[PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Filipe Xavier]

We have seen a proliferation of mod_whatever::foo::Flags
being defined with essentially the same implementation
for bitAnd, bitOr, contains and etc.

This macro aims to bring a solution for this,
allowing to generate these methods for user-defined structs.
With some use cases in KMS and VideoCodecs.

Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/288089-General/topic/We.20really.20need.20a.20common.20.60Flags.60.20type
Signed-off-by: Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com>
---
 rust/kernel/bitmask.rs | 171 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/kernel/lib.rs     |   2 +
 rust/kernel/prelude.rs |   1 +
 3 files changed, 174 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs b/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8d26a541c693a2cb60096059ecb708d895bb3ad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Bitmask utilities for working with flags in Rust.
+
+/// Declares a bitmask type with its corresponding flag type.
+///
+/// This macro generates:
+/// - Implementations of common bitwise operations (`BitOr`, `BitAnd`, etc.).
+/// - Utility methods such as `.contains()` to check flags.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// Defining and using a bitmask:
+/// ```
+/// bitmask!(Permissions, Permission, u32);
+///
+/// // Define some individual permissions
+/// const READ: Permission = Permission(1 << 0);
+/// const WRITE: Permission = Permission(1 << 1);
+/// const EXECUTE: Permission = Permission(1 << 2);
+///
+/// // Combine multiple permissions using bitwise OR (`|`)
+/// let read_write = Permissions::from(READ) | WRITE;
+///
+/// assert!(read_write.contains(READ));   // READ is set
+/// assert!(read_write.contains(WRITE));  // WRITE is set
+/// assert!(!read_write.contains(EXECUTE)); // EXECUTE is not set
+///
+/// // Removing a permission with bitwise AND (`&`)
+/// let read_only = read_write & READ;
+/// assert!(read_only.contains(READ)); // Still has READ
+/// assert!(!read_only.contains(WRITE)); // WRITE was removed
+///
+/// // Toggling permissions with XOR (`^`)
+/// let toggled = read_only ^ Permissions::from(READ);
+/// assert!(!toggled.contains(READ)); // READ was removed
+///
+/// // Inverting permissions with negation (`-`)
+/// let negated = -read_only;
+/// assert!(negated.contains(WRITE)); // Previously unset bits are now set
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! bitmask {
+    ($flags:ident, $flag:ident, $ty:ty) => {
+        #[allow(missing_docs)]
+        #[repr(transparent)]
+        #[derive(Copy, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+        pub struct $flags($ty);
+
+        #[allow(missing_docs)]
+        #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+        pub struct $flag($ty);
+
+        impl From<$flag> for $flags {
+            #[inline]
+            fn from(value: $flag) -> Self {
+                Self(value.0)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl From<$flags> for $ty {
+            #[inline]
+            fn from(value: $flags) -> Self {
+                value.0
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl core::ops::BitOr for $flags {
+            type Output = Self;
+
+            #[inline]
+            fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+                Self(self.0 | rhs.0)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl core::ops::BitOrAssign for $flags {
+            #[inline]
+            fn bitor_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
+                *self = *self | rhs;
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl core::ops::BitAnd for $flags {
+            type Output = Self;
+
+            #[inline]
+            fn bitand(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+                Self(self.0 & rhs.0)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl core::ops::BitAndAssign for $flags {
+            #[inline]
+            fn bitand_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
+                *self = *self & rhs;
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl core::ops::BitOr<$flag> for $flags {
+            type Output = Self;
+
+            #[inline]
+            fn bitor(self, rhs: $flag) -> Self::Output {
+                self | Self::from(rhs)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl core::ops::BitOrAssign<$flag> for $flags {
+            #[inline]
+            fn bitor_assign(&mut self, rhs: $flag) {
+                *self = *self | rhs;
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl core::ops::BitAnd<$flag> for $flags {
+            type Output = Self;
+
+            #[inline]
+            fn bitand(self, rhs: $flag) -> Self::Output {
+                self & Self::from(rhs)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl core::ops::BitAndAssign<$flag> for $flags {
+            #[inline]
+            fn bitand_assign(&mut self, rhs: $flag) {
+                *self = *self & rhs;
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl core::ops::BitXor for $flags {
+            type Output = Self;
+
+            #[inline]
+            fn bitxor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+                Self(self.0 ^ rhs.0)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl core::ops::BitXorAssign for $flags {
+            #[inline]
+            fn bitxor_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
+                *self = *self ^ rhs;
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl core::ops::Neg for $flags {
+            type Output = Self;
+
+            #[inline]
+            fn neg(self) -> Self::Output {
+                Self(!self.0)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl $flags {
+            /// Returns an empty instance of <type> where no flags are set.
+            #[inline]
+            pub const fn empty() -> Self {
+                Self(0)
+            }
+
+            /// Checks if a specific flag is set.
+            #[inline]
+            pub fn contains(self, flag: $flag) -> bool {
+                (self.0 & flag.0) == flag.0
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 496ed32b0911a9fdbce5d26738b9cf7ef910b269..c4c88b59d2c3d96ce4efd7e610c28211d4691ec3 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 
 pub use ffi;
 
