb: F) -> T
+where
+    F: FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T,
+{
+    // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
+    let flags = unsafe { bindings::local_irq_save() };
+
+    let ret = cb(IrqDisabled(PhantomData));
+
+    // SAFETY: `flags` comes from our previous call to local_irq_save
+    unsafe { bindings::local_irq_restore(flags) };
+
+    ret
+}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index e6b7d3a80bbce..37835ccd51087 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 pub mod firmware;
 pub mod init;
 pub mod ioctl;
+pub mod irq;
 #[cfg(CONFIG_KUNIT)]
 pub mod kunit;
 #[cfg(CONFIG_NET)]
-- 
2.45.2

[PATCH v2 2/3] rust: sync: Introduce lock::Backend::Context

[Lyude Paul]

Now that we've introduced an `IrqDisabled` token for marking contexts in
which IRQs are disabled, we need a way to be able to pass it to locks that
require that IRQs are disabled. In order to continue using the
`lock::Backend` type instead of inventing our own thing, we accomplish this
by adding the associated Context type, along with a `lock_with()` function
that can accept a Context when acquiring a lock. To allow current users of
context-less locks to keep using the normal `lock()` method, we take an
example from Wedson Almeida Filho's work and add a `where T<'a>: Default`
bound to `lock()` so that it can only be called on lock types where the
context is simply a placeholder value, then re-implement it through the new
`lock_with()` function.

Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
---
 rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs          | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs    |  3 +++
 rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs |  1 +
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
index f6c34ca4d819f..f3ff50c4272cf 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ pub unsafe trait Backend {
     /// [`unlock`]: Backend::unlock
     type GuardState;
 
+    /// The context which much be provided to acquire the lock.
+    type Context<'a>;
+
     /// Initialises the lock.
     ///
     /// # Safety
@@ -120,14 +123,24 @@ pub fn new(t: T, name: &'static CStr, key: &'static LockClassKey) -> impl PinIni
 }
 
 impl<T: ?Sized, B: Backend> Lock<T, B> {
-    /// Acquires the lock and gives the caller access to the data protected by it.
-    pub fn lock(&self) -> Guard<'_, T, B> {
+    /// Acquires the lock with the given context and gives the caller access to the data protected
+    /// by it.
+    pub fn lock_with(&self, _context: B::Context<'_>) -> Guard<'_, T, B> {
         // SAFETY: The constructor of the type calls `init`, so the existence of the object proves
         // that `init` was called.
         let state = unsafe { B::lock(self.state.get()) };
         // SAFETY: The lock was just acquired.
         unsafe { Guard::new(self, state) }
     }
+
+    /// Acquires the lock and gives the caller access to the data protected by it.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn lock<'a>(&'a self) -> Guard<'a, T, B>
+    where
+        B::Context<'a>: Default,
+    {
+        self.lock_with(B::Context::default())
+    }
 }
 
 /// A lock guard.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
index 30632070ee670..327e53be4c0f4 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 //!
 //! This module allows Rust code to use the kernel's `struct mutex`.
 
+use core::marker::*;
+
 /// Creates a [`Mutex`] initialiser with the given name and a newly-created lock class.
 ///
 /// It uses the name if one is given, otherwise it generates one based on the file name and line
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ macro_rules! new_mutex {
 unsafe impl super::Backend for MutexBackend {
     type State = bindings::mutex;
     type GuardState = ();
+    type Context<'a> = PhantomData<&'a ()>;
 
     unsafe fn init(
         ptr: *mut Self::State,
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
index ea5c5bc1ce12e..8503d6e8e3de3 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ macro_rules! new_spinlock {
 unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockBackend {
     type State = bindings::spinlock_t;
     type GuardState = ();
+    type Context<'a> = PhantomData<&'a ()>;
 
     unsafe fn init(
         ptr: *mut Self::State,
-- 
2.45.2

[PATCH v2 3/3] rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq

[Lyude Paul]

A variant of SpinLock that is expected to be used in noirq contexts, and
thus requires that the user provide an kernel::irq::IrqDisabled to prove
they are in such a context upon lock acquisition. This is the rust
equivalent of spin_lock_irqsave()/spin_lock_irqrestore().

V2:
* s/IrqSpinLock/SpinLockIrq/
* Implement `lock::Backend` now that we have `Context`
* Add missing periods
* Make sure rustdoc examples compile correctly
* Add documentation suggestions

Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
---
 rust/kernel/sync.rs               |   2 +-
 rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync.rs b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
index 0ab20975a3b5d..b028ee325f2a6 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 pub use arc::{Arc, ArcBorrow, UniqueArc};
 pub use condvar::{new_condvar, CondVar, CondVarTimeoutResult};
 pub use lock::mutex::{new_mutex, Mutex};
-pub use lock::spinlock::{new_spinlock, SpinLock};
+pub use lock::spinlock::{new_spinlock, new_spinlock_irq, SpinLock, SpinLockIrq};
 pub use locked_by::LockedBy;
 
 /// Represents a lockdep class. It's a wrapper around C's `lock_class_key`.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
index 8503d6e8e3de3..c31ea0458efbe 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 //! A kernel spinlock.
 //!
 //! This module allows Rust code to use the kernel's `spinlock_t`.
+use core::marker::*;
+use kernel::irq::*;
 
