[PATCH v2 0/4] rust: drm: gem: More (and final) cleanup

[PATCH v2 0/4] rust: drm: gem: More (and final) cleanup

[Lyude Paul]

Look mom, no generic soup!

Anyway - this is just the last of the cleanup stuff I ended up while
working on cleaning up the gem shmem patch series. It simplifies the use
of generics and also adds a type alias for some very long types
currently in use. Also, drop one unused constant I noticed.

Applies on top of nova/nova-next:
  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/nova/-/tree/nova-next

Lyude Paul (4):
  rust: drm: gem: Simplify use of generics
  rust: drm: gem: Add DriverObject type alias
  rust: drm: gem: Add ObjectFile type alias
  rust: drm: gem: Drop Object::SIZE

 rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 102 ++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)


base-commit: 38cb08c3fcd3f3b1d0225dcec8ae50fab5751549
-- 
2.49.0

[PATCH v2 1/4] rust: drm: gem: Simplify use of generics

[Lyude Paul]

Now that my rust skills have been honed, I noticed that there's a lot of
generics in our gem bindings that don't actually need to be here. Currently
the hierarchy of traits in our gem bindings looks like this:

  * Drivers implement:
    * BaseDriverObject<T: DriverObject> (has the callbacks)
    * DriverObject (has the drm::Driver type)
  * Crate implements:
    * IntoGEMObject for Object<T> where T: DriverObject
      Handles conversion to/from raw object pointers
    * BaseObject for T where T: IntoGEMObject
      Provides methods common to all gem interfaces

  Also of note, this leaves us with two different drm::Driver associated
  types:
    * DriverObject::Driver
    * IntoGEMObject::Driver

I'm not entirely sure of the original intent here unfortunately (if anyone
is, please let me know!), but my guess is that the idea would be that some
objects can implement IntoGEMObject using a different ::Driver than
DriverObject - presumably to enable the usage of gem objects from different
drivers. A reasonable usecase of course.

However - if I'm not mistaken, I don't think that this is actually how
things would go in practice. Driver implementations are of course
implemented by their associated drivers, and generally drivers are not
linked to each-other when building the kernel. Which is to say that even in
a situation where we would theoretically deal with gem objects from another
driver, we still wouldn't have access to its drm::driver::Driver
implementation. It's more likely we would simply want a variant of gem
objects in such a situation that have no association with a
drm::driver::Driver type.

Taking that into consideration, we can assume the following:
* Anything that implements BaseDriverObject will implement DriverObject
  In other words, all BaseDriverObjects indirectly have an associated
  ::Driver type - so the two traits can be combined into one with no
  generics.
* Not everything that implements IntoGEMObject will have an associated
  ::Driver, and that's OK.

And with this, we now can do quite a bit of cleanup with the use of
generics here. As such, this commit:

* Removes the generics on BaseDriverObject
* Moves DriverObject::Driver into BaseDriverObject
* Removes DriverObject
* Removes IntoGEMObject::Driver, and require BaseDriverObject be
  implemented for any methods in BaseObject that need an associated driver.

Leaving us with a simpler trait hierarchy that now looks like this:

  * Drivers implement: BaseDriverObject
  * Crate implements:
    * IntoGEMObject for Object<T> where T: DriverObject
    * BaseObject for T where T: IntoGEMObject

Which makes the code a lot easier to understand and build on :).

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

---
V2:
* Don't refer to Object<T> in callbacks, as this would result in drivers
  getting the wrong gem object type for shmem gem objects once we add
  support for those. Instead, we'll just add a type alias to clean this
  part up.

Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
---
 rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 82 ++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
index d8765e61c6c25..f0455cc2aff2d 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
@@ -15,31 +15,31 @@
 use core::{mem, ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull};
 
 /// GEM object functions, which must be implemented by drivers.
-pub trait BaseDriverObject<T: BaseObject>: Sync + Send + Sized {
+pub trait BaseDriverObject: Sync + Send + Sized {
+    /// Parent `Driver` for this object.
+    type Driver: drm::Driver;
+
     /// Create a new driver data object for a GEM object of a given size.
-    fn new(dev: &drm::Device<T::Driver>, size: usize) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error>;
+    fn new(dev: &drm::Device<Self::Driver>, size: usize) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error>;
 