+pub mod bitmask;
+
 pub mod alloc;
 #[cfg(CONFIG_BLOCK)]
 pub mod block;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
index dde2e0649790ca24e6c347b29465ea0a1c3e503b..2560e92aeed87e69bf0dc7c18abe81c0e45310ca 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #[doc(no_inline)]
 pub use super::dbg;
 pub use super::fmt;
+pub use super::bitmask;
 pub use super::{dev_alert, dev_crit, dev_dbg, dev_emerg, dev_err, dev_info, dev_notice, dev_warn};
 pub use super::{pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_debug, pr_emerg, pr_err, pr_info, pr_notice, pr_warn};
 

---
base-commit: beeb78d46249cab8b2b8359a2ce8fa5376b5ad2d
change-id: 20250304-feat-add-bitmask-macro-6424b1c317e2

Best regards,
-- 
Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com>

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Alice Ryhl]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We have seen a proliferation of mod_whatever::foo::Flags
> being defined with essentially the same implementation
> for bitAnd, bitOr, contains and etc.
>
> This macro aims to bring a solution for this,
> allowing to generate these methods for user-defined structs.
> With some use cases in KMS and VideoCodecs.
>
> Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/288089-General/topic/We.20really.20need.20a.20common.20.60Flags.60.20type
> Signed-off-by: Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com>

Hmm. I wonder about having all of the bitwise operations. Most of the
time, I would only want the || operator, and maybe also &&. That way,
it's guaranteed that you can never get a Flags with an unknown bit
set, which might be useful for soundness.

Alice

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 09:55:11AM -0300, Filipe Xavier wrote:
> We have seen a proliferation of mod_whatever::foo::Flags
> being defined with essentially the same implementation
> for bitAnd, bitOr, contains and etc.
> 
> This macro aims to bring a solution for this,
> allowing to generate these methods for user-defined structs.
> With some use cases in KMS and VideoCodecs.
> 
> Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/288089-General/topic/We.20really.20need.20a.20common.20.60Flags.60.20type
> Signed-off-by: Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/bitmask.rs | 171 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/lib.rs     |   2 +
>  rust/kernel/prelude.rs |   1 +
>  3 files changed, 174 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs b/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8d26a541c693a2cb60096059ecb708d895bb3ad1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +//! Bitmask utilities for working with flags in Rust.
> +
> +/// Declares a bitmask type with its corresponding flag type.
> +///
> +/// This macro generates:
> +/// - Implementations of common bitwise operations (`BitOr`, `BitAnd`, etc.).
> +/// - Utility methods such as `.contains()` to check flags.
> +///
> +/// # Examples
> +///
> +/// Defining and using a bitmask:
> +/// ```
> +/// bitmask!(Permissions, Permission, u32);

Nice, but why not use the same api/names that are already in the kernel
for this type of functionality in the C .h files?  That way we have
consistent names everywhere?

