From: Asahi Lina <[email protected]>

By analogy to `AlwaysRefCounted` and `ARef`, an `Ownable` type is a
(typically C FFI) type that *may* be owned by Rust, but need not be. Unlike
`AlwaysRefCounted`, this mechanism expects the reference to be unique
within Rust, and does not allow cloning.

Conceptually, this is similar to a `KBox<T>`, except that it delegates
resource management to the `T` instead of using a generic allocator.

[ om:
  - Split code into separate file and `pub use` it from types.rs.
  - Make from_raw() and into_raw() public.
  - Remove OwnableMut, and make DerefMut dependent on Unpin instead.
  - Usage example/doctest for Ownable/Owned.
  - Fixes to documentation and commit message.
]

Link: 
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Asahi Lina <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Oliver Mangold <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Mangold <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Andreas Hindborg <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <[email protected]>
---
 rust/kernel/lib.rs       |   1 +
 rust/kernel/owned.rs     | 195 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs |   5 ++
 rust/kernel/types.rs     |   2 +
 4 files changed, 203 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 3dd7bebe7888..e0ee04330dd0 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 pub mod of;
 #[cfg(CONFIG_PM_OPP)]
 pub mod opp;
+pub mod owned;
 pub mod page;
 #[cfg(CONFIG_PCI)]
 pub mod pci;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/owned.rs b/rust/kernel/owned.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a2cdd2cb8a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/owned.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Unique owned pointer types for objects with custom drop logic.
+//!
+//! These pointer types are useful for C-allocated objects which by 
API-contract
+//! are owned by Rust, but need to be freed through the C API.
+
+use core::{
+    mem::ManuallyDrop,
+    ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
+    pin::Pin,
+    ptr::NonNull,
+};
+
+/// Type allocated and destroyed on the C side, but owned by Rust.
+///
+/// Implementing this trait allows types to be referenced via the 
[`Owned<Self>`] pointer type. This
+/// is useful when it is desirable to tie the lifetime of the reference to an 
owned object, rather
+/// than pass around a bare reference. [`Ownable`] types can define custom 
drop logic that is
+/// executed when the owned reference [`Owned<Self>`] pointing to the object 
is dropped.
+///
+/// Note: The underlying object is not required to provide internal reference 
counting, because it
+/// represents a unique, owned reference. If reference counting (on the Rust 
side) is required,
+/// [`AlwaysRefCounted`](crate::types::AlwaysRefCounted) should be implemented.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// Implementers must ensure that the [`release()`](Self::release) function 
frees the underlying
+/// object in the correct way for a valid, owned object of this type.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// A minimal example implementation of [`Ownable`] and its usage with 
[`Owned`] looks like this:
+///
+/// ```
+/// # #![expect(clippy::disallowed_names)]
+/// # use core::cell::Cell;
+/// # use core::ptr::NonNull;
+/// # use kernel::sync::global_lock;
+/// # use kernel::alloc::{flags, kbox::KBox, AllocError};
+/// # use kernel::types::{Owned, Ownable};
+///
+/// // Let's count the allocations to see if freeing works.
+/// kernel::sync::global_lock! {
+///     // SAFETY: we call `init()` right below, before doing anything else.
+///     unsafe(uninit) static FOO_ALLOC_COUNT: Mutex<usize> = 0;
+/// }
+/// // SAFETY: We call `init()` only once, here.
+/// unsafe { FOO_ALLOC_COUNT.init() };
+///
+/// struct Foo {
+/// }
+///
+/// impl Foo {
+///     fn new() -> Result<Owned<Self>, AllocError> {
+///         // We are just using a `KBox` here to handle the actual 
allocation, as our `Foo` is
+///         // not actually a C-allocated object.
+///         let result = KBox::new(
+///             Foo {},
+///             flags::GFP_KERNEL,
+///         )?;
+///         let result = NonNull::new(KBox::into_raw(result))
+///             .expect("Raw pointer to newly allocation KBox is null, this 
should never happen.");
+///         // Count new allocation
+///         *FOO_ALLOC_COUNT.lock() += 1;
+///         // SAFETY: We just allocated the `Self`, thus it is valid and 
there cannot be any other
+///         // Rust references. Calling `into_raw()` makes us responsible for 
ownership and we won't
+///         // use the raw pointer anymore. Thus we can transfer ownership to 
the `Owned`.
+///         Ok(unsafe { Owned::from_raw(result) })
+///     }
+/// }
+///
+/// // SAFETY: What out `release()` function does is safe of any valid `Self`.
+/// unsafe impl Ownable for Foo {
+///     unsafe fn release(this: NonNull<Self>) {
+///         // The `Foo` will be dropped when `KBox` goes out of scope.
+///         // SAFETY: The [`KBox<Self>`] is still alive. We can pass 
ownership to the [`KBox`], as
+///         // by requirement on calling this function, the `Self` will no 
longer be used by the
+///         // caller.
+///         unsafe { KBox::from_raw(this.as_ptr()) };
+///         // Count released allocation
+///         *FOO_ALLOC_COUNT.lock() -= 1;
+///     }
+/// }
+///
+/// {
+///    let foo = Foo::new().expect("Failed to allocate a Foo. This shouldn't 
happen");
+///    assert!(*FOO_ALLOC_COUNT.lock() == 1);
+/// }