     /// Open a new handle to an existing object, associated with a File.
     fn open(
-        _obj: &<<T as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object,
-        _file: &drm::File<<<T as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
+        _obj: &<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object,
+        _file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
     ) -> Result {
         Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Close a handle to an existing object, associated with a File.
     fn close(
-        _obj: &<<T as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object,
-        _file: &drm::File<<<T as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
+        _obj: &<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object,
+        _file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
     ) {
     }
 }
 
 /// Trait that represents a GEM object subtype
 pub trait IntoGEMObject: Sized + super::private::Sealed + AlwaysRefCounted {
-    /// Owning driver for this type
-    type Driver: drm::Driver;
-
     /// Returns a reference to the raw `drm_gem_object` structure, which must be valid as long as
     /// this owning object is valid.
     fn as_raw(&self) -> *mut bindings::drm_gem_object;
@@ -74,25 +74,15 @@ unsafe fn dec_ref(obj: NonNull<Self>) {
     }
 }
 
-/// Trait which must be implemented by drivers using base GEM objects.
-pub trait DriverObject: BaseDriverObject<Object<Self>> {
-    /// Parent `Driver` for this object.
-    type Driver: drm::Driver;
-}
-
-extern "C" fn open_callback<T: BaseDriverObject<U>, U: BaseObject>(
+extern "C" fn open_callback<T: BaseDriverObject>(
     raw_obj: *mut bindings::drm_gem_object,
     raw_file: *mut bindings::drm_file,
 ) -> core::ffi::c_int {
     // SAFETY: `open_callback` is only ever called with a valid pointer to a `struct drm_file`.
-    let file = unsafe {
-        drm::File::<<<U as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>::as_ref(raw_file)
-    };
-    // SAFETY: `open_callback` is specified in the AllocOps structure for `Object<T>`, ensuring that
-    // `raw_obj` is indeed contained within a `Object<T>`.
-    let obj = unsafe {
-        <<<U as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object as IntoGEMObject>::as_ref(raw_obj)
-    };
+    let file = unsafe { drm::File::<<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>::as_ref(raw_file) };
+    // SAFETY: `open_callback` is specified in the AllocOps structure for `DriverObject<T>`,
+    // ensuring that `raw_obj` is contained within a `DriverObject<T>`
+    let obj = unsafe { <<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object as IntoGEMObject>::as_ref(raw_obj) };
 
     match T::open(obj, file) {
         Err(e) => e.to_errno(),
@@ -100,26 +90,21 @@ extern "C" fn open_callback<T: BaseDriverObject<U>, U: BaseObject>(
     }
 }
 
-extern "C" fn close_callback<T: BaseDriverObject<U>, U: BaseObject>(
+extern "C" fn close_callback<T: BaseDriverObject>(
     raw_obj: *mut bindings::drm_gem_object,
     raw_file: *mut bindings::drm_file,
 ) {
     // SAFETY: `open_callback` is only ever called with a valid pointer to a `struct drm_file`.
-    let file = unsafe {
-        drm::File::<<<U as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>::as_ref(raw_file)
-    };
+    let file = unsafe { drm::File::<<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>::as_ref(raw_file) };
+
     // SAFETY: `close_callback` is specified in the AllocOps structure for `Object<T>`, ensuring
     // that `raw_obj` is indeed contained within a `Object<T>`.
-    let obj = unsafe {
-        <<<U as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object as IntoGEMObject>::as_ref(raw_obj)
-    };
+    let obj = unsafe { <<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object as IntoGEMObject>::as_ref(raw_obj) };
 
     T::close(obj, file);
 }
 
-impl<T: DriverObject> IntoGEMObject for Object<T> {
-    type Driver = T::Driver;
-
+impl<T: BaseDriverObject> IntoGEMObject for Object<T> {
     fn as_raw(&self) -> *mut bindings::drm_gem_object {
         self.obj.get()
     }
@@ -141,10 +126,10 @@ fn size(&self) -> usize {
 
     /// Creates a new handle for the object associated with a given `File`
     /// (or returns an existing one).
-    fn create_handle(
-        &self,
-        file: &drm::File<<<Self as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
-    ) -> Result<u32> {
+    fn create_handle(&self, file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>) -> Result<u32>
+    where
+        Self: BaseDriverObject,
+    {
         let mut handle: u32 = 0;
         // SAFETY: The arguments are all valid per the type invariants.
         to_result(unsafe {
@@ -155,9 +140,12 @@ fn create_handle(
 