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Filipe Xavier]

On 3/4/25 11:09 AM, Greg KH wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 09:55:11AM -0300, Filipe Xavier wrote:
>> We have seen a proliferation of mod_whatever::foo::Flags
>> being defined with essentially the same implementation
>> for bitAnd, bitOr, contains and etc.
>>
>> This macro aims to bring a solution for this,
>> allowing to generate these methods for user-defined structs.
>> With some use cases in KMS and VideoCodecs.
>>
>> Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/288089-General/topic/We.20really.20need.20a.20common.20.60Flags.60.20type
>> Signed-off-by: Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   rust/kernel/bitmask.rs | 171 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   rust/kernel/lib.rs     |   2 +
>>   rust/kernel/prelude.rs |   1 +
>>   3 files changed, 174 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs b/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8d26a541c693a2cb60096059ecb708d895bb3ad1
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs
>> @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +
>> +//! Bitmask utilities for working with flags in Rust.
>> +
>> +/// Declares a bitmask type with its corresponding flag type.
>> +///
>> +/// This macro generates:
>> +/// - Implementations of common bitwise operations (`BitOr`, `BitAnd`, etc.).
>> +/// - Utility methods such as `.contains()` to check flags.
>> +///
>> +/// # Examples
>> +///
>> +/// Defining and using a bitmask:
>> +/// ```
>> +/// bitmask!(Permissions, Permission, u32);
> Nice, but why not use the same api/names that are already in the kernel
> for this type of functionality in the C .h files?  That way we have
> consistent names everywhere?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

Makes sense, my mistake, I didn't know...
Could you send me the reference of what already exists in the kernel so 
I can change it?

Cheers,
Filipe

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 09:46:16AM -0300, Filipe Xavier wrote:
> On 3/4/25 11:09 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 09:55:11AM -0300, Filipe Xavier wrote:
> > > We have seen a proliferation of mod_whatever::foo::Flags
> > > being defined with essentially the same implementation
> > > for bitAnd, bitOr, contains and etc.
> > > 
> > > This macro aims to bring a solution for this,
> > > allowing to generate these methods for user-defined structs.
> > > With some use cases in KMS and VideoCodecs.
> > > 
> > > Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/288089-General/topic/We.20really.20need.20a.20common.20.60Flags.60.20type
> > > Signed-off-by: Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >   rust/kernel/bitmask.rs | 171 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >   rust/kernel/lib.rs     |   2 +
> > >   rust/kernel/prelude.rs |   1 +
> > >   3 files changed, 174 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs b/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8d26a541c693a2cb60096059ecb708d895bb3ad1
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > +
> > > +//! Bitmask utilities for working with flags in Rust.
> > > +
> > > +/// Declares a bitmask type with its corresponding flag type.
> > > +///
> > > +/// This macro generates:
> > > +/// - Implementations of common bitwise operations (`BitOr`, `BitAnd`, etc.).
> > > +/// - Utility methods such as `.contains()` to check flags.
> > > +///
> > > +/// # Examples
> > > +///
> > > +/// Defining and using a bitmask:
> > > +/// ```
> > > +/// bitmask!(Permissions, Permission, u32);
> > Nice, but why not use the same api/names that are already in the kernel
> > for this type of functionality in the C .h files?  That way we have
> > consistent names everywhere?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Makes sense, my mistake, I didn't know...
> Could you send me the reference of what already exists in the kernel so I
> can change it?

Look in include/linux/bit*

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> wrote:
>
> Hmm. I wonder about having all of the bitwise operations. Most of the
> time, I would only want the || operator, and maybe also &&. That way,
> it's guaranteed that you can never get a Flags with an unknown bit
> set, which might be useful for soundness.

Yeah, I think this is a good idea -- if we need all of them in some
particular use cases, we could have another type that offers those.

Cheers,
Miguel

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Miguel Ojeda]

Hi Filipe,

Some quick nits (which some may not apply to the new version depending
on what you decide to do with the operators).

On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> for bitAnd, bitOr, contains and etc.

If this refers to the `ops`, then should it be `BitAnd` etc.?

> This macro aims to bring a solution for this,
> allowing to generate these methods for user-defined structs.
> With some use cases in KMS and VideoCodecs.

The link to Zulip is great -- perhaps a concrete use case shown (e.g.
as a second patch even if not intended to be applied) or just as a
small example here would be nice (not a blocker, though!).

> +//! Bitmask utilities for working with flags in Rust.

I would remove "in Rust".

> +/// - Implementations of common bitwise operations (`BitOr`, `BitAnd`, etc.).

Intra-doc links where possible.

> +/// ```

Newline before code block.

