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Message-ID: <20240819112415.99810-1-benno.lossin@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:24:35 +0000
From: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
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>
Cc: rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/2] rust: kernel: add `drop_contents` to `BoxExt`
Sometimes (see [1]) it is necessary to drop the value inside of a
`Box<T>`, but retain the allocation. For example to reuse the allocation
in the future.
Introduce a new function `drop_contents` that turns a `Box<T>` into
`Box<MaybeUninit<T>>` by dropping the value.
Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240418-b4-rbtree-v3-5-323e134390ce@google.com/ [1]
---
rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs
index 829cb1c1cf9e..b68ade26a42d 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
use super::{AllocError, Flags};
use alloc::boxed::Box;
-use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
+use core::{mem::MaybeUninit, ptr, result::Result};
/// Extensions to [`Box`].
pub trait BoxExt<T>: Sized {
@@ -17,6 +17,22 @@ pub trait BoxExt<T>: Sized {
///
/// The allocation may fail, in which case an error is returned.
fn new_uninit(flags: Flags) -> Result<Box<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError>;
+
+ /// Drops the contents, but keeps the allocation.
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// use kernel::alloc::{flags, box_ext::BoxExt};
+ /// let value = Box::new([0; 32], flags::GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ /// assert_eq!(*value, [0; 32]);
+ /// let value = Box::drop_contents(value);
+ /// // Now we can re-use `value`:
+ /// let value = Box::write(value, [1; 32]);
+ /// assert_eq!(*value, [1; 32]);
+ /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
+ /// ```
+ fn drop_contents(this: Self) -> Box<MaybeUninit<T>>;
}
impl<T> BoxExt<T> for Box<T> {
@@ -53,4 +69,17 @@ fn new_uninit(flags: Flags) -> Result<Box<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError> {
// zero-sized types, we use `NonNull::dangling`.
Ok(unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr) })
}
+
+ fn drop_contents(this: Self) -> Box<MaybeUninit<T>> {
+ let ptr = Box::into_raw(this);
+ // SAFETY: `ptr` is valid, because it came from `Box::into_raw`.
+ unsafe { ptr::drop_in_place(ptr) };
+
+ // CAST: `MaybeUninit<T>` is a transparent wrapper of `T`.
+ let ptr = ptr.cast::<MaybeUninit<T>>();
+
+ // SAFETY: `ptr` is valid for writes, because it came from `Box::into_raw` and it is valid for
+ // reads, since the pointer came from `Box::into_raw` and the type is `MaybeUninit<T>`.
+ unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr) }
+ }
}
base-commit: c4d7f546dd9aa9780716cdb07416ca97264dce43
--
2.45.2
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