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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:29:31 -0400
From: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
To: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC RESEND v10 06/14] rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq

On Mon, 2025-06-16 at 15:51 -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> > +
> > +/// A spinlock that may be acquired when local processor interrupts are disabled.
> > +///
> > +/// This is a version of [`SpinLock`] that can only be used in contexts where interrupts for the
> > +/// local CPU are disabled. It can be acquired in two ways:
> > +///
> > +/// - Using [`lock()`] like any other type of lock, in which case the bindings will modify the
> > +///   interrupt state to ensure that local processor interrupts remain disabled for at least as long
> > +///   as the [`SpinLockIrqGuard`] exists.
> > +/// - Using [`lock_with()`] in contexts where a [`LocalInterruptDisabled`] token is present and
> > +///   local processor interrupts are already known to be disabled, in which case the local interrupt
> > +///   state will not be touched. This method should be preferred if a [`LocalInterruptDisabled`]
> > +///   token is present in the scope.
> 
> Just a nit:
> 
> Is it also worth adding debug-only code to make sure at runtime that IRQs
> are indeed disabled when calling lock_with()? Or is there a check for that
> somewhere? I am just concerned, even if rust thinks interrupts are disabled,
> but for some reason they got enabled when the lock was acquired. Then we'd
> have code failing silently. That might require implement lock_with() in
> SpinlockIrq and checking for this, and then calling the generic Lock's
> locks_with()?
> 
> thanks,

I'm open to being convinced otherwise, but IMO I'm not sure this is needed
since this is the kind of error that lockdep would be catching already. Unless
I'm misunderstanding something here.

(Though, you did cause me to check and notice apparently we never ported over
a check in `assume_disabled()` to ensure that IRQs are actually disabled - so
I've added one using lockdep)

> 
>  - Joel
> 
> 
> > +///
> > +/// For more info on spinlocks, see [`SpinLock`]. For more information on interrupts,
> > +/// [see the interrupt module](kernel::interrupt).
> > +///
> > +/// # Examples
> > +///
> > +/// The following example shows how to declare, allocate initialise and access a struct (`Example`)
> > +/// that contains an inner struct (`Inner`) that is protected by a spinlock that requires local
> > +/// processor interrupts to be disabled.
> > +///
> > +/// ```
> > +/// use kernel::sync::{new_spinlock_irq, SpinLockIrq};
> > +///
> > +/// struct Inner {
> > +///     a: u32,
> > +///     b: u32,
> > +/// }
> > +///
> > +/// #[pin_data]
> > +/// struct Example {
> > +///     #[pin]
> > +///     c: SpinLockIrq<Inner>,
> > +///     #[pin]
> > +///     d: SpinLockIrq<Inner>,
> > +/// }
> > +///
> > +/// impl Example {
> > +///     fn new() -> impl PinInit<Self> {
> > +///         pin_init!(Self {
> > +///             c <- new_spinlock_irq!(Inner { a: 0, b: 10 }),
> > +///             d <- new_spinlock_irq!(Inner { a: 20, b: 30 }),
> > +///         })
> > +///     }
> > +/// }
> > +///
> > +/// // Allocate a boxed `Example`
> > +/// let e = KBox::pin_init(Example::new(), GFP_KERNEL)?;
> > +///
> > +/// // Accessing an `Example` from a context where interrupts may not be disabled already.
> > +/// let c_guard = e.c.lock(); // interrupts are disabled now, +1 interrupt disable refcount
> > +/// let d_guard = e.d.lock(); // no interrupt state change, +1 interrupt disable refcount
> > +///
> > +/// assert_eq!(c_guard.a, 0);
> > +/// assert_eq!(c_guard.b, 10);
> > +/// assert_eq!(d_guard.a, 20);
> > +/// assert_eq!(d_guard.b, 30);
> > +///
> > +/// drop(c_guard); // Dropping c_guard will not re-enable interrupts just yet, since d_guard is
> > +///                // still in scope.
> > +/// drop(d_guard); // Last interrupt disable reference dropped here, so interrupts are re-enabled
> > +///                // now
> > +/// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
> > +/// ```
> > +///
> > +/// [`lock()`]: SpinLockIrq::lock
> > +/// [`lock_with()`]: SpinLockIrq::lock_with
> > +pub type SpinLockIrq<T> = super::Lock<T, SpinLockIrqBackend>;
> > +
> > +/// A kernel `spinlock_t` lock backend that is acquired in interrupt disabled contexts.
> > +pub struct SpinLockIrqBackend;
> > +
> > +/// A [`Guard`] acquired from locking a [`SpinLockIrq`] using [`lock()`].
> > +///
> > +/// This is simply a type alias for a [`Guard`] returned from locking a [`SpinLockIrq`] using
> > +/// [`lock_with()`]. It will unlock the [`SpinLockIrq`] and decrement the local processor's
> > +/// interrupt disablement refcount upon being dropped.
> > +///
> > +/// [`Guard`]: super::Guard
> > +/// [`lock()`]: SpinLockIrq::lock
> > +/// [`lock_with()`]: SpinLockIrq::lock_with
> > +pub type SpinLockIrqGuard<'a, T> = super::Guard<'a, T, SpinLockIrqBackend>;
> > +
> > +// SAFETY: The underlying kernel `spinlock_t` object ensures mutual exclusion. `relock` uses the
> > +// default implementation that always calls the same locking method.
> > +unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockIrqBackend {
> > +    type State = bindings::spinlock_t;
> > +    type GuardState = ();
> > +
> > +    unsafe fn init(
> > +        ptr: *mut Self::State,
> > +        name: *const crate::ffi::c_char,
> > +        key: *mut bindings::lock_class_key,
> > +    ) {
> > +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements ensure that `ptr` is valid for writes, and `name` and
> > +        // `key` are valid for read indefinitely.
> > +        unsafe { bindings::__spin_lock_init(ptr, name, key) }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    unsafe fn lock(ptr: *mut Self::State) -> Self::GuardState {
> > +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` points to valid
> > +        // memory, and that it has been initialised before.
> > +        unsafe { bindings::spin_lock_irq_disable(ptr) }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    unsafe fn unlock(ptr: *mut Self::State, _guard_state: &Self::GuardState) {
> > +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` is valid and that the
> > +        // caller is the owner of the spinlock.
> > +        unsafe { bindings::spin_unlock_irq_enable(ptr) }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    unsafe fn try_lock(ptr: *mut Self::State) -> Option<Self::GuardState> {
> > +        // SAFETY: The `ptr` pointer is guaranteed to be valid and initialized before use.
> > +        let result = unsafe { bindings::spin_trylock_irq_disable(ptr) };
> > +
> > +        if result != 0 {
> > +            Some(())
> > +        } else {
> > +            None
> > +        }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    unsafe fn assert_is_held(ptr: *mut Self::State) {
> > +        // SAFETY: The `ptr` pointer is guaranteed to be valid and initialized before use.
> > +        unsafe { bindings::spin_assert_is_held(ptr) }
> > +    }
> > +}
> > -- 
> > 2.49.0
> > 
> 

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Software Engineer at Red Hat

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