Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] rust: add dma coherent allocator abstraction.

From: Robin Murphy
Date: Thu Dec 05 2024 - 08:07:35 EST


On 05/12/2024 11:32 am, Abdiel Janulgue wrote:
Add a simple dma coherent allocator rust abstraction. Based on
Andreas Hindborg's dma abstractions from the rnvme driver, which
was also based on earlier work by Wedson Almeida Filho.

Reviewed-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Abdiel Janulgue <abdiel.janulgue@xxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h | 1 +
rust/kernel/dma.rs | 136 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
rust/kernel/lib.rs | 1 +
3 files changed, 138 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 rust/kernel/dma.rs

diff --git a/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h b/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
index 5c4dfe22f41a..49bf713b9bb6 100644
--- a/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
+++ b/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/blk_types.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/cred.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
#include <linux/errname.h>
#include <linux/ethtool.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
diff --git a/rust/kernel/dma.rs b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd725c571ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Direct memory access (DMA).
+//!
+//! C header: [`include/linux/dma-mapping.h`](srctree/include/linux/dma-mapping.h)
+
+use crate::{
+ bindings,
+ build_assert,
+ device::Device,
+ error::code::*,
+ error::Result,
+ types::ARef,
+ transmute::{AsBytes, FromBytes},
+};
+
+/// An abstraction of the `dma_alloc_coherent` API.
+///
+/// This is an abstraction around the `dma_alloc_coherent` API which is used to allocate and map
+/// large consistent DMA regions.
+///
+/// A [`CoherentAllocation`] instance contains a pointer to the allocated region (in the
+/// processor's virtual address space) and the device address which can be given to the device
+/// as the DMA address base of the region. The region is released once [`CoherentAllocation`]
+/// is dropped.
+///
+/// # Invariants
+///
+/// For the lifetime of an instance of [`CoherentAllocation`], the cpu address is a valid pointer
+/// to an allocated region of consistent memory and we hold a reference to the device.
+pub struct CoherentAllocation<T: AsBytes + FromBytes> {
+ dev: ARef<Device>,
+ dma_handle: bindings::dma_addr_t,
+ count: usize,
+ cpu_addr: *mut T,
+}
+
+impl<T: AsBytes + FromBytes> CoherentAllocation<T> {
+ /// Allocates a region of `size_of::<T> * count` of consistent memory.
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// use kernel::device::Device;
+ /// use kernel::dma::CoherentAllocation;
+ ///
+ /// # fn test(dev: &Device) -> Result {
+ /// let c: CoherentAllocation<u64> = CoherentAllocation::alloc_coherent(dev, 4, GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ /// # Ok::<(), Error>(()) }
+ /// ```
+ pub fn alloc_coherent(
+ dev: &Device,
+ count: usize,
+ flags: kernel::alloc::Flags,

Might it be worth adding at least a placeholder type and argument for "attrs" as well, so there's less churn involved in coming back and adding it later? Or is the intention to have a separate dma_alloc_attrs() constructor for such users?

(I assume adding an mmap method as and when needed won't affect any existing users, so is fine not to worry about right now)

Thanks,
Robin.

+ ) -> Result<CoherentAllocation<T>> {
+ build_assert!(core::mem::size_of::<T>() > 0,
+ "It doesn't make sense for the allocated type to be a ZST");
+
+ let size = count.checked_mul(core::mem::size_of::<T>()).ok_or(EOVERFLOW)?;
+ let mut dma_handle = 0;
+ // SAFETY: device pointer is guaranteed as valid by invariant on `Device`.
+ // We ensure that we catch the failure on this function and throw an ENOMEM
+ let ret = unsafe {
+ bindings::dma_alloc_attrs(
+ dev.as_raw(),
+ size,
+ &mut dma_handle, flags.as_raw(),
+ 0,
+ )
+ };
+ if ret.is_null() {
+ return Err(ENOMEM)
+ }
+ // INVARIANT: We just successfully allocated a coherent region which is accessible for
+ // `count` elements, hence the cpu address is valid. We also hold a refcounted reference
+ // to the device.
+ Ok(Self {
+ dev: dev.into(),
+ dma_handle,
+ count,
+ cpu_addr: ret as *mut T,
+ })
+ }
+
+ /// Returns the base address to the allocated region and the dma handle. The caller takes
+ /// ownership of the returned resources.
+ pub fn into_parts(self) -> (usize, bindings::dma_addr_t) {
+ let ret = (self.cpu_addr as _, self.dma_handle);
+ core::mem::forget(self);
+ ret
+ }
+
+ /// Returns the base address to the allocated region in the CPU's virtual address space.
+ pub fn start_ptr(&self) -> *const T {
+ self.cpu_addr as _
+ }
+
+ /// Returns the base address to the allocated region in the CPU's virtual address space as
+ /// a mutable pointer.
+ pub fn start_ptr_mut(&mut self) -> *mut T {
+ self.cpu_addr
+ }
+
+ /// Returns a DMA handle which may given to the device as the DMA address base of
+ /// the region.
+ pub fn dma_handle(&self) -> bindings::dma_addr_t {
+ self.dma_handle
+ }
+
+ /// Returns the CPU-addressable region as a slice.
+ pub fn cpu_buf(&self) -> &[T]
+ {
+ // SAFETY: The pointer is valid due to type invariant on `CoherentAllocation` and
+ // is valid for reads for `self.count * size_of::<T>` bytes.
+ unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(self.cpu_addr, self.count) }
+ }
+
+ /// Performs the same functionality as `cpu_buf`, except that a mutable slice is returned.
+ pub fn cpu_buf_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [T]
+ {
+ // SAFETY: The pointer is valid due to type invariant on `CoherentAllocation` and
+ // is valid for reads for `self.count * size_of::<T>` bytes.
+ unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.cpu_addr, self.count) }
+ }
+}
+
+impl<T: AsBytes + FromBytes> Drop for CoherentAllocation<T> {
+ fn drop(&mut self) {
+ let size = self.count * core::mem::size_of::<T>();
+ // SAFETY: the device, cpu address, and the dma handle is valid due to the
+ // type invariants on `CoherentAllocation`.
+ unsafe { bindings::dma_free_attrs(self.dev.as_raw(), size,
+ self.cpu_addr as _,
+ self.dma_handle, 0) }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index e1065a7551a3..6e90ebf5a130 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
mod build_assert;
pub mod cred;
pub mod device;
+pub mod dma;
pub mod error;
#[cfg(CONFIG_RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS)]
pub mod firmware;