 /// Creates a [`SpinLock`] initialiser with the given name and a newly-created lock class.
 ///
@@ -116,3 +118,106 @@ unsafe fn unlock(ptr: *mut Self::State, _guard_state: &Self::GuardState) {
         unsafe { bindings::spin_unlock(ptr) }
     }
 }
+
+/// Creates a [`SpinLockIrq`] initialiser with the given name and a newly-created lock class.
+///
+/// It uses the name if one is given, otherwise it generates one based on the file name and line
+/// number.
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! new_spinlock_irq {
+    ($inner:expr $(, $name:literal)? $(,)?) => {
+        $crate::sync::SpinLockIrq::new(
+            $inner, $crate::optional_name!($($name)?), $crate::static_lock_class!())
+    };
+}
+pub use new_spinlock_irq;
+
+/// A spinlock that may be acquired when interrupts are disabled.
+///
+/// A version of [`SpinLock`] that can only be used in contexts where interrupts for the local CPU
+/// are disabled. It requires that the user acquiring the lock provide proof that interrupts are
+/// disabled through [`IrqDisabled`].
+///
+/// For more info, see [`SpinLock`].
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// The following example shows how to declare, allocate initialise and access a struct (`Example`)
+/// that contains an inner struct (`Inner`) that is protected by a spinlock.
+///
+/// ```
+/// use kernel::{
+///     sync::{new_spinlock_irq, SpinLockIrq},
+///     irq::{with_irqs_disabled, IrqDisabled}
+/// };
+///
+/// struct Inner {
+///     a: u32,
+///     b: u32,
+/// }
+///
+/// #[pin_data]
+/// struct Example {
+///     c: u32,
+///     #[pin]
+///     d: SpinLockIrq<Inner>,
+/// }
+///
+/// impl Example {
+///     fn new() -> impl PinInit<Self> {
+///         pin_init!(Self {
+///             c: 10,
+///             d <- new_spinlock_irq!(Inner { a: 20, b: 30 }),
+///         })
+///     }
+/// }
+///
+/// // Accessing an `Example` from a function that can only be called in no-irq contexts
+/// fn noirq_work(e: &Example, irq: IrqDisabled<'_>) {
+///     assert_eq!(e.c, 10);
+///     assert_eq!(e.d.lock_with(irq).a, 20);
+/// }
+///
+/// // Allocate a boxed `Example`
+/// let e = Box::pin_init(Example::new(), GFP_KERNEL)?;
+///
+/// // Accessing an `Example` from a context where IRQs may not be disabled already.
+/// let b = with_irqs_disabled(|irq| {
+///     noirq_work(&e, irq);
+///     e.d.lock_with(irq).b
+/// });
+/// assert_eq!(b, 30);
+/// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
+/// ```
+pub type SpinLockIrq<T> = super::Lock<T, SpinLockIrqBackend>;
+
+/// A kernel `spinlock_t` lock backend that is acquired in no-irq contexts.
+pub struct SpinLockIrqBackend;
+
+unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockIrqBackend {
+    type State = bindings::spinlock_t;
+    type GuardState = ();
+    type Context<'a> = IrqDisabled<'a>;
+
+    unsafe fn init(
+        ptr: *mut Self::State,
+        name: *const core::ffi::c_char,
+        key: *mut bindings::lock_class_key,
+    ) {
+        // SAFETY: The safety requirements ensure that `ptr` is valid for writes, and `name` and
+        // `key` are valid for read indefinitely.
+        unsafe { bindings::__spin_lock_init(ptr, name, key) }
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn lock(ptr: *mut Self::State) -> Self::GuardState {
+        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` points to valid
+        // memory, and that it has been initialised before.
+        unsafe { bindings::spin_lock(ptr) }
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn unlock(ptr: *mut Self::State, _guard_state: &Self::GuardState) {
+        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` is valid and that the
+        // caller is the owner of the spinlock.
+        unsafe { bindings::spin_unlock(ptr) }
+    }
+}
-- 
2.45.2

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] rust: Introduce irq module

[Lyude Paul]

sigh - sorry, it's been so long since I've had patches that need to get
directed straight to the main kernel mailing list I didn't realize that my
current scripts for adding maintainers did not forward the cover letter for
this series to linux-vger - which actually had an example link to one current
usecase of these helpers. You can find the cover letter here:

https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240731224027.232642-1-lyude@redhat.com/T/#t

I will make sure that doesn't happen again if I need to send out a respin for
this series, apologies!

On Wed, 2024-07-31 at 18:35 -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> This introduces a module for dealing with interrupt-disabled contexts,
> including the ability to enable and disable interrupts
> (with_irqs_disabled()) - along with the ability to annotate functions as
> expecting that IRQs are already disabled on the local CPU.
> 
> V2:
> * Actually make it so that we check whether or not we have interrupts
>   disabled with debug assertions
> * Fix issues in the documentation (added suggestions, missing periods, made
>   sure that all rustdoc examples compile properly)
> * Pass IrqDisabled by value, not reference
> * Ensure that IrqDisabled is !Send and !Sync using
>   PhantomData<(&'a (), *mut ())>
> * Add all of the suggested derives from Benno Lossin
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> ---
>  rust/helpers.c     | 22 ++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/irq.rs | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/lib.rs |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 110 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/irq.rs
> 
> diff --git a/rust/helpers.c b/rust/helpers.c
> index 87ed0a5b60990..b0afe14372ae3 100644
> --- a/rust/helpers.c
> +++ b/rust/helpers.c
> @@ -69,6 +69,28 @@ void rust_helper_spin_unlock(spinlock_t *lock)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_spin_unlock);
>  
> +unsigned long rust_helper_local_irq_save(void)
> +{
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	local_irq_save(flags);
> +
> +	return flags;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_local_irq_save);
> +
> +void rust_helper_local_irq_restore(unsigned long flags)
> +{
> +	local_irq_restore(flags);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_local_irq_restore);
> +
> +bool rust_helper_irqs_disabled(void)
> +{
> +	return irqs_disabled();
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_irqs_disabled);
> +
>  void rust_helper_init_wait(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry)
>  {
>  	init_wait(wq_entry);
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/irq.rs b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..e50110f92f3fa
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +//! Interrupt controls
> +//!
> +//! This module allows Rust code to control processor interrupts. [`with_irqs_disabled()`] may be
> +//! used for nested disables of interrupts, whereas [`IrqDisabled`] can be used for annotating code
> +//! that requires that interrupts already be disabled.
> +
> +use bindings;
> +use core::marker::*;
> +
> +/// A token that is only available in contexts where IRQs are disabled.
> +///
> +/// [`IrqDisabled`] is marker made available when interrupts are not active. Certain functions take
> +/// an `IrqDisabled` in order to indicate that they may only be run in IRQ-free contexts.
> +///
> +/// This is a marker type; it has no size, and is simply used as a compile-time guarantee that
> +/// interrupts are disabled where required.
> +///
> +/// This token can be created by [`with_irqs_disabled`]. See [`with_irqs_disabled`] for examples and
> +/// further information.
> +#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Ord, Eq, PartialOrd, PartialEq, Hash)]
> +pub struct IrqDisabled<'a>(PhantomData<(&'a (), *mut ())>);
> +
> +impl IrqDisabled<'_> {
> +    /// Create a new [`IrqDisabled`] without disabling interrupts.
> +    ///
> +    /// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
> +    /// without interrupts. If debug assertions are enabled, this function will assert that
> +    /// interrupts are disabled upon creation. Otherwise, it has no size or cost at runtime.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Panics
> +    ///
> +    /// If debug assertions are enabled, this function will panic if interrupts are not disabled
> +    /// upon creation.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Safety
> +    ///
> +    /// This function must only be called in contexts where it is already known that interrupts have
> +    /// been disabled for the current CPU, as the user is making a promise that they will remain
> +    /// disabled at least until this [`IrqDisabled`] is dropped.
> +    pub unsafe fn new() -> Self {
> +        // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
> +        debug_assert!(unsafe { bindings::irqs_disabled() });
> +
> +        Self(PhantomData)
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +/// Run the closure `cb` with interrupts disabled on the local CPU.
> +///
> +/// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
> +/// without interrupts.
> +///
> +/// # Examples
> +///
> +/// Using [`with_irqs_disabled`] to call a function that can only be called with interrupts
> +/// disabled:
> +///
> +/// ```
> +/// use kernel::irq::{IrqDisabled, with_irqs_disabled};
> +///
> +/// // Requiring interrupts be disabled to call a function
> +/// fn dont_interrupt_me(_irq: IrqDisabled<'_>) {
> +///     /* When this token is available, IRQs are known to be disabled. Actions that rely on this
> +///      * can be safely performed
> +///      */
> +/// }
> +///
> +/// // Disabling interrupts. They'll be re-enabled once this closure completes.
> +/// with_irqs_disabled(|irq| dont_interrupt_me(irq));
> +/// ```
> +#[inline]
> +pub fn with_irqs_disabled<'a, T, F>(cb: F) -> T
> +where
> +    F: FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T,
> +{
> +    // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
> +    let flags = unsafe { bindings::local_irq_save() };
> +
> +    let ret = cb(IrqDisabled(PhantomData));
> +
> +    // SAFETY: `flags` comes from our previous call to local_irq_save
> +    unsafe { bindings::local_irq_restore(flags) };
> +
> +    ret
> +}
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> index e6b7d3a80bbce..37835ccd51087 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>  pub mod firmware;
>  pub mod init;
>  pub mod ioctl;
> +pub mod irq;
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_KUNIT)]
>  pub mod kunit;
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_NET)]

