[PATCH v3] rust: iommu: add device lifetime to IoPageTable

From: Deborah Brouwer

Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 20:29:31 EST


Currently, using a raw IoPageTable is unsafe because the returned
IoPageTable is not tied to the device driver binding lifetime.

Since device drivers now receive a lifetime parameter <'bound>
representing the interval during which a device driver is bound to its bus
device, add a lifetime parameter to IoPageTable. This ensures that
the returned IoPageTable cannot outlive the bus device binding.

Also remove the option to create a page table as a device resource since
currently Devres is not compatible with resources that have a lifetime
parameter. This option can be restored once the lifetime-aware
wrapper for devres is available and if a use-case appears for it.

Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Deborah Brouwer <deborah.brouwer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Rename 'bound to 'a since the page table could have a shorter
lifetime than the whole device bound.
- Remove the TODO comment about restoring the devres option.
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260703-pgtable_lt_b4-v2-1-f14da6d4106d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- Renamed new_raw() to new(), since the constructor is now safe.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260702-pgtable_lt_v1-v1-1-18d9c9812a1a@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
rust/kernel/iommu/pgtable.rs | 32 +++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/iommu/pgtable.rs b/rust/kernel/iommu/pgtable.rs
index c88e38fd938a..f5f2706d72fb 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/iommu/pgtable.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/iommu/pgtable.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
Bound,
Device, //
},
- devres::Devres,
error::to_result,
io::PhysAddr,
prelude::*, //
@@ -59,15 +58,16 @@ pub struct Config {
/// # Invariants
///
/// The pointer references a valid io page table.
-pub struct IoPageTable<F: IoPageTableFmt> {
+pub struct IoPageTable<'a, F: IoPageTableFmt> {
ptr: NonNull<bindings::io_pgtable_ops>,
+ _dev: PhantomData<&'a Device<Bound>>,
_marker: PhantomData<F>,
}

// SAFETY: `struct io_pgtable_ops` is not restricted to a single thread.
-unsafe impl<F: IoPageTableFmt> Send for IoPageTable<F> {}
+unsafe impl<F: IoPageTableFmt> Send for IoPageTable<'_, F> {}
// SAFETY: `struct io_pgtable_ops` may be accessed concurrently.
-unsafe impl<F: IoPageTableFmt> Sync for IoPageTable<F> {}
+unsafe impl<F: IoPageTableFmt> Sync for IoPageTable<'_, F> {}

/// The format used by this page table.
pub trait IoPageTableFmt: 'static {
@@ -75,25 +75,10 @@ pub trait IoPageTableFmt: 'static {
const FORMAT: io_pgtable_fmt;
}

-impl<F: IoPageTableFmt> IoPageTable<F> {
- /// Create a new `IoPageTable` as a device resource.
- #[inline]
- pub fn new(
- dev: &Device<Bound>,
- config: Config,
- ) -> impl PinInit<Devres<IoPageTable<F>>, Error> + '_ {
- // SAFETY: Devres ensures that the value is dropped during device unbind.
- Devres::new(dev, unsafe { Self::new_raw(dev, config) })
- }
-
+impl<'a, F: IoPageTableFmt> IoPageTable<'a, F> {
/// Create a new `IoPageTable`.
- ///
- /// # Safety
- ///
- /// If successful, then the returned `IoPageTable` must be dropped before the device is
- /// unbound.
#[inline]
- pub unsafe fn new_raw(dev: &Device<Bound>, config: Config) -> Result<IoPageTable<F>> {
+ pub fn new(dev: &'a Device<Bound>, config: Config) -> Result<IoPageTable<'a, F>> {
let mut raw_cfg = bindings::io_pgtable_cfg {
quirks: config.quirks,
pgsize_bitmap: config.pgsize_bitmap,
@@ -118,6 +103,7 @@ pub unsafe fn new_raw(dev: &Device<Bound>, config: Config) -> Result<IoPageTable
// INVARIANT: We successfully created a valid page table.
Ok(IoPageTable {
ptr: NonNull::new(ops).ok_or(ENOMEM)?,
+ _dev: PhantomData,
_marker: PhantomData,
})
}
@@ -240,7 +226,7 @@ extern "C" fn rust_tlb_flush_walk_noop(
) {
}

-impl<F: IoPageTableFmt> Drop for IoPageTable<F> {
+impl<F: IoPageTableFmt> Drop for IoPageTable<'_, F> {
fn drop(&mut self) {
// SAFETY: The caller of `Self::ttbr()` promised that the page table is not live when this
// destructor runs.
@@ -255,7 +241,7 @@ impl IoPageTableFmt for ARM64LPAES1 {
const FORMAT: io_pgtable_fmt = bindings::io_pgtable_fmt_ARM_64_LPAE_S1 as io_pgtable_fmt;
}

-impl IoPageTable<ARM64LPAES1> {
+impl IoPageTable<'_, ARM64LPAES1> {
/// Access the `ttbr` field of the configuration.
///
/// This is the physical address of the page table, which may be passed to the device that

---
base-commit: 2e75b259f4a4350f4d36026865be5a74554974aa
change-id: 20260703-pgtable_lt_b4-72db24dad3af

Best regards,
--
Deborah Brouwer <deborah.brouwer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>