> +/// bitmask!(Permissions, Permission, u32);

Could we avoid having to provide two identifiers somehow, e.g. `paste!`?

> +/// // Define some individual permissions

Period at the end of comments.

> +/// assert!(read_write.contains(READ));   // READ is set
> +/// assert!(read_write.contains(WRITE));  // WRITE is set
> +/// assert!(!read_write.contains(EXECUTE)); // EXECUTE is not set

The alignment on the comments is strange (in general, we do not do
comments on the right side of code).

I would probably just remove them though -- the asserts are clear
enough on their own.

> +/// // Inverting permissions with negation (`-`)
> +/// let negated = -read_only;
> +/// assert!(negated.contains(WRITE)); // Previously unset bits are now set

Hmm... why did you pick `-` for bitwise negation? C uses `~`, Rust uses `!`.

Also, I would use an `assert!` here for every bit (also for the xor
above), like in the cases above, so that it is more clear and since
this doubles as a KUnit test.

> +        #[allow(missing_docs)]

Can it be `expect` instead?

> +            /// Returns an empty instance of <type> where no flags are set.

Please use Markdown where possible, e.g. `type`.

>  pub use ffi;
>
> +pub mod bitmask;
> +
>  pub mod alloc;

Why is it on its own? i.e. it is best to put it in the `pub mod` block.

Thanks for the patch!

Cheers,
Miguel

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[kernel test robot]

Hi Filipe,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on beeb78d46249cab8b2b8359a2ce8fa5376b5ad2d]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Filipe-Xavier/rust-add-new-macro-for-common-bitwise-operations/20250304-205635
base:   beeb78d46249cab8b2b8359a2ce8fa5376b5ad2d
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250304-feat-add-bitmask-macro-v1-1-1c2d2bcb476b%40gmail.com
patch subject: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations
:::::: branch date: 8 days ago
:::::: commit date: 8 days ago
config: x86_64-rhel-9.4-rust (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250313/202503130214.myqzPlR6-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 18.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 3b5b5c1ec4a3095ab096dd780e84d7ab81f3d7ff)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250313/202503130214.myqzPlR6-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202503130214.myqzPlR6-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

   PATH=/opt/cross/clang-18/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
   INFO PATH=/opt/cross/rustc-1.78.0-bindgen-0.65.1/cargo/bin:/opt/cross/clang-18/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
   /usr/bin/timeout -k 100 12h /usr/bin/make KCFLAGS= -Wtautological-compare -Wno-error=return-type -Wreturn-type -Wcast-function-type -funsigned-char -Wundef -fstrict-flex-arrays=3 -Wformat-overflow -Wformat-truncation -Wenum-conversion W=1 --keep-going LLVM=1 -j32 -C source O=/kbuild/obj/consumer/x86_64-rhel-9.4-rust ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash rustfmtcheck
   make: Entering directory '/kbuild/src/consumer'
   make[1]: Entering directory '/kbuild/obj/consumer/x86_64-rhel-9.4-rust'
>> Diff in rust/kernel/prelude.rs at line 22:
    pub use super::{build_assert, build_error};
    
    // `super::std_vendor` is hidden, which makes the macro inline for some reason.
   +pub use super::bitmask;
    #[doc(no_inline)]
    pub use super::dbg;
    pub use super::fmt;
   Diff in rust/kernel/prelude.rs at line 28:
   -pub use super::bitmask;
    pub use super::{dev_alert, dev_crit, dev_dbg, dev_emerg, dev_err, dev_info, dev_notice, dev_warn};
    pub use super::{pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_debug, pr_emerg, pr_err, pr_info, pr_notice, pr_warn};
    
>> Diff in rust/kernel/prelude.rs at line 22:
    pub use super::{build_assert, build_error};
    
