[PATCH 1/2] rust: sync: add `ArcBorrow::from_raw`

From: Alice Ryhl
Date: Mon Feb 19 2024 - 09:55:32 EST


Allows access to a value in an `Arc` that is currently held as a raw
pointer due to use of `Arc::into_raw`, without destroying or otherwise
consuming that raw pointer.

This is a dependency of the linked list that Rust Binder uses. The
linked list uses this method when iterating over the linked list.

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
index 7d4c4bf58388..a5314df409e7 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
@@ -232,27 +232,13 @@ pub fn into_raw(self) -> *const T {
/// `ptr` must have been returned by a previous call to [`Arc::into_raw`]. Additionally, it
/// must not be called more than once for each previous call to [`Arc::into_raw`].
pub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: *const T) -> Self {
- let refcount_layout = Layout::new::<bindings::refcount_t>();
- // SAFETY: The caller guarantees that the pointer is valid.
- let val_layout = Layout::for_value(unsafe { &*ptr });
- // SAFETY: We're computing the layout of a real struct that existed when compiling this
- // binary, so its layout is not so large that it can trigger arithmetic overflow.
- let val_offset = unsafe { refcount_layout.extend(val_layout).unwrap_unchecked().1 };
-
- // Pointer casts leave the metadata unchanged. This is okay because the metadata of `T` and
- // `ArcInner<T>` is the same since `ArcInner` is a struct with `T` as its last field.
- //
- // This is documented at:
- // <https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/trait.Pointee.html>.
- let ptr = ptr as *const ArcInner<T>;
-
- // SAFETY: The pointer is in-bounds of an allocation both before and after offsetting the
- // pointer, since it originates from a previous call to `Arc::into_raw` and is still valid.
- let ptr = unsafe { ptr.byte_sub(val_offset) };
+ // SAFETY: The pointer returned by `into_raw` points at the `data` field of an
+ // `ArcInner<T>`, as promised by the caller.
+ let ptr = unsafe { raw_to_inner_ptr(ptr) };

// SAFETY: By the safety requirements we know that `ptr` came from `Arc::into_raw`, so the
// reference count held then will be owned by the new `Arc` object.
- unsafe { Self::from_inner(NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr.cast_mut())) }
+ unsafe { Self::from_inner(ptr) }
}

/// Returns an [`ArcBorrow`] from the given [`Arc`].
@@ -273,6 +259,35 @@ pub fn ptr_eq(this: &Self, other: &Self) -> bool {
}
}

+/// Converts a pointer to the contents of an [`Arc`] into a pointer to the [`ArcInner`].
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// The provided pointer must point the `data` field of an `ArcInner<T>` value.
+unsafe fn raw_to_inner_ptr<T: ?Sized>(ptr: *const T) -> NonNull<ArcInner<T>> {
+ let refcount_layout = Layout::new::<bindings::refcount_t>();
+ // SAFETY: The caller guarantees that the pointer is valid.
+ let val_layout = Layout::for_value(unsafe { &*ptr });
+ // SAFETY: We're computing the layout of a real struct that existed when compiling this
+ // binary, so its layout is not so large that it can trigger arithmetic overflow.
+ let val_offset = unsafe { refcount_layout.extend(val_layout).unwrap_unchecked().1 };
+
+ // Pointer casts leave the metadata unchanged. This is okay because the metadata of `T` and
+ // `ArcInner<T>` is the same since `ArcInner` is a struct with `T` as its last field.
+ //
+ // This is documented at:
+ // <https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/trait.Pointee.html>.
+ let ptr = ptr as *const ArcInner<T>;
+
+ // SAFETY: The pointer is in-bounds of an allocation both before and after offsetting the
+ // pointer, since it originates from a previous call to `Arc::into_raw` and is still valid.
+ let ptr = unsafe { ptr.byte_sub(val_offset) };
+
+ // SAFETY: The pointer can't be null since you can't have an `ArcInner<T>` value at the null
+ // address.
+ unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr.cast_mut()) }
+}
+
impl<T: 'static> ForeignOwnable for Arc<T> {
type Borrowed<'a> = ArcBorrow<'a, T>;

@@ -453,6 +468,27 @@ unsafe fn new(inner: NonNull<ArcInner<T>>) -> Self {
_p: PhantomData,
}
}
+
+ /// Creates an [`ArcBorrow`] to an [`Arc`] that has previously been deconstructed with
+ /// [`Arc::into_raw`].
+ ///
+ /// # Safety
+ ///
+ /// * The provided pointer must originate from a call to [`Arc::into_raw`].
+ /// * For the duration of the lifetime annotated on this `ArcBorrow`, the reference count must
+ /// not hit zero.
+ /// * For the duration of the lifetime annotated on this `ArcBorrow`, there must not be a
+ /// [`UniqueArc`] reference to this value.
+ pub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: *const T) -> Self {
+ // SAFETY: The pointer returned by `into_raw` points at the `data` field of an
+ // `ArcInner<T>`.
+ let ptr = unsafe { raw_to_inner_ptr(ptr) };
+
+ // SAFETY: The caller promises that the value remains valid since the reference count must
+ // not hit zero, and no mutable reference will be created since that would involve a
+ // `UniqueArc`.
+ unsafe { Self::new(ptr) }
+ }
}

impl<T: ?Sized> From<ArcBorrow<'_, T>> for Arc<T> {

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