[PATCH 4/8] rust: dma: introduce dma::CoherentInit for memory initialization
From: Danilo Krummrich
Date: Tue Mar 03 2026 - 11:29:03 EST
Currently, dma::Coherent cannot safely provide (mutable) access to its
underlying memory because the memory might be concurrently accessed by a
DMA device. This makes it difficult to safely initialize the memory
before handing it over to the hardware.
Introduce dma::CoherentInit, a type that encapsulates a dma::Coherent
before its DMA address is exposed to the device. dma::CoherentInit can
guarantee exclusive access to the inner dma::Coherent and implement
Deref and DerefMut.
Once the memory is properly initialized, dma::CoherentInit can be
converted into a regular dma::Coherent.
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/dma.rs | 153 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 152 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/dma.rs b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
index 291fdea3b52b..79dd8717ac47 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/dma.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@
FromBytes, //
}, //
};
-use core::ptr::NonNull;
+use core::{
+ ops::{
+ Deref,
+ DerefMut, //
+ },
+ ptr::NonNull, //
+};
/// DMA address type.
///
@@ -352,6 +358,151 @@ fn from(direction: DataDirection) -> Self {
}
}
+/// Initializer type for [`Coherent`].
+///
+/// A [`Coherent`] object can't provide access to its memory as (mutable) slice safely, since it
+/// can't fulfill the requirements for creating a slice. For instance, it is not valid to have a
+/// (mutable) slice to of the memory of a [`Coherent`] while the memory might be accessed by a
+/// device.
+///
+/// In contrast, this initializer type is able to fulfill the requirements to safely obtain a
+/// (mutable) slice, as it neither provides access to the DMA address of the embedded [`Coherent`],
+/// nor can it be used with the DMA projection accessors.
+///
+/// Once initialized, this type can be converted to a regular [`Coherent`] object.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// `CoherentInit<T>`:
+///
+/// ```
+/// # use kernel::device::{
+/// # Bound,
+/// # Device,
+/// # };
+/// use kernel::dma::{attrs::*,
+/// Coherent,
+/// CoherentInit,
+/// };
+///
+/// # fn test(dev: &Device<Bound>) -> Result {
+/// let mut dmem: CoherentInit<u64> =
+/// CoherentInit::zeroed_with_attrs(dev, GFP_KERNEL, DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN)?;
+/// *dmem = 42;
+/// let dmem: Coherent<u64> = dmem.into();
+/// # Ok::<(), Error>(()) }
+/// ```
+///
+/// `CoherentInit<[T]>`:
+///
+///
+/// ```
+/// # use kernel::device::{
+/// # Bound,
+/// # Device,
+/// # };
+/// use kernel::dma::{attrs::*,
+/// Coherent,
+/// CoherentInit,
+/// };
+///
+/// # fn test(dev: &Device<Bound>) -> Result {
+/// let mut dmem: CoherentInit<[u64]> =
+/// CoherentInit::zeroed_slice_with_attrs(dev, 4, GFP_KERNEL, DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN)?;
+/// dmem.fill(42);
+/// let dmem: Coherent<[u64]> = dmem.into();
+/// # Ok::<(), Error>(()) }
+/// ```
+pub struct CoherentInit<T: AsBytes + FromBytes + KnownSize + ?Sized>(Coherent<T>);
+
+impl<T: AsBytes + FromBytes> CoherentInit<[T]> {
+ /// Initializer variant of [`Coherent::zeroed_slice_with_attrs`].
+ pub fn zeroed_slice_with_attrs(
+ dev: &device::Device<Bound>,
+ count: usize,
+ gfp_flags: kernel::alloc::Flags,
+ dma_attrs: Attrs,
+ ) -> Result<Self> {
+ Coherent::zeroed_slice_with_attrs(dev, count, gfp_flags, dma_attrs).map(Self)
+ }
+
+ /// Same as [CoherentInit::zeroed_slice_with_attrs], but with `dma::Attrs(0)`.
+ pub fn zeroed_slice(
+ dev: &device::Device<Bound>,
+ count: usize,
+ gfp_flags: kernel::alloc::Flags,
+ ) -> Result<Self> {
+ Self::zeroed_slice_with_attrs(dev, count, gfp_flags, Attrs(0))
+ }
+
+ /// Initializes the element at `i` using the given initializer.
+ ///
+ /// Returns `EINVAL` if `i` is out of bounds.
+ pub fn init_at<E>(&mut self, i: usize, init: impl Init<T, E>) -> Result
+ where
+ Error: From<E>,
+ {
+ if i >= self.0.len() {
+ return Err(EINVAL);
+ }
+
+ let ptr = core::ptr::from_mut(&mut self[i]);
+
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - `ptr` is valid, properly aligned, and within this allocation.
+ // - `T: AsBytes + FromBytes` guarantees all bit patterns are valid, so partial writes on
+ // error cannot leave the element in an invalid state.
+ // - The DMA address has not been exposed yet, so there is no concurrent device access.
+ unsafe { init.__init(ptr)? };
+
+ Ok(())
+ }
+}
+
+impl<T: AsBytes + FromBytes> CoherentInit<T> {
+ /// Same as [`CoherentInit::zeroed_slice_with_attrs`], but for a single element.
+ pub fn zeroed_with_attrs(
+ dev: &device::Device<Bound>,
+ gfp_flags: kernel::alloc::Flags,
+ dma_attrs: Attrs,
+ ) -> Result<Self> {
+ Coherent::zeroed_with_attrs(dev, gfp_flags, dma_attrs).map(Self)
+ }
+
+ /// Same as [`CoherentInit::zeroed_slice`], but for a single element.
+ pub fn zeroed(dev: &device::Device<Bound>, gfp_flags: kernel::alloc::Flags) -> Result<Self> {
+ Self::zeroed_with_attrs(dev, gfp_flags, Attrs(0))
+ }
+}
+
+impl<T: AsBytes + FromBytes + KnownSize + ?Sized> Deref for CoherentInit<T> {
+ type Target = T;
+
+ fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - We have not exposed the DMA address yet, so there can't be any concurrent access by a
+ // device.
+ // - We have exclusive access to `self.0`.
+ unsafe { self.0.as_ref() }
+ }
+}
+
+impl<T: AsBytes + FromBytes + KnownSize + ?Sized> DerefMut for CoherentInit<T> {
+ fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - We have not exposed the DMA address yet, so there can't be any concurrent access by a
+ // device.
+ // - We have exclusive access to `self.0`.
+ unsafe { self.0.as_mut() }
+ }
+}
+
+impl<T: AsBytes + FromBytes + KnownSize + ?Sized> From<CoherentInit<T>> for Coherent<T> {
+ fn from(value: CoherentInit<T>) -> Self {
+ value.0
+ }
+}
+
/// An abstraction of the `dma_alloc_coherent` API.
///
/// This is an abstraction around the `dma_alloc_coherent` API which is used to allocate and map
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