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

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Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] rust: Add irq abstraction, SpinLockIrq

[Benno Lossin]

On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
> This adds a simple interface for disabling and enabling CPUs, along with
> the ability to mark a function as expecting interrupts be disabled -
> along with adding bindings for spin_lock_irqsave/spin_lock_irqrestore().
> 
> Current example usecase (very much WIP driver) in rvkms:
> 
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/lyudess/linux/-/commits/rvkms-example-07312024
> 
> specifically drivers/gpu/drm/rvkms/crtc.rs
> 
> (The kunit tests also compile)
> 
> Lyude Paul (3):
>   rust: Introduce irq module
>   rust: sync: Introduce lock::Backend::Context
>   rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq
> 
>  rust/helpers.c                    |  22 +++++++
>  rust/kernel/irq.rs                |  87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/lib.rs                |   1 +
>  rust/kernel/sync.rs               |   2 +-
>  rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs          |  17 ++++-
>  rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs    |   3 +
>  rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 235 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/irq.rs
> 
> --
> 2.45.2
> 

Hi Lyude,

it would be nice if you could run `git format-patch` with `--base`. That
way I immediately have the commit that your series applies to. (Since this
series doesn't apply to `rust-next` for me, but it does apply to
v6.11-rc1, so it's fine)

Thanks.

---
Cheers,
Benno

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] rust: Introduce irq module

[Benno Lossin]

On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
> This introduces a module for dealing with interrupt-disabled contexts,
> including the ability to enable and disable interrupts
> (with_irqs_disabled()) - along with the ability to annotate functions as
> expecting that IRQs are already disabled on the local CPU.
> 
> V2:
> * Actually make it so that we check whether or not we have interrupts
>   disabled with debug assertions
> * Fix issues in the documentation (added suggestions, missing periods, made
>   sure that all rustdoc examples compile properly)
> * Pass IrqDisabled by value, not reference
> * Ensure that IrqDisabled is !Send and !Sync using
>   PhantomData<(&'a (), *mut ())>
> * Add all of the suggested derives from Benno Lossin

Changelogs are not recorded in the commit message, instead you can put
them either in the cover letter or underneath the "---" that is below
the tags.

> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> ---

ie here (anything that you put here will not be included in the final
commit message).

>  rust/helpers.c     | 22 ++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/irq.rs | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/lib.rs |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 110 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/irq.rs
> 
> diff --git a/rust/helpers.c b/rust/helpers.c
> index 87ed0a5b60990..b0afe14372ae3 100644
> --- a/rust/helpers.c
> +++ b/rust/helpers.c
> @@ -69,6 +69,28 @@ void rust_helper_spin_unlock(spinlock_t *lock)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_spin_unlock);
> 
> +unsigned long rust_helper_local_irq_save(void)
> +{
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	local_irq_save(flags);
> +
> +	return flags;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_local_irq_save);
> +
> +void rust_helper_local_irq_restore(unsigned long flags)
> +{
> +	local_irq_restore(flags);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_local_irq_restore);
> +
> +bool rust_helper_irqs_disabled(void)
> +{
> +	return irqs_disabled();
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_irqs_disabled);
> +
>  void rust_helper_init_wait(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry)
>  {
>  	init_wait(wq_entry);
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/irq.rs b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..e50110f92f3fa
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +//! Interrupt controls
> +//!
> +//! This module allows Rust code to control processor interrupts. [`with_irqs_disabled()`] may be
> +//! used for nested disables of interrupts, whereas [`IrqDisabled`] can be used for annotating code
> +//! that requires that interrupts already be disabled.

My intuition is telling me "requires that interrupts are already
disabled." sounds more natural, but I might be wrong.

> +
> +use bindings;
> +use core::marker::*;
> +
> +/// A token that is only available in contexts where IRQs are disabled.
> +///
> +/// [`IrqDisabled`] is marker made available when interrupts are not active. Certain functions take
> +/// an `IrqDisabled` in order to indicate that they may only be run in IRQ-free contexts.
> +///
> +/// This is a marker type; it has no size, and is simply used as a compile-time guarantee that
> +/// interrupts are disabled where required.
> +///
> +/// This token can be created by [`with_irqs_disabled`]. See [`with_irqs_disabled`] for examples and
> +/// further information.
> +#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Ord, Eq, PartialOrd, PartialEq, Hash)]
> +pub struct IrqDisabled<'a>(PhantomData<(&'a (), *mut ())>);
> +
> +impl IrqDisabled<'_> {
> +    /// Create a new [`IrqDisabled`] without disabling interrupts.
> +    ///
> +    /// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
> +    /// without interrupts. If debug assertions are enabled, this function will assert that
> +    /// interrupts are disabled upon creation. Otherwise, it has no size or cost at runtime.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Panics
> +    ///
> +    /// If debug assertions are enabled, this function will panic if interrupts are not disabled
> +    /// upon creation.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Safety
> +    ///
> +    /// This function must only be called in contexts where it is already known that interrupts have
> +    /// been disabled for the current CPU, as the user is making a promise that they will remain
> +    /// disabled at least until this [`IrqDisabled`] is dropped.

This is a bit verbose for taste, what about:
"Must only be called in contexts where interrupts are disabled for the
current CPU. Additionally they must remain disabled at least until the
returned value is dropped."

Importantly the second sentence is not 100% clear from your version.
Feel free to take mine (with modifications).

> +    pub unsafe fn new() -> Self {

Do we need this to be public? Ie do you (or someone you know) have a
usecase for this? If not, then we can start with this function being
private and make it public when necessary.

> +        // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
> +        debug_assert!(unsafe { bindings::irqs_disabled() });
> +
> +        Self(PhantomData)
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +/// Run the closure `cb` with interrupts disabled on the local CPU.
> +///
> +/// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
> +/// without interrupts.
> +///
> +/// # Examples
> +///
> +/// Using [`with_irqs_disabled`] to call a function that can only be called with interrupts
> +/// disabled:
> +///
> +/// ```
> +/// use kernel::irq::{IrqDisabled, with_irqs_disabled};
> +///
> +/// // Requiring interrupts be disabled to call a function
> +/// fn dont_interrupt_me(_irq: IrqDisabled<'_>) {
> +///     /* When this token is available, IRQs are known to be disabled. Actions that rely on this
> +///      * can be safely performed
> +///      */
> +/// }
> +///
> +/// // Disabling interrupts. They'll be re-enabled once this closure completes.
> +/// with_irqs_disabled(|irq| dont_interrupt_me(irq));
> +/// ```
> +#[inline]
> +pub fn with_irqs_disabled<'a, T, F>(cb: F) -> T
> +where
> +    F: FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T,

You can use this as the signature:
    
    pub fn with_irqs_disabled<'a, T>(cb: impl FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T) -> T

Not sure if we have any convention for this, but I personally think this
version is easier to parse.

