Re: [PATCH v6 14/26] rust: alloc: implement `IntoIterator` for `Vec`

From: Benno Lossin
Date: Tue Sep 10 2024 - 16:05:25 EST


On 16.08.24 02:10, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> Implement `IntoIterator` for `Vec`, `Vec`'s `IntoIter` type, as well as
> `Iterator` for `IntoIter`.
>
> `Vec::into_iter` disassembles the `Vec` into its raw parts; additionally,
> `IntoIter` keeps track of a separate pointer, which is incremented
> correspondingsly as the iterator advances, while the length, or the count
> of elements, is decremented.
>
> This also means that `IntoIter` takes the ownership of the backing
> buffer and is responsible to drop the remaining elements and free the
> backing buffer, if it's dropped.
>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> rust/kernel/alloc.rs | 1 +
> rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs | 184 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 185 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc.rs
> index e88c7e10ee9b..4ff4df4597a3 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/alloc.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/alloc.rs
> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
> pub use self::kbox::KVBox;
> pub use self::kbox::VBox;
>
> +pub use self::kvec::IntoIter;
> pub use self::kvec::KVVec;
> pub use self::kvec::KVec;
> pub use self::kvec::VVec;
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> index 89afc0f25bd4..3b79f977b65e 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> ops::DerefMut,
> ops::Index,
> ops::IndexMut,
> + ptr,
> ptr::NonNull,
> slice,
> slice::SliceIndex,
> @@ -627,3 +628,186 @@ fn eq(&self, other: &$rhs) -> bool { self[..] == other[..] }
> __impl_slice_eq! { [A: Allocator] [T], Vec<U, A> }
> __impl_slice_eq! { [A: Allocator, const N: usize] Vec<T, A>, [U; N] }
> __impl_slice_eq! { [A: Allocator, const N: usize] Vec<T, A>, &[U; N] }
> +
> +impl<'a, T, A> IntoIterator for &'a Vec<T, A>
> +where
> + A: Allocator,
> +{
> + type Item = &'a T;
> + type IntoIter = slice::Iter<'a, T>;
> +
> + fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
> + self.iter()
> + }
> +}
> +
> +impl<'a, T, A: Allocator> IntoIterator for &'a mut Vec<T, A>
> +where
> + A: Allocator,
> +{
> + type Item = &'a mut T;
> + type IntoIter = slice::IterMut<'a, T>;
> +
> + fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
> + self.iter_mut()
> + }
> +}
> +
> +/// An `Iterator` implementation for `Vec<T,A>` that moves elements out of a vector.

Please make both links.

> +///
> +/// This structure is created by the `Vec::into_iter` method on [`Vec`] (provided by the

Ditto.

> +/// [`IntoIterator`] trait).
> +///
> +/// # Examples
> +///
> +/// ```
> +/// let v = kernel::kvec![0, 1, 2]?;
> +/// let iter = v.into_iter();
> +///
> +/// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
> +/// ```
> +pub struct IntoIter<T, A: Allocator> {
> + ptr: *mut T,
> + buf: NonNull<T>,

No invariants for these two fields?

> + len: usize,
> + cap: usize,
> + _p: PhantomData<A>,
> +}
> +
> +impl<T, A> IntoIter<T, A>
> +where
> + A: Allocator,
> +{
> + fn as_raw_mut_slice(&mut self) -> *mut [T] {
> + ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(self.ptr, self.len)
> + }
> +}
> +
> +impl<T, A> Iterator for IntoIter<T, A>
> +where
> + A: Allocator,
> +{
> + type Item = T;
> +
> + /// # Examples
> + ///
> + /// ```
> + /// let v = kernel::kvec![1, 2, 3]?;
> + /// let mut it = v.into_iter();
> + ///
> + /// assert_eq!(it.next(), Some(1));
> + /// assert_eq!(it.next(), Some(2));
> + /// assert_eq!(it.next(), Some(3));
> + /// assert_eq!(it.next(), None);
> + ///
> + /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
> + /// ```

AFAIK documentation on functions in trait implementations won't show up
in rustdoc (I just checked this). So I would remove it.

