linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] rust: add abstraction for `struct page`

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:15:11 +0100
From: "Andreas Hindborg (Samsung)" <nmi@...aspace.dk>
To: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex
 Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
 Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, Björn Roy Baron
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 Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] rust: add abstraction for `struct page`


Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com> writes:

> On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 11:20:23AM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:

>> +
>> +    /// Maps the page and writes into it from the given buffer.
>> +    ///
>> +    /// # Safety
>> +    ///
>> +    /// Callers must ensure that `src` is valid for reading `len` bytes.
>> +    pub unsafe fn write(&self, src: *const u8, offset: usize, len: usize) -> Result {
>
> Use a slice like type as `src` maybe? Then the function can be safe:
>
> 	pub fn write<S: AsRef<[u8]>>(&self, src: S, offset: usize) -> Result
>
> Besides, since `Page` impl `Sync`, shouldn't this `write` and the
> `fill_zero` be a `&mut self` function? Or make them both `unsafe`
> because of potential race and add some safety requirement?

We can add a safe version that takes a slice later, as here [1]. Same
for the with_* that take a closure.

It would be nice to model ownership of pages that are only mapped in
kernel with `&mut`.

BR Andreas

[1] https://github.com/metaspace/linux/blob/702026e6645193fc89b7d55e00dac75fd492bfb8/rust/kernel/pages.rs#L178