[PATCH 2/3] rust fs: kiocb: take advantage from file::Offset

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Tue Nov 04 2025 - 19:23:59 EST


Make use of file::Offset, now that we have a dedicated type for it.

Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/fs/kiocb.rs | 9 ++++++---
samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs | 10 +++++++---
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/fs/kiocb.rs b/rust/kernel/fs/kiocb.rs
index 84c936cd69b0..3159b9ac2bf6 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/fs/kiocb.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/fs/kiocb.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@

use core::marker::PhantomData;
use core::ptr::NonNull;
-use kernel::types::ForeignOwnable;
+use kernel::{
+ fs::file,
+ types::ForeignOwnable, //
+};

/// Wrapper for the kernel's `struct kiocb`.
///
@@ -61,8 +64,8 @@ pub fn ki_pos(&self) -> i64 {
}

/// Gets a mutable reference to the `ki_pos` field.
- pub fn ki_pos_mut(&mut self) -> &mut i64 {
+ pub fn ki_pos_mut(&mut self) -> &mut file::Offset {
// SAFETY: We have exclusive access to the kiocb, so we can write to `ki_pos`.
- unsafe { &mut (*self.as_raw()).ki_pos }
+ unsafe { file::Offset::from_raw(&raw mut (*self.as_raw()).ki_pos) }
}
}
diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs b/samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs
index d69bc33dbd99..6a9f59ccf71d 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@
use kernel::{
c_str,
device::Device,
- fs::{File, Kiocb},
+ fs::{
+ file,
+ File,
+ Kiocb, //
+ },
ioctl::{_IO, _IOC_SIZE, _IOR, _IOW},
iov::{IovIterDest, IovIterSource},
miscdevice::{MiscDevice, MiscDeviceOptions, MiscDeviceRegistration},
@@ -183,7 +187,7 @@ fn read_iter(mut kiocb: Kiocb<'_, Self::Ptr>, iov: &mut IovIterDest<'_>) -> Resu

let inner = me.inner.lock();
// Read the buffer contents, taking the file position into account.
- let read = iov.simple_read_from_buffer(kiocb.ki_pos_mut(), &inner.buffer)?;
+ let read = iov.simple_read_from_buffer(&mut kiocb.ki_pos_mut().0, &inner.buffer)?;

Ok(read)
}
@@ -199,7 +203,7 @@ fn write_iter(mut kiocb: Kiocb<'_, Self::Ptr>, iov: &mut IovIterSource<'_>) -> R
let len = iov.copy_from_iter_vec(&mut inner.buffer, GFP_KERNEL)?;

// Set position to zero so that future `read` calls will see the new contents.
- *kiocb.ki_pos_mut() = 0;
+ *kiocb.ki_pos_mut() = file::Offset::from(0);

Ok(len)
}
--
2.51.2