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Message-ID: <20250814124424.516191-2-lossin@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:44:13 +0200
From: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Simona Vetter <simona.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	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>,
	Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>,
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>,
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>,
	Fiona Behrens <me@...enk.dev>,
	Aliet Exposito Garcia <aliet.exposito@...il.com>
Cc: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/4] rust: transmute: add `cast_slice[_mut]` functions

From: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>

Add functions to make casting slices only one `unsafe` block.

Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
---
 rust/kernel/transmute.rs | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/transmute.rs b/rust/kernel/transmute.rs
index 1c7d43771a37..92410a93882f 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/transmute.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/transmute.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 //! Traits for transmuting types.
 
+use core::slice;
+
 /// Types for which any bit pattern is valid.
 ///
 /// Not all types are valid for all values. For example, a `bool` must be either zero or one, so
@@ -69,3 +71,61 @@ macro_rules! impl_asbytes {
     {<T: AsBytes>} [T],
     {<T: AsBytes, const N: usize>} [T; N],
 }
+
+/// Casts the type of a slice to another.
+///
+/// Also see [`cast_slice_mut`].
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # use kernel::transmute::cast_slice;
+/// #[repr(transparent)]
+/// #[derive(Debug)]
+/// struct Container<T>(T);
+///
+/// let array = [0u32; 42];
+/// let slice = &array;
+/// // SAFETY: `Container<u32>` transparently wraps a `u32`.
+/// let container_slice = unsafe { cast_slice::<u32, Container<u32>>(slice) };
+/// pr_info!("{container_slice:?}");
+/// ```
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// - `T` and `U` must have the same layout.
+pub unsafe fn cast_slice<T, U>(slice: &[T]) -> &[U] {
+    // CAST: by the safety requirements, `T` and `U` have the same layout.
+    let ptr = slice.as_ptr().cast::<U>();
+    // SAFETY: `ptr` and `len` come from the same slice reference.
+    unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, slice.len()) }
+}
+
+/// Casts the type of a slice to another.
+///
+/// Also see [`cast_slice`].
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # use kernel::transmute::cast_slice_mut;
+/// #[repr(transparent)]
+/// #[derive(Debug)]
+/// struct Container<T>(T);
+///
+/// let mut array = [0u32; 42];
+/// let slice = &mut array;
+/// // SAFETY: `Container<u32>` transparently wraps a `u32`.
+/// let container_slice = unsafe { cast_slice_mut::<u32, Container<u32>>(slice) };
+/// pr_info!("{container_slice:?}");
+/// ```
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// - `T` and `U` must have the same layout.
+pub unsafe fn cast_slice_mut<T, U>(slice: &mut [T]) -> &mut [U] {
+    // CAST: by the safety requirements, `T` and `U` have the same layout.
+    let ptr = slice.as_mut_ptr().cast::<U>();
+    // SAFETY: `ptr` and `len` come from the same slice reference.
+    unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(ptr, slice.len()) }
+}
-- 
2.50.1