    // `super::std_vendor` is hidden, which makes the macro inline for some reason.
   +pub use super::bitmask;
    #[doc(no_inline)]
    pub use super::dbg;
    pub use super::fmt;
   Diff in rust/kernel/prelude.rs at line 28:
   -pub use super::bitmask;
    pub use super::{dev_alert, dev_crit, dev_dbg, dev_emerg, dev_err, dev_info, dev_notice, dev_warn};
    pub use super::{pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_debug, pr_emerg, pr_err, pr_info, pr_notice, pr_warn};
    
   make[2]: *** [Makefile:1816: rustfmt] Error 123
   make[2]: Target 'rustfmtcheck' not remade because of errors.
   make[1]: Leaving directory '/kbuild/obj/consumer/x86_64-rhel-9.4-rust'
   make[1]: *** [Makefile:251: __sub-make] Error 2
   make[1]: Target 'rustfmtcheck' not remade because of errors.
   make: *** [Makefile:251: __sub-make] Error 2
   make: Target 'rustfmtcheck' not remade because of errors.
   make: Leaving directory '/kbuild/src/consumer'

-- 
0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service
https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Daniel Almeida]

Hi Filipe,

I’ve been using your code on a driver I’ve been working on. It
definitely avoids a lot of repetition, so thank you for that.

There are a few things I'd like to point out, though:

I personally don't think that "bitmask" is a good name. Something like
"impl_flags" would be more descriptive of what is actually done by the macro, i.e.:


mod flags {
    use kernel::bits::bit_u32; // This is not upstream yet.
    use kernel::prelude::*;

    use crate::impl_flags;

    impl_flags!(Flags, Flag, u32);

    const FLAG_FOO: Flag = Flag(bits_u32(<some bit>));
    const FLAG_BAR: Flag = Flag(bits_u32(<some other bit>));

    impl SomeTrait for Flags {
        ...
    }

    <etc>

Additionally:  

Flags & Flag doesn't work, but should. This applies to all other operators. In
other words, you shouldn't have to write:

let foo: Flags = ...;
let bar: Flag = ...;
let baz = foo & Flags::from(bar);

Regarding the docs, as I said previously, you need to transpose the docs to the
type, e.g.:

mod flags {
    use crate::impl_flags;

    /// Flags used for XYZ.   <--- has to appear in the generated code.
    impl_flags!(Flags, Flag, u32);
    
     /// Used for ...
    const FLAG_FOO: Flag = Flag(bits_u32(<some bit>));

    /// Used for..
    const FLAG_BAR: Flag = Flag(bits_u32(<some other bit>));

    <etc>


Also remove #[allow(missing_docs)]. You should capture this from the macro
invocation directly, if present:


mod flags {
    use crate::impl_flags;

     #[allow(missing_docs)] // OK, user doesn't care about docs here.
    impl_flags!(Flags, Flag, u32);


This should result in:


#[allow(missing_docs)
pub struct Flags(..);

#[allow(missing_docs)
pub struct Flag(..);


On top of that, your code will actually generate a warning depending on the
visibility of the enclosing item:

my_driver.rs:

pub mod foo {
    mod bar {

        impl_flags!(…);
        //
        // Expands to:
        //
        // pub Flags(..); <-- Warning: Flags is pub but bar is private.
        //
        // pub Flag(..); <-- Same here
     }
}


This means that you should let the visibility be controlled by the caller.

As you can see, there's a few things to be fixed still, but overall great work,
I appreciate it. Can you please add the suggested-by tags for Lyude and I?

-- Daniel

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Daniel Almeida]

Hi Greg,

> On 4 Mar 2025, at 11:09, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> Nice, but why not use the same api/names that are already in the kernel
> for this type of functionality in the C .h files?  That way we have
> consistent names everywhere?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

IIUC, there is already someone working on that [0].

Can we just leave this macro somewhat as-is as a mere convenience for driver authors?

My latest review comments include a name change to make it less confusing in this regard.

Or if [0] is not what you mean, can you provide a more concrete example?

— Daniel

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20250310161947.1767855-2-bqe@google.com/

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 11:18:56AM -0300, Daniel Almeida wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> > On 4 Mar 2025, at 11:09, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Nice, but why not use the same api/names that are already in the kernel
> > for this type of functionality in the C .h files?  That way we have
> > consistent names everywhere?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> IIUC, there is already someone working on that [0].

Great!

> Can we just leave this macro somewhat as-is as a mere convenience for driver authors?

Why have multiple apis for the same thing?  That just makes reviewers
confused as well as developers.  We don't do that for C code :)

> My latest review comments include a name change to make it less confusing in this regard.

