[PATCH 2/5] rust: types: introduce `ForeignOwnable`

[Wedson Almeida Filho]

It was originally called `PointerWrapper`. It is used to convert
a Rust object to a pointer representation (void *) that can be
stored on the C side, used, and eventually returned to Rust.

Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 rust/kernel/lib.rs   |  1 +
 rust/kernel/types.rs | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index e0b0e953907d..223564f9f0cc 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #![feature(coerce_unsized)]
 #![feature(core_ffi_c)]
 #![feature(dispatch_from_dyn)]
+#![feature(generic_associated_types)]
 #![feature(receiver_trait)]
 #![feature(unsize)]
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index f0ad4472292d..5475f6163002 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,60 @@ use core::{
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
 };
 
+/// Used to transfer ownership to and from foreign (non-Rust) languages.
+///
+/// Ownership is transferred from Rust to a foreign language by calling [`Self::into_foreign`] and
+/// later may be transferred back to Rust by calling [`Self::from_foreign`].
+///
+/// This trait is meant to be used in cases when Rust objects are stored in C objects and
+/// eventually "freed" back to Rust.
+pub trait ForeignOwnable {
+    /// Type of values borrowed between calls to [`ForeignOwnable::into_foreign`] and
+    /// [`ForeignOwnable::from_foreign`].
+    type Borrowed<'a>;
+
+    /// Converts a Rust-owned object to a foreign-owned one.
+    ///
+    /// The foreign representation is a pointer to void.
+    fn into_foreign(self) -> *const core::ffi::c_void;
+
+    /// Borrows a foreign-owned object.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// `ptr` must have been returned by a previous call to [`ForeignOwnable::into_foreign`] for
+    /// which a previous matching [`ForeignOwnable::from_foreign`] hasn't been called yet.
+    /// Additionally, all instances (if any) of values returned by [`ForeignOwnable::borrow_mut`]
+    /// for this object must have been dropped.
+    unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> Self::Borrowed<'a>;
+
+    /// Mutably borrows a foreign-owned object.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// `ptr` must have been returned by a previous call to [`ForeignOwnable::into_foreign`] for
+    /// which a previous matching [`ForeignOwnable::from_foreign`] hasn't been called yet.
+    /// Additionally, all instances (if any) of values returned by [`ForeignOwnable::borrow`] and
+    /// [`ForeignOwnable::borrow_mut`] for this object must have been dropped.
+    unsafe fn borrow_mut<T: ForeignOwnable>(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> ScopeGuard<T, fn(T)> {
+        // SAFETY: The safety requirements ensure that `ptr` came from a previous call to
+        // `into_foreign`.
+        ScopeGuard::new_with_data(unsafe { T::from_foreign(ptr) }, |d| {
+            d.into_foreign();
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Converts a foreign-owned object back to a Rust-owned one.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// `ptr` must have been returned by a previous call to [`ForeignOwnable::into_foreign`] for
+    /// which a previous matching [`ForeignOwnable::from_foreign`] hasn't been called yet.
+    /// Additionally, all instances (if any) of values returned by [`ForeignOwnable::borrow`] and
+    /// [`ForeignOwnable::borrow_mut`] for this object must have been dropped.
+    unsafe fn from_foreign(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> Self;
+}
+
 /// Runs a cleanup function/closure when dropped.
 ///
 /// The [`ScopeGuard::dismiss`] function prevents the cleanup function from running.
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