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From: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] rust: Introduce irq module

On Fri, 2024-10-04 at 08:58 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
> On 02.10.24 22:20, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 16 2024 at 17:28, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > >  rust/helpers/helpers.c |  1 +
> > >  rust/helpers/irq.c     | 22 ++++++++++
> > >  rust/kernel/irq.rs     | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 
> > irq is a patently bad name for this as it might get confused or conflict
> > with actual interrupt related functions irq_.....
> > 
> > The C naming is not ideal either but it's all about the CPU local
> > interrupt enable/disable, while irq_*() is related to actual interrupt
> > handling and chips.
> > 
> > So can we please have some halfways sensible mapping to the C namings?
> 
> What do you suggest? `local_irq.rs`?

Since I'm respinning this series now, I'll go with `local_irq.rs` for the
module name and leave us with `IrqDisabled` and `SpinLockIrq` for the time
being. Mainly because:

 * It maps closely to the actual C primitives (_irq, _irqsave, etc.)
 * It maps closely to SpinLockIrq

We could also do LocalIrqDisabled instead of IrqDisabled, but that's up to you
(I'm open to changing any of the other names too of course). Before making a
decision though, keep in mind that when/if we grow rust code relating to
actual IRQ chips someday - rust's namespacing is pretty helpful in preventing
confusion with name conflicts along with allowing for shorter names in
situations where conflicts aren't a concern. We already take advantage of that
with some of the kernel device bindings in rust, where we in areas like DRM we
may deal with both the kernel's core `kernel::device::Device` type (struct
device) and DRM's `kernel::drm::device::Device` type (struct drm_device).

(if you're curious about this, I recommend taking a quick look here:

https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/items/use-declarations.html

...maybe you already know these things about rust already, but I figured it
couldn't hurt to cover my bases just in case :)

One more comment below:

> 
> > > +/// Run the closure `cb` with interrupts disabled on the local CPU.
> > > +///
> > > +/// This disables interrupts, creates an [`IrqDisabled`] token and passes it to `cb`. The previous
> > > +/// interrupt state will be restored once the closure completes. 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
> > > +/// }
> > > +///
> > > +/// // Disables interrupts, their previous state will be restored once the 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() });
> > 
> > What's the point of the IrqDisabled::new() here? The above just disabled
> > them, no?
> 
> Yes, the above disabled them (the functions in `bindings` are exactly
> the C functions [or helper functions, if the C function is static
> inline]).
> 
> The point of `IrqDisabled` is that it is a token type signifying simply
> by its existence that interrupts are disabled. The `new` function is a
> way to create the token without touching the current interrupt status.
> 
> Lyude mentioned that she has a use case where C calls a Rust function
> with IRQ already disabled and thus we need a way to create the token in
> an unchecked manner.

Correct - in my case it's the vblank interrupt handling code in
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vblank.c .

> 
> > > +    // 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() });
> > 
> > And here you open code the check which is in IrqDisabled::new()
> > 
> > So I'd rather see this as:
> > 
> >    token = unsafe { IrqDisabled::new() };
> >    let ret = cb(token);
> >    assert_valid(token);
> > 
> > I might misunderstand rust here, but the provided code does not make
> > sense to me.
> 
> The purpose of this check is to catch any dumb implementations of the
> closure `cb` passed to the function. For example
> 
>     with_irqs_disabled(|irq| {
>         let guard = spin_lock_irq.lock(irq); // lock a spinlock with IRQ disabled
>         unsafe { enable_irq() };
>         drop(guard); // unlock it with IRQ being enabled
>     });
> 
> The debug assert would catch this error.
> 
> 
> Of course we can move the debug assert into its own function taking the
> token. I think it's a good idea.
> 
> ---
> Cheers,
> Benno
> 

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