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Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 09:19:52 +0200
From: Andreas Hindborg <nmi@...aspace.dk>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 6/7] rust: workqueue: add safe API to workqueue
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com> writes:
> On 5/18/23 21:17, Martin Rodriguez Reboredo wrote:
>> On 5/17/23 17:31, Alice Ryhl wrote:
>>> +unsafe impl<T> WorkItem for Arc<T>
>>> +where
>>> + T: ArcWorkItem + HasWork<Self> + ?Sized,
>>> +{
>>> + type EnqueueOutput = Result<(), Self>;
>>> +
>>> + unsafe fn __enqueue<F>(self, queue_work_on: F) -> Self::EnqueueOutput
>>> + where
>>> + F: FnOnce(*mut bindings::work_struct) -> bool,
>>> + {
>>> + let ptr = Arc::into_raw(self);
>>> +
>>> + // Using `get_work_offset` here for object-safety.
>>> + //
>>> + // SAFETY: The pointer is valid since we just got it from `into_raw`.
>>> + let off = unsafe { (&*ptr).get_work_offset() };
>>> +
>>> + // SAFETY: The `HasWork` impl promises that this offset gives us a field of type
>>> + // `Work<Self>` in the same allocation.
>>> + let work_ptr = unsafe { (ptr as *const u8).add(off) as *const Work<Self> };
>>> + // SAFETY: The pointer is not dangling.
>>> + let work_ptr = unsafe { Work::raw_get(work_ptr) };
>>> +
>>> + match (queue_work_on)(work_ptr) {
>>
>> Match for boolean is not a good pattern in my eyes, if-else should be
>> used instead.
>
> I think this is a question of style. For a comparison:
>
> match (queue_work_on)(work_ptr) {
> true => Ok(()),
> // SAFETY: The work queue has not taken ownership of the pointer.
> false => Err(unsafe { Arc::from_raw(ptr) }),
> }
>
> vs
>
> if (queue_work_on)(work_ptr) {
> Ok(())
> } else {
> // SAFETY: The work queue has not taken ownership of the pointer.
> Err(unsafe { Arc::from_raw(ptr) }),
> }
>
> I'm happy to change it if others disagree, but when the branches
> evaluate to a short expression like they do here, I quite like the first
> version.
I prefer the first one, but both look OK to me. Is one more idiomatic
than the other, or is it just a matter of personal preference?
BR Andreas
>
>> Also aren't the parens around the closure unnecessary?
>
> Hmm, parenthesises are often required around closures, but it's possible
> that it is only required for stuff like `self.closure(args)` to
> disambiguate between a `closure` field (of pointer type) and a `closure`
> method. I can check and remove them if they are not necessary.
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