linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/6] rust: add `container

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:48:08 +0000
From: Matt Gilbride <mattgilbride@...gle.com>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, 
	Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...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>, 
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
	"Arve Hjønnevåg" <arve@...roid.com>, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>, Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>, 
	Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>, Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>, 
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, 
	Michel Lespinasse <michel@...pinasse.org>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matt Gilbride <mattgilbride@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/6] rust: add `container_of!` macro

From: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>

This macro is used to obtain a pointer to an entire struct
when given a pointer to a field in that struct.

Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Tested-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Gilbride <mattgilbride@...gle.com>
---
 rust/kernel/lib.rs | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 7ac39874aeac..c7963efd1318 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -102,3 +102,35 @@ fn panic(info: &core::panic::PanicInfo<'_>) -> ! {
     // SAFETY: FFI call.
     unsafe { bindings::BUG() };
 }
+
+/// Produces a pointer to an object from a pointer to one of its fields.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// The pointer passed to this macro, and the pointer returned by this macro, must both be in
+/// bounds of the same allocation.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// # use kernel::container_of;
+/// struct Test {
+///     a: u64,
+///     b: u32,
+/// }
+///
+/// let test = Test { a: 10, b: 20 };
+/// let b_ptr = &test.b;
+/// // SAFETY: The pointer points at the `b` field of a `Test`, so the resulting pointer will be
+/// // in-bounds of the same allocation as `b_ptr`.
+/// let test_alias = unsafe { container_of!(b_ptr, Test, b) };
+/// assert!(core::ptr::eq(&test, test_alias));
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! container_of {
+    ($ptr:expr, $type:ty, $($f:tt)*) => {{
+        let ptr = $ptr as *const _ as *const u8;
+        let offset: usize = ::core::mem::offset_of!($type, $($f)*);
+        ptr.sub(offset) as *const $type
+    }}
+}

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2.44.0.rc0.258.g7320e95886-goog