[PATCH 1/3] rust: devres: add DevresLt for ForLt-aware device resource access

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Wed May 06 2026 - 18:01:01 EST


Devres<T> stores resources as T and returns &'bound T from access(). For
lifetime-parameterized types like Bar<'bound, SIZE> that are transmuted
to 'static for storage, this exposes the synthetic 'static lifetime to
callers -- any method on the stored type that returns a reference with
its lifetime parameter would yield a &'static reference, which is
unsound.

Add DevresLt<F: ForLt>, a thin wrapper around Devres<F::Of<'static>>
that applies ForLt::cast_ref in all access methods to shorten the stored
'static lifetime to the caller's borrow lifetime.

Devres<T: Send> remains unchanged for static resource types.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/devres.rs | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 90 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/devres.rs b/rust/kernel/devres.rs
index 58efe80474bd..c9c698901871 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/devres.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/devres.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
Arc, //
},
types::{
+ ForLt,
ForeignOwnable,
Opaque, //
},
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ struct Inner<T> {
/// # Ok(())
/// # }
/// ```
-pub struct Devres<T: Send> {
+pub struct Devres<T: Send + 'static> {
dev: ARef<Device>,
inner: Arc<Inner<T>>,
}
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ pub(super) unsafe fn devres_node_remove(
}
}

-impl<T: Send> Devres<T> {
+impl<T: Send + 'static> Devres<T> {
/// Creates a new [`Devres`] instance of the given `data`.
///
/// The `data` encapsulated within the returned `Devres` instance' `data` will be
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ pub fn new<E>(dev: &Device<Bound>, data: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> Result<Self>
})
}

- fn data(&self) -> &Revocable<T> {
+ pub(crate) fn data(&self) -> &Revocable<T> {
&self.inner.data
}

@@ -297,15 +298,19 @@ pub fn device(&self) -> &Device {
/// #![cfg(CONFIG_PCI)]
/// use kernel::{
/// device::Core,
- /// devres::Devres,
+ /// devres::DevresLt,
/// io::{
/// Io,
/// IoKnownSize, //
/// },
- /// pci, //
+ /// pci,
+ /// types::ForLt, //
/// };
///
- /// fn from_core(dev: &pci::Device<Core>, devres: Devres<pci::Bar<'_, 0x4>>) -> Result {
+ /// fn from_core(
+ /// dev: &pci::Device<Core>,
+ /// devres: DevresLt<ForLt!(pci::Bar<'_, 0x4>)>,
+ /// ) -> Result {
/// let bar = devres.access(dev.as_ref())?;
///
/// let _ = bar.read32(0x0);
@@ -353,7 +358,7 @@ unsafe impl<T: Send> Send for Devres<T> {}
// SAFETY: `Devres` can be shared with any task, if `T: Sync`.
unsafe impl<T: Send + Sync> Sync for Devres<T> {}

-impl<T: Send> Drop for Devres<T> {
+impl<T: Send + 'static> Drop for Devres<T> {
fn drop(&mut self) {
// SAFETY: When `drop` runs, it is guaranteed that nobody is accessing the revocable data
// anymore, hence it is safe not to wait for the grace period to finish.
@@ -369,6 +374,84 @@ fn drop(&mut self) {
}
}

+/// Guard returned by [`DevresLt::try_access`].
+///
+/// Dereferences to `F::Of<'bound>`, applying [`ForLt::cast_ref`] to shorten the lifetime of the
+/// stored data to the guard's borrow lifetime.
+pub struct DevresGuard<'bound, F: ForLt>(RevocableGuard<'bound, F::Of<'static>>);
+
+impl<'bound, F: ForLt> core::ops::Deref for DevresGuard<'bound, F> {
+ type Target = F::Of<'bound>;
+
+ fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+ F::cast_ref(&*self.0)
+ }
+}
+
+/// Device-managed resource with [`ForLt`](trait@ForLt)-aware access.
+///
+/// `DevresLt` wraps [`Devres`] and applies [`ForLt::cast_ref`] in its access methods to shorten
+/// the stored `'static` lifetime to the caller's borrow lifetime. This prevents transmuted
+/// `'static` lifetimes from leaking to users.
+///
+/// Use this for resource types that implement [`ForLt`](trait@ForLt) and are stored with a
+/// transmuted `'static` lifetime (e.g. [`pci::Bar`]).
+///
+/// [`pci::Bar`]: crate::pci::Bar
+pub struct DevresLt<F: ForLt>(Devres<F::Of<'static>>)
+where
+ F::Of<'static>: Send;
+
+impl<F: ForLt> DevresLt<F>
+where
+ F::Of<'static>: Send,
+{
+ /// Creates a new [`DevresLt`] instance of the given `data`.
+ pub fn new<E>(dev: &Device<Bound>, data: impl PinInit<F::Of<'static>, E>) -> Result<Self>
+ where
+ Error: From<E>,
+ {
+ Ok(Self(Devres::new(dev, data)?))
+ }
+
+ /// Return a reference of the [`Device`] this [`DevresLt`] instance has been created with.
+ pub fn device(&self) -> &Device {
+ self.0.device()
+ }
+
+ /// Obtain `&'bound F::Of<'bound>`, bypassing the [`Revocable`].
+ ///
+ /// This method works like [`Devres::access`], but shortens the returned reference's lifetime
+ /// from `'static` to `'bound` via [`ForLt::cast_ref`].
+ pub fn access<'bound>(
+ &'bound self,
+ dev: &'bound Device<Bound>,
+ ) -> Result<&'bound F::Of<'bound>> {
+ self.0.access(dev).map(F::cast_ref)
+ }
+
+ /// [`DevresLt`] accessor for [`Revocable::try_access`].
+ pub fn try_access(&self) -> Option<DevresGuard<'_, F>> {
+ self.0.data().try_access().map(DevresGuard)
+ }
+
+ /// [`DevresLt`] accessor for [`Revocable::try_access_with`].
+ pub fn try_access_with<R, G>(&self, f: G) -> Option<R>
+ where
+ G: for<'bound> FnOnce(&'bound F::Of<'bound>) -> R,
+ {
+ self.0.data().try_access_with(|data| f(F::cast_ref(data)))
+ }
+
+ /// [`DevresLt`] accessor for [`Revocable::try_access_with_guard`].
+ pub fn try_access_with_guard<'bound>(
+ &'bound self,
+ guard: &'bound rcu::Guard,
+ ) -> Option<&'bound F::Of<'bound>> {
+ self.0.data().try_access_with_guard(guard).map(F::cast_ref)
+ }
+}
+
/// Consume `data` and [`Drop::drop`] `data` once `dev` is unbound.
fn register_foreign<P>(dev: &Device<Bound>, data: P) -> Result
where
--
2.54.0