linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/5] rust: dma: implement DataDirection

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Message-ID: <20250820165431.170195-2-dakr@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:52:55 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
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	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/5] rust: dma: implement DataDirection

Add the `DataDirection` struct, a newtype wrapper around the C
`enum dma_data_direction`.

This provides a type-safe Rust interface for specifying the direction of
DMA transfers.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
---
 rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h |  1 +
 rust/kernel/dma.rs              | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h b/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
index 0e140e07758b..c2cc52ee9945 100644
--- a/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
+++ b/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/device/faux.h>
+#include <linux/dma-direction.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/errname.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
diff --git a/rust/kernel/dma.rs b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
index 2bc8ab51ec28..5daba00ecc78 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/dma.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
@@ -244,6 +244,74 @@ pub mod attrs {
     pub const DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED: Attrs = Attrs(bindings::DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED);
 }
 
+/// DMA data direction.
+///
+/// Corresponds to the C [`enum dma_data_direction`].
+///
+/// [`enum dma_data_direction`]: srctree/include/linux/dma-direction.h
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
+#[repr(u32)]
+pub enum DataDirection {
+    /// The DMA mapping is for bidirectional data transfer.
+    ///
+    /// This is used when the buffer can be both read from and written to by the device.
+    /// The cache for the corresponding memory region is both flushed and invalidated.
+    Bidirectional = Self::const_cast(bindings::dma_data_direction_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL),
+
+    /// The DMA mapping is for data transfer from memory to the device (write).
+    ///
+    /// The CPU has prepared data in the buffer, and the device will read it.
+    /// The cache for the corresponding memory region is flushed.
+    ToDevice = Self::const_cast(bindings::dma_data_direction_DMA_TO_DEVICE),
+
+    /// The DMA mapping is for data transfer from the device to memory (read).
+    ///
+    /// The device will write data into the buffer for the CPU to read.
+    /// The cache for the corresponding memory region is invalidated before CPU access.
+    FromDevice = Self::const_cast(bindings::dma_data_direction_DMA_FROM_DEVICE),
+
+    /// The DMA mapping is not for data transfer.
+    ///
+    /// This is primarily for debugging purposes. With this direction, the DMA mapping API
+    /// will not perform any cache coherency operations.
+    None = Self::const_cast(bindings::dma_data_direction_DMA_NONE),
+}
+
+impl DataDirection {
+    /// Casts the bindgen-generated enum type to a `u32` at compile time.
+    ///
+    /// This function will cause a compile-time error if the underlying value of the
+    /// C enum is out of bounds for `u32`.
+    const fn const_cast(val: bindings::dma_data_direction) -> u32 {
+        // CAST: The C standard allows compilers to choose different integer types for enums.
+        // To safely check the value, we cast it to a wide signed integer type (`i128`)
+        // which can hold any standard C integer enum type without truncation.
+        let wide_val = val as i128;
+
+        // Check if the value is outside the valid range for the target type `u32`.
+        // CAST: `u32::MAX` is cast to `i128` to match the type of `wide_val` for the comparison.
+        if wide_val < 0 || wide_val > u32::MAX as i128 {
+            // Trigger a compile-time error in a const context.
+            build_error!("C enum value is out of bounds for the target type `u32`.");
+        }
+
+        // CAST: This cast is valid because the check above guarantees that `wide_val`
+        // is within the representable range of `u32`.
+        wide_val as u32
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<DataDirection> for bindings::dma_data_direction {
+    /// Returns the raw representation of [`enum dma_data_direction`].
+    fn from(direction: DataDirection) -> Self {
+        // CAST: `direction as u32` gets the underlying representation of our `#[repr(u32)]` enum.
+        // The subsequent cast to `Self` (the bindgen type) assumes the C enum is compatible
+        // with the enum variants of `DataDirection`, which is a valid assumption given our
+        // compile-time checks.
+        direction as u32 as Self
+    }
+}
+
 /// An abstraction of the `dma_alloc_coherent` API.
 ///
 /// This is an abstraction around the `dma_alloc_coherent` API which is used to allocate and map
-- 
2.50.1