Re: [PATCH v8 4/7] rust: time: Add wrapper for fsleep function

From: Alice Ryhl
Date: Thu Jan 16 2025 - 04:27:28 EST


On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM FUJITA Tomonori
<fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add a wrapper for fsleep, flexible sleep functions in
> `include/linux/delay.h` which typically deals with hardware delays.
>
> The kernel supports several `sleep` functions to handle various
> lengths of delay. This adds fsleep, automatically chooses the best
> sleep method based on a duration.
>
> `sleep` functions including `fsleep` belongs to TIMERS, not
> TIMEKEEPING. They are maintained separately. rust/kernel/time.rs is an
> abstraction for TIMEKEEPING. To make Rust abstractions match the C
> side, add rust/kernel/time/delay.rs for this wrapper.
>
> fsleep() can only be used in a nonatomic context. This requirement is
> not checked by these abstractions, but it is intended that klint [1]
> or a similar tool will be used to check it in the future.
>
> Link: https://rust-for-linux.com/klint [1]
> Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> rust/helpers/helpers.c | 1 +
> rust/helpers/time.c | 8 ++++++++
> rust/kernel/time.rs | 4 +++-
> rust/kernel/time/delay.rs | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 rust/helpers/time.c
> create mode 100644 rust/kernel/time/delay.rs
>
> diff --git a/rust/helpers/helpers.c b/rust/helpers/helpers.c
> index dcf827a61b52..d16aeda7a558 100644
> --- a/rust/helpers/helpers.c
> +++ b/rust/helpers/helpers.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
> #include "slab.c"
> #include "spinlock.c"
> #include "task.c"
> +#include "time.c"
> #include "uaccess.c"
> #include "vmalloc.c"
> #include "wait.c"
> diff --git a/rust/helpers/time.c b/rust/helpers/time.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..7ae64ad8141d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/helpers/time.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +#include <linux/delay.h>
> +
> +void rust_helper_fsleep(unsigned long usecs)
> +{
> + fsleep(usecs);
> +}
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/time.rs b/rust/kernel/time.rs
> index da54a70f8f1f..3be2bf578519 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/time.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/time.rs
> @@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
>
> //! Time related primitives.
> //!
> -//! This module contains the kernel APIs related to time and timers that
> +//! This module contains the kernel APIs related to time that
> //! have been ported or wrapped for usage by Rust code in the kernel.
> //!
> //! C header: [`include/linux/jiffies.h`](srctree/include/linux/jiffies.h).
> //! C header: [`include/linux/ktime.h`](srctree/include/linux/ktime.h).
>
> +pub mod delay;
> +
> /// The number of nanoseconds per microsecond.
> pub const NSEC_PER_USEC: i64 = bindings::NSEC_PER_USEC as i64;
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/delay.rs b/rust/kernel/time/delay.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..db5c08b0f230
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/kernel/time/delay.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +//! Delay and sleep primitives.
> +//!
> +//! This module contains the kernel APIs related to delay and sleep that
> +//! have been ported or wrapped for usage by Rust code in the kernel.
> +//!
> +//! C header: [`include/linux/delay.h`](srctree/include/linux/delay.h).
> +
> +use super::Delta;
> +use crate::ffi::c_ulong;
> +
> +/// Sleeps for a given duration at least.
> +///
> +/// Equivalent to the kernel's [`fsleep`], flexible sleep function,
> +/// which automatically chooses the best sleep method based on a duration.
> +///
> +/// `delta` must be 0 or greater and no more than `u32::MAX / 2` microseconds.
> +/// If a value outside the range is given, the function will sleep
> +/// for `u32::MAX / 2` microseconds (= ~2147 seconds or ~36 minutes) at least.
> +///
> +/// This function can only be used in a nonatomic context.
> +pub fn fsleep(delta: Delta) {
> + // The argument of fsleep is an unsigned long, 32-bit on 32-bit architectures.
> + // Considering that fsleep rounds up the duration to the nearest millisecond,
> + // set the maximum value to u32::MAX / 2 microseconds.
> + const MAX_DURATION: Delta = Delta::from_micros(u32::MAX as i64 >> 1);

Hmm, is this value correct on 64-bit platforms?

> + let duration = if delta > MAX_DURATION || delta.is_negative() {
> + // TODO: add WARN_ONCE() when it's supported.
> + MAX_DURATION
> + } else {
> + delta
> + };
> +
> + // SAFETY: FFI call.
> + unsafe {

This safety comment is incomplete. You can say this:

// SAFETY: It is always safe to call fsleep with any duration.

Alice