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From: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>
To: "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
	"Burak Emir" <burak.emir@gmail.com>,
	"Yury Norov" <yury.norov@gmail.com>,
	"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>, "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
	"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
	"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
	"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
	"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
	"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
	"Daniel Almeida" <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>,
	"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@kernel.org>,
	"Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>,
	"Onur Özkan" <work@onurozkan.dev>,
	"David Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>,
	"Simona Vetter" <simona@ffwll.ch>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	 John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
	Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>,
	 Timur Tabi <ttabi@nvidia.com>, Zhi Wang <zhiw@nvidia.com>,
	 rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 nova-gpu@lists.linux.dev, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	 Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 03/12] rust: num: add cv! macro to create values from constant expressions
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:28:31 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260827-chid-v8-3-bc74c77d0214@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260827-chid-v8-0-bc74c77d0214@nvidia.com>

Currently, using NonZero/Bounded constants is quite verbose. It's
unfortunate because it disincentivizes using it in interface boundaries.
Introduce a macro to make it nicer to use. The macro `cv!` (for constant
value) takes a const integer expression and widens it to i128 (at build
time only) before passing it as a const generic value to a new trait
function `FromConst::from_const`. The trait is implemented by NonZero,
Bounded, and Alignment and lets values of each be constructed from
constants without a verbose turbofish syntax. For example,
`const { NonZero::new(1).unwrap() }` can be written as `cv!(1)`.

Suggested-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>
---
 rust/kernel/num.rs         | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs | 21 ++++++++++-
 rust/kernel/ptr.rs         | 13 +++++++
 3 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/num.rs b/rust/kernel/num.rs
index 8532b511384c..29bf903a4a74 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/num.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/num.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,100 @@
 
 //! Additional numerical features for the kernel.
 
+use crate::const_assert;
 use core::ops;
 
 pub mod bounded;
 pub use bounded::*;
 
+/// Creates a value from an integer constant expression, with validity checked at build time.
+///
+/// This works for any type that implements [`FromConst`], with the target type inferred from
+/// the context.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use core::num::NonZero;
+/// use kernel::num::Bounded;
+/// use kernel::num::cv;
+/// use kernel::ptr::Alignment;
+///
+/// let v: NonZero<usize> = cv!(8);
+/// assert_eq!(v.get(), 8);
+///
+/// // Any integer constant expression works, not only literals.
+/// let m: NonZero<usize> = cv!(usize::MAX);
+/// assert_eq!(m.get(), usize::MAX);
+///
+/// let b: Bounded<u32, 4> = cv!(15);
+/// assert_eq!(b.get(), 15);
+///
+/// let a: Alignment = cv!(4096);
+/// assert_eq!(a.as_usize(), 4096);
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+macro_rules! cv {
+    ($v:expr) => {
+        $crate::num::FromConst::from_const::<
+            {
+                #[allow(unused_comparisons, unused_assignments, clippy::as_underscore)]
+                {
+                    let v = $v;
+                    let r = v as i128;
+                    // Pin `back` to `v`'s type so `as _` casts back to the source type.
+                    let mut back = v;
+                    back = r as _;
+
+                    ::core::assert!(
+                        back == v && (v < 0) == (r < 0),
+                        "value cannot be losslessly widened to `i128`"
+                    );
+
+                    r
+                }
+            },
+        >()
+    };
+}
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use cv;
+
+/// Types that can be created from an integer constant expression validated at build time.
+// TODO: make this a `const` trait once they are stable. This will let cv! be used in const
+// contexts.
+pub trait FromConst: Sized {
+    /// Creates the value that corresponds to the constant `V`.
+    ///
+    /// Fails the build if `V` is not a valid value for `Self`.
+    fn from_const<const V: i128>() -> Self;
+}
+
+/// Implements [`FromConst`] for [`NonZero`](core::num::NonZero).
+macro_rules! impl_from_const_nonzero {
+    ($($type:ty)*) => {
+        $(
+        impl FromConst for core::num::NonZero<$type> {
+            #[inline]
+            fn from_const<const V: i128>() -> Self {
+                const_assert!(
+                    V >= <$type>::MIN as i128 && V <= <$type>::MAX as i128,
+                    "Constant cannot be represented by the underlying type."
+                );
+
+                const { core::num::NonZero::new(V as $type).unwrap() }
+            }
+        }
+        )*
+    };
+}
+
+impl_from_const_nonzero!(
+    u8 u16 u32 u64 usize
+    i8 i16 i32 i64 isize
+);
+
 /// Designates unsigned primitive types.
 pub enum Unsigned {}
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
index dafe77782d79..b04bba3fa0cc 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 };
 
 use kernel::{
-    num::Integer,
+    num::{
+        FromConst,
+        Integer, //
+    },
     prelude::*, //
 };
 
