Re: [PATCH v7 0/1] Rust PCI capability infrastructure and SR-IOV support

[Zhi Wang]

On Tue, 4 Aug 2026 19:16:10 +0300
Zhi Wang <zhiw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Gentle ping. :)

> This is a follow-up to v6 [10].
> 
> This patch has been used in the Boot GSP with vGPU enabled series [6].
> 
> The patch defines an ExtCapability trait that associates an extended
> capability ID with its register layout. The generic
> ConfigSpace::find_ext_capability() finder locates the capability,
> bounds it at the next capability or the end of extended configuration
> space, and projects the ConfigSpace view to the requested layout. It
> returns None when the capability is absent and propagates errors
> encountered while constructing the view. This lets the existing I/O
> projection and access macros operate on capability registers.
> 
> ExtSriovRegs provides the SR-IOV register layout.
> ExtSriovCapability::vf_bars() validates the six raw VF BAR slots and
> returns an iterator over logical BARs. The iterator handles the
> different slot widths of 32-bit and 64-bit BARs internally and yields
> decoded ExtSriovVfBar values containing the address and width. A
> typed bitfield decodes each low DWORD while the register layout
> remains an array of raw u32 values. ExtSriovCapability remains as a
> convenience alias.
> 
> Changes since v6:
> - Changed ConfigSpace::find_ext_capability() to return
>   Result<Option<...>>, using None rather than ENODEV when the
> capability is absent. (Gary)
> - Made calculate_ext_cap_size() propagate errors instead of treating a
>   failed read as the end of capability. (Alex)
> - Replaced indexed VF BAR access with an iterator so callers cannot
> select the high DWORD of a 64-bit BAR. (Gary, Alex)
> - Validated all six VF BAR slots before iteration, made normal
> iterator exhaustion return None, and logged invalid BAR encodings
> before returning EINVAL. (Gary)
> - Decoded VF BAR low DWORDs through a typed bitfield while retaining
> u32 in ExtSriovRegs for entries that may be 64-bit BAR high DWORDs.
> (Alex)
> - Made ExtSriovVfBar fields public and documented, removed their
> trivial getters, used the ExtSriovCapability alias for its impl
> block, and applied the suggested local cleanups. (Alex)
> - Updated the doctest for the optional finder result and VF BAR
> iterator. (Zhi)
> - Added #[inline] to the ExtCapId::as_raw() abstraction method.
> (Sashiko)
> - Rebased onto the latest drm-rust-next. (Zhi)
> 
> Changes since v5:
> - Removed the unused ConfigSpace<Region<0>> offset() and size()
> inherent methods; ConfigSpace already provides size through the Io
> trait. (Sashiko, Zhi)
> - Removed the doctest write to the SR-IOV NumVFs register, avoiding an
>   example that bypasses PCI core SR-IOV state management. (Sashiko)
> - Corrected Function Dependency Link to an 8-bit field followed by its
>   reserved byte, matching the PCIe SR-IOV register layout. (Sashiko)
> 
> Changes since v4:
> - Replaced the separate is_vf_bar_64bit() and read_vf_bar64() helpers
>   with read_vf_bar(), returning a decoded ExtSriovVfBar. (Zhi)
> - Moved memory BAR attribute stripping into the PCI abstraction and
> used named PCI attribute definitions rather than an open-coded mask.
> (Zhi)
> - Exposed the next logical BAR slot so callers can walk mixed 32-bit
> and 64-bit VF BAR layouts without duplicating slot arithmetic. (Zhi)
> - Updated the doctest and PCI exports for the decoded BAR API. (Zhi)
> 
> Changes since v3:
> - Replaced the custom ExtCapability<T> I/O wrapper with the existing
>   ConfigSpace view infrastructure. (Alex)
> - Reused ExtCapability as a trait carrying the capability ID, and made
>   ConfigSpace::find_ext_capability() generic over register layouts.
>   (Alex)
> - Removed public cast_sized() and unused find_next_ext_capability().
>   (Alex)
> - Kept capability construction in the generic finder and documented
>   calculate_ext_cap_size(). (Alex)
> - Used PCI_SRIOV_NUM_BARS rather than a literal VF BAR count.
>   (Alex, Zhi)
> - Added is_vf_bar_64bit() and made read_vf_bar64() reject BARs that
> are not 64-bit memory BARs. (Alex, Zhi)
> - Kept indexed VF BAR helpers because the Nova user accesses fixed BAR
>   slots rather than iterating over them. (Alex)
> - Adapted the implementation and doctest to the current ConfigSpace
> I/O APIs. (Zhi)
> 
> Changes since RFC v2:
> - Hardened calculate_ext_cap_size() against corrupt capability lists.
>   (Zhi)
> - Added // INVARIANT: comments at all ExtCapability construction sites
>   (make_ext_capability and cast_sized). (Zhi)
> - Added #[inline] to small forwarding methods (find, read_vf_bar64).
>   (Zhi)
> 
> Changes since RFC:
> - Rebased on io_projection branch, using Gary's Io/IoCapable traits.
>   (Gary)
> - ExtCapability implements Io and delegates IoCapable to ConfigSpace
>   instead of duplicating config read/write logic. (Gary)
> - Dropped the fallible I/O patch (now upstream in this tree). (Zhi)
> - Added Rust helper for PCI_EXT_CAP_NEXT() macro. (Zhi)
> - Replaced raw `as` casts with From conversions where possible. (Zhi)
> - Renamed SriovRegs/SriovCapability to
> ExtSriovRegs/ExtSriovCapability. (Zhi)
> 
> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260409185254.3869808-1-zhiw@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [2]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/DHRTUAF52GNI.1J98TSAG1LS6Q@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [3]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/DI2SL4G5INLY.2W1IFTR081ID3@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [4]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260225180449.1813833-1-zhiw@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [5]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260323153807.1360705-1-gary@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [6]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260313165336.935771-1-zhiw@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [7]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260714165827.2937960-1-zhiw@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [8]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260730180349.771719-1-zhiw@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [9]
> https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260730180349.771719-2-zhiw@xxxxxxxxxx?part=1
> [10]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260730182954.783568-1-zhiw@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [11]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/DKC4MR1ZBQMP.3L7X2C96OJLFU@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> [12]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/DKCOUE9DRG5R.2VAVA78UTVKST@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [13]
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/DKCRGMZJXO6X.1SWGREC78DH0W@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> [14]
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260730183913.B00061F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Zhi Wang (1):
>   rust: pci: add extended capability and SR-IOV support
> 
>  rust/helpers/pci.c     |   5 +
>  rust/kernel/pci.rs     |   8 ++
>  rust/kernel/pci/cap.rs | 317
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 330
> insertions(+) create mode 100644 rust/kernel/pci/cap.rs
> 
> 
> base-commit: 44e7e7f7cffb10a93bb88e7cb59b7b8b3e2deb1c