[PATCH v2] rust: transmute: Add implementation for FromBytes trait

From: Christian dos Santos de Lima
Date: Sat Oct 12 2024 - 03:01:39 EST


Add implementation and documentation for FromBytes trait.

Add new feature block in order to allow using ToBytes
and bound to from_bytes_mut function. I'm adding this feature
because is possible create a value with disallowed bit pattern
and as_byte_mut could create such value by mutating the array and
acessing the original value. So adding ToBytes this can be avoided.

Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1119
Signed-off-by: Christian dos Santos de Lima <christiansantoslima21@xxxxxxxxx>
---
changes in v2:
- Rollback the implementation for the macro in the repository and add implementation of functions in trait
---
rust/kernel/lib.rs | 2 +
rust/kernel/transmute.rs | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index dc37aef6a008..5215f5744e12 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
#![feature(lint_reasons)]
#![feature(new_uninit)]
#![feature(unsize)]
+#![feature(portable_simd)]
+#![feature(trivial_bounds)]

// Ensure conditional compilation based on the kernel configuration works;
// otherwise we may silently break things like initcall handling.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/transmute.rs b/rust/kernel/transmute.rs
index 1c7d43771a37..bce42cc7265e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/transmute.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/transmute.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@

//! Traits for transmuting types.

+use core::simd::ToBytes;
/// Types for which any bit pattern is valid.
///
/// Not all types are valid for all values. For example, a `bool` must be either zero or one, so
@@ -9,15 +10,58 @@
///
/// It's okay for the type to have padding, as initializing those bytes has no effect.
///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// This example is how to use the FromBytes trait
+/// ```
+/// // Initialize a slice of bytes
+/// let foo = &[1, 2, 3, 4];
+///
+/// //Use the function implemented by trait in integer type
+/// let result = u8::from_bytes(foo);
+///
+/// assert_eq!(*result, 0x4030201);
+/// ```
/// # Safety
///
/// All bit-patterns must be valid for this type. This type must not have interior mutability.
-pub unsafe trait FromBytes {}
+pub unsafe trait FromBytes {
+ ///Get an imutable slice of bytes and converts to a reference to Self
+ unsafe fn from_bytes(slice_of_bytes: &[u8]) -> &Self;
+ /// Get a mutable slice of bytes and converts to a reference to Self
+ ///
+ /// # Safety
+ ///
+ /// Bound ToBytes in order to avoid use with disallowed bit patterns
+ unsafe fn from_bytes_mut(slice_of_bytes: &mut [u8]) -> &mut Self
+ where
+ Self: ToBytes;
+}

+//Get a reference of slice of bytes and converts into a reference of integer or a slice with a defined size
macro_rules! impl_frombytes {
($($({$($generics:tt)*})? $t:ty, )*) => {
// SAFETY: Safety comments written in the macro invocation.
- $(unsafe impl$($($generics)*)? FromBytes for $t {})*
+ $(unsafe impl$($($generics)*)? FromBytes for $t {
+ unsafe fn from_bytes(slice_of_bytes: &[u8]) -> &Self
+ {
+ unsafe {
+ let slice_ptr = slice_of_bytes.as_ptr() as *const Self;
+ &*slice_ptr
+ }
+ }
+
+ unsafe fn from_bytes_mut(slice_of_bytes: &mut [u8]) -> &mut Self
+ where
+ Self: ToBytes,
+ {
+ unsafe {
+ let slice_ptr = slice_of_bytes.as_mut_ptr() as *mut Self;
+ &mut *slice_ptr
+ }
+
+ }
+ })*
};
}

@@ -28,44 +72,52 @@ macro_rules! impl_frombytes {

// SAFETY: If all bit patterns are acceptable for individual values in an array, then all bit
// patterns are also acceptable for arrays of that type.
- {<T: FromBytes>} [T],
{<T: FromBytes, const N: usize>} [T; N],
}

-/// Types that can be viewed as an immutable slice of initialized bytes.
+/// Get a reference of slice of bytes and converts into a reference of an array of integers
///
-/// If a struct implements this trait, then it is okay to copy it byte-for-byte to userspace. This
-/// means that it should not have any padding, as padding bytes are uninitialized. Reading
-/// uninitialized memory is not just undefined behavior, it may even lead to leaking sensitive
-/// information on the stack to userspace.
+/// Types for which any bit pattern is valid.
///
-/// The struct should also not hold kernel pointers, as kernel pointer addresses are also considered
-/// sensitive. However, leaking kernel pointers is not considered undefined behavior by Rust, so
-/// this is a correctness requirement, but not a safety requirement.
+/// Not all types are valid for all values. For example, a `bool` must be either zero or one, so
+/// reading arbitrary bytes into something that contains a `bool` is not okay.
///
-/// # Safety
+/// It's okay for the type to have padding, as initializing those bytes has no effect.
///
-/// Values of this type may not contain any uninitialized bytes. This type must not have interior
-/// mutability.
-pub unsafe trait AsBytes {}
-
-macro_rules! impl_asbytes {
- ($($({$($generics:tt)*})? $t:ty, )*) => {
- // SAFETY: Safety comments written in the macro invocation.
- $(unsafe impl$($($generics)*)? AsBytes for $t {})*
- };
-}
-
-impl_asbytes! {
- // SAFETY: Instances of the following types have no uninitialized portions.
- u8, u16, u32, u64, usize,
- i8, i16, i32, i64, isize,
- bool,
- char,
- str,
+/// # Example
+///
+/// This example is how to use the FromBytes trait
+/// ```
+/// // Initialize a slice of bytes
+/// let foo = &[1, 2, 3, 4];
+///
+/// //Use the function implemented by trait in integer type
+/// let result = <[u32]>::from_bytes(slice_of_bytes);
+///
+/// assert_eq!(*result, 0x4030201);
+/// ```
+// SAFETY: If all bit patterns are acceptable for individual values in an array, then all bit
+// patterns are also acceptable for arrays of that type.
+unsafe impl<T: FromBytes> FromBytes for [T] {
+ unsafe fn from_bytes(slice_of_bytes: &[u8]) -> &Self {
+ //Safety: Guarantee that all values are initiliazed
+ unsafe {
+ let slice_ptr = slice_of_bytes.as_ptr() as *const T;
+ let slice_len = slice_of_bytes.len() / core::mem::size_of::<T>();
+ core::slice::from_raw_parts(slice_ptr, slice_len)
+ }
+ }

- // SAFETY: If individual values in an array have no uninitialized portions, then the array
- // itself does not have any uninitialized portions either.
- {<T: AsBytes>} [T],
- {<T: AsBytes, const N: usize>} [T; N],
+ //Safety: Guarantee that all values are initiliazed
+ unsafe fn from_bytes_mut(slice_of_bytes: &mut [u8]) -> &mut Self
+ where
+ Self: ToBytes,
+ {
+ //Safety: Guarantee that all values are initiliazed
+ unsafe {
+ let slice_ptr = slice_of_bytes.as_mut_ptr() as *mut T;
+ let slice_len = slice_of_bytes.len() / core::mem::size_of::<T>();
+ core::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(slice_ptr, slice_len)
+ }
+ }
}
--
2.47.0