---
Cheers,
Benno

> +{
> +    // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
> +    let flags = unsafe { bindings::local_irq_save() };
> +
> +    let ret = cb(IrqDisabled(PhantomData));
> +
> +    // SAFETY: `flags` comes from our previous call to local_irq_save
> +    unsafe { bindings::local_irq_restore(flags) };
> +
> +    ret
> +}
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> index e6b7d3a80bbce..37835ccd51087 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>  pub mod firmware;
>  pub mod init;
>  pub mod ioctl;
> +pub mod irq;
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_KUNIT)]
>  pub mod kunit;
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_NET)]
> --
> 2.45.2
> 

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] rust: Introduce irq module

[Benno Lossin]

On 01.08.24 11:51, Benno Lossin wrote:
> On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
>> +/// Run the closure `cb` with interrupts disabled on the local CPU.
>> +///
>> +/// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
>> +/// without interrupts.
>> +///
>> +/// # Examples
>> +///
>> +/// Using [`with_irqs_disabled`] to call a function that can only be called with interrupts
>> +/// disabled:
>> +///
>> +/// ```
>> +/// use kernel::irq::{IrqDisabled, with_irqs_disabled};
>> +///
>> +/// // Requiring interrupts be disabled to call a function
>> +/// fn dont_interrupt_me(_irq: IrqDisabled<'_>) {
>> +///     /* When this token is available, IRQs are known to be disabled. Actions that rely on this
>> +///      * can be safely performed
>> +///      */
>> +/// }
>> +///
>> +/// // Disabling interrupts. They'll be re-enabled once this closure completes.
>> +/// with_irqs_disabled(|irq| dont_interrupt_me(irq));
>> +/// ```
>> +#[inline]
>> +pub fn with_irqs_disabled<'a, T, F>(cb: F) -> T
>> +where
>> +    F: FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T,
> 
> You can use this as the signature:
> 
>     pub fn with_irqs_disabled<'a, T>(cb: impl FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T) -> T

I just noticed that this and the version above are wrong, since they
allow `T` to depend on `'a` ie you can do the following:

    pub fn cheat() -> IrqDisabled<'static> {
        with_irqs_disabled(|irq| irq)
    }

And thus obtain an `IrqDisabled` token without IRQs being disabled.

To fix this, you must use the `for<'a>` notation, so either

    pub fn with_irqs_disabled<T>(cb: impl for<'a> FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T) -> T

or

    pub fn with_irqs_disabled<T, F>(cb: F) -> T
    where
        F: for<'a> FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T,

This ensures that the callback works for any lifetime and thus `T` is
not allowed to depend on it.

---
Cheers,
Benno

Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] rust: sync: Introduce lock::Backend::Context

[Benno Lossin]

On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
> Now that we've introduced an `IrqDisabled` token for marking contexts in
> which IRQs are disabled, we need a way to be able to pass it to locks that
> require that IRQs are disabled. In order to continue using the
> `lock::Backend` type instead of inventing our own thing, we accomplish this
> by adding the associated Context type, along with a `lock_with()` function
> that can accept a Context when acquiring a lock. To allow current users of
> context-less locks to keep using the normal `lock()` method, we take an
> example from Wedson Almeida Filho's work and add a `where T<'a>: Default`
> bound to `lock()` so that it can only be called on lock types where the
> context is simply a placeholder value, then re-implement it through the new
> `lock_with()` function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs          | 17 +++++++++++++++--
>  rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs    |  3 +++
>  rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> index f6c34ca4d819f..f3ff50c4272cf 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ pub unsafe trait Backend {
>      /// [`unlock`]: Backend::unlock
>      type GuardState;
> 
> +    /// The context which much be provided to acquire the lock.
> +    type Context<'a>;
> +
>      /// Initialises the lock.
>      ///
>      /// # Safety
> @@ -120,14 +123,24 @@ pub fn new(t: T, name: &'static CStr, key: &'static LockClassKey) -> impl PinIni
>  }
> 
>  impl<T: ?Sized, B: Backend> Lock<T, B> {
> -    /// Acquires the lock and gives the caller access to the data protected by it.
> -    pub fn lock(&self) -> Guard<'_, T, B> {
> +    /// Acquires the lock with the given context and gives the caller access to the data protected
> +    /// by it.
> +    pub fn lock_with(&self, _context: B::Context<'_>) -> Guard<'_, T, B> {

Here we need to be careful, without lifetime elision, this signature is:

    pub fn lock_with<'a, 'b>(&'a self, _context: B::Context<'b>) -> Guard<'a, T, B>

This is problematic, since with this signature you should be able to
create this piece of code:

    let lock: SpinLockIrq = /* ... */

    let mut guard = None;
    with_irq_disabled(|irq| guard = Some(lock.lock_with(irq)));
    // then use guard when `irq` are again enabled!

So what we want the signature to be is this:
    
    pub fn lock_with<'a>(&'a self, _context: B::Context<'a>) -> Guard<'a, T, B>

So we need to ensure that the lifetime of `context` is bound to the
lifetime of the guard.

>          // SAFETY: The constructor of the type calls `init`, so the existence of the object proves
>          // that `init` was called.
>          let state = unsafe { B::lock(self.state.get()) };
>          // SAFETY: The lock was just acquired.
>          unsafe { Guard::new(self, state) }
>      }
> +
> +    /// Acquires the lock and gives the caller access to the data protected by it.
> +    #[inline]
> +    pub fn lock<'a>(&'a self) -> Guard<'a, T, B>
> +    where
> +        B::Context<'a>: Default,
> +    {
> +        self.lock_with(B::Context::default())
> +    }
>  }
> 
>  /// A lock guard.
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
> index 30632070ee670..327e53be4c0f4 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
>  //!
>  //! This module allows Rust code to use the kernel's `struct mutex`.
> 
> +use core::marker::*;
> +
>  /// Creates a [`Mutex`] initialiser with the given name and a newly-created lock class.
>  ///
>  /// It uses the name if one is given, otherwise it generates one based on the file name and line
> @@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ macro_rules! new_mutex {
>  unsafe impl super::Backend for MutexBackend {
>      type State = bindings::mutex;
>      type GuardState = ();
> +    type Context<'a> = PhantomData<&'a ()>;

Is there any reason you chose `PhantomData` here? Why not just `()`?

