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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-07-27 13:44:54 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-07-27 13:44:54 -0700
commit910bfc26d16d07df5a2bfcbc63f0aa9d1397e2ef (patch)
treee2cc9fc3c860bfe26c7a5c2479b82594b41b87bf /rust/kernel/types.rs
parentff30564411ffdcee49d579cb15eb13185a36e253 (diff)
parentb1263411112305acf2af728728591465becb45b0 (diff)
Merge tag 'rust-6.11' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux
Pull Rust updates from Miguel Ojeda: "The highlight is the establishment of a minimum version for the Rust toolchain, including 'rustc' (and bundled tools) and 'bindgen'. The initial minimum will be the pinned version we currently have, i.e. we are just widening the allowed versions. That covers three stable Rust releases: 1.78.0, 1.79.0, 1.80.0 (getting released tomorrow), plus beta, plus nightly. This should already be enough for kernel developers in distributions that provide recent Rust compiler versions routinely, such as Arch Linux, Debian Unstable (outside the freeze period), Fedora Linux, Gentoo Linux (especially the testing channel), Nix (unstable) and openSUSE Slowroll and Tumbleweed. In addition, the kernel is now being built-tested by Rust's pre-merge CI. That is, every change that is attempting to land into the Rust compiler is tested against the kernel, and it is merged only if it passes. Similarly, the bindgen tool has agreed to build the kernel in their CI too. Thus, with the pre-merge CI in place, both projects hope to avoid unintentional changes to Rust that break the kernel. This means that, in general, apart from intentional changes on their side (that we will need to workaround conditionally on our side), the upcoming Rust compiler versions should generally work. In addition, the Rust project has proposed getting the kernel into stable Rust (at least solving the main blockers) as one of its three flagship goals for 2024H2 [1]. I would like to thank Niko, Sid, Emilio et al. for their help promoting the collaboration between Rust and the kernel. Toolchain and infrastructure: - Support several Rust toolchain versions. - Support several bindgen versions. - Remove 'cargo' requirement and simplify 'rusttest', thanks to 'alloc' having been dropped last cycle. - Provide proper error reporting for the 'rust-analyzer' target. 'kernel' crate: - Add 'uaccess' module with a safe userspace pointers abstraction. - Add 'page' module with a 'struct page' abstraction. - Support more complex generics in workqueue's 'impl_has_work!' macro. 'macros' crate: - Add 'firmware' field support to the 'module!' macro. - Improve 'module!' macro documentation. Documentation: - Provide instructions on what packages should be installed to build the kernel in some popular Linux distributions. - Introduce the new kernel.org LLVM+Rust toolchains. - Explain '#[no_std]'. And a few other small bits" Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-project-goals/2024h2/index.html#flagship-goals [1] * tag 'rust-6.11' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux: (26 commits) docs: rust: quick-start: add section on Linux distributions rust: warn about `bindgen` versions 0.66.0 and 0.66.1 rust: start supporting several `bindgen` versions rust: work around `bindgen` 0.69.0 issue rust: avoid assuming a particular `bindgen` build rust: start supporting several compiler versions rust: simplify Clippy warning flags set rust: relax most deny-level lints to warnings rust: allow `dead_code` for never constructed bindings rust: init: simplify from `map_err` to `inspect_err` rust: macros: indent list item in `paste!`'s docs rust: add abstraction for `struct page` rust: uaccess: add typed accessors for userspace pointers uaccess: always export _copy_[from|to]_user with CONFIG_RUST rust: uaccess: add userspace pointers kbuild: rust-analyzer: improve comment documentation kbuild: rust-analyzer: better error handling docs: rust: no_std is used rust: alloc: add __GFP_HIGHMEM flag rust: alloc: fix typo in docs for GFP_NOWAIT ...
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diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
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--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -409,3 +409,67 @@ pub enum Either<L, R> {
/// Constructs an instance of [`Either`] containing a value of type `R`.
Right(R),
}
+
+/// Types for which any bit pattern is valid.
+///
+/// Not all types are valid for all values. For example, a `bool` must be either zero or one, so
+/// reading arbitrary bytes into something that contains a `bool` is not okay.
+///
+/// It's okay for the type to have padding, as initializing those bytes has no effect.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// All bit-patterns must be valid for this type. This type must not have interior mutability.
+pub unsafe trait FromBytes {}
+
+// SAFETY: All bit patterns are acceptable values of the types below.
+unsafe impl FromBytes for u8 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for u16 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for u32 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for u64 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for usize {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for i8 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for i16 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for i32 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for i64 {}
+unsafe impl FromBytes for isize {}
+// SAFETY: If all bit patterns are acceptable for individual values in an array, then all bit
+// patterns are also acceptable for arrays of that type.
+unsafe impl<T: FromBytes> FromBytes for [T] {}
+unsafe impl<T: FromBytes, const N: usize> FromBytes for [T; N] {}
+
+/// Types that can be viewed as an immutable slice of initialized bytes.
+///
+/// If a struct implements this trait, then it is okay to copy it byte-for-byte to userspace. This
+/// means that it should not have any padding, as padding bytes are uninitialized. Reading
+/// uninitialized memory is not just undefined behavior, it may even lead to leaking sensitive
+/// information on the stack to userspace.
+///
+/// The struct should also not hold kernel pointers, as kernel pointer addresses are also considered
+/// sensitive. However, leaking kernel pointers is not considered undefined behavior by Rust, so
+/// this is a correctness requirement, but not a safety requirement.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// Values of this type may not contain any uninitialized bytes. This type must not have interior
+/// mutability.
+pub unsafe trait AsBytes {}
+
+// SAFETY: Instances of the following types have no uninitialized portions.
+unsafe impl AsBytes for u8 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for u16 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for u32 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for u64 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for usize {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for i8 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for i16 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for i32 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for i64 {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for isize {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for bool {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for char {}
+unsafe impl AsBytes for str {}
+// SAFETY: If individual values in an array have no uninitialized portions, then the array itself
+// does not have any uninitialized portions either.
+unsafe impl<T: AsBytes> AsBytes for [T] {}
+unsafe impl<T: AsBytes, const N: usize> AsBytes for [T; N] {}