From: Philipp Stanner <phasta@kernel.org>
To: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@gmail.com>,
"Christian Schrefl" <chrisi.schrefl@gmail.com>
Cc: Philipp Stanner <phasta@kernel.org>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] rust: list: Add unsafe for container_of
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:28:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251118072833.196876-3-phasta@kernel.org> (raw)
impl_list_item_mod.rs calls container_of() without unsafe blocks at a
couple of places. Since container_of() is an unsafe macro / function,
the blocks are strictly necessary.
For unknown reasons, that problem was so far not visible and only gets
visible once one utilizes the list implementation from within the core
crate:
error[E0133]: call to unsafe function `core::ptr::mut_ptr::<impl *mut T>::byte_sub`
is unsafe and requires unsafe block
--> rust/kernel/lib.rs:252:29
|
252 | let container_ptr = field_ptr.byte_sub(offset).cast::<$Container>();
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ call to unsafe function
|
::: rust/kernel/drm/jq.rs:98:1
|
98 | / impl_list_item! {
99 | | impl ListItem<0> for BasicItem { using ListLinks { self.links }; }
100 | | }
| |_- in this macro invocation
|
note: an unsafe function restricts its caller, but its body is safe by default
--> rust/kernel/list/impl_list_item_mod.rs:216:13
|
216 | unsafe fn view_value(me: *mut $crate::list::ListLinks<$num>) -> *const Self {
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
::: rust/kernel/drm/jq.rs:98:1
|
98 | / impl_list_item! {
99 | | impl ListItem<0> for BasicItem { using ListLinks { self.links }; }
100 | | }
| |_- in this macro invocation
= note: requested on the command line with `-D unsafe-op-in-unsafe-fn`
= note: this error originates in the macro `$crate::container_of` which comes
from the expansion of the macro `impl_list_item`
Add unsafe blocks to container_of to fix the issue.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.17+
Fixes: c77f85b347dd ("rust: list: remove OFFSET constants")
Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Philipp Stanner <phasta@kernel.org>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add unsafes to the list implementation instead of container_of
itself. (Alice, Miguel)
- Adjust commit message and Fixes: tag.
- Add stable-kernel for completeness.
---
rust/kernel/list/impl_list_item_mod.rs | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/list/impl_list_item_mod.rs b/rust/kernel/list/impl_list_item_mod.rs
index 202bc6f97c13..7052095efde5 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/list/impl_list_item_mod.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/list/impl_list_item_mod.rs
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ unsafe fn view_value(me: *mut $crate::list::ListLinks<$num>) -> *const Self {
// SAFETY: `me` originates from the most recent call to `prepare_to_insert`, so it
// points at the field `$field` in a value of type `Self`. Thus, reversing that
// operation is still in-bounds of the allocation.
- $crate::container_of!(me, Self, $($field).*)
+ unsafe { $crate::container_of!(me, Self, $($field).*) }
}
// GUARANTEES:
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ unsafe fn post_remove(me: *mut $crate::list::ListLinks<$num>) -> *const Self {
// SAFETY: `me` originates from the most recent call to `prepare_to_insert`, so it
// points at the field `$field` in a value of type `Self`. Thus, reversing that
// operation is still in-bounds of the allocation.
- $crate::container_of!(me, Self, $($field).*)
+ unsafe { $crate::container_of!(me, Self, $($field).*) }
}
}
)*};
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ unsafe fn prepare_to_insert(me: *const Self) -> *mut $crate::list::ListLinks<$nu
// SAFETY: The caller promises that `me` points at a valid value of type `Self`.
let links_field = unsafe { <Self as $crate::list::ListItem<$num>>::view_links(me) };
- let container = $crate::container_of!(
+ let container = unsafe { $crate::container_of!(
links_field, $crate::list::ListLinksSelfPtr<Self, $num>, inner
- );
+ ) };
// SAFETY: By the same reasoning above, `links_field` is a valid pointer.
let self_ptr = unsafe {
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ unsafe fn view_links(me: *const Self) -> *mut $crate::list::ListLinks<$num> {
// `ListArc` containing `Self` until the next call to `post_remove`. The value cannot
// be destroyed while a `ListArc` reference exists.
unsafe fn view_value(links_field: *mut $crate::list::ListLinks<$num>) -> *const Self {
- let container = $crate::container_of!(
+ let container = unsafe { $crate::container_of!(
links_field, $crate::list::ListLinksSelfPtr<Self, $num>, inner
- );
+ ) };
// SAFETY: By the same reasoning above, `links_field` is a valid pointer.
let self_ptr = unsafe {
--
2.49.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-18 7:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-18 7:28 Philipp Stanner [this message]
2025-11-18 8:20 ` [PATCH v2] rust: list: Add unsafe for container_of Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-18 8:30 ` Philipp Stanner
2025-11-18 9:00 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-18 9:33 ` Philipp Stanner
2025-11-18 17:10 ` Miguel Ojeda
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