     /// Looks up an object by its handle for a given `File`.
     fn lookup_handle(
-        file: &drm::File<<<Self as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
+        file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
         handle: u32,
-    ) -> Result<ARef<Self>> {
+    ) -> Result<ARef<Self>>
+    where
+        Self: BaseDriverObject,
+    {
         // SAFETY: The arguments are all valid per the type invariants.
         let ptr = unsafe { bindings::drm_gem_object_lookup(file.as_raw().cast(), handle) };
         if ptr.is_null() {
@@ -199,21 +187,21 @@ impl<T: IntoGEMObject> BaseObject for T {}
 /// - `self.dev` is always a valid pointer to a `struct drm_device`.
 #[repr(C)]
 #[pin_data]
-pub struct Object<T: DriverObject + Send + Sync> {
+pub struct Object<T: BaseDriverObject + Send + Sync> {
     obj: Opaque<bindings::drm_gem_object>,
     dev: NonNull<drm::Device<T::Driver>>,
     #[pin]
     data: T,
 }
 
-impl<T: DriverObject> Object<T> {
+impl<T: BaseDriverObject> Object<T> {
     /// The size of this object's structure.
     pub const SIZE: usize = mem::size_of::<Self>();
 
     const OBJECT_FUNCS: bindings::drm_gem_object_funcs = bindings::drm_gem_object_funcs {
         free: Some(Self::free_callback),
-        open: Some(open_callback::<T, Object<T>>),
-        close: Some(close_callback::<T, Object<T>>),
+        open: Some(open_callback::<T>),
+        close: Some(close_callback::<T>),
         print_info: None,
         export: None,
         pin: None,
@@ -283,9 +271,9 @@ extern "C" fn free_callback(obj: *mut bindings::drm_gem_object) {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: DriverObject> super::private::Sealed for Object<T> {}
+impl<T: BaseDriverObject> super::private::Sealed for Object<T> {}
 
-impl<T: DriverObject> Deref for Object<T> {
+impl<T: BaseDriverObject> Deref for Object<T> {
     type Target = T;
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
@@ -293,7 +281,7 @@ fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: DriverObject> AllocImpl for Object<T> {
+impl<T: BaseDriverObject> AllocImpl for Object<T> {
     const ALLOC_OPS: AllocOps = AllocOps {
         gem_create_object: None,
         prime_handle_to_fd: None,
-- 
2.49.0

[PATCH v2 2/4] rust: drm: gem: Add DriverObject type alias

[Lyude Paul]

Now that we've cleaned up the generics for gem objects a bit, we're still
left with a bit of generic soup around referring to the Object
implementation for a given driver. Let's clean this up a bit by re-using
the DriverObject identifier we just freed up and turning it into a type
alias for referring to a driver's gem object implementation.

Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
---
 rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
index f0455cc2aff2d..c17b36948bae3 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 };
 use core::{mem, ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull};
 
+/// A type alias for the Object type in use by a [`drm::Driver`].
+pub type DriverObject<T> = <<T as BaseDriverObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object;
+
 /// GEM object functions, which must be implemented by drivers.
 pub trait BaseDriverObject: Sync + Send + Sized {
     /// Parent `Driver` for this object.
@@ -24,18 +27,14 @@ pub trait BaseDriverObject: Sync + Send + Sized {
 
     /// Open a new handle to an existing object, associated with a File.
     fn open(
-        _obj: &<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object,
+        _obj: &DriverObject<Self>,
         _file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
     ) -> Result {
         Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Close a handle to an existing object, associated with a File.
-    fn close(
-        _obj: &<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object,
-        _file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
-    ) {
-    }
+    fn close(_obj: &DriverObject<Self>, _file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>) {}
 }
 
 /// Trait that represents a GEM object subtype
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ extern "C" fn open_callback<T: BaseDriverObject>(
     let file = unsafe { drm::File::<<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>::as_ref(raw_file) };
     // SAFETY: `open_callback` is specified in the AllocOps structure for `DriverObject<T>`,
     // ensuring that `raw_obj` is contained within a `DriverObject<T>`
-    let obj = unsafe { <<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object as IntoGEMObject>::as_ref(raw_obj) };
+    let obj = unsafe { DriverObject::<T>::as_ref(raw_obj) };
 
     match T::open(obj, file) {
         Err(e) => e.to_errno(),
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ extern "C" fn close_callback<T: BaseDriverObject>(
 
     // SAFETY: `close_callback` is specified in the AllocOps structure for `Object<T>`, ensuring
     // that `raw_obj` is indeed contained within a `Object<T>`.
-    let obj = unsafe { <<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object as IntoGEMObject>::as_ref(raw_obj) };
+    let obj = unsafe { DriverObject::<T>::as_ref(raw_obj) };
 
     T::close(obj, file);
 }
-- 
2.49.0

[PATCH v2 3/4] rust: drm: gem: Add ObjectFile type alias

[Lyude Paul]

Just to reduce the clutter with the File<…> types in gem.rs.

Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
---
 rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
index c17b36948bae3..2b81298d29765 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
 /// A type alias for the Object type in use by a [`drm::Driver`].
 pub type DriverObject<T> = <<T as BaseDriverObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object;
 
+/// A type alias for retrieving a [`Driver`]s [`DriverFile`] implementation from its
+/// [`DriverObject`] implementation.
+///
+/// [`Driver`]: drm::Driver
+/// [`DriverFile`]: drm::file::DriverFile
+pub type ObjectFile<T> = drm::File<<<T as BaseDriverObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>;
+
 /// GEM object functions, which must be implemented by drivers.
 pub trait BaseDriverObject: Sync + Send + Sized {
     /// Parent `Driver` for this object.
@@ -26,15 +33,12 @@ pub trait BaseDriverObject: Sync + Send + Sized {
     fn new(dev: &drm::Device<Self::Driver>, size: usize) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error>;
 
     /// Open a new handle to an existing object, associated with a File.
-    fn open(
-        _obj: &DriverObject<Self>,
-        _file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
-    ) -> Result {
+    fn open(_obj: &DriverObject<Self>, _file: &ObjectFile<Self>) -> Result {
         Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Close a handle to an existing object, associated with a File.
-    fn close(_obj: &DriverObject<Self>, _file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>) {}
+    fn close(_obj: &DriverObject<Self>, _file: &ObjectFile<Self>) {}
 }
 
 /// Trait that represents a GEM object subtype
@@ -78,7 +82,8 @@ extern "C" fn open_callback<T: BaseDriverObject>(
     raw_file: *mut bindings::drm_file,
 ) -> core::ffi::c_int {
     // SAFETY: `open_callback` is only ever called with a valid pointer to a `struct drm_file`.
-    let file = unsafe { drm::File::<<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>::as_ref(raw_file) };
+    let file = unsafe { ObjectFile::<T>::as_ref(raw_file) };
+
     // SAFETY: `open_callback` is specified in the AllocOps structure for `DriverObject<T>`,
     // ensuring that `raw_obj` is contained within a `DriverObject<T>`
     let obj = unsafe { DriverObject::<T>::as_ref(raw_obj) };
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ extern "C" fn close_callback<T: BaseDriverObject>(
     raw_file: *mut bindings::drm_file,
 ) {
     // SAFETY: `open_callback` is only ever called with a valid pointer to a `struct drm_file`.
-    let file = unsafe { drm::File::<<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>::as_ref(raw_file) };
+    let file = unsafe { ObjectFile::<T>::as_ref(raw_file) };
 
     // SAFETY: `close_callback` is specified in the AllocOps structure for `Object<T>`, ensuring
     // that `raw_obj` is indeed contained within a `Object<T>`.
@@ -125,7 +130,7 @@ fn size(&self) -> usize {
 
     /// Creates a new handle for the object associated with a given `File`
     /// (or returns an existing one).
-    fn create_handle(&self, file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>) -> Result<u32>
+    fn create_handle(&self, file: &ObjectFile<Self>) -> Result<u32>
     where
         Self: BaseDriverObject,
     {
@@ -138,10 +143,7 @@ fn create_handle(&self, file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>) -
     }
 
     /// Looks up an object by its handle for a given `File`.
-    fn lookup_handle(
-        file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
-        handle: u32,
-    ) -> Result<ARef<Self>>
+    fn lookup_handle(file: &ObjectFile<Self>, handle: u32) -> Result<ARef<Self>>
     where
         Self: BaseDriverObject,
     {
-- 
2.49.0

[PATCH v2 4/4] rust: drm: gem: Drop Object::SIZE

[Lyude Paul]

Drive-by fix, it doesn't seem like anything actually uses this constant
anymore.

Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
---
 rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
index 2b81298d29765..d0f8da54f49ec 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     prelude::*,
     types::{ARef, AlwaysRefCounted, Opaque},
 };
-use core::{mem, ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull};
+use core::{ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull};
 
 /// A type alias for the Object type in use by a [`drm::Driver`].
 pub type DriverObject<T> = <<T as BaseDriverObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object;
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ pub struct Object<T: BaseDriverObject + Send + Sync> {
 }
 
 impl<T: BaseDriverObject> Object<T> {
-    /// The size of this object's structure.
-    pub const SIZE: usize = mem::size_of::<Self>();
-
     const OBJECT_FUNCS: bindings::drm_gem_object_funcs = bindings::drm_gem_object_funcs {
         free: Some(Self::free_callback),
         open: Some(open_callback::<T>),
-- 
2.49.0

Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] rust: drm: gem: More (and final) cleanup

[Danilo Krummrich]

On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 01:09:15PM -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> Look mom, no generic soup!
> 
> Anyway - this is just the last of the cleanup stuff I ended up while
> working on cleaning up the gem shmem patch series. It simplifies the use
> of generics and also adds a type alias for some very long types
> currently in use. Also, drop one unused constant I noticed.
> 
> Applies on top of nova/nova-next:
>   https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/nova/-/tree/nova-next
> 
> Lyude Paul (4):
>   rust: drm: gem: Simplify use of generics

This rework breaks nova-drm, which, given that this series either needs to land
in nova-next or (which is much more likely) targets v6.17 merge window, needs to
be fixed in this series.

>   rust: drm: gem: Add DriverObject type alias
>   rust: drm: gem: Add ObjectFile type alias
>   rust: drm: gem: Drop Object::SIZE
> 
>  rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 102 ++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: 38cb08c3fcd3f3b1d0225dcec8ae50fab5751549
> -- 
> 2.49.0
> 

Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] rust: drm: gem: Add DriverObject type alias

[Danilo Krummrich]

On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 01:09:17PM -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> Now that we've cleaned up the generics for gem objects a bit, we're still
> left with a bit of generic soup around referring to the Object
> implementation for a given driver. Let's clean this up a bit by re-using
> the DriverObject identifier we just freed up and turning it into a type
> alias for referring to a driver's gem object implementation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] rust: drm: gem: Add ObjectFile type alias

[Danilo Krummrich]

On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 01:09:18PM -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> Just to reduce the clutter with the File<…> types in gem.rs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> index c17b36948bae3..2b81298d29765 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
>  /// A type alias for the Object type in use by a [`drm::Driver`].
>  pub type DriverObject<T> = <<T as BaseDriverObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object;
>  
> +/// A type alias for retrieving a [`Driver`]s [`DriverFile`] implementation from its
> +/// [`DriverObject`] implementation.
> +///
> +/// [`Driver`]: drm::Driver
> +/// [`DriverFile`]: drm::file::DriverFile
> +pub type ObjectFile<T> = drm::File<<<T as BaseDriverObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>;

Shouldn't we call this just DriverFile? The fact that you derive the Driver type
from the Object type isn't relevant for the File type, i.e. it's not specific to
the Object, but to the Driver.

Also, why does this need to be pub? Shouldn't it be crate private instead? Or
does it make sense to use this in drivers? If so, please use it in nova-drm for
reference.

Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] rust: drm: gem: Drop Object::SIZE

[Danilo Krummrich]

On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 01:09:19PM -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> Drive-by fix, it doesn't seem like anything actually uses this constant
> anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] rust: drm: gem: More (and final) cleanup

[Lyude Paul]

Gotcha - I'll take a look, I must have forgot to make sure I had nova enabled
in the build. There might need to be other changes that I actually need to
make here as well to make sure that I don't make private gem objects difficult
to implement in the future

On Sat, 2025-05-17 at 13:31 +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 01:09:15PM -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > Look mom, no generic soup!
> > 
> > Anyway - this is just the last of the cleanup stuff I ended up while
> > working on cleaning up the gem shmem patch series. It simplifies the use
> > of generics and also adds a type alias for some very long types
> > currently in use. Also, drop one unused constant I noticed.
> > 
> > Applies on top of nova/nova-next:
> >   https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/nova/-/tree/nova-next
> > 
> > Lyude Paul (4):
> >   rust: drm: gem: Simplify use of generics
> 
> This rework breaks nova-drm, which, given that this series either needs to land
> in nova-next or (which is much more likely) targets v6.17 merge window, needs to
> be fixed in this series.
> 
> >   rust: drm: gem: Add DriverObject type alias
> >   rust: drm: gem: Add ObjectFile type alias
> >   rust: drm: gem: Drop Object::SIZE
> > 
> >  rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 102 ++++++++++++++++---------------------
> >  1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
> > 
> > 
> > base-commit: 38cb08c3fcd3f3b1d0225dcec8ae50fab5751549
> > -- 
> > 2.49.0
> > 
> 

