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Message-ID: <CAH5fLghw5TDrzmFZB=tORR5Lxx4WoG4wer6y5NuFdod2_tb6zg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 15:32:05 +0200
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
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>, 
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
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	Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, 
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	Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>, Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>, 
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	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Fiona Behrens <me@...enk.dev>, 
	Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 1/7] rust: sync: add `OnceLock`

On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Introduce the `OnceLock` type, a container that can only be written once.
> The container uses an internal atomic to synchronize writes to the internal
> value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>

This type provides no way to wait for initialization to finish if it's
ongoing. Do you not need that?

> ---
>  rust/kernel/sync.rs           |   1 +
>  rust/kernel/sync/once_lock.rs | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 105 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync.rs b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
> index c7c0e552bafe..f2ee07315091 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/sync.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
>  mod condvar;
>  pub mod lock;
>  mod locked_by;
> +pub mod once_lock;

I would add a re-export so that users can import this as kernel::sync::OnceLock.

>  pub mod poll;
>  pub mod rcu;
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/once_lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/once_lock.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..cd311bea3919
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/once_lock.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
> +//! A container that can be initialized at most once.
> +
> +use super::atomic::ordering::Acquire;
> +use super::atomic::ordering::Release;
> +use super::atomic::Atomic;
> +use kernel::types::Opaque;
> +
> +/// A container that can be populated at most once. Thread safe.
> +///
> +/// Once the a [`OnceLock`] is populated, it remains populated by the same object for the
> +/// lifetime `Self`.
> +///
> +/// # Invariants
> +///
> +/// `init` tracks the state of the container:
> +///
> +/// - If the container is empty, `init` is `0`.
> +/// - If the container is mutably accessed, `init` is `1`.

I would phrase this as "being initialized" instead of "mutably
accessed". I initially thought this was talking about someone calling
a &mut self method.

> +/// - If the container is populated and ready for shared access, `init` is `2`.
> +///
> +/// # Example
> +///
> +/// ```
> +/// # use kernel::sync::once_lock::OnceLock;
> +/// let value = OnceLock::new();
> +/// assert_eq!(None, value.as_ref());
> +///
> +/// let status = value.populate(42u8);
> +/// assert_eq!(true, status);
> +/// assert_eq!(Some(&42u8), value.as_ref());
> +/// assert_eq!(Some(42u8), value.copy());
> +///
> +/// let status = value.populate(101u8);
> +/// assert_eq!(false, status);
> +/// assert_eq!(Some(&42u8), value.as_ref());
> +/// assert_eq!(Some(42u8), value.copy());
> +/// ```
> +pub struct OnceLock<T> {
> +    init: Atomic<u32>,
> +    value: Opaque<T>,

Opaque does not destroy the inner value. You are missing a destructor.

> +}
> +
> +impl<T> Default for OnceLock<T> {
> +    fn default() -> Self {
> +        Self::new()
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +impl<T> OnceLock<T> {
> +    /// Create a new [`OnceLock`].
> +    ///
> +    /// The returned instance will be empty.
> +    pub const fn new() -> Self {
> +        // INVARIANT: The container is empty and we set `init` to `0`.
> +        Self {
> +            value: Opaque::uninit(),
> +            init: Atomic::new(0),
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Get a reference to the contained object.
> +    ///
> +    /// Returns [`None`] if this [`OnceLock`] is empty.
> +    pub fn as_ref(&self) -> Option<&T> {
> +        if self.init.load(Acquire) == 2 {
> +            // SAFETY: As determined by the load above, the object is ready for shared access.
> +            Some(unsafe { &*self.value.get() })
> +        } else {
> +            None
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Populate the [`OnceLock`].
> +    ///
> +    /// Returns `true` if the [`OnceLock`] was successfully populated.
> +    pub fn populate(&self, value: T) -> bool {
> +        // INVARIANT: We obtain exclusive access to the contained allocation and write 1 to
> +        // `init`.
> +        if let Ok(0) = self.init.cmpxchg(0, 1, Acquire) {

This acquire can be Relaxed. All other accesses to self.value
synchronize with the release store below, so you do not need acquire
here to obtain exclusive access.

> +            // SAFETY: We obtained exclusive access to the contained object.
> +            unsafe { core::ptr::write(self.value.get(), value) };
> +            // INVARIANT: We release our exclusive access and transition the object to shared
> +            // access.
> +            self.init.store(2, Release);
> +            true
> +        } else {
> +            false
> +        }
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +impl<T: Copy> OnceLock<T> {
> +    /// Get a copy of the contained object.
> +    ///
> +    /// Returns [`None`] if the [`OnceLock`] is empty.
> +    pub fn copy(&self) -> Option<T> {
> +        if self.init.load(Acquire) == 2 {
> +            // SAFETY: As determined by the load above, the object is ready for shared access.
> +            Some(unsafe { *self.value.get() })
> +        } else {
> +            None
> +        }
> +    }
> +}
>
> --
> 2.47.2
>
>

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