I would just like parity where ever possible to make things easier for
everyone.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Alice Ryhl]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 04:02:35PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 11:18:56AM -0300, Daniel Almeida wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > > On 4 Mar 2025, at 11:09, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Nice, but why not use the same api/names that are already in the kernel
> > > for this type of functionality in the C .h files?  That way we have
> > > consistent names everywhere?
> > > 
> > > thanks,
> > > 
> > > greg k-h
> > 
> > IIUC, there is already someone working on that [0].
> 
> Great!
> 
> > Can we just leave this macro somewhat as-is as a mere convenience for driver authors?
> 
> Why have multiple apis for the same thing?  That just makes reviewers
> confused as well as developers.  We don't do that for C code :)

I'm confused - the Bitmap type seems quite different from what this
patch adds. I don't think it's the same thing.

Alice

Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Lyude Paul]

On Tue, 2025-03-04 at 13:57 +0100, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > We have seen a proliferation of mod_whatever::foo::Flags
> > being defined with essentially the same implementation
> > for bitAnd, bitOr, contains and etc.
> > 
> > This macro aims to bring a solution for this,
> > allowing to generate these methods for user-defined structs.
> > With some use cases in KMS and VideoCodecs.
> > 
> > Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/288089-General/topic/We.20really.20need.20a.20common.20.60Flags.60.20type
> > Signed-off-by: Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com>
> 
> Hmm. I wonder about having all of the bitwise operations. Most of the
> time, I would only want the || operator, and maybe also &&. That way,
> it's guaranteed that you can never get a Flags with an unknown bit
> set, which might be useful for soundness.

FWIW: The reason I had suggested that we have a split of Flag and Flags type
was because I wanted to make sure that we could potentially handle unknown
flags transparently. I'm not sure how flags with only || or && would be that
useful, needing to do bitwise and/or is extremely common. Being able to handle
unknown flags would be good as well for bindings where we don't really care
about all of the flags in a bitmask but explicitly want to enable one or two
specific flags without changing the state of the rest of the bitmask.


> 
> Alice

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Re: [PATCH] rust: add new macro for common bitwise operations

[Lyude Paul]

On Tue, 2025-03-04 at 09:55 -0300, Filipe Xavier wrote:
> We have seen a proliferation of mod_whatever::foo::Flags
> being defined with essentially the same implementation
> for bitAnd, bitOr, contains and etc.
> 
> This macro aims to bring a solution for this,
> allowing to generate these methods for user-defined structs.
> With some use cases in KMS and VideoCodecs.
> 
> Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/288089-General/topic/We.20really.20need.20a.20common.20.60Flags.60.20type
> Signed-off-by: Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/bitmask.rs | 171 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/lib.rs     |   2 +
>  rust/kernel/prelude.rs |   1 +
>  3 files changed, 174 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs b/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8d26a541c693a2cb60096059ecb708d895bb3ad1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/kernel/bitmask.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +//! Bitmask utilities for working with flags in Rust.
> +
> +/// Declares a bitmask type with its corresponding flag type.
> +///
> +/// This macro generates:
> +/// - Implementations of common bitwise operations (`BitOr`, `BitAnd`, etc.).
> +/// - Utility methods such as `.contains()` to check flags.
> +///
> +/// # Examples
> +///
> +/// Defining and using a bitmask:
> +/// ```
> +/// bitmask!(Permissions, Permission, u32);
> +///
> +/// // Define some individual permissions
> +/// const READ: Permission = Permission(1 << 0);
> +/// const WRITE: Permission = Permission(1 << 1);
> +/// const EXECUTE: Permission = Permission(1 << 2);
> +///
> +/// // Combine multiple permissions using bitwise OR (`|`)
> +/// let read_write = Permissions::from(READ) | WRITE;
> +///
> +/// assert!(read_write.contains(READ));   // READ is set
> +/// assert!(read_write.contains(WRITE));  // WRITE is set
> +/// assert!(!read_write.contains(EXECUTE)); // EXECUTE is not set
> +///
> +/// // Removing a permission with bitwise AND (`&`)
> +/// let read_only = read_write & READ;
> +/// assert!(read_only.contains(READ)); // Still has READ
> +/// assert!(!read_only.contains(WRITE)); // WRITE was removed
> +///
> +/// // Toggling permissions with XOR (`^`)
> +/// let toggled = read_only ^ Permissions::from(READ);
> +/// assert!(!toggled.contains(READ)); // READ was removed
> +///
> +/// // Inverting permissions with negation (`-`)
> +/// let negated = -read_only;
> +/// assert!(negated.contains(WRITE)); // Previously unset bits are now set

Seconded on Miguel's comment here - we want to make sure to use ! so that it's
more consistent with rust.

