linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 3/3] rust: use `UnsafePinned` in the implementation of `Opaque`

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Message-Id: <20250510-rust_unsafe_pinned-v3-3-57ce151123f9@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 11:32:28 +0200
From: Christian Schrefl <chrisi.schrefl@...il.com>
To: Sky <sky@...9.dev>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
 Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, 
 Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, 
 Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, 
 Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, 
 Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
 Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, 
 Gerald Wisböck <gerald.wisboeck@...ther.ink>, 
 Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
 Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@...il.com>, 
 Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
 llvm@...ts.linux.dev, Christian Schrefl <chrisi.schrefl@...il.com>, 
 Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/3] rust: use `UnsafePinned` in the implementation of
 `Opaque`

Make the semantics of the `Opaque` implementation clearer and prepare
for the switch to the upstream rust `UnsafePinned` type in the future.

`Opaque` still uses `UnsafeCell` even though the kernel implementation
of `UnsafePinned` already includes it, since the current upstream
version does not.

Reviewed-by: Gerald Wisböck <gerald.wisboeck@...ther.ink>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Schrefl <chrisi.schrefl@...il.com>
---
 rust/kernel/types.rs | 32 +++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index f06e8720e012102e5c41e79fd97b0607e927d71c..e32905c42453132fbea49d37a6457547d42465ce 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 use core::{
     cell::UnsafeCell,
-    marker::{PhantomData, PhantomPinned},
+    marker::PhantomData,
     mem::{ManuallyDrop, MaybeUninit},
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
     ptr::NonNull,
 };
-use pin_init::{PinInit, Wrapper, Zeroable};
+use pin_init::{cast_pin_init, PinInit, Wrapper, Zeroable};
 
 /// Used to transfer ownership to and from foreign (non-Rust) languages.
 ///
@@ -308,8 +308,10 @@ fn drop(&mut self) {
 /// ```
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Opaque<T> {
-    value: UnsafeCell<MaybeUninit<T>>,
-    _pin: PhantomPinned,
+    // The kernel implementation of `UnsafePinned` uses `UnsafeCell` internally, but the
+    // upstream rust `UnsafePinned` will not. So to make sure this is compatible with
+    // the upstream version use `UnsafeCell` here.
+    value: UnsafePinned<UnsafeCell<MaybeUninit<T>>>,
 }
 
 // SAFETY: `Opaque<T>` allows the inner value to be any bit pattern, including all zeros.
@@ -319,16 +321,14 @@ impl<T> Opaque<T> {
     /// Creates a new opaque value.
     pub const fn new(value: T) -> Self {
         Self {
-            value: UnsafeCell::new(MaybeUninit::new(value)),
-            _pin: PhantomPinned,
+            value: UnsafePinned::new(UnsafeCell::new(MaybeUninit::new(value))),
         }
     }
 
     /// Creates an uninitialised value.
     pub const fn uninit() -> Self {
         Self {
-            value: UnsafeCell::new(MaybeUninit::uninit()),
-            _pin: PhantomPinned,
+            value: UnsafePinned::new(UnsafeCell::new(MaybeUninit::uninit())),
         }
     }
 
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ pub fn try_ffi_init<E>(
 
     /// Returns a raw pointer to the opaque data.
     pub const fn get(&self) -> *mut T {
-        UnsafeCell::get(&self.value).cast::<T>()
+        UnsafeCell::raw_get(self.value.get()).cast::<T>()
     }
 
     /// Gets the value behind `this`.
@@ -384,14 +384,12 @@ pub const fn raw_get(this: *const Self) -> *mut T {
 }
 impl<T> Wrapper<T> for Opaque<T> {
     /// Create an opaque pin-initializer from the given pin-initializer.
-    fn pin_init<E>(slot: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> impl PinInit<Self, E> {
-        Self::try_ffi_init(|ptr: *mut T| {
-            // SAFETY:
-            //   - `ptr` is a valid pointer to uninitialized memory,
-            //   - `slot` is not accessed on error; the call is infallible,
-            //   - `slot` is pinned in memory.
-            unsafe { PinInit::<T, E>::__pinned_init(slot, ptr) }
-        })
+    fn pin_init<E>(value_init: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> impl PinInit<Self, E> {
+        let value_init =
+            UnsafePinned::pin_init(UnsafeCell::pin_init(MaybeUninit::pin_init(value_init)));
+        // SAFETY: `Opaque<T>` is a `repr(transparent)` wrapper around
+        // `UnsafePinned<UnsafeCell<MabeUninit<T>>>` so the memory representation is compatible.
+        unsafe { cast_pin_init(value_init) }
     }
 }
 

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2.49.0