[PATCH 3/3] rust: iov: take advantage from file::Offset

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Tue Nov 04 2025 - 19:24:04 EST


Make use of file::Offset, now that we have a dedicated type for it.

Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/iov.rs | 13 +++++++++----
samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs | 2 +-
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/iov.rs b/rust/kernel/iov.rs
index 43bae8923c46..a3b1233441b6 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/iov.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/iov.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
use crate::{
alloc::{Allocator, Flags},
bindings,
+ fs::file,
prelude::*,
types::Opaque,
};
@@ -292,8 +293,12 @@ pub fn copy_to_iter(&mut self, input: &[u8]) -> usize {
/// that the file will appear to contain `contents` even if takes multiple reads to read the
/// entire file.
#[inline]
- pub fn simple_read_from_buffer(&mut self, ppos: &mut i64, contents: &[u8]) -> Result<usize> {
- if *ppos < 0 {
+ pub fn simple_read_from_buffer(
+ &mut self,
+ ppos: &mut file::Offset,
+ contents: &[u8],
+ ) -> Result<usize> {
+ if ppos.is_negative() {
return Err(EINVAL);
}
let Ok(pos) = usize::try_from(*ppos) else {
@@ -306,8 +311,8 @@ pub fn simple_read_from_buffer(&mut self, ppos: &mut i64, contents: &[u8]) -> Re
// BOUNDS: We just checked that `pos < contents.len()` above.
let num_written = self.copy_to_iter(&contents[pos..]);

- // OVERFLOW: `pos+num_written <= contents.len() <= isize::MAX <= i64::MAX`.
- *ppos = (pos + num_written) as i64;
+ // OVERFLOW: `pos+num_written <= contents.len() <= isize::MAX <= file::Offset::MAX`.
+ *ppos += num_written as isize;

Ok(num_written)
}
diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs b/samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs
index 6a9f59ccf71d..edbcc761b4a2 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ fn read_iter(mut kiocb: Kiocb<'_, Self::Ptr>, iov: &mut IovIterDest<'_>) -> Resu

let inner = me.inner.lock();
// Read the buffer contents, taking the file position into account.
- let read = iov.simple_read_from_buffer(&mut kiocb.ki_pos_mut().0, &inner.buffer)?;
+ let read = iov.simple_read_from_buffer(kiocb.ki_pos_mut(), &inner.buffer)?;

Ok(read)
}
--
2.51.2