---
Cheers,
Benno

> 
>      unsafe fn init(
>          ptr: *mut Self::State,
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
> index ea5c5bc1ce12e..8503d6e8e3de3 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
> @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ macro_rules! new_spinlock {
>  unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockBackend {
>      type State = bindings::spinlock_t;
>      type GuardState = ();
> +    type Context<'a> = PhantomData<&'a ()>;
> 
>      unsafe fn init(
>          ptr: *mut Self::State,
> --
> 2.45.2
> 

Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq

[Benno Lossin]

On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
> +unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockIrqBackend {
> +    type State = bindings::spinlock_t;
> +    type GuardState = ();
> +    type Context<'a> = IrqDisabled<'a>;
> +
> +    unsafe fn init(
> +        ptr: *mut Self::State,
> +        name: *const core::ffi::c_char,
> +        key: *mut bindings::lock_class_key,
> +    ) {
> +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements ensure that `ptr` is valid for writes, and `name` and
> +        // `key` are valid for read indefinitely.
> +        unsafe { bindings::__spin_lock_init(ptr, name, key) }
> +    }
> +
> +    unsafe fn lock(ptr: *mut Self::State) -> Self::GuardState {
> +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` points to valid
> +        // memory, and that it has been initialised before.
> +        unsafe { bindings::spin_lock(ptr) }

Should this really be the same function as `SpinLock`? (ie is there not
a special version that expects IRQ to already be disabled? eg this could
add additional debug calls)

If there is such a function and you decide to use it, you need to adjust
the safety comment, since you need to justify that IRQs are disabled.
For that you need additional safety requirements on `lock` namely that
when `lock` is called there exists a object of type `Context<'a>` and
that object is alive at least until `unlock` is called.

---
Cheers,
Benno

> +    }
> +
> +    unsafe fn unlock(ptr: *mut Self::State, _guard_state: &Self::GuardState) {
> +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` is valid and that the
> +        // caller is the owner of the spinlock.
> +        unsafe { bindings::spin_unlock(ptr) }
> +    }
> +}
> --
> 2.45.2
> 

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] rust: Introduce irq module

[Lyude Paul]

On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 09:51 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
> On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > This introduces a module for dealing with interrupt-disabled contexts,
> > including the ability to enable and disable interrupts
> > (with_irqs_disabled()) - along with the ability to annotate functions as
> > expecting that IRQs are already disabled on the local CPU.
> > 
> > V2:
> > * Actually make it so that we check whether or not we have interrupts
> >   disabled with debug assertions
> > * Fix issues in the documentation (added suggestions, missing periods, made
> >   sure that all rustdoc examples compile properly)
> > * Pass IrqDisabled by value, not reference
> > * Ensure that IrqDisabled is !Send and !Sync using
> >   PhantomData<(&'a (), *mut ())>
> > * Add all of the suggested derives from Benno Lossin
> 
> Changelogs are not recorded in the commit message, instead you can put
> them either in the cover letter or underneath the "---" that is below
> the tags.

gotcha, too used to parts of the kernel like DRM where we don't usually care

> 
> > Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> > ---
> 
> ie here (anything that you put here will not be included in the final
> commit message).
> 
> >  rust/helpers.c     | 22 ++++++++++++
> >  rust/kernel/irq.rs | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  rust/kernel/lib.rs |  1 +
> >  3 files changed, 110 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/irq.rs
> > 
> > diff --git a/rust/helpers.c b/rust/helpers.c
> > index 87ed0a5b60990..b0afe14372ae3 100644
> > --- a/rust/helpers.c
> > +++ b/rust/helpers.c
> > @@ -69,6 +69,28 @@ void rust_helper_spin_unlock(spinlock_t *lock)
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_spin_unlock);
> > 
> > +unsigned long rust_helper_local_irq_save(void)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned long flags;
> > +
> > +	local_irq_save(flags);
> > +
> > +	return flags;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_local_irq_save);
> > +
> > +void rust_helper_local_irq_restore(unsigned long flags)
> > +{
> > +	local_irq_restore(flags);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_local_irq_restore);
> > +
> > +bool rust_helper_irqs_disabled(void)
> > +{
> > +	return irqs_disabled();
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_irqs_disabled);
> > +
> >  void rust_helper_init_wait(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry)
> >  {
> >  	init_wait(wq_entry);
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/irq.rs b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000000..e50110f92f3fa
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
> > @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +
> > +//! Interrupt controls
> > +//!
> > +//! This module allows Rust code to control processor interrupts. [`with_irqs_disabled()`] may be
> > +//! used for nested disables of interrupts, whereas [`IrqDisabled`] can be used for annotating code
> > +//! that requires that interrupts already be disabled.
> 
> My intuition is telling me "requires that interrupts are already
> disabled." sounds more natural, but I might be wrong.

Maybe "can be used for annotating code that requires interrupts to be
disabled."?

> 
> > +
> > +use bindings;
> > +use core::marker::*;
> > +
> > +/// A token that is only available in contexts where IRQs are disabled.
> > +///
> > +/// [`IrqDisabled`] is marker made available when interrupts are not active. Certain functions take
> > +/// an `IrqDisabled` in order to indicate that they may only be run in IRQ-free contexts.
> > +///
> > +/// This is a marker type; it has no size, and is simply used as a compile-time guarantee that
> > +/// interrupts are disabled where required.
> > +///
> > +/// This token can be created by [`with_irqs_disabled`]. See [`with_irqs_disabled`] for examples and
> > +/// further information.
> > +#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Ord, Eq, PartialOrd, PartialEq, Hash)]
> > +pub struct IrqDisabled<'a>(PhantomData<(&'a (), *mut ())>);
> > +
> > +impl IrqDisabled<'_> {
> > +    /// Create a new [`IrqDisabled`] without disabling interrupts.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
> > +    /// without interrupts. If debug assertions are enabled, this function will assert that
> > +    /// interrupts are disabled upon creation. Otherwise, it has no size or cost at runtime.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// # Panics
> > +    ///
> > +    /// If debug assertions are enabled, this function will panic if interrupts are not disabled
> > +    /// upon creation.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// # Safety
> > +    ///
> > +    /// This function must only be called in contexts where it is already known that interrupts have
> > +    /// been disabled for the current CPU, as the user is making a promise that they will remain
> > +    /// disabled at least until this [`IrqDisabled`] is dropped.
> 
> This is a bit verbose for taste, what about:
> "Must only be called in contexts where interrupts are disabled for the
> current CPU. Additionally they must remain disabled at least until the
> returned value is dropped."

sgtm

> 
> Importantly the second sentence is not 100% clear from your version.
> Feel free to take mine (with modifications).
> 
> > +    pub unsafe fn new() -> Self {
> 
> Do we need this to be public? Ie do you (or someone you know) have a
> usecase for this? If not, then we can start with this function being
> private and make it public when necessary.

Yes - there's a few DRM callbacks, drm_crtc_funcs.{vblank_enable,
vblank_disable, get_vblank_timestamp}, that happen with interrupts already
disabled that will be using it:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/lyudess/linux/-/blob/rvkms-example-07312024/rust/kernel/drm/kms/vblank.rs?ref_type=heads#L24

It's also worth noting that if we weren't going to use this right away I think
it would make more sense just to add the function later instead of having it
private, since we don't actually use this anywhere in irq.rs.

