[PATCH v3 3/3] rust: use `UnsafePinned` in the implementation of `Opaque`

From: Christian Schrefl
Date: Sat May 10 2025 - 05:33:50 EST


Make the semantics of the `Opaque` implementation clearer and prepare
for the switch to the upstream rust `UnsafePinned` type in the future.

`Opaque` still uses `UnsafeCell` even though the kernel implementation
of `UnsafePinned` already includes it, since the current upstream
version does not.

Reviewed-by: Gerald Wisböck <gerald.wisboeck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christian Schrefl <chrisi.schrefl@xxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/types.rs | 32 +++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index f06e8720e012102e5c41e79fd97b0607e927d71c..e32905c42453132fbea49d37a6457547d42465ce 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@

use core::{
cell::UnsafeCell,
- marker::{PhantomData, PhantomPinned},
+ marker::PhantomData,
mem::{ManuallyDrop, MaybeUninit},
ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
ptr::NonNull,
};
-use pin_init::{PinInit, Wrapper, Zeroable};
+use pin_init::{cast_pin_init, PinInit, Wrapper, Zeroable};

/// Used to transfer ownership to and from foreign (non-Rust) languages.
///
@@ -308,8 +308,10 @@ fn drop(&mut self) {
/// ```
#[repr(transparent)]
pub struct Opaque<T> {
- value: UnsafeCell<MaybeUninit<T>>,
- _pin: PhantomPinned,
+ // The kernel implementation of `UnsafePinned` uses `UnsafeCell` internally, but the
+ // upstream rust `UnsafePinned` will not. So to make sure this is compatible with
+ // the upstream version use `UnsafeCell` here.
+ value: UnsafePinned<UnsafeCell<MaybeUninit<T>>>,
}

// SAFETY: `Opaque<T>` allows the inner value to be any bit pattern, including all zeros.
@@ -319,16 +321,14 @@ impl<T> Opaque<T> {
/// Creates a new opaque value.
pub const fn new(value: T) -> Self {
Self {
- value: UnsafeCell::new(MaybeUninit::new(value)),
- _pin: PhantomPinned,
+ value: UnsafePinned::new(UnsafeCell::new(MaybeUninit::new(value))),
}
}

/// Creates an uninitialised value.
pub const fn uninit() -> Self {
Self {
- value: UnsafeCell::new(MaybeUninit::uninit()),
- _pin: PhantomPinned,
+ value: UnsafePinned::new(UnsafeCell::new(MaybeUninit::uninit())),
}
}

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ pub fn try_ffi_init<E>(

/// Returns a raw pointer to the opaque data.
pub const fn get(&self) -> *mut T {
- UnsafeCell::get(&self.value).cast::<T>()
+ UnsafeCell::raw_get(self.value.get()).cast::<T>()
}

/// Gets the value behind `this`.
@@ -384,14 +384,12 @@ pub const fn raw_get(this: *const Self) -> *mut T {
}
impl<T> Wrapper<T> for Opaque<T> {
/// Create an opaque pin-initializer from the given pin-initializer.
- fn pin_init<E>(slot: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> impl PinInit<Self, E> {
- Self::try_ffi_init(|ptr: *mut T| {
- // SAFETY:
- // - `ptr` is a valid pointer to uninitialized memory,
- // - `slot` is not accessed on error; the call is infallible,
- // - `slot` is pinned in memory.
- unsafe { PinInit::<T, E>::__pinned_init(slot, ptr) }
- })
+ fn pin_init<E>(value_init: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> impl PinInit<Self, E> {
+ let value_init =
+ UnsafePinned::pin_init(UnsafeCell::pin_init(MaybeUninit::pin_init(value_init)));
+ // SAFETY: `Opaque<T>` is a `repr(transparent)` wrapper around
+ // `UnsafePinned<UnsafeCell<MabeUninit<T>>>` so the memory representation is compatible.
+ unsafe { cast_pin_init(value_init) }
}
}


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