linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] rust: uaccess: add typed accessors for userspace pointers

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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:23:06 +0000
From: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.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>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.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>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] rust: uaccess: add typed accessors for userspace pointers

On 18.04.24 15:17, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 3:02 PM Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...tonme> wrote:
>>
>> On 18.04.24 10:59, Alice Ryhl wrote:
>>> diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
>>> index 8fad61268465..9c57c6c75553 100644
>>> --- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
>>> +++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
>>> @@ -409,3 +409,67 @@ pub enum Either<L, R> {
>>>       /// Constructs an instance of [`Either`] containing a value of type `R`.
>>>       Right(R),
>>>   }
>>> +
>>> +/// Types for which any bit pattern is valid.
>>> +///
>>> +/// Not all types are valid for all values. For example, a `bool` must be either zero or one, so
>>> +/// reading arbitrary bytes into something that contains a `bool` is not okay.
>>> +///
>>> +/// It's okay for the type to have padding, as initializing those bytes has no effect.
>>> +///
>>> +/// # Safety
>>> +///
>>> +/// All bit-patterns must be valid for this type. This type must not have interior mutability.
>>
>> What is the reason for disallowing interior mutability here? I agree
>> that it is necessary for `AsBytes`, but I don't think we need it here.
>> For example it is fine to convert `u8` to `UnsafeCell<u8>`. Niches also
>> should not be a problem, since eg `Option<UnsafeCell<NonNull<u8>>>`
>> already fails the "All bit-patterns must be valid for this type".
> 
> If T: FromBytes allows transmuting &[u8; size_of::<T>] into &T, then
> it would be a problem as you could then use it to modify the original
> &[u8].

Ahh that makes a lot of sense.

-- 
Cheers,
Benno