linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: sync: lock: Add an example for Guard::lock

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Message-ID: <Z70BTQqudaR4LMi3@boqun-archlinux>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:31:25 -0800
From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
To: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
	Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
	Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: sync: lock: Add an example for Guard::lock_ref()

On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 09:08:09AM +0100, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com> writes:
> 
> > To provide examples on usage of `Guard::lock_ref()` along with the unit
> > test, an "assert a lock is held by a guard" example is added.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> > ---
> > This depends on Alice's patch:
> >
> > 	https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250130-guard-get-lock-v1-1-8ed87899920a@google.com/
> >
> > I'm also OK to fold this in if Alice thinks it's fine.
> >
> >  rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > index 3701fac6ebf6..6d868e35b0a3 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
> > @@ -201,6 +201,30 @@ unsafe impl<T: Sync + ?Sized, B: Backend> Sync for Guard<'_, T, B> {}
> >  
> >  impl<'a, T: ?Sized, B: Backend> Guard<'a, T, B> {
> >      /// Returns the lock that this guard originates from.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// # Examples
> > +    ///
> > +    /// The following example shows how to use [`Guard::lock_ref()`] to assert the corresponding
> > +    /// lock is held.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// ```
> > +    /// # use kernel::{new_spinlock, stack_pin_init, sync::lock::{Backend, Guard, Lock}};
> > +    ///
> > +    /// fn assert_held<T, B: Backend>(guard: &Guard<'_, T, B>, lock: &Lock<T, B>) {
> > +    ///     // Address-equal means the same lock.
> > +    ///     assert!(core::ptr::eq(guard.lock_ref(), lock));
> > +    /// }
> 
> This seems super useful. Perhaps add this method as part of the lock api
> instead of just having it in the example?
> 

I would like to have this (along with Alice's lock_ref()) for the
upcoming Rust locking PR. So I'm going to keep it as a test now, but
happy to see a patch (or write one if needed). Thoughts?

Regards,
Boqun

> 
> Best regards,
> Andreas Hindborg
> 
> 
> 
>