linux-kernel - [PATCH] rust: delete `ForeignOwnable::borrow

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Message-ID: <20230706094615.3080784-1-aliceryhl@google.com>
Date:   Thu,  6 Jul 2023 09:46:15 +0000
From:   Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To:     rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        "Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
        Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH] rust: delete `ForeignOwnable::borrow_mut`

We discovered that the current design of `borrow_mut` is problematic.
This patch removes it until a better solution can be found.

Specifically, the current design gives you access to a `&mut T`, which
lets you change where the `ForeignOwnable` points (e.g., with
`core::mem::swap`). No upcoming user of this API intended to make that
possible, making all of them unsound.

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
---
 rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs |  3 +--
 rust/kernel/types.rs    | 22 ++--------------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
index a89843cacaad..172f563976a9 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
@@ -243,8 +243,7 @@ unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> ArcBorrow<'a, T> {
         let inner = NonNull::new(ptr as *mut ArcInner<T>).unwrap();
 
         // SAFETY: The safety requirements of `from_foreign` ensure that the object remains alive
-        // for the lifetime of the returned value. Additionally, the safety requirements of
-        // `ForeignOwnable::borrow_mut` ensure that no new mutable references are created.
+        // for the lifetime of the returned value.
         unsafe { ArcBorrow::new(inner) }
     }
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index 1e5380b16ed5..d479f8da8f38 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -35,34 +35,16 @@ pub trait ForeignOwnable: Sized {
     ///
     /// `ptr` must have been returned by a previous call to [`ForeignOwnable::into_foreign`] for
     /// which a previous matching [`ForeignOwnable::from_foreign`] hasn't been called yet.
-    /// Additionally, all instances (if any) of values returned by [`ForeignOwnable::borrow_mut`]
-    /// for this object must have been dropped.
     unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> Self::Borrowed<'a>;
 
-    /// Mutably borrows a foreign-owned object.
-    ///
-    /// # Safety
-    ///
-    /// `ptr` must have been returned by a previous call to [`ForeignOwnable::into_foreign`] for
-    /// which a previous matching [`ForeignOwnable::from_foreign`] hasn't been called yet.
-    /// Additionally, all instances (if any) of values returned by [`ForeignOwnable::borrow`] and
-    /// [`ForeignOwnable::borrow_mut`] for this object must have been dropped.
-    unsafe fn borrow_mut(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> ScopeGuard<Self, fn(Self)> {
-        // SAFETY: The safety requirements ensure that `ptr` came from a previous call to
-        // `into_foreign`.
-        ScopeGuard::new_with_data(unsafe { Self::from_foreign(ptr) }, |d| {
-            d.into_foreign();
-        })
-    }
-
     /// Converts a foreign-owned object back to a Rust-owned one.
     ///
     /// # Safety
     ///
     /// `ptr` must have been returned by a previous call to [`ForeignOwnable::into_foreign`] for
     /// which a previous matching [`ForeignOwnable::from_foreign`] hasn't been called yet.
-    /// Additionally, all instances (if any) of values returned by [`ForeignOwnable::borrow`] and
-    /// [`ForeignOwnable::borrow_mut`] for this object must have been dropped.
+    /// Additionally, all instances (if any) of values returned by [`ForeignOwnable::borrow`] for
+    /// this object must have been dropped.
     unsafe fn from_foreign(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> Self;
 }
 

base-commit: d2e3115d717197cb2bc020dd1f06b06538474ac3
-- 
2.41.0.255.g8b1d071c50-goog