linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] rust: dma: add DMA addressing capabilities

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Message-Id: <0984E8E7-C442-42E6-A8E7-691616304F6F@collabora.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:32:50 -0300
From: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] rust: dma: add DMA addressing capabilities

Hi Danilo,

> +    #[inline]
> +    pub const fn new(n: usize) -> Result<Self> {
> +        Ok(Self(match n {
> +            0 => 0,
> +            1..=64 => u64::MAX >> (64 - n),
> +            _ => return Err(EINVAL),
> +        }))
> +    }
> +

Isn’t this equivalent to genmask_u64(0..=n) ? See [0].

You should also get a compile-time failure if n is out of bounds by default using
genmask.

— Daniel

[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20250714-topics-tyr-genmask2-v9-1-9e6422cbadb6@collabora.com/#r