Message-ID: <20250723-lock-class-key-cleanup-v1-2-85fa506b8ca4@google.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:49:34 +0000
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Cc: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, 
	"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, 
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, 
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] rust: sync: clean up LockClassKey and its docs

Several aspects of the code and documentation for this type is
incomplete. Also several things are hidden from the docs. Thus, clean it
up and make it easier to read the rendered html docs.

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
---
 rust/kernel/sync.rs | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync.rs b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
index 9545bedf47b67976ab8c22d8368991cf1f382e42..5019a0bc95446fe30bad02ce040a1cbbe6d9ad5b 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 pub use lock::spinlock::{new_spinlock, SpinLock, SpinLockGuard};
 pub use locked_by::LockedBy;
 
-/// Represents a lockdep class. It's a wrapper around C's `lock_class_key`.
+/// Represents a lockdep class.
+///
+/// Wraps the kernel's `struct lock_class_key`.
 #[repr(transparent)]
 #[pin_data(PinnedDrop)]
 pub struct LockClassKey {
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@ pub struct LockClassKey {
     inner: Opaque<bindings::lock_class_key>,
 }
 
+// SAFETY: Unregistering a lock class key from a different thread than where it was registered is
+// allowed.
+unsafe impl Send for LockClassKey {}
+
 // SAFETY: `bindings::lock_class_key` is designed to be used concurrently from multiple threads and
 // provides its own synchronization.
 unsafe impl Sync for LockClassKey {}
@@ -41,28 +47,30 @@ unsafe impl Sync for LockClassKey {}
 impl LockClassKey {
     /// Initializes a statically allocated lock class key.
     ///
-    /// This is usually used indirectly through the [`static_lock_class!`] macro.
+    /// This is usually used indirectly through the [`static_lock_class!`] macro. See its
+    /// documentation for more information.
     ///
     /// # Safety
     ///
     /// The destructor must never run on the returned `LockClassKey`.
-    #[doc(hidden)]
     pub const unsafe fn new_static() -> Self {
         LockClassKey {
             inner: Opaque::uninit(),
         }
     }
 
-    /// Initializes a dynamically allocated lock class key. In the common case of using a
-    /// statically allocated lock class key, the static_lock_class! macro should be used instead.
+    /// Initializes a dynamically allocated lock class key.
+    ///
+    /// In the common case of using a statically allocated lock class key, the
+    /// [`static_lock_class!`] macro should be used instead.
     ///
     /// # Examples
+    ///
     /// ```
-    /// # use kernel::c_str;
-    /// # use kernel::alloc::KBox;
-    /// # use kernel::types::ForeignOwnable;
-    /// # use kernel::sync::{LockClassKey, SpinLock};
-    /// # use pin_init::stack_pin_init;
+    /// use kernel::c_str;
+    /// use kernel::types::ForeignOwnable;
+    /// use kernel::sync::{LockClassKey, SpinLock};
+    /// use pin_init::stack_pin_init;
     ///
     /// let key = KBox::pin_init(LockClassKey::new_dynamic(), GFP_KERNEL)?;
     /// let key_ptr = key.into_foreign();
@@ -80,7 +88,6 @@ impl LockClassKey {
     /// // SAFETY: We dropped `num`, the only use of the key, so the result of the previous
     /// // `borrow` has also been dropped. Thus, it's safe to use from_foreign.
     /// unsafe { drop(<Pin<KBox<LockClassKey>> as ForeignOwnable>::from_foreign(key_ptr)) };
-    ///
     /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
     /// ```
     pub fn new_dynamic() -> impl PinInit<Self> {
@@ -90,7 +97,10 @@ pub fn new_dynamic() -> impl PinInit<Self> {
         })
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn as_ptr(&self) -> *mut bindings::lock_class_key {
+    /// Returns a raw pointer to the inner C struct.
+    ///
+    /// It is up to the caller to use the raw pointer correctly.
+    pub fn as_ptr(&self) -> *mut bindings::lock_class_key {
         self.inner.get()
     }
 }
@@ -98,14 +108,28 @@ pub(crate) fn as_ptr(&self) -> *mut bindings::lock_class_key {
 #[pinned_drop]
 impl PinnedDrop for LockClassKey {
     fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
-        // SAFETY: self.as_ptr was registered with lockdep and self is pinned, so the address
-        // hasn't changed. Thus, it's safe to pass to unregister.
+        // SAFETY: `self.as_ptr()` was registered with lockdep and `self` is pinned, so the address
+        // hasn't changed. Thus, it's safe to pass it to unregister.
         unsafe { bindings::lockdep_unregister_key(self.as_ptr()) }
     }
 }
 
 /// Defines a new static lock class and returns a pointer to it.
-#[doc(hidden)]
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use kernel::c_str;
+/// use kernel::sync::{static_lock_class, Arc, SpinLock};
+///
+/// fn new_locked_int() -> Result<Arc<SpinLock<u32>>> {
+///     Arc::pin_init(SpinLock::new(
+///         42,
+///         c_str!("new_locked_int"),
+///         static_lock_class!(),
+///     ), GFP_KERNEL)
+/// }
+/// ```
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! static_lock_class {
     () => {{
@@ -117,6 +141,7 @@ macro_rules! static_lock_class {
         $crate::prelude::Pin::static_ref(&CLASS)
     }};
 }
+pub use static_lock_class;
 
 /// Returns the given string, if one is provided, otherwise generates one based on the source code
 /// location.

-- 
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