From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
To: Chen Miao <chenmiao@openatom.club>
Cc: 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>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
"open list:RUST" <rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org>,
"open list" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
hust-os-kernel-patches@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: kernel: Support more jump_label api
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 14:13:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aQtbeWpRD7ip8-2A@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <90bfcb3e-dee1-4f78-a1b2-02ce99db4997@openatom.club>
On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 09:55:27PM +0800, Chen Miao wrote:
> On 11/5/2025 9:38 PM, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 09:28:39PM +0800, Chen Miao wrote:
> >> On 11/4/2025 10:07 PM, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Nov 04, 2025 at 02:04:17AM +0000, chenmiao wrote:
> >>>> The initial implementation of arch_static_branch was achieved by accessing
> >>>> the offset from the original type. However, this approach extended the
> >>>> path and introduced redundant calculations when dealing with types like
> >>>> `static_key_true/false`, as shown below:
> >>>>
> >>>> ```
> >>>> static_brach_unlikely(tp, tracepoint, key)
> >>>> => tracepoint->key->key
> >>>> => &tracepoint->key(static_key_false) == &tracepoint->key.key(static_key)
> >>>> => off: tracepoint->key - tracepoint
> >>>> ```
> >>>>
> >>>> In practice, the implementation of `arch_static_branch` overlooked many
> >>>> detailed descriptions. To improve clarity, additional comments have been
> >>>> added to the original logic. The approach has been modified to directly
> >>>> locate the corresponding `static_key` instead of using offsets, thereby
> >>>> reducing computational overhead.
> >>>>
> >>>> If finding the offset from the primitive type is necessary for this
> >>>> implementation, I will abandon this change.
> >>>>
> >>>> Additionally, support for the `static_branch_enable/disable` APIs has been
> >>>> introduced.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: chenmiao <chenmiao@openatom.club>
> >>>> + ($basety:ty, $branch:expr, $key:path, $keytyp:ty, $field:ident) => {{
> >>>> let _key: *const $keytyp = ::core::ptr::addr_of!($key);
> >>>> - let _key: *const $crate::bindings::static_key_false = ::core::ptr::addr_of!((*_key).$field);
> >>>> + let _key: *const $basety = ::core::ptr::addr_of!((*_key).$field);
> >>>> let _key: *const $crate::bindings::static_key = _key.cast();
> >>>>
> >>>> #[cfg(not(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL))]
> >>>> @@ -30,7 +71,88 @@ macro_rules! static_branch_unlikely {
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> #[cfg(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL)]
> >>>> - $crate::jump_label::arch_static_branch! { $key, $keytyp, $field, false }
> >>>> + {
> >>>> + $crate::jump_label::arch_static_branch! { _key, $branch }
> >>>> + }
> >>> So ... this is changing from $key to _key. That's replacing the global
> >>> variable with a local variable holding a pointer to the global variable.
> >>> However, the arch_static_branch! macro uses the `sym` operand which
> >>> requires you to pass it the global directly.
> >>>
> >>> Did you try this code? I don't believe it will work.
> >>>
> >>> Alice
> >> I'm very sorry for making a fatal mistake. My misunderstanding of sym led to
> >> this issue, so I shouldn't make any changes to that part. However, regarding
> >> the other modifications, I believe it is necessary to support the direct
> >> passing of structures similar to `static_key_false`, just as in C language.
> > It sounds like you are adding a new use-case for this macro. Can you
> > provide more information for this new feature? It is currently unclear
> > to me exactly how this will be used.
> >
> > Alice
>
> If there's a binding-required driver implementation in the future where a key
> function uses if (static_branch_unlikely(&zoned_enabled))— defined by
> DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(zoned_enabled);— then in Rust we can directly
> implement it using if static_branch_unlikely!(zoned_enabled), without having
> to call it via if static_branch_unlikely!(zoned_enabled,
> bindings::static_key_false, key).
>
> static_branch_unlikely!(zoned_enabled) instead of
> static_branch_unlikely!(zoned_enabled, bindings::static_key_false, key).
In general, you would never use "static_key_false" as the second
argument to static_branch_unlikely!. The second argument is the name of
the struct *containing* a field of type static_key_false.
I guess your point is that there's no way to use the macro right now if
the global is a bare static_key_false that is not wrapped in a struct?
Alice
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-05 14:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-04 2:04 [PATCH] rust: kernel: Support more jump_label api chenmiao
2025-11-04 14:07 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-05 13:28 ` Chen Miao
2025-11-05 13:38 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-05 13:55 ` Chen Miao
2025-11-05 14:13 ` Alice Ryhl [this message]
2025-11-05 14:16 ` Chen Miao
2025-11-04 14:14 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-05 13:35 ` Chen Miao
2025-11-05 13:40 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-05 13:46 ` Chen Miao
2025-11-05 13:49 ` Miguel Ojeda
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