linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/4] Rust support for `struct iov

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Message-ID: <20250704-iov-iter-v2-0-e69aa7c1f40e@google.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2025 09:25:59 +0000
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, 
	"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@...gle.com>, 
	Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
	Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/4] Rust support for `struct iov_iter`

This series adds support for the `struct iov_iter` type. This type
represents an IO buffer for reading or writing, and can be configured
for either direction of communication.

In Rust, we define separate types for reading and writing. This will
ensure that you cannot mix them up and e.g. call copy_from_iter in a
read_iter syscall.

To use the new abstractions, miscdevices are given new methods read_iter
and write_iter that can be used to implement the read/write syscalls on
a miscdevice. The miscdevice sample is updated to provide read/write
operations.

Depends on:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250612-pointed-to-v3-0-b009006d86a1@kernel.org/

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Remove Send/Sync/Copy impls.
- Reword docs significantly.
- Rename Kiocb::private_data() to Kiocb::device().
- Rebase on v6.16-rc2.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250311-iov-iter-v1-0-f6c9134ea824@google.com

---
Alice Ryhl (3):
      rust: iov: add iov_iter abstractions for ITER_SOURCE
      rust: iov: add iov_iter abstractions for ITER_DEST
      rust: miscdevice: Provide additional abstractions for iov_iter and kiocb structures

Lee Jones (1):
      samples: rust_misc_device: Expand the sample to support read()ing from userspace

 rust/kernel/iov.rs               | 289 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/kernel/lib.rs               |   1 +
 rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs        |  97 ++++++++++++-
 samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs |  36 ++++-
 4 files changed, 420 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: e76fe965a0365e346cdaaf462847bac748354ab2
change-id: 20250311-iov-iter-c984aea07d18
prerequisite-change-id: 20250605-pointed-to-6170ae01520f:v3
prerequisite-patch-id: 11b11790787664c10cc5ea40ce7b65f35f442c02
prerequisite-patch-id: bd6b8bd6b811baa375b1d2eb51c1c7475bfdede5

Best regards,
-- 
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>