[PATCH v3 2/4] rust: debugfs: Bind file creation for long-lived Display

From: Matthew Maurer
Date: Thu May 01 2025 - 18:48:22 EST


Allows creation of files for references that live forever and lack
metadata through the `Display` implementation.

The reference must live forever because we do not have a maximum
lifetime for the file we are creating.

The `Display` implementation is used because `seq_printf` needs to route
through `%pA`, which in turn routes through Arguments. A more generic
API is provided later in the series, implemented in terms of this one.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/debugfs.rs | 134 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 134 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
index b589c2d9a8d169bd66e98d2894261784e427230e..ef69ae8f550a9fe6b0afc1c51bebaad2fc087811 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
//! C header: [`include/linux/debugfs.h`](srctree/include/linux/debugfs.h)

use crate::str::CStr;
+use core::fmt::Display;
use core::mem::ManuallyDrop;
use core::ops::Deref;

@@ -118,6 +119,48 @@ unsafe fn from_ptr(ptr: *mut bindings::dentry) -> Self {
fn as_ptr(&self) -> *mut bindings::dentry {
self.0
}
+
+ /// Create a file in a DebugFS directory with the provided name, and contents from invoking
+ /// [`Display::fmt`] on the provided reference.
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// # use kernel::c_str;
+ /// # use kernel::debugfs::Dir;
+ /// let dir = Dir::new(c_str!("my_debugfs_dir"));
+ /// dir.display_file(c_str!("foo"), &200);
+ /// // "my_debugfs_dir/foo" now contains the number 200.
+ /// ```
+ pub fn display_file<T: Display + Sized>(&self, name: &CStr, data: &'static T) -> File {
+ // SAFETY:
+ // * `name` is a NUL-terminated C string, living across the call, by `CStr` invariant.
+ // * `parent` is a live `dentry` since we have a reference to it.
+ // * `vtable` is all stock `seq_file` implementations except for `open`.
+ // `open`'s only requirement beyond what is provided to all open functions is that the
+ // inode's data pointer must point to a `T` that will outlive it, which we know because
+ // we have a static reference.
+ // * debugfs_create_file_full either returns an error code or a legal dentry pointer, so
+ // `Self::from_ptr` is safe to call here.
+ #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
+ let dir = unsafe {
+ Self::from_ptr(bindings::debugfs_create_file_full(
+ name.as_char_ptr(),
+ 0o444,
+ self.as_ptr(),
+ data as *const _ as *mut _,
+ core::ptr::null(),
+ &<T as DisplayFile>::VTABLE,
+ ))
+ };
+ #[cfg(not(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS))]
+ let dir = {
+ // Mark parameters used
+ let (_, _) = (name, data);
+ Self()
+ };
+ File(ManuallyDrop::new(dir))
+ }
}

impl Drop for Dir {
@@ -153,3 +196,94 @@ fn new(dir: Dir) -> Self {
Self(ManuallyDrop::new(dir))
}
}
+/// Handle to a DebugFS file.
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct File(ManuallyDrop<Dir>);
+
+impl File {
+ /// Remove the file from DebugFS.
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ /// ```
+ /// # use kernel::c_str;
+ /// # use kernel::debugfs::Dir;
+ /// let dir = Dir::new(c_str!("foo"));
+ /// {
+ /// let file = dir.display_file(c_str!("bar"), &0);
+ /// // "foo/bar" is created.
+ /// }
+ /// // "foo/bar" still exists.
+ /// {
+ /// let file = dir.display_file(c_str!("baz"), &0);
+ /// // "foo/baz" is created.
+ /// file.remove();
+ /// // "foo/baz" is gone.
+ /// }
+ pub fn remove(self) {
+ drop(ManuallyDrop::into_inner(self.0))
+ }
+}
+
+#[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
+mod helpers {
+ use crate::seq_file::SeqFile;
+ use crate::seq_print;
+ use core::fmt::Display;
+
+ /// Implements `open` for `file_operations` via `single_open` to fill out a `seq_file`.
+ ///
+ /// # Safety
+ ///
+ /// * `inode`'s private pointer must point to a value of type `T` which will outlive the `inode`
+ /// and will not be mutated during this call.
+ /// * `file` must point to a live, not-yet-initialized file object.
+ pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn display_open<T: Display>(
+ inode: *mut bindings::inode,
+ file: *mut bindings::file,
+ ) -> i32 {
+ // SAFETY:
+ // * `file` is acceptable by caller precondition.
+ // * `print_act` will be called on a `seq_file` with private data set to the third argument,
+ // so we meet its safety requirements.
+ // * The `data` pointer passed in the third argument is a valid `T` pointer that outlives
+ // this call by caller preconditions.
+ unsafe { bindings::single_open(file, Some(display_act::<T>), (*inode).i_private) }
+ }
+
+ /// Prints private data stashed in a seq_file to that seq file.
+ ///
+ /// # Safety
+ ///
+ /// `seq` must point to a live `seq_file` whose private data is a live pointer to a `T` which is
+ /// not being mutated.
+ pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn display_act<T: Display>(
+ seq: *mut bindings::seq_file,
+ _: *mut core::ffi::c_void,
+ ) -> i32 {
+ // SAFETY: By caller precondition, this pointer is live, points to a value of type `T`, and
+ // is not being mutated.
+ let data = unsafe { &*((*seq).private as *mut T) };
+ // SAFETY: By caller precondition, `seq_file` points to a live `seq_file`, so we can lift
+ // it.
+ let seq_file = unsafe { SeqFile::from_raw(seq) };
+ seq_print!(seq_file, "{}", data);
+ 0
+ }
+
+ // Work around lack of generic const items.
+ pub(crate) trait DisplayFile: Display + Sized {
+ const VTABLE: bindings::file_operations = bindings::file_operations {
+ read: Some(bindings::seq_read),
+ llseek: Some(bindings::seq_lseek),
+ release: Some(bindings::single_release),
+ open: Some(display_open::<Self> as _),
+ // SAFETY: `file_operations` supports zeroes in all fields.
+ ..unsafe { core::mem::zeroed() }
+ };
+ }
+
+ impl<T: Display + Sized> DisplayFile for T {}
+}
+
+#[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
+use helpers::*;

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