linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] rust: add abstraction for `struct page`

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Message-ID: <a5f7bf1e-0846-476d-8d21-b816fd3916ca@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:11:41 -0300
From: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
 Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>, Boqun Feng
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 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] rust: add abstraction for `struct page`

On 2/12/24 06:36, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 5:23 AM Martin Rodriguez Reboredo
> <yakoyoku@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/8/24 12:47, Alice Ryhl wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> +    /// Maps the page and reads from it into the given buffer.
>>> +    ///
>>> +    /// This method will perform bounds checks on the page offset. If `offset ..
>>> +    /// offset+len` goes outside ot the page, then this call returns `EINVAL`.
>>> +    ///
>>> +    /// # Safety
>>> +    ///
>>> +    /// * Callers must ensure that `dst` is valid for writing `len` bytes.
>>> +    /// * Callers must ensure that this call does not race with a write to the
>>> +    ///   same page that overlaps with this read.
>>
>> This safety section says that a call mustn't race with a page that
>> overlaps this read, hmmmmm.
> 
> Is there a question here?

I've said more like introducing the next point, but if you want to use
`copy_nonoverlapping` then the safety section should mention that both
`src` and `dst` memory areas are forbidden to be overlapping.

> [...]
> I'll use copy_nonoverlapping. Thanks for the suggestion.
> 
> Alice

You're welcome.