> 
> > +        // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
> > +        debug_assert!(unsafe { bindings::irqs_disabled() });
> > +
> > +        Self(PhantomData)
> > +    }
> > +}
> > +
> > +/// Run the closure `cb` with interrupts disabled on the local CPU.
> > +///
> > +/// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
> > +/// without interrupts.
> > +///
> > +/// # Examples
> > +///
> > +/// Using [`with_irqs_disabled`] to call a function that can only be called with interrupts
> > +/// disabled:
> > +///
> > +/// ```
> > +/// use kernel::irq::{IrqDisabled, with_irqs_disabled};
> > +///
> > +/// // Requiring interrupts be disabled to call a function
> > +/// fn dont_interrupt_me(_irq: IrqDisabled<'_>) {
> > +///     /* When this token is available, IRQs are known to be disabled. Actions that rely on this
> > +///      * can be safely performed
> > +///      */
> > +/// }
> > +///
> > +/// // Disabling interrupts. They'll be re-enabled once this closure completes.
> > +/// with_irqs_disabled(|irq| dont_interrupt_me(irq));
> > +/// ```
> > +#[inline]
> > +pub fn with_irqs_disabled<'a, T, F>(cb: F) -> T
> > +where
> > +    F: FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T,
> 
> You can use this as the signature:
>     
>     pub fn with_irqs_disabled<'a, T>(cb: impl FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T) -> T
> 
> Not sure if we have any convention for this, but I personally think this
> version is easier to parse.

sgtm

> 
> ---
> Cheers,
> Benno
> 
> > +{
> > +    // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
> > +    let flags = unsafe { bindings::local_irq_save() };
> > +
> > +    let ret = cb(IrqDisabled(PhantomData));
> > +
> > +    // SAFETY: `flags` comes from our previous call to local_irq_save
> > +    unsafe { bindings::local_irq_restore(flags) };
> > +
> > +    ret
> > +}
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> > index e6b7d3a80bbce..37835ccd51087 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> > @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
> >  pub mod firmware;
> >  pub mod init;
> >  pub mod ioctl;
> > +pub mod irq;
> >  #[cfg(CONFIG_KUNIT)]
> >  pub mod kunit;
> >  #[cfg(CONFIG_NET)]
> > --
> > 2.45.2
> > 
> 

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Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] rust: sync: Introduce lock::Backend::Context

[Lyude Paul]

On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 10:11 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
> On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > Now that we've introduced an `IrqDisabled` token for marking contexts in
> > which IRQs are disabled, we need a way to be able to pass it to locks that
> > require that IRQs are disabled. In order to continue using the
> > `lock::Backend` type instead of inventing our own thing, we accomplish this
> > by adding the associated Context type, along with a `lock_with()` function
> > that can accept a Context when acquiring a lock. To allow current users of
> > context-less locks to keep using the normal `lock()` method, we take an
> > example from Wedson Almeida Filho's work and add a `where T<'a>: Default`
> > bound to `lock()` so that it can only be called on lock types where the
> > context is simply a placeholder value, then re-implement it through the new
> > `lock_with()` function.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs          | 17 +++++++++++++++--
> >  rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs    |  3 +++
> >  rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs |  1 +
> >  3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > index f6c34ca4d819f..f3ff50c4272cf 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ pub unsafe trait Backend {
> >      /// [`unlock`]: Backend::unlock
> >      type GuardState;
> > 
> > +    /// The context which much be provided to acquire the lock.
> > +    type Context<'a>;
> > +
> >      /// Initialises the lock.
> >      ///
> >      /// # Safety
> > @@ -120,14 +123,24 @@ pub fn new(t: T, name: &'static CStr, key: &'static LockClassKey) -> impl PinIni
> >  }
> > 
> >  impl<T: ?Sized, B: Backend> Lock<T, B> {
> > -    /// Acquires the lock and gives the caller access to the data protected by it.
> > -    pub fn lock(&self) -> Guard<'_, T, B> {
> > +    /// Acquires the lock with the given context and gives the caller access to the data protected
> > +    /// by it.
> > +    pub fn lock_with(&self, _context: B::Context<'_>) -> Guard<'_, T, B> {
> 
> Here we need to be careful, without lifetime elision, this signature is:
> 
>     pub fn lock_with<'a, 'b>(&'a self, _context: B::Context<'b>) -> Guard<'a, T, B>
> 
> This is problematic, since with this signature you should be able to
> create this piece of code:
> 
>     let lock: SpinLockIrq = /* ... */
> 
>     let mut guard = None;
>     with_irq_disabled(|irq| guard = Some(lock.lock_with(irq)));
>     // then use guard when `irq` are again enabled!
> 
> So what we want the signature to be is this:
>     
>     pub fn lock_with<'a>(&'a self, _context: B::Context<'a>) -> Guard<'a, T, B>
> 
> So we need to ensure that the lifetime of `context` is bound to the
> lifetime of the guard.

Gotcha
> 
> >          // SAFETY: The constructor of the type calls `init`, so the existence of the object proves
> >          // that `init` was called.
> >          let state = unsafe { B::lock(self.state.get()) };
> >          // SAFETY: The lock was just acquired.
> >          unsafe { Guard::new(self, state) }
> >      }
> > +
> > +    /// Acquires the lock and gives the caller access to the data protected by it.
> > +    #[inline]
> > +    pub fn lock<'a>(&'a self) -> Guard<'a, T, B>
> > +    where
> > +        B::Context<'a>: Default,
> > +    {
> > +        self.lock_with(B::Context::default())
> > +    }
> >  }
> > 
> >  /// A lock guard.
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
> > index 30632070ee670..327e53be4c0f4 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
> > @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
> >  //!
> >  //! This module allows Rust code to use the kernel's `struct mutex`.
> > 
> > +use core::marker::*;
> > +
> >  /// Creates a [`Mutex`] initialiser with the given name and a newly-created lock class.
> >  ///
> >  /// It uses the name if one is given, otherwise it generates one based on the file name and line
> > @@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ macro_rules! new_mutex {
> >  unsafe impl super::Backend for MutexBackend {
> >      type State = bindings::mutex;
> >      type GuardState = ();
> > +    type Context<'a> = PhantomData<&'a ()>;
> 
> Is there any reason you chose `PhantomData` here? Why not just `()`?

