linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] firmware: rust: improve safety comments

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Message-ID: <20240619132029.59296-1-dakr@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:20:12 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...hat.com>
To: mcgrof@...nel.org,
	russ.weight@...ux.dev,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...hat.com>,
	Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] firmware: rust: improve safety comments

Improve the wording of safety comments to be more explicit about what
exactly is guaranteed to be valid.

Suggested-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...hat.com>
---
 rust/kernel/firmware.rs | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
index b55ea1b45368..386c8fb44785 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 ///
 /// The pointer is valid, and has ownership over the instance of `struct firmware`.
 ///
-/// Once requested, the `Firmware` backing buffer is not modified until it is freed when `Firmware`
-/// is dropped.
+/// The `Firmware`'s backing buffer is not modified.
 ///
 /// # Examples
 ///
@@ -72,22 +71,22 @@ fn as_raw(&self) -> *mut bindings::firmware {
 
     /// Returns the size of the requested firmware in bytes.
     pub fn size(&self) -> usize {
-        // SAFETY: Safe by the type invariant.
+        // SAFETY: `self.as_raw()` is valid by the type invariant.
         unsafe { (*self.as_raw()).size }
     }
 
     /// Returns the requested firmware as `&[u8]`.
     pub fn data(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        // SAFETY: Safe by the type invariant. Additionally, `bindings::firmware` guarantees, if
-        // successfully requested, that `bindings::firmware::data` has a size of
-        // `bindings::firmware::size` bytes.
+        // SAFETY: `self.as_raw()` is valid by the type invariant. Additionally,
+        // `bindings::firmware` guarantees, if successfully requested, that
+        // `bindings::firmware::data` has a size of `bindings::firmware::size` bytes.
         unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts((*self.as_raw()).data, self.size()) }
     }
 }
 
 impl Drop for Firmware {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        // SAFETY: Safe by the type invariant.
+        // SAFETY: `self.as_raw()` is valid by the type invariant.
         unsafe { bindings::release_firmware(self.as_raw()) };
     }
 }

base-commit: de6582833db0e695ba0c548e3cc2ad7dbb6aa260
-- 
2.45.1