[PATCH v3 03/10] rust: uaccess: add UserSliceReader::read_slice_file()

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Wed Oct 22 2025 - 10:32:21 EST


Add UserSliceReader::read_slice_file(), which is the same as
UserSliceReader::read_slice_partial() but updates the given file::Offset
by the number of bytes read.

This is equivalent to C's `simple_write_to_buffer()` and useful when
dealing with file offsets from file operations.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/uaccess.rs | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs b/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
index c1cd3a76cff8..c2d3dfee8934 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
bindings,
error::Result,
ffi::{c_char, c_void},
+ fs::file,
prelude::*,
transmute::{AsBytes, FromBytes},
};
@@ -303,6 +304,30 @@ pub fn read_slice_partial(&mut self, out: &mut [u8], offset: usize) -> Result<us
.map_or(Ok(0), |dst| self.read_slice(dst).map(|()| dst.len()))
}

+ /// Reads raw data from the user slice into a kernel buffer partially.
+ ///
+ /// This is the same as [`Self::read_slice_partial`] but updates the given [`file::Offset`] by
+ /// the number of bytes read.
+ ///
+ /// This is equivalent to C's `simple_write_to_buffer()`.
+ ///
+ /// On success, returns the number of bytes read.
+ pub fn read_slice_file(&mut self, out: &mut [u8], offset: &mut file::Offset) -> Result<usize> {
+ if offset.is_negative() {
+ return Err(EINVAL);
+ }
+
+ let Ok(offset_index) = (*offset).try_into() else {
+ return Ok(0);
+ };
+
+ let read = self.read_slice_partial(out, offset_index)?;
+
+ *offset = offset.saturating_add_usize(read);
+
+ Ok(read)
+ }
+
/// Reads a value of the specified type.
///
/// Fails with [`EFAULT`] if the read happens on a bad address, or if the read goes out of
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