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Message-ID: <20250317204310.7804-1-benoit@dugarreau.fr>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:42:51 +0100
From: Benoît du Garreau <benoit@...arreau.fr>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Cc: Benoît du Garreau <benoit@...arreau.fr>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] rust: auxiliary: add auxiliary registration

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:23:52 +0100 Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org> wrote:

> Implement the `auxiliary::Registration` type, which provides an API to
> create and register new auxiliary devices in the system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 79 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs b/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs
> index e453f821f7cb..fc4bb5388a9b 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs
> @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
>  //! C header: [`include/linux/auxiliary_bus.h`](srctree/include/linux/auxiliary_bus.h)
>  
>  use crate::{
> -    bindings, device,
> +    bindings, container_of, device,
>      device_id::RawDeviceId,
>      driver,
>      error::{to_result, Result},
> @@ -219,6 +219,16 @@ pub fn id(&self) -> u32 {
>          // `struct auxiliary_device`.
>          unsafe { (*self.as_raw()).id }
>      }
> +
> +    extern "C" fn release(dev: *mut bindings::device) {
> +        // SAFETY: By the type invariant `self.0.as_raw` is a pointer to the `struct device`
> +        // embedded in `struct auxiliary_device`.
> +        let adev = unsafe { container_of!(dev, bindings::auxiliary_device, dev) }.cast_mut();
> +
> +        // SAFETY: `adev` points to the memory that has been allocated in `Registration::new`, via
> +        // `KBox::new(Opaque::<bindings::auxiliary_device>::zeroed(), GFP_KERNEL)`.
> +        let _ = unsafe { KBox::<Opaque<bindings::auxiliary_device>>::from_raw(adev.cast()) };
> +    }
>  }
>  
>  impl Deref for Device<device::Core> {
> @@ -265,3 +275,71 @@ fn as_ref(&self) -> &device::Device {
>          unsafe { device::Device::as_ref(dev) }
>      }
>  }
> +
> +/// The registration of an auxiliary device.
> +///
> +/// This type represents the registration of a [`struct auxiliary_device`]. When an instance of this
> +/// type is dropped, its respective auxiliary device will be unregistered from the system.
> +///
> +/// # Invariants
> +///
> +/// `self.0` always holds a valid pointer to an initialized and registered
> +/// [`struct auxiliary_device`].
> +pub struct Registration(NonNull<bindings::auxiliary_device>);
> +
> +impl Registration {
> +    /// Create and register a new auxiliary device.
> +    pub fn new(parent: &device::Device, name: &CStr, id: u32, modname: &CStr) -> Result<Self> {
> +        let boxed = KBox::new(Opaque::<bindings::auxiliary_device>::zeroed(), GFP_KERNEL)?;

You can use `KBox::init(kernel::init::zeroed(), GFP_KERNEL)` here. It avoids
the need for the first patch.

> +        let adev = boxed.get();
> +
> +        // SAFETY: It's safe to set the fields of `struct auxiliary_device` on initialization.
> +        unsafe {
> +            (*adev).dev.parent = parent.as_raw();
> +            (*adev).dev.release = Some(Device::release);
> +            (*adev).name = name.as_char_ptr();
> +            (*adev).id = id;
> +        }
> +
> +        // SAFETY: `adev` is guaranteed to be a valid pointer to a `struct auxiliary_device`,
> +        // which has not been initialized yet.
> +        unsafe { bindings::auxiliary_device_init(adev) };
> +
> +        // Now that `adev` is initialized, leak the `Box`; the corresponding memory will be freed
> +        // by `Device::release` when the last reference to the `struct auxiliary_device` is dropped.
> +        let _ = KBox::into_raw(boxed);
> +
> +        // SAFETY:
> +        // - `adev` is guaranteed to be a valid pointer to a `struct auxiliary_device`, which has
> +        //   been initialialized,
> +        // - `modname.as_char_ptr()` is a NULL terminated string.
> +        let ret = unsafe { bindings::__auxiliary_device_add(adev, modname.as_char_ptr()) };
> +        if ret != 0 {
> +            // SAFETY: `adev` is guaranteed to be a valid pointer to a `struct auxiliary_device`,
> +            // which has been initialialized.
> +            unsafe { bindings::auxiliary_device_uninit(adev) };
> +
> +            return Err(Error::from_errno(ret));
> +        }
> +
> +        // SAFETY: `adev` is guaranteed to be non-null, since the `KBox` was allocated successfully.
> +        //
> +        // INVARIANT: The device will remain registered until `auxiliary_device_delete()` is called,
> +        // which happens in `Self::drop()`.
> +        Ok(Self(unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(adev) }))
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +impl Drop for Registration {
> +    fn drop(&mut self) {
> +        // SAFETY: By the type invariant of `Self`, `self.0.as_ptr()` is a valid registered
> +        // `struct auxiliary_device`.
> +        unsafe { bindings::auxiliary_device_delete(self.0.as_ptr()) };
> +
> +        // This drops the reference we acquired through `auxiliary_device_init()`.
> +        //
> +        // SAFETY: By the type invariant of `Self`, `self.0.as_ptr()` is a valid registered
> +        // `struct auxiliary_device`.
> +        unsafe { bindings::auxiliary_device_uninit(self.0.as_ptr()) };
> +    }
> +}
> -- 
> 2.48.1
> 
> 

Benoît du Garreau

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