Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] rust: file: add `FileDescriptorReservation`

[Benno Lossin]

On 12/6/23 12:59, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> +    /// Commits the reservation.
> +    ///
> +    /// The previously reserved file descriptor is bound to `file`. This method consumes the
> +    /// [`FileDescriptorReservation`], so it will not be usable after this call.
> +    pub fn fd_install(self, file: ARef<File>) {
> +        // SAFETY: `self.fd` was previously returned by `get_unused_fd_flags`, and `file.ptr` is
> +        // guaranteed to have an owned ref count by its type invariants.

There is no mention of the requirement that `current` has not changed
(you do mention it on the `_not_send` field, but I think it should also
be in the safety comment here).

> +        unsafe { bindings::fd_install(self.fd, file.0.get()) };
> +
> +        // `fd_install` consumes both the file descriptor and the file reference, so we cannot run
> +        // the destructors.
> +        core::mem::forget(self);
> +        core::mem::forget(file);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +impl Drop for FileDescriptorReservation {
> +    fn drop(&mut self) {
> +        // SAFETY: `self.fd` was returned by a previous call to `get_unused_fd_flags`.

Ditto.

> +        unsafe { bindings::put_unused_fd(self.fd) };
> +    }
> +}
> +
>  /// Represents the `EBADF` error code.
>  ///
>  /// Used for methods that can only fail with `EBADF`.
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
> index fdb778e65d79..a4584d6b26c0 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
> @@ -387,3 +387,13 @@ pub enum Either<L, R> {
>      /// Constructs an instance of [`Either`] containing a value of type `R`.
>      Right(R),
>  }
> +
> +/// Zero-sized type to mark types not [`Send`].
> +///
> +/// Add this type as a field to your struct if your type should not be sent to a different task.
> +/// Since [`Send`] is an auto trait, adding a single field that is `!Send` will ensure that the
> +/// whole type is `!Send`.
> +///
> +/// If a type is `!Send` it is impossible to give control over an instance of the type to another
> +/// task. This is useful when a type stores task-local information for example file descriptors.
> +pub type NotThreadSafe = PhantomData<*mut ()>;

This should be in its own commit.

Then you can also change the usages of `PhantomData<*mut ()>` in
`Guard` and `TaskRef`.

It would be nice to use `NotThreadSafe` as the value instead of
`PhantomData`, since it is a bit confusing... 
I think we might be able to also have a constant with the same name
that is just `pub const NotThreadSafe: NotThreadSafe = PhantomData;`.

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Cheers,
Benno