From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org,
david.m.ertman@intel.com, ira.weiny@intel.com, leon@kernel.org,
ojeda@kernel.org, alex.gaynor@gmail.com, boqun.feng@gmail.com,
gary@garyguo.net, bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com, lossin@kernel.org,
a.hindborg@kernel.org, aliceryhl@google.com, tmgross@umich.edu
Cc: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rust: device: fix device context of Device::parent()
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:31:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251016133251.31018-1-dakr@kernel.org> (raw)
Regardless of the DeviceContext of a device, we can't give any
guarantees about the DeviceContext of its parent device.
This is very subtle, since it's only caused by a simple typo, i.e.
Self::from_raw(parent)
which preserves the DeviceContext in this case, vs.
Device::from_raw(parent)
which discards the DeviceContext.
(I should have noticed it doing the correct thing in auxiliary::Device
subsequently, but somehow missed it.)
Hence, fix both Device::parent() and auxiliary::Device::parent().
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a4c9f71e3440 ("rust: device: implement Device::parent()")
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
---
rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs | 8 +-------
rust/kernel/device.rs | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs b/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs
index 4163129b4103..e12f78734606 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs
@@ -217,13 +217,7 @@ pub fn id(&self) -> u32 {
/// Returns a reference to the parent [`device::Device`], if any.
pub fn parent(&self) -> Option<&device::Device> {
- let ptr: *const Self = self;
- // CAST: `Device<Ctx: DeviceContext>` types are transparent to each other.
- let ptr: *const Device = ptr.cast();
- // SAFETY: `ptr` was derived from `&self`.
- let this = unsafe { &*ptr };
-
- this.as_ref().parent()
+ self.as_ref().parent()
}
}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/device.rs b/rust/kernel/device.rs
index 23a95324cb0f..343996027c89 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/device.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/device.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ pub(crate) fn as_raw(&self) -> *mut bindings::device {
/// Returns a reference to the parent device, if any.
#[cfg_attr(not(CONFIG_AUXILIARY_BUS), expect(dead_code))]
- pub(crate) fn parent(&self) -> Option<&Self> {
+ pub(crate) fn parent(&self) -> Option<&Device> {
// SAFETY:
// - By the type invariant `self.as_raw()` is always valid.
// - The parent device is only ever set at device creation.
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parent(&self) -> Option<&Self> {
// - Since `parent` is not NULL, it must be a valid pointer to a `struct device`.
// - `parent` is valid for the lifetime of `self`, since a `struct device` holds a
// reference count of its parent.
- Some(unsafe { Self::from_raw(parent) })
+ Some(unsafe { Device::from_raw(parent) })
}
}
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-10-16 13:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-16 13:31 Danilo Krummrich [this message]
2025-10-16 13:47 ` [PATCH] rust: device: fix device context of Device::parent() Greg KH
2025-10-17 2:55 ` Alexandre Courbot
2025-10-17 13:07 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-10-17 21:25 ` Danilo Krummrich
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