@@ -262,6 +265,22 @@ pub const fn new<const VALUE: $type>() -> Self {
                 unsafe { Self::__new(VALUE) }
             }
         }
+
+        impl<const N: u32> FromConst for Bounded<$type, N> {
+            #[inline]
+            fn from_const<const V: i128>() -> Self {
+                const_assert!(
+                    V >= <$type>::MIN as i128 && V <= <$type>::MAX as i128,
+                    "Constant cannot be represented by the underlying type."
+                );
+                // Statically assert that `V` fits within the set number of bits.
+                const_assert!(fits_within!(V as $type, $type, N));
+
+                // SAFETY: the asserts above confirmed that `V` can be represented within `N`
+                // bits.
+                unsafe { Self::__new(V as $type) }
+            }
+        }
         )*
     };
 }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/ptr.rs b/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
index 82acb531b17b..3dcf415bcec3 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
@@ -166,6 +166,19 @@ pub const fn mask(self) -> usize {
     }
 }
 
+impl crate::num::FromConst for Alignment {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from_const<const V: i128>() -> Self {
+        const_assert!(
+            V > 0 && V <= usize::MAX as i128,
+            "Constant cannot be represented as an Alignment."
+        );
+
+        // The unwrap fails the build if `V` is not a power of two.
+        const { Alignment::new_checked(V as usize).unwrap() }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Trait for items that can be aligned against an [`Alignment`].
 pub trait Alignable: Sized {
     /// Aligns `self` down to `alignment`.

-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-27  7:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-27  7:28 [PATCH v8 00/12] rust: Add support for reserving of ranges of IDs Eliot Courtney
2026-08-27  7:28 ` [PATCH v8 01/12] rust: bitmap: use function-level cfg on kunit test Eliot Courtney
2026-08-27  7:28 ` [PATCH v8 02/12] rust: bitmap: restrict bitmap length to at most i32::MAX Eliot Courtney
2026-08-27  7:28 ` Eliot Courtney [this message]
2026-08-27  9:32   ` [PATCH v8 03/12] rust: num: add cv! macro to create values from constant expressions Alice Ryhl
2026-08-27 10:42     ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-08-27 11:12       ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-08-27 13:48         ` Eliot Courtney
2026-08-27 13:59           ` Gary Guo
2026-08-27 14:29           ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-08-27 14:37             ` Gary Guo
2026-08-27 14:55               ` Alice Ryhl
2026-08-28  0:08                 ` Eliot Courtney
2026-08-28  3:40                   ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-08-28  4:53                     ` Eliot Courtney
2026-08-27  7:28 ` [PATCH v8 04/12] rust: prelude: add `num::cv` Eliot Courtney
2026-08-27  7:28 ` [PATCH v8 05/12] rust: use cv! to build Bounded values from constants Eliot Courtney
2026-08-27  7:28 ` [PATCH v8 06/12] rust: sizes: add sub-1K size constants Eliot Courtney
2026-08-28  5:11   ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-08-27  7:28 ` [PATCH v8 07/12] rust: sizes: implement SizeConstants for Alignment Eliot Courtney
2026-08-28  5:13   ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-08-28  5:23     ` Eliot Courtney
2026-08-28  5:36       ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-08-28  6:27         ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-08-27  7:28 ` [PATCH v8 08/12] rust: use Alignment size constants Eliot Courtney
2026-08-27  7:28 ` [PATCH v8 09/12] rust: bitmap: add contiguous area operations Eliot Courtney
2026-08-27  7:28 ` [PATCH v8 10/12] rust: id_pool: add contiguous ID reservation Eliot Courtney
2026-08-27  7:28 ` [PATCH v8 11/12] rust: id_pool: do not round capacity up to BitmapVec::MAX_INLINE_LEN Eliot Courtney
2026-08-27  7:28 ` [PATCH v8 12/12] gpu: nova-core: add ChannelIdPool Eliot Courtney

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