Re: [PATCH 3/3] rust: alloc: Add realloc and alloc_zeroed to the GlobalAlloc impl

From: Andreas Hindborg (Samsung)
Date: Mon Jul 31 2023 - 07:14:18 EST



Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> From: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> While there are default impls for these methods, using the respective C
> api's is faster. Currently neither the existing nor these new
> GlobalAlloc method implementations are actually called. Instead the
> __rust_* function defined below the GlobalAlloc impl are used. With
> rustc 1.71 these functions will be gone and all allocation calls will go
> through the GlobalAlloc implementation.
>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/68
> Signed-off-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [boqun: add size adjustment for alignment requirement]
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> rust/kernel/allocator.rs | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/allocator.rs b/rust/kernel/allocator.rs
> index 1aec688cf0e0..6f1f50465ab3 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/allocator.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/allocator.rs
> @@ -51,6 +51,33 @@ unsafe fn dealloc(&self, ptr: *mut u8, _layout: Layout) {
> bindings::kfree(ptr as *const core::ffi::c_void);
> }
> }
> +
> + unsafe fn realloc(&self, ptr: *mut u8, layout: Layout, new_size: usize) -> *mut u8 {
> + // SAFETY:
> + // - `new_size`, when rounded up to the nearest multiple of `layout.align()`, will not
> + // overflow `isize` by the function safety requirement.
> + // - `layout.align()` is a proper alignment (i.e. not zero and must be a power of two).
> + let layout = unsafe { Layout::from_size_align_unchecked(new_size, layout.align()) };
> +
> + // SAFETY:
> + // - `ptr` is either null or a pointer allocated by this allocator by the function safety
> + // requirement.
> + // - the size of `layout` is not zero because `new_size` is not zero by the function safety
> + // requirement.
> + unsafe { krealloc_aligned(ptr, layout, bindings::GFP_KERNEL) }
> + }
> +
> + unsafe fn alloc_zeroed(&self, layout: Layout) -> *mut u8 {
> + // SAFETY: `ptr::null_mut()` is null and `layout` has a non-zero size by the function safety
> + // requirement.
> + unsafe {
> + krealloc_aligned(
> + ptr::null_mut(),
> + layout,
> + bindings::GFP_KERNEL | bindings::__GFP_ZERO,
> + )
> + }
> + }
> }
>
> #[global_allocator]