Re: [PATCH] rust: page: Simplify overflow check using checked_add()

From: Dirk Behme

Date: Sat Dec 20 2025 - 03:41:25 EST


On 19.12.25 22:29, Kari Argillander wrote:
> Replace the explicit bounds comparisons with a single checked_add()-based
> range check. This avoids redundant comparisons, makes the overflow case
> explicit, and results in simpler generated code (checked with godbolt
> for x86).
>
> Option::is_none_or() would be nicer, but it requires Rust 1.82; the
> kernel currently targets 1.78.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kari Argillander <kari.argillander@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> rust/kernel/page.rs | 18 ++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/page.rs b/rust/kernel/page.rs
> index 432fc0297d4a..a07e6d256860 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/page.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/page.rs
> @@ -239,17 +239,15 @@ fn with_pointer_into_page<T>(
> len: usize,
> f: impl FnOnce(*mut u8) -> Result<T>,
> ) -> Result<T> {
> - let bounds_ok = off <= PAGE_SIZE && len <= PAGE_SIZE && (off + len) <= PAGE_SIZE;
> -
> - if bounds_ok {
> - self.with_page_mapped(move |page_addr| {
> - // SAFETY: The `off` integer is at most `PAGE_SIZE`, so this pointer offset will
> - // result in a pointer that is in bounds or one off the end of the page.
> - f(unsafe { page_addr.add(off) })
> - })
> - } else {
> - Err(EINVAL)
> + if off.checked_add(len).map_or(true, |end| end > PAGE_SIZE) {
> + return Err(EINVAL);
> }
> +
> + self.with_page_mapped(move |page_addr| {
> + // SAFETY: The `off` integer is at most `PAGE_SIZE`, so this pointer offset will
> + // result in a pointer that is in bounds or one off the end of the page.
> + f(unsafe { page_addr.add(off) })
> + })
> }
>
> /// Maps the page and reads from it into the given buffer.
>
> ---
> base-commit: cc3aa43b44bdb43dfbac0fcb51c56594a11338a8
> change-id: 20251219-rust-page-check-819ccc39c53a


Thanks, this switches to the early return style we recently discussed
in [1].

I just wonder if we would like to add a comment like

// TODO: replace `map_or` with `is_none_or` once the MSRV is >= 1.82.

like we do in e.g. transmute.rs [2]?

Anyway

Reviewed-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks

Dirk

[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72kiscT5euAUjcSzvxMzM9Hdj8aQGeUN_pVF-vHf3DhBuQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

[2]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/rust/kernel/transmute.rs#n75