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Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 12:52:36 -0400
From: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
To: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] rust: sync: Introduce lock::Backend::Context
On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 10:11 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
> On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > Now that we've introduced an `IrqDisabled` token for marking contexts in
> > which IRQs are disabled, we need a way to be able to pass it to locks that
> > require that IRQs are disabled. In order to continue using the
> > `lock::Backend` type instead of inventing our own thing, we accomplish this
> > by adding the associated Context type, along with a `lock_with()` function
> > that can accept a Context when acquiring a lock. To allow current users of
> > context-less locks to keep using the normal `lock()` method, we take an
> > example from Wedson Almeida Filho's work and add a `where T<'a>: Default`
> > bound to `lock()` so that it can only be called on lock types where the
> > context is simply a placeholder value, then re-implement it through the new
> > `lock_with()` function.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
> > ---
> > rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs | 17 +++++++++++++++--
> > rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs | 3 +++
> > rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs | 1 +
> > 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > index f6c34ca4d819f..f3ff50c4272cf 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ pub unsafe trait Backend {
> > /// [`unlock`]: Backend::unlock
> > type GuardState;
> >
> > + /// The context which much be provided to acquire the lock.
> > + type Context<'a>;
> > +
> > /// Initialises the lock.
> > ///
> > /// # Safety
> > @@ -120,14 +123,24 @@ pub fn new(t: T, name: &'static CStr, key: &'static LockClassKey) -> impl PinIni
> > }
> >
> > impl<T: ?Sized, B: Backend> Lock<T, B> {
> > - /// Acquires the lock and gives the caller access to the data protected by it.
> > - pub fn lock(&self) -> Guard<'_, T, B> {
> > + /// Acquires the lock with the given context and gives the caller access to the data protected
> > + /// by it.
> > + pub fn lock_with(&self, _context: B::Context<'_>) -> Guard<'_, T, B> {
>
> Here we need to be careful, without lifetime elision, this signature is:
>
> pub fn lock_with<'a, 'b>(&'a self, _context: B::Context<'b>) -> Guard<'a, T, B>
>
> This is problematic, since with this signature you should be able to
> create this piece of code:
>
> let lock: SpinLockIrq = /* ... */
>
> let mut guard = None;
> with_irq_disabled(|irq| guard = Some(lock.lock_with(irq)));
> // then use guard when `irq` are again enabled!
>
> So what we want the signature to be is this:
>
> pub fn lock_with<'a>(&'a self, _context: B::Context<'a>) -> Guard<'a, T, B>
>
> So we need to ensure that the lifetime of `context` is bound to the
> lifetime of the guard.
Gotcha
>
> > // SAFETY: The constructor of the type calls `init`, so the existence of the object proves
> > // that `init` was called.
> > let state = unsafe { B::lock(self.state.get()) };
> > // SAFETY: The lock was just acquired.
> > unsafe { Guard::new(self, state) }
> > }
> > +
> > + /// Acquires the lock and gives the caller access to the data protected by it.
> > + #[inline]
> > + pub fn lock<'a>(&'a self) -> Guard<'a, T, B>
> > + where
> > + B::Context<'a>: Default,
> > + {
> > + self.lock_with(B::Context::default())
> > + }
> > }
> >
> > /// A lock guard.
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
> > index 30632070ee670..327e53be4c0f4 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
> > @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
> > //!
> > //! This module allows Rust code to use the kernel's `struct mutex`.
> >
> > +use core::marker::*;
> > +
> > /// Creates a [`Mutex`] initialiser with the given name and a newly-created lock class.
> > ///
> > /// It uses the name if one is given, otherwise it generates one based on the file name and line
> > @@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ macro_rules! new_mutex {
> > unsafe impl super::Backend for MutexBackend {
> > type State = bindings::mutex;
> > type GuardState = ();
> > + type Context<'a> = PhantomData<&'a ()>;
>
> Is there any reason you chose `PhantomData` here? Why not just `()`?
Oh! I think I had just naturally assumed that if an associated type had a
lifetime declared that its contents had to use said lifetime, but I guess
that's not actually the case :). Will fix this
>
> ---
> Cheers,
> Benno
>
> >
> > unsafe fn init(
> > ptr: *mut Self::State,
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
> > index ea5c5bc1ce12e..8503d6e8e3de3 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
> > @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ macro_rules! new_spinlock {
> > unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockBackend {
> > type State = bindings::spinlock_t;
> > type GuardState = ();
> > + type Context<'a> = PhantomData<&'a ()>;
> >
> > unsafe fn init(
> > ptr: *mut Self::State,
> > --
> > 2.45.2
> >
>
--
Cheers,
Lyude Paul (she/her)
Software Engineer at Red Hat
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