[tip: locking/core] rust: revocable: Use LKMM atomics instead of Rust atomics

From: tip-bot2 for Gary Guo

Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 12:42:29 EST


The following commit has been merged into the locking/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 3f90c16d413b2f68407f1c5bb112a1b16ea35dc4
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/3f90c16d413b2f68407f1c5bb112a1b16ea35dc4
Author: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:55:35 +01:00
Committer: Boqun Feng <boqun@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 05:52:54 -07:00

rust: revocable: Use LKMM atomics instead of Rust atomics

Kernel code should use LKMM atomics. The existing code is `AtomicBool`
with the need to use `xchg`, so convert it to `AtomicFlag`.

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260716145536.3681630-1-gary@xxxxxxxxxx
---
rust/kernel/revocable.rs | 21 +++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/revocable.rs b/rust/kernel/revocable.rs
index f539603..0e55e2a 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/revocable.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/revocable.rs
@@ -9,14 +9,19 @@ use pin_init::Wrapper;

use crate::{
prelude::*,
- sync::rcu,
+ sync::{
+ atomic::{
+ AtomicFlag,
+ Relaxed, //
+ },
+ rcu, //
+ },
types::Opaque, //
};
use core::{
marker::PhantomData,
ops::Deref,
- ptr::drop_in_place,
- sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+ ptr::drop_in_place, //
};

/// An object that can become inaccessible at runtime.
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ use core::{
/// ```
#[pin_data(PinnedDrop)]
pub struct Revocable<T> {
- is_available: AtomicBool,
+ is_available: AtomicFlag,
#[pin]
data: Opaque<T>,
}
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ impl<T> Revocable<T> {
/// Creates a new revocable instance of the given data.
pub fn new<E>(data: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> impl PinInit<Self, E> {
try_pin_init!(Self {
- is_available: AtomicBool::new(true),
+ is_available: AtomicFlag::new(true),
data <- Opaque::pin_init(data),
}? E)
}
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ impl<T> Revocable<T> {
/// because another CPU may be waiting to complete the revocation of this object.
pub fn try_access(&self) -> Option<RevocableGuard<'_, T>> {
let guard = rcu::read_lock();
- if self.is_available.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+ if self.is_available.load(Relaxed) {
// Since `self.is_available` is true, data is initialised and has to remain valid
// because the RCU read side lock prevents it from being dropped.
Some(RevocableGuard::new(self.data.get(), guard))
@@ -120,7 +125,7 @@ impl<T> Revocable<T> {
/// allowed to sleep because another CPU may be waiting to complete the revocation of this
/// object.
pub fn try_access_with_guard<'a>(&'a self, _guard: &'a rcu::Guard) -> Option<&'a T> {
- if self.is_available.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+ if self.is_available.load(Relaxed) {
// SAFETY: Since `self.is_available` is true, data is initialised and has to remain
// valid because the RCU read side lock prevents it from being dropped.
Some(unsafe { &*self.data.get() })
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ impl<T> Revocable<T> {
///
/// Callers must ensure that there are no more concurrent users of the revocable object.
unsafe fn revoke_internal<const SYNC: bool>(&self) -> bool {
- let revoke = self.is_available.swap(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+ let revoke = self.is_available.xchg(false, Relaxed);

if revoke {
if SYNC {