[PATCH 3/3] rust: io: mem: return DevresLt from IoMem/ExclusiveIoMem::into_devres()

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Wed May 06 2026 - 18:03:34 EST


Implement ForLt for IoMem<'static, SIZE> and ExclusiveIoMem<'static,
SIZE> so that DevresLt can shorten the stored 'static lifetime back to
the caller's borrow lifetime via ForLt::cast_ref.

Change into_devres() to return DevresLt instead of Devres; add
DevresIoMem<SIZE> and DevresExclusiveIoMem<SIZE> type aliases.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pwm/pwm_th1520.rs | 5 ++--
rust/kernel/io/mem.rs | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm_th1520.rs b/drivers/pwm/pwm_th1520.rs
index 3deb39d8e0fc..6b094be35310 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm_th1520.rs
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm_th1520.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@
use kernel::{
clk::Clk,
device::{Bound, Core, Device},
- devres,
io::{
- mem::IoMem,
+ mem::DevresIoMem,
Io, //
},
of, platform,
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ struct Th1520WfHw {
#[pin_data(PinnedDrop)]
struct Th1520PwmDriverData {
#[pin]
- iomem: devres::Devres<IoMem<'static, TH1520_PWM_REG_SIZE>>,
+ iomem: DevresIoMem<TH1520_PWM_REG_SIZE>,
clk: Clk,
}

diff --git a/rust/kernel/io/mem.rs b/rust/kernel/io/mem.rs
index a4cb12ee70d3..928aa7742490 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io/mem.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io/mem.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
Bound,
Device, //
},
- devres::Devres,
+ devres::DevresLt,
io::{
self,
resource::{
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
MmioRaw, //
},
prelude::*,
+ types::ForLt, //
};

/// An IO request for a specific device and resource.
@@ -170,6 +171,18 @@ pub struct ExclusiveIoMem<'bound, const SIZE: usize> {
_region: Region,
}

+// SAFETY: `ExclusiveIoMem<'bound, SIZE>` is covariant over `'bound` --
+// it holds an `IoMem<'bound, SIZE>`, which holds
+// `&'bound Device<Bound>`, which is covariant.
+unsafe impl<const SIZE: usize> ForLt for ExclusiveIoMem<'static, SIZE> {
+ type Of<'bound> = ExclusiveIoMem<'bound, SIZE>;
+}
+
+/// A device-managed exclusive I/O memory region.
+///
+/// See [`ExclusiveIoMem::into_devres`].
+pub type DevresExclusiveIoMem<const SIZE: usize> = DevresLt<ExclusiveIoMem<'static, SIZE>>;
+
impl<'bound, const SIZE: usize> ExclusiveIoMem<'bound, SIZE> {
/// Creates a new `ExclusiveIoMem` instance.
fn ioremap(dev: &'bound Device<Bound>, resource: &Resource) -> Result<Self> {
@@ -196,15 +209,16 @@ fn ioremap(dev: &'bound Device<Bound>, resource: &Resource) -> Result<Self> {

/// Consume the `ExclusiveIoMem` and register it as a device-managed resource.
///
- /// The returned `Devres<ExclusiveIoMem<'static, SIZE>>` can outlive the original lifetime
- /// `'bound`. Access to the I/O memory is revoked when the device is unbound.
- pub fn into_devres(self) -> Result<Devres<ExclusiveIoMem<'static, SIZE>>> {
- // SAFETY: Casting to `'static` is sound because `Devres` guarantees the
+ /// 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<ExclusiveIoMem<'static, SIZE>>> {
+ // SAFETY: Casting to `'static` is sound because `DevresLt` guarantees the
// `ExclusiveIoMem` does not actually outlive the device -- access is revoked and the
- // resource is released when the device is unbound.
+ // resource is released when the device is unbound. The `ForLt` encoding ensures
+ // `access()` shortens the lifetime back to the caller's borrow.
let iomem: ExclusiveIoMem<'static, SIZE> = unsafe { core::mem::transmute(self) };
let dev = iomem.iomem.dev;
- Devres::new(dev, iomem)
+ DevresLt::new(dev, iomem)
}
}

@@ -230,6 +244,17 @@ pub struct IoMem<'bound, const SIZE: usize = 0> {
io: MmioRaw<SIZE>,
}

+// SAFETY: `IoMem<'bound, SIZE>` is covariant over `'bound` -- it holds
+// `&'bound Device<Bound>`, which is covariant.
+unsafe impl<const SIZE: usize> ForLt for IoMem<'static, SIZE> {
+ type Of<'bound> = IoMem<'bound, SIZE>;
+}
+
+/// A device-managed I/O memory region.
+///
+/// See [`IoMem::into_devres`].
+pub type DevresIoMem<const SIZE: usize> = DevresLt<IoMem<'static, SIZE>>;
+
impl<'bound, const SIZE: usize> IoMem<'bound, SIZE> {
fn ioremap(dev: &'bound Device<Bound>, resource: &Resource) -> Result<Self> {
// Note: Some ioremap() implementations use types that depend on the CPU
@@ -269,16 +294,16 @@ fn ioremap(dev: &'bound Device<Bound>, resource: &Resource) -> Result<Self> {

/// Consume the `IoMem` and register it as a device-managed resource.
///
- /// The returned `Devres<IoMem<'static, SIZE>>` can outlive the original
- /// lifetime `'bound`. Access to the I/O memory is revoked when the device
- /// is unbound.
- pub fn into_devres(self) -> Result<Devres<IoMem<'static, SIZE>>> {
- // SAFETY: Casting to `'static` is sound because `Devres` guarantees the `IoMem` does not
- // actually outlive the device -- access is revoked and the resource is released when the
- // device is unbound.
+ /// 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<IoMem<'static, SIZE>>> {
+ // SAFETY: Casting to `'static` is sound because `DevresLt` guarantees the `IoMem` does
+ // not actually outlive the device -- access is revoked and the resource is released when
+ // the device is unbound. The `ForLt` encoding ensures `access()` shortens the lifetime
+ // back to the caller's borrow.
let iomem: IoMem<'static, SIZE> = unsafe { core::mem::transmute(self) };
let dev = iomem.dev;
- Devres::new(dev, iomem)
+ DevresLt::new(dev, iomem)
}
}

--
2.54.0