From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com
Cc: "Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>,
"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Mark Rutland" <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>, "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"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>,
"Elle Rhumsaa" <elle@weathered-steel.dev>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
"Marco Elver" <elver@google.com>,
"FUJITA Tomonori" <fujita.tomonori@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] rust: sync: atomic: Remove bound `T: Sync` for `Atomci::from_ptr()`
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:52:06 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260120115207.55318-2-boqun.feng@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260120115207.55318-1-boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Originally, `Atomic::from_ptr()` requires `T` being a `Sync` because I
thought having the ability to do `from_ptr()` meant multiplle
`&Atomic<T>`s shared by different threads, which was identical (or
similar) to multiple `&T`s shared by different threads. Hence `T` was
required to be `Sync`. However this is not true, since `&Atomic<T>` is
not the same at `&T`. Moreover, having this bound makes `Atomic::<*mut
T>::from_ptr()` impossible, which is definitely not intended. Therefore
remove the `T: Sync` bound.
Fixes: 29c32c405e53 ("rust: sync: atomic: Add generic atomics")
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
---
rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs
index 224bd57da1ab..d49ee45c6eb7 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs
@@ -215,10 +215,7 @@ pub const fn new(v: T) -> Self {
/// // no data race.
/// unsafe { Atomic::from_ptr(foo_a_ptr) }.store(2, Release);
/// ```
- pub unsafe fn from_ptr<'a>(ptr: *mut T) -> &'a Self
- where
- T: Sync,
- {
+ pub unsafe fn from_ptr<'a>(ptr: *mut T) -> &'a Self {
// CAST: `T` and `Atomic<T>` have the same size, alignment and bit validity.
// SAFETY: Per function safety requirement, `ptr` is a valid pointer and the object will
// live long enough. It's safe to return a `&Atomic<T>` because function safety requirement
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-20 11:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-20 11:52 [PATCH 0/2] Provide Rust atomic helpers over raw pointers Boqun Feng
2026-01-20 11:52 ` Boqun Feng [this message]
2026-01-20 12:38 ` [PATCH 1/2] rust: sync: atomic: Remove bound `T: Sync` for `Atomci::from_ptr()` Alice Ryhl
2026-01-20 12:39 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-01-20 13:09 ` Gary Guo
2026-01-20 11:52 ` [PATCH 2/2] rust: sync: atomic: Add atomic operation helpers over raw pointers Boqun Feng
2026-01-20 12:40 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-01-20 13:25 ` Gary Guo
2026-01-20 13:46 ` Boqun Feng
2026-01-20 16:23 ` Marco Elver
2026-01-20 16:47 ` Gary Guo
2026-01-20 17:10 ` Marco Elver
2026-01-20 17:32 ` Gary Guo
2026-01-20 20:52 ` Boqun Feng
2026-01-21 12:13 ` Marco Elver
2026-01-21 12:58 ` Boqun Feng
2026-01-21 13:09 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-01-21 12:19 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-01-21 12:36 ` Marco Elver
2026-01-21 12:51 ` Boqun Feng
2026-01-21 13:07 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-01-21 14:04 ` Boqun Feng
2026-01-21 13:42 ` Gary Guo
2026-01-20 17:12 ` Gary Guo
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