Re: [RFC 2/5] rust: sync: Arc: Introduces ArcInner::count()

[Vincenzo Palazzo]

On Thu Feb 2, 2023 at 12:22 AM CET, Boqun Feng wrote:
> This allows reading the current count of a refcount in an `ArcInner`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Reviwed-by: Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@xxxxxxxxx>

>  rust/helpers.c          | 6 ++++++
>  rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs | 9 +++++++++
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/helpers.c b/rust/helpers.c
> index 09a4d93f9d62..afc5f1a39fef 100644
> --- a/rust/helpers.c
> +++ b/rust/helpers.c
> @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ bool rust_helper_refcount_dec_and_test(refcount_t *r)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_refcount_dec_and_test);
>  
> +unsigned int rust_helper_refcount_read(refcount_t *r)
> +{
> +	return refcount_read(r);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_refcount_read);
> +
>  /*
>   * We use `bindgen`'s `--size_t-is-usize` option to bind the C `size_t` type
>   * as the Rust `usize` type, so we can use it in contexts where Rust
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
> index fc680a4a795c..fbfceaa3096e 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
> @@ -127,6 +127,15 @@ struct ArcInner<T: ?Sized> {
>      data: T,
>  }
>  
> +impl<T: ?Sized> ArcInner<T> {
> +    /// Returns the current reference count of [`ArcInner`].
> +    fn count(&self) -> u32 {
> +        // SAFETY: `self.refcount.get()` is always a valid pointer, and `refcount_read()` is a
> +        // normal atomic read (i.e. no data race) only requiring on the address is valid.
> +        unsafe { bindings::refcount_read(self.refcount.get()) }
> +    }
> +}
> +
>  // This is to allow [`Arc`] (and variants) to be used as the type of `self`.
>  impl<T: ?Sized> core::ops::Receiver for Arc<T> {}
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.1