[PATCH v2 03/16] rust: io: support register projections

From: Gary Guo

Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 12:44:39 EST


`IoLoc`s themselves just describe a projection from a region to a concrete
register. Thus, support it in `io_project` macro too. Also, update methods
that operate on `IoLoc` to use I/O projection.

Documentation of `io_project!` is not expanded yet as the example works
better when `register!` type can specify base type. `io_read!` and
`io_write!` gains the ability to operate on registers as corollary of the
capability of `io_project!`. Examples are not added because `read` and
`write` is still preferrably used instead.

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/io.rs | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/io.rs b/rust/kernel/io.rs
index 71c6180ed745..ae18890866b6 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io.rs
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ fn transmute_neo<Src: IntoBytes, Dst: FromBytes>(val: Src) -> Dst {
///
/// The layout of the type and the underlying primitive must match; this is enforced via const
/// assertions when I/O methods are used, as the type system cannot represent this.
-/// [`IoRepr::from_repr`] and [`IoRepr::into_expr`] can be overridden for conversions, however it
+/// [`IoRepr::from_repr`] and [`IoRepr::into_repr`] can be overridden for conversions, however it
/// should be noted that they are only invoked on value read/write operations and are not invoked
/// on byte operations such as [`Io::copy_read`].
///
@@ -970,8 +970,7 @@ fn try_read<T, L>(self, location: L) -> Result<T>
L: IoLoc<Self::Target, T>,
Self::Backend: IoCapable<<T as IoRepr>::Repr>,
{
- let view = io_view::<Self, T>(self, location.offset())?;
- Ok(view.read_val())
+ Ok(io_read!(self, try: location))
}

/// Generic fallible write with runtime bounds check.
@@ -1004,8 +1003,7 @@ fn try_write<T, L>(self, location: L, value: T) -> Result
L: IoLoc<Self::Target, T>,
Self::Backend: IoCapable<<T as IoRepr>::Repr>,
{
- let view = io_view::<Self, T>(self, location.offset())?;
- view.write_val(value);
+ io_write!(self, try: location, value);
Ok(())
}

@@ -1084,7 +1082,7 @@ fn try_update<T, L, F>(self, location: L, f: F) -> Result
Self::Backend: IoCapable<<T as IoRepr>::Repr>,
F: FnOnce(T) -> T,
{
- let view = io_view::<Self, T>(self, location.offset())?;
+ let view = io_project!(self, try: location);
view.write_val(f(view.read_val()));
Ok(())
}
@@ -1117,8 +1115,7 @@ fn read<T, L>(self, location: L) -> T
L: IoLoc<Self::Target, T>,
Self::Backend: IoCapable<<T as IoRepr>::Repr>,
{
- let view = io_view_assert::<Self, T>(self, location.offset());
- view.read_val()
+ io_read!(self, build: location)
}

/// Generic infallible write with compile-time bounds check.
@@ -1149,8 +1146,7 @@ fn write<T, L>(self, location: L, value: T)
L: IoLoc<Self::Target, T>,
Self::Backend: IoCapable<<T as IoRepr>::Repr>,
{
- let view = io_view_assert::<Self, T>(self, location.offset());
- view.write_val(value)
+ io_write!(self, build: location, value);
}

/// Generic infallible write of a fully-located register value.
@@ -1227,7 +1223,7 @@ fn update<T, L, F>(self, location: L, f: F)
Self::Backend: IoCapable<<T as IoRepr>::Repr>,
F: FnOnce(T) -> T,
{
- let view = io_view_assert::<Self, T>(self, location.offset());
+ let view = io_project!(self, build: location);
view.write_val(f(view.read_val()));
}
}
@@ -1772,6 +1768,25 @@ pub unsafe fn project_view<U: ?Sized + KnownSize>(
// SAFETY: Per safety requirement.
unsafe { T::Backend::project_view::<T::Target, _>(self.0, ptr) }
}
+
+ #[inline(always)]
+ pub fn try_project_loc<U, L>(
+ self,
+ location: L,
+ ) -> Result<<T::Backend as IoBackend>::View<'a, U>>
+ where
+ L: IoLoc<T::Target, U>,
+ {
+ io_view::<_, U>(self.0, location.offset())
+ }
+
+ #[inline(always)]
+ pub fn project_loc<U, L>(self, location: L) -> <T::Backend as IoBackend>::View<'a, U>
+ where
+ L: IoLoc<T::Target, U>,
+ {
+ io_view_assert::<_, U>(self.0, location.offset())
+ }
}

/// Project an I/O type to a subview of it.
@@ -1799,6 +1814,21 @@ pub unsafe fn project_view<U: ?Sized + KnownSize>(
#[macro_export]
#[doc(hidden)]
macro_rules! io_project {
+ // Register projection
+ ($io:expr, try: $ioloc:expr) => {{
+ #[allow(unused)]
+ use $crate::io::IoBase as _;
+ let view = $crate::io::ProjectHelper($io.as_view());
+ view.try_project_loc($ioloc)?
+ }};
+ ($io:expr, build: $ioloc:expr) => {{
+ #[allow(unused)]
+ use $crate::io::IoBase as _;
+ let view = $crate::io::ProjectHelper($io.as_view());
+ view.project_loc($ioloc)
+ }};
+
+ // Field or index projection
($io:expr, $($proj:tt)*) => {{
#[allow(unused)]
use $crate::io::IoBase as _;
@@ -1869,6 +1899,12 @@ macro_rules! io_write {
(@parse [$io:expr] [$($proj:tt)*] [[$flavor:ident: $index:expr] $($rest:tt)*]) => {
$crate::io_write!(@parse [$io] [$($proj)* [$flavor: $index]] [$($rest)*])
};
+ (@parse [$io:expr] [] [try: $ioloc:expr, $($rest:tt)*]) => {
+ $crate::io_write!(@parse [$io] [try: $ioloc] [, $($rest)*])
+ };
+ (@parse [$io:expr] [] [build: $ioloc:expr, $($rest:tt)*]) => {
+ $crate::io_write!(@parse [$io] [build: $ioloc] [, $($rest)*])
+ };
($io:expr, $($rest:tt)*) => {
$crate::io_write!(@parse [$io] [] [$($rest)*])
};

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