Re: [PATCH 2/4] rust: device: implement bus_type_raw()

From: Danilo Krummrich
Date: Thu Mar 20 2025 - 08:04:54 EST


On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 08:36:02AM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 09:30:26PM +0100, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> > Implement bus_type_raw(), which returns a raw pointer to the device'
> > struct bus_type.
> >
> > This is useful for bus devices, to implement the following trait.
> >
> > impl TryFrom<&Device> for &pci::Device
> >
> > With this a caller can try to get the bus specific device from a generic
> > device in a safe way. try_from() will only succeed if the generic
> > device' bus type pointer matches the pointer of the bus' type.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > rust/kernel/device.rs | 7 +++++++
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/device.rs b/rust/kernel/device.rs
> > index 76b341441f3f..e2de0efd4a27 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/device.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/device.rs
> > @@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ pub fn parent<'a>(&self) -> Option<&'a Self> {
> > }
> > }
> >
> > + /// Returns a raw pointer to the device' bus type.
> > + #[expect(unused)]
> > + pub(crate) fn bus_type_raw(&self) -> *const bindings::bus_type {
> > + // SAFETY: By the type invariants, `self.as_raw()` is a valid pointer to a `struct device`.
>
> Is this field immutable?

dev->bus is a pointer to a const struct bus_type, yes.

>
> > + unsafe { (*self.as_raw()).bus }
> > + }
> > +
> > /// Convert a raw C `struct device` pointer to a `&'a Device`.
> > ///
> > /// # Safety
> > --
> > 2.48.1
> >