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Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] rust: drm: gem: Add ObjectFile type alias

[Lyude Paul]

On Sat, 2025-05-17 at 13:37 +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 01:09:18PM -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > Just to reduce the clutter with the File<…> types in gem.rs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
> >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> > index c17b36948bae3..2b81298d29765 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> > @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
> >  /// A type alias for the Object type in use by a [`drm::Driver`].
> >  pub type DriverObject<T> = <<T as BaseDriverObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object;
> >  
> > +/// A type alias for retrieving a [`Driver`]s [`DriverFile`] implementation from its
> > +/// [`DriverObject`] implementation.
> > +///
> > +/// [`Driver`]: drm::Driver
> > +/// [`DriverFile`]: drm::file::DriverFile
> > +pub type ObjectFile<T> = drm::File<<<T as BaseDriverObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>;
> 
> Shouldn't we call this just DriverFile? The fact that you derive the Driver type
> from the Object type isn't relevant for the File type, i.e. it's not specific to
> the Object, but to the Driver.

I figured ObjectFile makes more sense since it is literally "find the File
implementation for the Object" and would allow for * imports without fear of
name collisions, but I don't feel too strongly either way.

> 
> Also, why does this need to be pub? Shouldn't it be crate private instead? Or
> does it make sense to use this in drivers? If so, please use it in nova-drm for
> reference.

IMO: it should be just for code legibility, since otherwise objects still need
to use generic soup in their callback implementations for open(), close(),
etc.

> 

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Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] rust: drm: gem: Simplify use of generics

[Lyude Paul]

For anyone reviewing this - you can skip reviewing this patch for the time
being as I still need to redo this bit once more to make sure that driver-
private objects actually work. Going to aim for trying to send that version of
the patch series out for tomorrow as I've already got it working locally