Oh! I think I had just naturally assumed that if an associated type had a
lifetime declared that its contents had to use said lifetime, but I guess
that's not actually the case :). Will fix this

> 
> ---
> Cheers,
> Benno
> 
> > 
> >      unsafe fn init(
> >          ptr: *mut Self::State,
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
> > index ea5c5bc1ce12e..8503d6e8e3de3 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
> > @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ macro_rules! new_spinlock {
> >  unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockBackend {
> >      type State = bindings::spinlock_t;
> >      type GuardState = ();
> > +    type Context<'a> = PhantomData<&'a ()>;
> > 
> >      unsafe fn init(
> >          ptr: *mut Self::State,
> > --
> > 2.45.2
> > 
> 

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Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq

[Lyude Paul]

On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 10:29 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
> On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > +unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockIrqBackend {
> > +    type State = bindings::spinlock_t;
> > +    type GuardState = ();
> > +    type Context<'a> = IrqDisabled<'a>;
> > +
> > +    unsafe fn init(
> > +        ptr: *mut Self::State,
> > +        name: *const core::ffi::c_char,
> > +        key: *mut bindings::lock_class_key,
> > +    ) {
> > +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements ensure that `ptr` is valid for writes, and `name` and
> > +        // `key` are valid for read indefinitely.
> > +        unsafe { bindings::__spin_lock_init(ptr, name, key) }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    unsafe fn lock(ptr: *mut Self::State) -> Self::GuardState {
> > +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` points to valid
> > +        // memory, and that it has been initialised before.
> > +        unsafe { bindings::spin_lock(ptr) }
> 
> Should this really be the same function as `SpinLock`? (ie is there not
> a special version that expects IRQ to already be disabled? eg this could
> add additional debug calls)

Yes, unless there's some spinlock API function I missed (I checked right
before sending this response) we don't really have a variant of spin_lock*()
that assumes IRQs are disabled. You really just have:

spin_lock() - Grab lock, no IRQ changes

spin_lock_irq() - Grab lock, unconditionally disable IRQs (regardless of
current flags) until spin_unlock_irq()

spin_lock_irqsave() - Grab lock, save IRQ flags and restore upon
spin_unlock_irqrestore()

Usually lockdep is the one to actually warn about the interrupt state being
incorrect, as it will throw up a warning if you grab a spinlock in both an
interrupt enabled and disabled context (which means you are forgetting to
disable interrupts before lock acquisition somewhere).

As well, I think having further debug calls would be unneeded? As of right now
there's only really two entrypoints for getting IrqDisabled:
with_irqs_disabled(), and IrqDisabled::new(). And since IrqDisabled::new() now
has a debug assertion for disabled interrupts, that means all paths to
creating IrqDisabled are either already guaranteed to disable interrupts - or
would be making use of the debug assertion for verifying interrupt state.

> 
> If there is such a function and you decide to use it, you need to adjust
> the safety comment, since you need to justify that IRQs are disabled.
> For that you need additional safety requirements on `lock` namely that
> when `lock` is called there exists a object of type `Context<'a>` and
> that object is alive at least until `unlock` is called.
> 
> ---
> Cheers,
> Benno
> 
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    unsafe fn unlock(ptr: *mut Self::State, _guard_state: &Self::GuardState) {
> > +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` is valid and that the
> > +        // caller is the owner of the spinlock.
> > +        unsafe { bindings::spin_unlock(ptr) }
> > +    }
> > +}
> > --
> > 2.45.2
> > 
> 

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Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] rust: Introduce irq module

[Benno Lossin]

On 01.08.24 18:44, Lyude Paul wrote:
> On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 09:51 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
>> On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
>>> diff --git a/rust/kernel/irq.rs b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000000000..e50110f92f3fa
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>> +
>>> +//! Interrupt controls
>>> +//!
>>> +//! This module allows Rust code to control processor interrupts. [`with_irqs_disabled()`] may be
>>> +//! used for nested disables of interrupts, whereas [`IrqDisabled`] can be used for annotating code
>>> +//! that requires that interrupts already be disabled.
>>
>> My intuition is telling me "requires that interrupts are already
>> disabled." sounds more natural, but I might be wrong.
> 
> Maybe "can be used for annotating code that requires interrupts to be
> disabled."?

SGTM

>>> +
>>> +use bindings;
>>> +use core::marker::*;
>>> +
>>> +/// A token that is only available in contexts where IRQs are disabled.
>>> +///
>>> +/// [`IrqDisabled`] is marker made available when interrupts are not active. Certain functions take
>>> +/// an `IrqDisabled` in order to indicate that they may only be run in IRQ-free contexts.
>>> +///
>>> +/// This is a marker type; it has no size, and is simply used as a compile-time guarantee that
>>> +/// interrupts are disabled where required.
>>> +///
>>> +/// This token can be created by [`with_irqs_disabled`]. See [`with_irqs_disabled`] for examples and
>>> +/// further information.
>>> +#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Ord, Eq, PartialOrd, PartialEq, Hash)]
>>> +pub struct IrqDisabled<'a>(PhantomData<(&'a (), *mut ())>);
>>> +
>>> +impl IrqDisabled<'_> {
>>> +    /// Create a new [`IrqDisabled`] without disabling interrupts.
>>> +    ///
>>> +    /// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
>>> +    /// without interrupts. If debug assertions are enabled, this function will assert that
>>> +    /// interrupts are disabled upon creation. Otherwise, it has no size or cost at runtime.
>>> +    ///
>>> +    /// # Panics
>>> +    ///
>>> +    /// If debug assertions are enabled, this function will panic if interrupts are not disabled
>>> +    /// upon creation.
>>> +    ///
>>> +    /// # Safety
>>> +    ///
>>> +    /// This function must only be called in contexts where it is already known that interrupts have
>>> +    /// been disabled for the current CPU, as the user is making a promise that they will remain
>>> +    /// disabled at least until this [`IrqDisabled`] is dropped.
>>
>> This is a bit verbose for taste, what about:
>> "Must only be called in contexts where interrupts are disabled for the
>> current CPU. Additionally they must remain disabled at least until the
>> returned value is dropped."
> 
> sgtm
> 
>>
>> Importantly the second sentence is not 100% clear from your version.
>> Feel free to take mine (with modifications).
>>
>>> +    pub unsafe fn new() -> Self {
>>
>> Do we need this to be public? Ie do you (or someone you know) have a
>> usecase for this? If not, then we can start with this function being
>> private and make it public when necessary.
> 
> Yes - there's a few DRM callbacks, drm_crtc_funcs.{vblank_enable,
> vblank_disable, get_vblank_timestamp}, that happen with interrupts already
> disabled that will be using it:
> 
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/lyudess/linux/-/blob/rvkms-example-07312024/rust/kernel/drm/kms/vblank.rs?ref_type=heads#L24
> 
> It's also worth noting that if we weren't going to use this right away I think
> it would make more sense just to add the function later instead of having it
> private, since we don't actually use this anywhere in irq.rs.

I didn't want the good docs you wrote go to waste :)
But since you have a usage, we can just keep it public.

