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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 17:13:00 +0100
From: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
To: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] rust: Introduce irq module

On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:04:16 -0400
Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com> wrote:

> This introduces a module for dealing with interrupt-disabled contexts,
> including the ability to enable and disable interrupts
> (with_irqs_disabled()) - along with the ability to annotate functions as
> expecting that IRQs are already disabled on the local CPU.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> V2:
> * Actually make it so that we check whether or not we have interrupts
>   disabled with debug assertions
> * Fix issues in the documentation (added suggestions, missing periods, made
>   sure that all rustdoc examples compile properly)
> * Pass IrqDisabled by value, not reference
> * Ensure that IrqDisabled is !Send and !Sync using
>   PhantomData<(&'a (), *mut ())>
> * Add all of the suggested derives from Benno Lossin
> 
> V3:
> * Use `impl` for FnOnce bounds in with_irqs_disabled()
> * Use higher-ranked trait bounds for the lifetime of with_irqs_disabled()
> * Wording changes in the documentation for the module itself
> 
> V4:
> * Use the actual unsafe constructor for IrqDisabled in
>   with_irqs_disabled()
> * Fix comment style in with_irqs_disabled example
> * Check before calling local_irq_restore() in with_irqs_disabled that
>   interrupts are still disabled. It would have been nice to do this from a
>   Drop implementation like I hoped, but I realized rust doesn't allow that
>   for types that implement Copy.
> * Document that interrupts can't be re-enabled within the `cb` provided to
>   `with_irqs_disabled`, and link to the github issue I just filed about
>   this that describes the solution for this.
> 
> V5:
> * Rebase against rust-next for the helpers split
> * Fix typo (enabled -> disabled) - Dirk
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
> ---
>  rust/helpers/helpers.c |  1 +
>  rust/helpers/irq.c     | 22 +++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/irq.rs     | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/lib.rs     |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 114 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 rust/helpers/irq.c
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/irq.rs
> 
> diff --git a/rust/helpers/helpers.c b/rust/helpers/helpers.c
> index 30f40149f3a96..0bb48df454bd8 100644
> --- a/rust/helpers/helpers.c
> +++ b/rust/helpers/helpers.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>  #include "build_assert.c"
>  #include "build_bug.c"
>  #include "err.c"
> +#include "irq.c"
>  #include "kunit.c"
>  #include "mutex.c"
>  #include "page.c"
> diff --git a/rust/helpers/irq.c b/rust/helpers/irq.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..ec1e8d700a220
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/helpers/irq.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +#include <linux/irqflags.h>
> +
> +unsigned long rust_helper_local_irq_save(void)
> +{
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	local_irq_save(flags);
> +
> +	return flags;
> +}
> +
> +void rust_helper_local_irq_restore(unsigned long flags)
> +{
> +	local_irq_restore(flags);
> +}
> +
> +bool rust_helper_irqs_disabled(void)
> +{
> +	return irqs_disabled();
> +}
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/irq.rs b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..0673087161f08
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/kernel/irq.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +//! Interrupt controls
> +//!
> +//! This module allows Rust code to control processor interrupts. [`with_irqs_disabled()`] may be
> +//! used for nested disables of interrupts, whereas [`IrqDisabled`] can be used for annotating code
> +//! that requires interrupts to be disabled.
> +
> +use bindings;
> +use core::marker::*;
> +
> +/// A token that is only available in contexts where IRQs are disabled.
> +///
> +/// [`IrqDisabled`] is marker made available when interrupts are not active. Certain functions take
> +/// an [`IrqDisabled`] in order to indicate that they may only be run in IRQ-free contexts.

I think this should be encoded as a type invariant?

> +///
> +/// This is a marker type; it has no size, and is simply used as a compile-time guarantee that
> +/// interrupts are disabled where required.
> +///
> +/// This token can be created by [`with_irqs_disabled`]. See [`with_irqs_disabled`] for examples and
> +/// further information.
> +#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Ord, Eq, PartialOrd, PartialEq, Hash)]
> +pub struct IrqDisabled<'a>(PhantomData<(&'a (), *mut ())>);
> +
> +impl IrqDisabled<'_> {
> +    /// Create a new [`IrqDisabled`] without disabling interrupts.
> +    ///
> +    /// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
> +    /// without interrupts. If debug assertions are enabled, this function will assert that
> +    /// interrupts are disabled upon creation. Otherwise, it has no size or cost at runtime.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Panics
> +    ///
> +    /// If debug assertions are enabled, this function will panic if interrupts are not disabled
> +    /// upon creation.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Safety
> +    ///
> +    /// This function must only be called in contexts where it is already known that interrupts have
> +    /// been disabled for the current CPU, as the user is making a promise that they will remain
> +    /// disabled at least until this [`IrqDisabled`] is dropped.
> +    pub unsafe fn new() -> Self {
> +        // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
> +        debug_assert!(unsafe { bindings::irqs_disabled() });
> +
> +        Self(PhantomData)

This needs to assert INVARIANT.

> +    }
> +}
> +
> +/// Run the closure `cb` with interrupts disabled on the local CPU.
> +///
> +/// This creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token, which can be passed to functions that must be run
> +/// without interrupts. Note that interrupts must be disabled for the entire duration of `cb`, they
> +/// cannot be re-enabled. In the future, this may be expanded on
> +/// [as documented here](https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1115).
> +///
> +/// # Examples
> +///
> +/// Using [`with_irqs_disabled`] to call a function that can only be called with interrupts
> +/// disabled:
> +///
> +/// ```
> +/// use kernel::irq::{IrqDisabled, with_irqs_disabled};
> +///
> +/// // Requiring interrupts be disabled to call a function
> +/// fn dont_interrupt_me(_irq: IrqDisabled<'_>) {
> +///     // When this token is available, IRQs are known to be disabled. Actions that rely on this
> +///     // can be safely performed
> +/// }
> +///
> +/// // Disabling interrupts. They'll be re-enabled once this closure completes.
> +/// with_irqs_disabled(|irq| dont_interrupt_me(irq));
> +/// ```
> +#[inline]
> +pub fn with_irqs_disabled<T>(cb: impl for<'a> FnOnce(IrqDisabled<'a>) -> T) -> T {
> +    // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
> +    let flags = unsafe { bindings::local_irq_save() };
> +
> +    // SAFETY: We just disabled IRQs using `local_irq_save()`
> +    let ret = cb(unsafe { IrqDisabled::new() });
> +
> +    // Confirm that IRQs are still disabled now that the callback has finished
> +    // SAFETY: FFI call with no special requirements
> +    debug_assert!(unsafe { bindings::irqs_disabled() });
> +
> +    // SAFETY: `flags` comes from our previous call to local_irq_save
> +    unsafe { bindings::local_irq_restore(flags) };
> +
> +    ret
> +}
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> index f10b06a78b9d5..df10c58e95c19 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>  pub mod firmware;
>  pub mod init;
>  pub mod ioctl;
> +pub mod irq;
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_KUNIT)]
>  pub mod kunit;
>  pub mod list;

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