[PATCH v3 12/19] rust: io: add projection macro and methods
From: Gary Guo
Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 16:03:00 EST
Add a `io_project!()` macro allows projection from `Io` to a subview of it,
using the pointer projection mechanism to perform compile-time checks.
For cases where type-casting is required, the `try_cast()` function may be
used where the size and alignment checks are performed at runtime.
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/io.rs | 131 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 131 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/io.rs b/rust/kernel/io.rs
index 9c2ea17ca87b..173f8c0ba2d6 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
ptr::{
Alignment,
KnownSize, //
+ },
+ transmute::{
+ AsBytes,
+ FromBytes, //
}, //
};
@@ -92,6 +96,11 @@ fn size(p: *const Self) -> usize {
}
}
+// SAFETY: I/O regions can compose of arbitrary bytes.
+unsafe impl<const SIZE: usize> kernel::transmute::FromBytes for Region<SIZE> {}
+// SAFETY: Values read from I/O are always treated as initialized.
+unsafe impl<const SIZE: usize> kernel::transmute::AsBytes for Region<SIZE> {}
+
/// Raw representation of an MMIO region.
///
/// `MmioRaw<T>` is equivalent to `T __iomem *` in C.
@@ -297,6 +306,53 @@ fn size(self) -> usize {
KnownSize::size(Self::Backend::as_ptr(self.as_view()))
}
+ /// Try to convert into a different typed I/O view.
+ ///
+ /// The target type must be of same or smaller size to current type, and the current view must
+ /// be properly aligned for the target type.
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```no_run
+ /// use kernel::io::{
+ /// io_project,
+ /// Mmio,
+ /// Io,
+ /// Region,
+ /// };
+ /// struct MyStruct { field: u32, }
+ ///
+ /// // SAFETY: All bit patterns are acceptable values for `MyStruct`.
+ /// unsafe impl kernel::transmute::FromBytes for MyStruct {};
+ /// // SAFETY: Instances of `MyStruct` have no uninitialized portions.
+ /// unsafe impl kernel::transmute::AsBytes for MyStruct {};
+ ///
+ /// # fn test(mmio: &Mmio<'_, Region>) -> Result {
+ /// // let mmio: Mmio<Region>;
+ /// let whole: Mmio<'_, MyStruct> = mmio.try_cast()?;
+ /// # Ok::<(), Error>(()) }
+ /// ```
+ #[inline]
+ fn try_cast<U>(self) -> Result<<Self::Backend as IoBackend>::View<'a, U>>
+ where
+ Self::Target: FromBytes + AsBytes,
+ U: FromBytes + AsBytes,
+ {
+ let view = self.as_view();
+ let ptr = Self::Backend::as_ptr(view);
+
+ if size_of::<U>() > KnownSize::size(ptr) {
+ return Err(EINVAL);
+ }
+
+ if ptr.addr() % align_of::<U>() != 0 {
+ return Err(EINVAL);
+ }
+
+ // SAFETY: We have checked bounds and alignment, so this is a valid projection.
+ Ok(unsafe { Self::Backend::project_view(view, ptr.cast()) })
+ }
+
/// Returns a view for a given `offset`, performing compile-time bound checks.
// Always inline to optimize out error path of `build_assert`.
#[inline(always)]
@@ -983,3 +1039,78 @@ pub fn relaxed(self) -> RelaxedMmio<'a, T> {
// MMIO regions on 64-bit systems also support 64-bit accesses.
#[cfg(CONFIG_64BIT)]
impl_mmio_io_capable!(RelaxedMmioBackend, u64, readq_relaxed, writeq_relaxed);
+
+// This helper turns associated functions to methods so it can be invoked in macro.
+// Used by `io_project!()` only.
+#[doc(hidden)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct ProjectHelper<T>(pub T);
+
+impl<'a, T> ProjectHelper<T>
+where
+ T: Io<'a, Backend: IoBackend<View<'a, T::Target> = T>>,
+{
+ // These helper methods must not have symbols present in binary to avoid confusion.
+ #[inline(always)]
+ pub fn as_ptr(self) -> *mut T::Target {
+ T::Backend::as_ptr(self.0)
+ }
+
+ /// # Safety
+ ///
+ /// Same as `IoBackend::project_view`
+ #[inline(always)]
+ pub unsafe fn project_view<U: ?Sized + KnownSize>(
+ self,
+ ptr: *mut U,
+ ) -> <T::Backend as IoBackend>::View<'a, U> {
+ // SAFETY: Per safety requirement.
+ unsafe { T::Backend::project_view::<T::Target, _>(self.0, ptr) }
+ }
+}
+
+/// Project an I/O type to a subview of it.
+///
+/// The syntax is of form `io_project!(io, proj)` where `io` is an expression to a type that
+/// implements [`Io`] and `proj` is a [projection specification](kernel::ptr::project!).
+///
+/// In addition to projecting from [`Io`], you may also project from a [`View`] of an [`Io`].
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use kernel::io::{
+/// io_project,
+/// Mmio,
+/// };
+/// struct MyStruct { field: u32, }
+///
+/// // SAFETY: All bit patterns are acceptable values for `MyStruct`.
+/// unsafe impl kernel::transmute::FromBytes for MyStruct {};
+/// // SAFETY: Instances of `MyStruct` have no uninitialized portions.
+/// unsafe impl kernel::transmute::AsBytes for MyStruct {};
+///
+/// # fn test(mmio: Mmio<'_, [MyStruct]>) -> Result {
+/// // let mmio: Mmio<[MyStruct]>;
+/// let field: Mmio<'_, u32> = io_project!(mmio, [try: 1].field);
+/// let whole: Mmio<'_, MyStruct> = io_project!(mmio, [try: 2]);
+/// let nested: Mmio<'_, u32> = io_project!(whole, .field);
+/// # Ok::<(), Error>(()) }
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+macro_rules! io_project {
+ ($io:expr, $($proj:tt)*) => {{
+ #[allow(unused)]
+ use $crate::io::IoBase as _;
+ let view = $crate::io::ProjectHelper($io.as_view());
+ let ptr = $crate::ptr::project!(
+ mut view.as_ptr(), $($proj)*
+ );
+ #[allow(unused_unsafe)]
+ // SAFETY: `ptr` is a projection.
+ unsafe { view.project_view(ptr) }
+ }};
+}
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use crate::io_project;
--
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