Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] rust: kernel: add ScatterList abstraction

[Boqun Feng]

On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 06:18:17PM +0800, Qingsong Chen wrote:
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> +impl<'a> ScatterList<'a> {
> +    /// Construct a new initializer.
> +    pub fn new(buf: &'a Pin<&mut [u8]>) -> impl PinInit<ScatterList<'a>> {
> +        // SAFETY: `slot` is valid while the closure is called, the memory
> +        // buffer is pinned and valid.
> +        unsafe {
> +            init::pin_init_from_closure(move |slot: *mut Self| {
> +                (*slot).set_buf(buf);
> +                (*slot).mark_end();

Benno can provide more information, but you cannot dereference or create
a reference to `*slot`, since `slot` points to an uninitialized object
(see `try_pin_init` implementations), and referencing uninitialized
objects is UB (or may cause UB).

Note that you could do the following for `set_buf`:

	// `addr_of!`[1] is special since it won't create references
	// (even temporary onces).
	let opaque = addr_of!((*slot).opaque); // <- *const Opaque<bindings::scatterlist>

	let ptr = Opaque::raw_get(opaque); // <- *mut bindings::scatterlist

	// Maybe this can be wrapped as a Rust function with a
	// parameter: *mut bindings::scatterlist.
	unsafe {
		bindings::sg_set_buf(ptr, buf.as_ptr(), buf.len());
	}

[1]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/core/ptr/macro.addr_of.html

Regards,
Boqun

> +                Ok(())
> +            })
> +        }
> +    }
> +
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