> +/// ```
> +#[macro_export]
> +macro_rules! bitmask {
> +    ($flags:ident, $flag:ident, $ty:ty) => {
> +        #[allow(missing_docs)]
> +        #[repr(transparent)]
> +        #[derive(Copy, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
> +        pub struct $flags($ty);
> +
> +        #[allow(missing_docs)]
> +        #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
> +        pub struct $flag($ty);

Why not auto-generate some documents here, or maybe provide a way for the user
to pass documentation into the macro?

Otherwise this looks fine to me

> +
> +        impl From<$flag> for $flags {
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn from(value: $flag) -> Self {
> +                Self(value.0)
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl From<$flags> for $ty {
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn from(value: $flags) -> Self {
> +                value.0
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl core::ops::BitOr for $flags {
> +            type Output = Self;
> +
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
> +                Self(self.0 | rhs.0)
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl core::ops::BitOrAssign for $flags {
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn bitor_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
> +                *self = *self | rhs;
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl core::ops::BitAnd for $flags {
> +            type Output = Self;
> +
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn bitand(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
> +                Self(self.0 & rhs.0)
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl core::ops::BitAndAssign for $flags {
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn bitand_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
> +                *self = *self & rhs;
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl core::ops::BitOr<$flag> for $flags {
> +            type Output = Self;
> +
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn bitor(self, rhs: $flag) -> Self::Output {
> +                self | Self::from(rhs)
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl core::ops::BitOrAssign<$flag> for $flags {
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn bitor_assign(&mut self, rhs: $flag) {
> +                *self = *self | rhs;
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl core::ops::BitAnd<$flag> for $flags {
> +            type Output = Self;
> +
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn bitand(self, rhs: $flag) -> Self::Output {
> +                self & Self::from(rhs)
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl core::ops::BitAndAssign<$flag> for $flags {
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn bitand_assign(&mut self, rhs: $flag) {
> +                *self = *self & rhs;
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl core::ops::BitXor for $flags {
> +            type Output = Self;
> +
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn bitxor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
> +                Self(self.0 ^ rhs.0)
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl core::ops::BitXorAssign for $flags {
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn bitxor_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
> +                *self = *self ^ rhs;
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl core::ops::Neg for $flags {
> +            type Output = Self;
> +
> +            #[inline]
> +            fn neg(self) -> Self::Output {
> +                Self(!self.0)
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        impl $flags {
> +            /// Returns an empty instance of <type> where no flags are set.
> +            #[inline]
> +            pub const fn empty() -> Self {
> +                Self(0)
> +            }
> +
> +            /// Checks if a specific flag is set.
> +            #[inline]
> +            pub fn contains(self, flag: $flag) -> bool {
> +                (self.0 & flag.0) == flag.0
> +            }
> +        }
> +    };
> +}
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> index 496ed32b0911a9fdbce5d26738b9cf7ef910b269..c4c88b59d2c3d96ce4efd7e610c28211d4691ec3 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
>  
>  pub use ffi;
>  
> +pub mod bitmask;
> +
>  pub mod alloc;
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_BLOCK)]
>  pub mod block;
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
> index dde2e0649790ca24e6c347b29465ea0a1c3e503b..2560e92aeed87e69bf0dc7c18abe81c0e45310ca 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>  #[doc(no_inline)]
>  pub use super::dbg;
>  pub use super::fmt;
> +pub use super::bitmask;
>  pub use super::{dev_alert, dev_crit, dev_dbg, dev_emerg, dev_err, dev_info, dev_notice, dev_warn};
>  pub use super::{pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_debug, pr_emerg, pr_err, pr_info, pr_notice, pr_warn};
>  
> 
> ---
> base-commit: beeb78d46249cab8b2b8359a2ce8fa5376b5ad2d
> change-id: 20250304-feat-add-bitmask-macro-6424b1c317e2
> 
> Best regards,

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