linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] rust: device: implement Device::parent()

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Message-ID: <Z9wHv-2HXfoYZFmk@pollux>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:19:11 +0100
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: bhelgaas@...gle.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rafael@...nel.org,
	ojeda@...nel.org, alex.gaynor@...il.com, boqun.feng@...il.com,
	gary@...yguo.net, bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com, benno.lossin@...ton.me,
	a.hindborg@...nel.org, tmgross@...ch.edu, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] rust: device: implement Device::parent()

On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 09:40:45AM +0100, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 09:30:25PM +0100, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> > > Device::parent() returns a reference to the device' parent device, if
> > > any.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
> > > ---
> > >  rust/kernel/device.rs | 13 +++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/rust/kernel/device.rs b/rust/kernel/device.rs
> > > index 21b343a1dc4d..76b341441f3f 100644
> > > --- a/rust/kernel/device.rs
> > > +++ b/rust/kernel/device.rs
> > > @@ -65,6 +65,19 @@ pub(crate) fn as_raw(&self) -> *mut bindings::device {
> > >          self.0.get()
> > >      }
> > >
> > > +    /// Returns a reference to the parent device, if any.
> > > +    pub fn parent<'a>(&self) -> Option<&'a Self> {
> > > +        // SAFETY: By the type invariant `self.as_raw()` is always valid.
> > > +        let parent = unsafe { *self.as_raw() }.parent;
> >
> > This means:
> > 1. Copy the entire `struct device` onto the stack.
> > 2. Read the `parent` field of the copy.
> >
> > Please write this instead to only read the `parent` field:
> > let parent = unsafe { *self.as_raw().parent };
> 
> Sorry I meant (*self.as_raw()).parent

Good catch, thanks!