On Fri, 2025-05-16 at 13:09 -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> Now that my rust skills have been honed, I noticed that there's a lot of
> generics in our gem bindings that don't actually need to be here. Currently
> the hierarchy of traits in our gem bindings looks like this:
> 
>   * Drivers implement:
>     * BaseDriverObject<T: DriverObject> (has the callbacks)
>     * DriverObject (has the drm::Driver type)
>   * Crate implements:
>     * IntoGEMObject for Object<T> where T: DriverObject
>       Handles conversion to/from raw object pointers
>     * BaseObject for T where T: IntoGEMObject
>       Provides methods common to all gem interfaces
> 
>   Also of note, this leaves us with two different drm::Driver associated
>   types:
>     * DriverObject::Driver
>     * IntoGEMObject::Driver
> 
> I'm not entirely sure of the original intent here unfortunately (if anyone
> is, please let me know!), but my guess is that the idea would be that some
> objects can implement IntoGEMObject using a different ::Driver than
> DriverObject - presumably to enable the usage of gem objects from different
> drivers. A reasonable usecase of course.
> 
> However - if I'm not mistaken, I don't think that this is actually how
> things would go in practice. Driver implementations are of course
> implemented by their associated drivers, and generally drivers are not
> linked to each-other when building the kernel. Which is to say that even in
> a situation where we would theoretically deal with gem objects from another
> driver, we still wouldn't have access to its drm::driver::Driver
> implementation. It's more likely we would simply want a variant of gem
> objects in such a situation that have no association with a
> drm::driver::Driver type.
> 
> Taking that into consideration, we can assume the following:
> * Anything that implements BaseDriverObject will implement DriverObject
>   In other words, all BaseDriverObjects indirectly have an associated
>   ::Driver type - so the two traits can be combined into one with no
>   generics.
> * Not everything that implements IntoGEMObject will have an associated
>   ::Driver, and that's OK.
> 
> And with this, we now can do quite a bit of cleanup with the use of
> generics here. As such, this commit:
> 
> * Removes the generics on BaseDriverObject
> * Moves DriverObject::Driver into BaseDriverObject
> * Removes DriverObject
> * Removes IntoGEMObject::Driver, and require BaseDriverObject be
>   implemented for any methods in BaseObject that need an associated driver.
> 
> Leaving us with a simpler trait hierarchy that now looks like this:
> 
>   * Drivers implement: BaseDriverObject
>   * Crate implements:
>     * IntoGEMObject for Object<T> where T: DriverObject
>     * BaseObject for T where T: IntoGEMObject
> 
> Which makes the code a lot easier to understand and build on :).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> 
> ---
> V2:
> * Don't refer to Object<T> in callbacks, as this would result in drivers
>   getting the wrong gem object type for shmem gem objects once we add
>   support for those. Instead, we'll just add a type alias to clean this
>   part up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 82 ++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> index d8765e61c6c25..f0455cc2aff2d 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> @@ -15,31 +15,31 @@
>  use core::{mem, ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull};
>  
>  /// GEM object functions, which must be implemented by drivers.
> -pub trait BaseDriverObject<T: BaseObject>: Sync + Send + Sized {
> +pub trait BaseDriverObject: Sync + Send + Sized {
> +    /// Parent `Driver` for this object.
> +    type Driver: drm::Driver;
> +
>      /// Create a new driver data object for a GEM object of a given size.
> -    fn new(dev: &drm::Device<T::Driver>, size: usize) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error>;
> +    fn new(dev: &drm::Device<Self::Driver>, size: usize) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error>;
>  
>      /// Open a new handle to an existing object, associated with a File.
>      fn open(
> -        _obj: &<<T as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object,
> -        _file: &drm::File<<<T as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
> +        _obj: &<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object,
> +        _file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
>      ) -> Result {
>          Ok(())
>      }
>  
>      /// Close a handle to an existing object, associated with a File.
>      fn close(
> -        _obj: &<<T as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object,
> -        _file: &drm::File<<<T as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
> +        _obj: &<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object,
> +        _file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
>      ) {
>      }
>  }
>  
>  /// Trait that represents a GEM object subtype
>  pub trait IntoGEMObject: Sized + super::private::Sealed + AlwaysRefCounted {
> -    /// Owning driver for this type
> -    type Driver: drm::Driver;
> -
>      /// Returns a reference to the raw `drm_gem_object` structure, which must be valid as long as
>      /// this owning object is valid.
>      fn as_raw(&self) -> *mut bindings::drm_gem_object;
> @@ -74,25 +74,15 @@ unsafe fn dec_ref(obj: NonNull<Self>) {
>      }
>  }
>  
> -/// Trait which must be implemented by drivers using base GEM objects.
> -pub trait DriverObject: BaseDriverObject<Object<Self>> {
> -    /// Parent `Driver` for this object.
> -    type Driver: drm::Driver;
> -}
> -
> -extern "C" fn open_callback<T: BaseDriverObject<U>, U: BaseObject>(