>>> +        // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
>>> +        debug_assert!(unsafe { bindings::irqs_disabled() });
>>> +
>>> +        Self(PhantomData)
>>> +    }
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +/// Run the closure `cb` with interrupts disabled on the local CPU.
>>> +///
>>> +/// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
>>> +/// without interrupts.
>>> +///
>>> +/// # Examples
>>> +///
>>> +/// Using [`with_irqs_disabled`] to call a function that can only be called with interrupts
>>> +/// disabled:
>>> +///
>>> +/// ```
>>> +/// use kernel::irq::{IrqDisabled, with_irqs_disabled};
>>> +///
>>> +/// // Requiring interrupts be disabled to call a function
>>> +/// fn dont_interrupt_me(_irq: IrqDisabled<'_>) {
>>> +///     /* When this token is available, IRQs are known to be disabled. Actions that rely on this
>>> +///      * can be safely performed
>>> +///      */
>>> +/// }
>>> +///
>>> +/// // Disabling interrupts. They'll be re-enabled once this closure completes.
>>> +/// with_irqs_disabled(|irq| dont_interrupt_me(irq));
>>> +/// ```
>>> +#[inline]
>>> +pub fn with_irqs_disabled<'a, T, F>(cb: F) -> T
>>> +where
>>> +    F: FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T,
>>
>> You can use this as the signature:
>>
>>     pub fn with_irqs_disabled<'a, T>(cb: impl FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T) -> T
>>
>> Not sure if we have any convention for this, but I personally think this
>> version is easier to parse.
> 
> sgtm

I hope that you saw my reply to myself, since what I wrote above is
unsound.

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Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] rust: Introduce irq module

[Lyude Paul]

On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 18:34 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
> On 01.08.24 18:44, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 09:51 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > You can use this as the signature:
> > > 
> > >     pub fn with_irqs_disabled<'a, T>(cb: impl FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T) -> T
> > > 
> > > Not sure if we have any convention for this, but I personally think this
> > > version is easier to parse.
> > 
> > sgtm
> 
> I hope that you saw my reply to myself, since what I wrote above is
> unsound.

Yep! I've got my local branch using HRTBs here

> 
> ---
> Cheers,
> Benno
> 

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Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq

[Benno Lossin]

On 01.08.24 19:10, Lyude Paul wrote:
> On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 10:29 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
>> On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
>>> +unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockIrqBackend {
>>> +    type State = bindings::spinlock_t;
>>> +    type GuardState = ();
>>> +    type Context<'a> = IrqDisabled<'a>;
>>> +
>>> +    unsafe fn init(
>>> +        ptr: *mut Self::State,
>>> +        name: *const core::ffi::c_char,
>>> +        key: *mut bindings::lock_class_key,
>>> +    ) {
>>> +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements ensure that `ptr` is valid for writes, and `name` and
>>> +        // `key` are valid for read indefinitely.
>>> +        unsafe { bindings::__spin_lock_init(ptr, name, key) }
>>> +    }
>>> +
>>> +    unsafe fn lock(ptr: *mut Self::State) -> Self::GuardState {
>>> +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` points to valid
>>> +        // memory, and that it has been initialised before.
>>> +        unsafe { bindings::spin_lock(ptr) }
>>
>> Should this really be the same function as `SpinLock`? (ie is there not
>> a special version that expects IRQ to already be disabled? eg this could
>> add additional debug calls)
> 
> Yes, unless there's some spinlock API function I missed (I checked right
> before sending this response) we don't really have a variant of spin_lock*()
> that assumes IRQs are disabled. You really just have:
> 
> spin_lock() - Grab lock, no IRQ changes
> 
> spin_lock_irq() - Grab lock, unconditionally disable IRQs (regardless of
> current flags) until spin_unlock_irq()
> 
> spin_lock_irqsave() - Grab lock, save IRQ flags and restore upon
> spin_unlock_irqrestore()

I see, I have very limited knowledge of the C side and using the same
function for both seemed strange.

> Usually lockdep is the one to actually warn about the interrupt state being
> incorrect, as it will throw up a warning if you grab a spinlock in both an
> interrupt enabled and disabled context (which means you are forgetting to
> disable interrupts before lock acquisition somewhere).

Cool.

> As well, I think having further debug calls would be unneeded? As of right now
> there's only really two entrypoints for getting IrqDisabled:
> with_irqs_disabled(), and IrqDisabled::new(). And since IrqDisabled::new() now
> has a debug assertion for disabled interrupts, that means all paths to
> creating IrqDisabled are either already guaranteed to disable interrupts - or
> would be making use of the debug assertion for verifying interrupt state.

Yes, but if you eg call some FFI function in the meantime it might
re-enable IRQs (or just a plain old bug in the Rust side). I don't know
how expensive this will be for debug builds, if it is too much, we could
try to introduce different levels of debugging.
But as you already said above, we don't need it for `SpinLockIrq`, since
lockdep should take care of that.

---
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Benno

Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq

[Lyude Paul]

On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 18:38 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
> On 01.08.24 19:10, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 10:29 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
> > > On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
> 
> Yes, but if you eg call some FFI function in the meantime it might
> re-enable IRQs (or just a plain old bug in the Rust side). I don't know
> how expensive this will be for debug builds, if it is too much, we could
> try to introduce different levels of debugging.
> But as you already said above, we don't need it for `SpinLockIrq`, since
> lockdep should take care of that.

Just some small context here BTW - I suppose it is totally possible for FFI
code to turn interrupts back on. It's worth noting I don't think I know of any
C code that would ever do this though, primarily because unless you know for a
fact that your caller has no locks held then your code is going to deadlock by
doing that. Assuming you're on a single-processor system:

CPU 0:

flags = spin_lock_irqsave(&foo);
local_irq_restore(flags);

*** We get an interrupt and context-switch to the interrupt handler ***

spin_lock(&foo);

*** DEADLOCK ***

(Since &foo is already acquired, and interrupts are disabled on our only CPU -
we'll never switch back to the original context to unlock &foo).

> 
> ---
> Cheers,
> Benno
> 

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Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq

[Benno Lossin]

On 01.08.24 22:52, Lyude Paul wrote:
> On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 18:38 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
>> On 01.08.24 19:10, Lyude Paul wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 10:29 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
>>>> On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
>>
>> Yes, but if you eg call some FFI function in the meantime it might
>> re-enable IRQs (or just a plain old bug in the Rust side). I don't know
>> how expensive this will be for debug builds, if it is too much, we could
>> try to introduce different levels of debugging.
>> But as you already said above, we don't need it for `SpinLockIrq`, since
>> lockdep should take care of that.
> 
> Just some small context here BTW - I suppose it is totally possible for FFI
> code to turn interrupts back on. It's worth noting I don't think I know of any
> C code that would ever do this though, primarily because unless you know for a
> fact that your caller has no locks held then your code is going to deadlock by
> doing that. Assuming you're on a single-processor system:

Agreed, such code would be obviously wrong, hence it would be nice to
catch it via debug statements.
Or are you saying that if someone were to write this code it would
always be caught?
I think that we should not underestimate the complexity of the system,
it might be the case that we only run into a deadlock under very strange
conditions, but having debug statements could help to catch the issue
early.

---
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Benno

> CPU 0:
> 
> flags = spin_lock_irqsave(&foo);
> local_irq_restore(flags);
> 
> *** We get an interrupt and context-switch to the interrupt handler ***
> 
> spin_lock(&foo);
> 
> *** DEADLOCK ***
> 
> (Since &foo is already acquired, and interrupts are disabled on our only CPU -
> we'll never switch back to the original context to unlock &foo).
> 
>>
>> ---
>> Cheers,
>> Benno
>>
> 
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> 
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>