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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:36:50 +0200
From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
To: "Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 03/10] rust: sync: atomic: Add ordering annotation types

"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@...il.com> writes:

> Preparation for atomic primitives. Instead of a suffix like _acquire, a
> method parameter along with the corresponding generic parameter will be
> used to specify the ordering of an atomic operations. For example,
> atomic load() can be defined as:
>
> 	impl<T: ...> Atomic<T> {
> 	    pub fn load<O: AcquireOrRelaxed>(&self, _o: O) -> T { ... }
> 	}
>
> and acquire users would do:
>
> 	let r = x.load(Acquire);
>
> relaxed users:
>
> 	let r = x.load(Relaxed);
>
> doing the following:
>
> 	let r = x.load(Release);
>
> will cause a compiler error.
>
> Compared to suffixes, it's easier to tell what ordering variants an
> operation has, and it also make it easier to unify the implementation of
> all ordering variants in one method via generic. The `IS_RELAXED` and
> `TYPE` associate consts are for generic function to pick up the
> particular implementation specified by an ordering annotation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs          |   3 +
>  rust/kernel/sync/atomic/ordering.rs | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 109 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/sync/atomic/ordering.rs
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs
> index 65e41dba97b7..9fe5d81fc2a9 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs
> @@ -17,3 +17,6 @@
>  //! [`LKMM`]: srctree/tools/memory-mode/
>
>  pub mod ops;
> +pub mod ordering;
> +
> +pub use ordering::{Acquire, Full, Relaxed, Release};
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/atomic/ordering.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/atomic/ordering.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..96757574ed7d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/atomic/ordering.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +//! Memory orderings.
> +//!
> +//! The semantics of these orderings follows the [`LKMM`] definitions and rules.
> +//!
> +//! - [`Acquire`] and [`Release`] are similar to their counterpart in Rust memory model.
> +//! - [`Full`] means "fully-ordered", that is:
> +//!   - It provides ordering between all the preceding memory accesses and the annotated operation.
> +//!   - It provides ordering between the annotated operation and all the following memory accesses.
> +//!   - It provides ordering between all the preceding memory accesses and all the fllowing memory
> +//!     accesses.
> +//!   - All the orderings are the same strong as a full memory barrier (i.e. `smp_mb()`).
> +//! - [`Relaxed`] is similar to the counterpart in Rust memory model, except that dependency
> +//!   orderings are also honored in [`LKMM`]. Dependency orderings are described in "DEPENDENCY
> +//!   RELATIONS" in [`LKMM`]'s [`explanation`].
> +//!
> +//! [`LKMM`]: srctree/tools/memory-model/
> +//! [`explanation`]: srctree/tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt
> +
> +/// The annotation type for relaxed memory ordering.
> +pub struct Relaxed;
> +
> +/// The annotation type for acquire memory ordering.
> +pub struct Acquire;
> +
> +/// The annotation type for release memory ordering.
> +pub struct Release;
> +
> +/// The annotation type for fully-order memory ordering.
> +pub struct Full;
> +
> +/// Describes the exact memory ordering.
> +pub enum OrderingType {
> +    /// Relaxed ordering.
> +    Relaxed,
> +    /// Acquire ordering.
> +    Acquire,
> +    /// Release ordering.
> +    Release,
> +    /// Fully-ordered.
> +    Full,
> +}
> +
> +mod internal {
> +    /// Unit types for ordering annotation.
> +    ///
> +    /// Sealed trait, can be only implemented inside atomic mod.
> +    pub trait OrderingUnit {
> +        /// Describes the exact memory ordering.
> +        const TYPE: super::OrderingType;
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +impl internal::OrderingUnit for Relaxed {
> +    const TYPE: OrderingType = OrderingType::Relaxed;
> +}
> +
> +impl internal::OrderingUnit for Acquire {
> +    const TYPE: OrderingType = OrderingType::Acquire;
> +}
> +
> +impl internal::OrderingUnit for Release {
> +    const TYPE: OrderingType = OrderingType::Release;
> +}
> +
> +impl internal::OrderingUnit for Full {
> +    const TYPE: OrderingType = OrderingType::Full;
> +}
> +
> +/// The trait bound for annotating operations that should support all orderings.
> +pub trait All: internal::OrderingUnit {}

I think I would prefer `Any` rather than `All` here. Because it is "any
of", not "all of them at once".


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg

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