[PATCH] rust: sync: add lazy initialization methods to SetOnce

From: Andreas Hindborg

Date: Sun Feb 15 2026 - 15:27:38 EST


Add methods to get a reference to the contained value or populate the
SetOnce if empty. The new `as_ref_or_populate` method accepts a value
directly, while `as_ref_or_populate_with` accepts a fallible closure,
allowing for lazy initialization that may fail. Both methods spin-wait
if another thread is concurrently initializing the container.

Also add `populate_with` which takes a fallible closure and serves as
the implementation basis for the other populate methods.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/sync/set_once.rs | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/set_once.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/set_once.rs
index bdba601807d8b..9e3c4be4047f8 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/set_once.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/set_once.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@

//! A container that can be initialized at most once.

-use super::atomic::{
- ordering::{Acquire, Relaxed, Release},
- Atomic,
-};
use core::{cell::UnsafeCell, mem::MaybeUninit};
+use kernel::{
+ error::Result,
+ sync::atomic::{
+ ordering::{Acquire, Relaxed, Release},
+ Atomic,
+ },
+};

/// A container that can be populated at most once. Thread safe.
///
@@ -76,10 +79,46 @@ pub fn as_ref(&self) -> Option<&T> {
}
}

+ /// Get a reference to the contained object, or populate the [`SetOnce`]
+ /// with the value returned by `callable` and return a reference to that
+ /// object.
+ pub fn as_ref_or_populate_with(&self, callable: impl FnOnce() -> Result<T>) -> Result<&T> {
+ if !self.populate_with(callable)? {
+ while self.init.load(Acquire) != 2 {
+ core::hint::spin_loop();
+ }
+ }
+
+ // SAFETY: By the type invariants of `Self`, `self.init == 2` means that `self.value`
+ // is initialized and valid for shared access.
+ Ok(unsafe { &*self.value.get().cast() })
+ }
+
+ /// Get a reference to the contained object, or populate the [`SetOnce`]
+ /// with `value` and return a reference to that object.
+ pub fn as_ref_or_populate(&self, value: T) -> &T {
+ if !self.populate(value) {
+ while self.init.load(Acquire) != 2 {
+ core::hint::spin_loop();
+ }
+ }
+
+ // SAFETY: By the type invariants of `Self`, `self.init == 2` means that `self.value`
+ // is initialized and valid for shared access.
+ unsafe { &*self.value.get().cast() }
+ }
+
/// Populate the [`SetOnce`].
///
/// Returns `true` if the [`SetOnce`] was successfully populated.
pub fn populate(&self, value: T) -> bool {
+ self.populate_with(|| Ok(value)).expect("Cannot error")
+ }
+
+ /// Populate the [`SetOnce`] with the value returned by `callable`.
+ ///
+ /// Returns `true` if the [`SetOnce`] was successfully populated.
+ pub fn populate_with(&self, callable: impl FnOnce() -> Result<T>) -> Result<bool> {
// INVARIANT: If the swap succeeds:
// - We increase `init`.
// - We write the valid value `1` to `init`.
@@ -88,16 +127,16 @@ pub fn populate(&self, value: T) -> bool {
if let Ok(0) = self.init.cmpxchg(0, 1, