Re: [PATCH 06/10] rust: xarray: simplify `Guard::load`

From: Tamir Duberstein
Date: Mon Dec 29 2025 - 11:08:47 EST


On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Simplify the implementation by removing the closure-based API from
> `Guard::load` in favor of returning `Option<NonNull<c_void>>` directly.

This is not sound. The returned pointer can now outlive the guard and
mutation through that pointer is trivial.

>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> rust/kernel/xarray.rs | 23 +++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/xarray.rs b/rust/kernel/xarray.rs
> index 0f69a523b72bf..ca97134ba2bd0 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/xarray.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/xarray.rs
> @@ -211,16 +211,12 @@ fn from(value: StoreError<T>) -> Self {
> }
>
> impl<'a, T: ForeignOwnable> Guard<'a, T> {
> - fn load<F, U>(&self, index: usize, f: F) -> Option<U>
> - where
> - F: FnOnce(NonNull<c_void>) -> U,
> - {
> + fn load(&self, index: usize) -> Option<NonNull<c_void>> {
> let mut state = XArrayState::new(self, index);
> // SAFETY: `state.state` is always valid by the type invariant of
> // `XArrayState`.
> let ptr = unsafe { bindings::xas_load(&raw mut state.state) };
> - let ptr = NonNull::new(ptr.cast())?;
> - Some(f(ptr))
> + NonNull::new(ptr)
> }
>
> /// Checks if the XArray contains an element at the specified index.
> @@ -246,18 +242,17 @@ pub fn contains_index(&self, index: usize) -> bool {
>
> /// Provides a reference to the element at the given index.
> pub fn get(&self, index: usize) -> Option<T::Borrowed<'_>> {
> - self.load(index, |ptr| {
> - // SAFETY: `ptr` came from `T::into_foreign`.
> - unsafe { T::borrow(ptr.as_ptr()) }
> - })
> + let ptr = self.load(index)?;
> + // SAFETY: `ptr` came from `T::into_foreign`.
> + Some(unsafe { T::borrow(ptr.as_ptr()) })
> }
>
> /// Provides a mutable reference to the element at the given index.
> pub fn get_mut(&mut self, index: usize) -> Option<T::BorrowedMut<'_>> {
> - self.load(index, |ptr| {
> - // SAFETY: `ptr` came from `T::into_foreign`.
> - unsafe { T::borrow_mut(ptr.as_ptr()) }
> - })
> + let ptr = self.load(index)?;
> +
> + // SAFETY: `ptr` came from `T::into_foreign`.
> + Some(unsafe { T::borrow_mut(ptr.as_ptr()) })
> }
>
> /// Removes and returns the element at the given index.
>
> --
> 2.51.2
>
>