linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] rust: io: add resource abstraction

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Message-ID: <aCYOFbVn8LcOpWPf@pollux>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 17:53:57 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
To: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>
Cc: 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>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ying Huang <huang.ying.caritas@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	Fiona Behrens <me@...enk.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] rust: io: add resource abstraction

On Fri, May 09, 2025 at 05:29:46PM -0300, Daniel Almeida wrote:
> +#[cfg(CONFIG_HAS_IOPORT)]
> +/// Returns a reference to the global `ioport_resource` variable.
> +pub fn ioport_resource() -> &'static Resource {
> +    // SAFETY: `bindings::ioport_resoure` has global lifetime and is of type Resource.
> +    unsafe { Resource::from_ptr(core::ptr::addr_of_mut!(bindings::ioport_resource)) }

Should be possible to use `&raw mut`.

> +}
> +
> +#[cfg(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM)]
> +/// Returns a reference to the global `iomem_resource` variable.
> +pub fn iomem_resource() -> &'static Resource {
> +    // SAFETY: `bindings::iomem_resoure` has global lifetime and is of type Resource.
> +    unsafe { Resource::from_ptr(core::ptr::addr_of_mut!(bindings::iomem_resource)) }

Same here.

> +/// A resource abstraction.
> +///
> +/// # Invariants
> +///
> +/// `Resource` is a transparent wrapper around a valid `bindings::resource`.
> +#[repr(transparent)]
> +pub struct Resource(Opaque<bindings::resource>);
> +
> +impl Resource {
> +    /// Creates a reference to a [`Resource`] from a valid pointer.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Safety
> +    ///
> +    /// The caller must ensure that for the duration of 'a, the pointer will
> +    /// point at a valid `bindings::resource`
> +    ///
> +    /// The caller must also ensure that the `Resource` is only accessed via the
> +    /// returned reference for the duration of 'a.
> +    pub(crate) const unsafe fn from_ptr<'a>(ptr: *mut bindings::resource) -> &'a Self {

Throughout the tree, functions with this signature are usually called as_ref().