> + fn next(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
> + if self.len == 0 {
> + return None;
> + }
> +
> + let ptr = self.ptr;
> + if !Vec::<T, A>::is_zst() {
> + // SAFETY: We can't overflow; `end` is guaranteed to mark the end of the buffer.
> + unsafe { self.ptr = self.ptr.add(1) };
> + } else {
> + // For ZST `ptr` has to stay where it is to remain aligned, so we just reduce `self.len`
> + // by 1.

Note that `<*mut T>::add` advances the pointer by `size_of::<T>()`
bytes. So in the case that `T` is a ZST, it won't be advanced.
So you could remove this `if`.

> + }
> + self.len -= 1;
> +
> + // SAFETY: `ptr` is guaranteed to point at a valid element within the buffer.
> + Some(unsafe { ptr.read() })
> + }
> +
> + /// # Examples
> + ///
> + /// ```
> + /// let v: KVec<u32> = kernel::kvec![1, 2, 3]?;
> + /// let mut iter = v.into_iter();
> + /// let size = iter.size_hint().0;
> + ///
> + /// iter.next();
> + /// assert_eq!(iter.size_hint().0, size - 1);
> + ///
> + /// iter.next();
> + /// assert_eq!(iter.size_hint().0, size - 2);
> + ///
> + /// iter.next();
> + /// assert_eq!(iter.size_hint().0, size - 3);
> + ///
> + /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
> + /// ```
> + fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
> + (self.len, Some(self.len))
> + }
> +}
> +
> +impl<T, A> Drop for IntoIter<T, A>
> +where
> + A: Allocator,
> +{
> + fn drop(&mut self) {
> + // SAFETY: Drop the remaining vector's elements in place, before we free the backing
> + // memory.

This comment explains why you are doing it, not why it's ok to do it.

> + unsafe { ptr::drop_in_place(self.as_raw_mut_slice()) };
> +
> + // If `cap == 0` we never allocated any memory in the first place.
> + if self.cap != 0 {
> + // SAFETY: `self.buf` was previously allocated with `A`.
> + unsafe { A::free(self.buf.cast()) };
> + }
> + }
> +}
> +
> +impl<T, A> IntoIterator for Vec<T, A>
> +where
> + A: Allocator,
> +{
> + type Item = T;
> + type IntoIter = IntoIter<T, A>;
> +
> + /// Consumes the `Vec<T, A>` and creates an `Iterator`, which moves each value out of the
> + /// vector (from start to end).
> + ///
> + /// # Examples
> + ///
> + /// ```
> + /// let v = kernel::kvec![1, 2]?;
> + /// let mut v_iter = v.into_iter();
> + ///
> + /// let first_element: Option<u32> = v_iter.next();
> + ///
> + /// assert_eq!(first_element, Some(1));
> + /// assert_eq!(v_iter.next(), Some(2));
> + /// assert_eq!(v_iter.next(), None);
> + ///
> + /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
> + /// ```
> + ///
> + /// ```
> + /// let v = kernel::kvec![];
> + /// let mut v_iter = v.into_iter();
> + ///
> + /// let first_element: Option<u32> = v_iter.next();
> + ///
> + /// assert_eq!(first_element, None);
> + ///
> + /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
> + /// ```

I feel a bit bad that you wrote all of this nice documentation for
functions that receive their documentation from the trait...

---
Cheers,
Benno

> + #[inline]
> + fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
> + let (ptr, len, cap) = self.into_raw_parts();
> +
> + IntoIter {
> + ptr,
> + // SAFETY: `ptr` is either a dangling pointer or a pointer to a valid memory
> + // allocation, allocated with `A`.
> + buf: unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr) },
> + len,
> + cap,
> + _p: PhantomData::<A>,
> + }
> + }
> +}
> --
> 2.46.0
>