[PATCH 2/3] rust: pci: return DevresLt from Bar::into_devres()

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Wed May 06 2026 - 18:03:10 EST


Implement ForLt for Bar<'static, SIZE> so that DevresLt can shorten the
stored 'static lifetime back to the caller's borrow lifetime via
ForLt::cast_ref. Without this, Devres<Bar<'static, SIZE>>::access()
would return &'bound Bar<'static, SIZE>, allowing the inner 'static to
leak through methods like pdev().

Add a DevresBar<SIZE> type alias for convenience.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/pci.rs | 1 +
rust/kernel/pci/io.rs | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/pci.rs b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
index 1335857cae94..265d06b18e42 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/pci.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
ConfigSpace,
ConfigSpaceKind,
ConfigSpaceSize,
+ DevresBar,
Extended,
Normal, //
};
diff --git a/rust/kernel/pci/io.rs b/rust/kernel/pci/io.rs
index 5668394a155b..7a5b5210cf66 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/pci/io.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/pci/io.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
use crate::{
bindings,
device,
- devres::Devres,
+ devres::DevresLt,
io::{
Io,
IoCapable,
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
Mmio,
MmioRaw, //
},
- prelude::*, //
+ prelude::*,
+ types::ForLt, //
};
use core::{
marker::PhantomData,
@@ -151,6 +152,18 @@ pub struct Bar<'bound, const SIZE: usize = 0> {
num: i32,
}

+// SAFETY: `Bar<'bound, SIZE>` is covariant over `'bound` -- it holds
+// `&'bound Device<Bound>`, which is covariant. Shortening the lifetime
+// is therefore sound.
+unsafe impl<const SIZE: usize> ForLt for Bar<'static, SIZE> {
+ type Of<'bound> = Bar<'bound, SIZE>;
+}
+
+/// A device-managed PCI BAR mapping.
+///
+/// See [`Bar::into_devres`].
+pub type DevresBar<const SIZE: usize> = DevresLt<Bar<'static, SIZE>>;
+
impl<'bound, const SIZE: usize> Bar<'bound, SIZE> {
pub(super) fn new(pdev: &'bound Device<device::Bound>, num: u32, name: &CStr) -> Result<Self> {
let len = pdev.resource_len(num)?;
@@ -219,15 +232,16 @@ fn release(&self) {

/// Consume the `Bar` and register it as a device-managed resource.
///
- /// The returned `Devres<Bar<'static, SIZE>>` can outlive the original lifetime `'bound`. Access
- /// to the BAR is revoked when the device is unbound.
- pub fn into_devres(self) -> Result<Devres<Bar<'static, SIZE>>> {
- // SAFETY: Casting to `'static` is sound because `Devres` guarantees the `Bar` does not
+ /// Access methods on the returned [`DevresLt`] shorten the inner lifetime via
+ /// [`ForLt::cast_ref`], so the transmuted `'static` is never exposed to callers.
+ pub fn into_devres(self) -> Result<DevresLt<Bar<'static, SIZE>>> {
+ // SAFETY: Casting to `'static` is sound because `DevresLt` guarantees the `Bar` does not
// actually outlive the device -- access is revoked and the resource is released when the
- // device is unbound.
+ // device is unbound. The `ForLt` encoding ensures `access()` shortens the lifetime back
+ // to the caller's borrow, preventing `'static` from leaking.
let bar: Bar<'static, SIZE> = unsafe { core::mem::transmute(self) };
let pdev = bar.pdev;
- Devres::new(pdev.as_ref(), bar)
+ DevresLt::new(pdev.as_ref(), bar)
}
}

--
2.54.0