> +extern "C" fn open_callback<T: BaseDriverObject>(
>      raw_obj: *mut bindings::drm_gem_object,
>      raw_file: *mut bindings::drm_file,
>  ) -> core::ffi::c_int {
>      // SAFETY: `open_callback` is only ever called with a valid pointer to a `struct drm_file`.
> -    let file = unsafe {
> -        drm::File::<<<U as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>::as_ref(raw_file)
> -    };
> -    // SAFETY: `open_callback` is specified in the AllocOps structure for `Object<T>`, ensuring that
> -    // `raw_obj` is indeed contained within a `Object<T>`.
> -    let obj = unsafe {
> -        <<<U as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object as IntoGEMObject>::as_ref(raw_obj)
> -    };
> +    let file = unsafe { drm::File::<<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>::as_ref(raw_file) };
> +    // SAFETY: `open_callback` is specified in the AllocOps structure for `DriverObject<T>`,
> +    // ensuring that `raw_obj` is contained within a `DriverObject<T>`
> +    let obj = unsafe { <<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object as IntoGEMObject>::as_ref(raw_obj) };
>  
>      match T::open(obj, file) {
>          Err(e) => e.to_errno(),
> @@ -100,26 +90,21 @@ extern "C" fn open_callback<T: BaseDriverObject<U>, U: BaseObject>(
>      }
>  }
>  
> -extern "C" fn close_callback<T: BaseDriverObject<U>, U: BaseObject>(
> +extern "C" fn close_callback<T: BaseDriverObject>(
>      raw_obj: *mut bindings::drm_gem_object,
>      raw_file: *mut bindings::drm_file,
>  ) {
>      // SAFETY: `open_callback` is only ever called with a valid pointer to a `struct drm_file`.
> -    let file = unsafe {
> -        drm::File::<<<U as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>::as_ref(raw_file)
> -    };
> +    let file = unsafe { drm::File::<<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>::as_ref(raw_file) };
> +
>      // SAFETY: `close_callback` is specified in the AllocOps structure for `Object<T>`, ensuring
>      // that `raw_obj` is indeed contained within a `Object<T>`.
> -    let obj = unsafe {
> -        <<<U as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object as IntoGEMObject>::as_ref(raw_obj)
> -    };
> +    let obj = unsafe { <<T::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object as IntoGEMObject>::as_ref(raw_obj) };
>  
>      T::close(obj, file);
>  }
>  
> -impl<T: DriverObject> IntoGEMObject for Object<T> {
> -    type Driver = T::Driver;
> -
> +impl<T: BaseDriverObject> IntoGEMObject for Object<T> {
>      fn as_raw(&self) -> *mut bindings::drm_gem_object {
>          self.obj.get()
>      }
> @@ -141,10 +126,10 @@ fn size(&self) -> usize {
>  
>      /// Creates a new handle for the object associated with a given `File`
>      /// (or returns an existing one).
> -    fn create_handle(
> -        &self,
> -        file: &drm::File<<<Self as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
> -    ) -> Result<u32> {
> +    fn create_handle(&self, file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>) -> Result<u32>
> +    where
> +        Self: BaseDriverObject,
> +    {
>          let mut handle: u32 = 0;
>          // SAFETY: The arguments are all valid per the type invariants.
>          to_result(unsafe {
> @@ -155,9 +140,12 @@ fn create_handle(
>  
>      /// Looks up an object by its handle for a given `File`.
>      fn lookup_handle(
> -        file: &drm::File<<<Self as IntoGEMObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
> +        file: &drm::File<<Self::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>,
>          handle: u32,
> -    ) -> Result<ARef<Self>> {
> +    ) -> Result<ARef<Self>>
> +    where
> +        Self: BaseDriverObject,
> +    {
>          // SAFETY: The arguments are all valid per the type invariants.
>          let ptr = unsafe { bindings::drm_gem_object_lookup(file.as_raw().cast(), handle) };
>          if ptr.is_null() {
> @@ -199,21 +187,21 @@ impl<T: IntoGEMObject> BaseObject for T {}
>  /// - `self.dev` is always a valid pointer to a `struct drm_device`.
>  #[repr(C)]
>  #[pin_data]
> -pub struct Object<T: DriverObject + Send + Sync> {
> +pub struct Object<T: BaseDriverObject + Send + Sync> {
>      obj: Opaque<bindings::drm_gem_object>,
>      dev: NonNull<drm::Device<T::Driver>>,
>      #[pin]
>      data: T,
>  }
>  
> -impl<T: DriverObject> Object<T> {
> +impl<T: BaseDriverObject> Object<T> {
>      /// The size of this object's structure.
>      pub const SIZE: usize = mem::size_of::<Self>();
>  
>      const OBJECT_FUNCS: bindings::drm_gem_object_funcs = bindings::drm_gem_object_funcs {
>          free: Some(Self::free_callback),
> -        open: Some(open_callback::<T, Object<T>>),
> -        close: Some(close_callback::<T, Object<T>>),
> +        open: Some(open_callback::<T>),
> +        close: Some(close_callback::<T>),
>          print_info: None,
>          export: None,
>          pin: None,
> @@ -283,9 +271,9 @@ extern "C" fn free_callback(obj: *mut bindings::drm_gem_object) {
>      }
>  }
>  
> -impl<T: DriverObject> super::private::Sealed for Object<T> {}
> +impl<T: BaseDriverObject> super::private::Sealed for Object<T> {}
>  
> -impl<T: DriverObject> Deref for Object<T> {
> +impl<T: BaseDriverObject> Deref for Object<T> {
>      type Target = T;
>  
>      fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
> @@ -293,7 +281,7 @@ fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
>      }
>  }
>  
> -impl<T: DriverObject> AllocImpl for Object<T> {
> +impl<T: BaseDriverObject> AllocImpl for Object<T> {
>      const ALLOC_OPS: AllocOps = AllocOps {
>          gem_create_object: None,
>          prime_handle_to_fd: None,

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