+/// // `foo` is out of scope now, so we expect no live allocations.
+/// assert!(*FOO_ALLOC_COUNT.lock() == 0);
+/// ```
+pub unsafe trait Ownable {
+    /// Releases the object.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// Callers must ensure that:
+    /// - `this` points to a valid `Self`.
+    /// - `*this` is no longer used after this call.
+    unsafe fn release(this: NonNull<Self>);
+}
+
+/// An owned reference to an owned `T`.
+///
+/// The [`Ownable`] is automatically freed or released when an instance of 
[`Owned`] is
+/// dropped.
+///
+/// # Invariants
+///
+/// - The [`Owned<T>`] has exclusive access to the instance of `T`.
+/// - The instance of `T` will stay alive at least as long as the [`Owned<T>`] 
is alive.
+pub struct Owned<T: Ownable> {
+    ptr: NonNull<T>,
+}
+
+// SAFETY: It is safe to send an [`Owned<T>`] to another thread when the 
underlying `T` is [`Send`],
+// because of the ownership invariant. Sending an [`Owned<T>`] is equivalent 
to sending the `T`.
+unsafe impl<T: Ownable + Send> Send for Owned<T> {}
+
+// SAFETY: It is safe to send [`&Owned<T>`] to another thread when the 
underlying `T` is [`Sync`],
+// because of the ownership invariant. Sending an [`&Owned<T>`] is equivalent 
to sending the `&T`.
+unsafe impl<T: Ownable + Sync> Sync for Owned<T> {}
+
+impl<T: Ownable> Owned<T> {
+    /// Creates a new instance of [`Owned`].
+    ///
+    /// It takes over ownership of the underlying object.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// Callers must ensure that:
+    /// - `ptr` points to a valid instance of `T`.
+    /// - Ownership of the underlying `T` can be transferred to the `Self<T>` 
(i.e. operations
+    ///   which require ownership will be safe).
+    /// - No other Rust references to the underlying object exist. This 
implies that the underlying
+    ///   object is not accessed through `ptr` anymore after the function call 
(at least until the
+    ///   the `Self<T>` is dropped.
+    /// - The C code follows the usual shared reference requirements. That is, 
the kernel will never
+    ///   mutate or free the underlying object (excluding interior mutability 
that follows the usual
+    ///   rules) while Rust owns it.
+    /// - In case `T` implements [`Unpin`] the previous requirement is 
extended from shared to
+    ///   mutable reference requirements. That is, the kernel will not mutate 
or free the underlying
+    ///   object and is okay with it being modified by Rust code.
+    pub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: NonNull<T>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            ptr,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Consumes the [`Owned`], returning a raw pointer.
+    ///
+    /// This function does not actually relinquish ownership of the object. 
After calling this
+    /// function, the caller is responsible for ownership previously managed
+    /// by the [`Owned`].
+    pub fn into_raw(me: Self) -> NonNull<T> {
+        ManuallyDrop::new(me).ptr
+    }
+
+    /// Get a pinned mutable reference to the data owned by this `Owned<T>`.
+    pub fn get_pin_mut(&mut self) -> Pin<&mut T> {
+        // SAFETY: The type invariants guarantee that the object is valid, and 
that we can safely
+        // return a mutable reference to it.
+        let unpinned = unsafe { self.ptr.as_mut() };
+
+        // SAFETY: We never hand out unpinned mutable references to the data in
+        // `Self`, unless the contained type is `Unpin`.
+        unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(unpinned) }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Ownable> Deref for Owned<T> {
+    type Target = T;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        // SAFETY: The type invariants guarantee that the object is valid.
+        unsafe { self.ptr.as_ref() }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Ownable + Unpin> DerefMut for Owned<T> {
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+        // SAFETY: The type invariants guarantee that the object is valid, and 
that we can safely
+        // return a mutable reference to it.
+        unsafe { self.ptr.as_mut() }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Ownable> Drop for Owned<T> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // SAFETY: The type invariants guarantee that the `Owned` owns the 
object we're about to
+        // release.
+        unsafe { T::release(self.ptr) };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs
index 0d24a0432015..e175aefe8615 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 /// Rust code, the recommendation is to use [`Arc`](crate::sync::Arc) to 
create reference-counted
 /// instances of a type.
 ///
+/// Note: Implementing this trait allows types to be wrapped in an 
[`ARef<Self>`]. It requires an
+/// internal reference count and provides only shared references. If unique 
references are required
+/// [`Ownable`](crate::types::Ownable) should be implemented which allows 
types to be wrapped in an
+/// [`Owned<Self>`](crate::types::Owned).
+///
 /// # Safety
 ///
 /// Implementers must ensure that increments to the reference count keep the 
object alive in memory
diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index dc0a02f5c3cf..7bc07c38cd6c 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 };
 use pin_init::{PinInit, Wrapper, Zeroable};
 
+pub use crate::owned::{Ownable, Owned};
+
 pub use crate::sync::aref::{ARef, AlwaysRefCounted};
 
 /// Used to transfer ownership to and from foreign (non-Rust) languages.

-- 
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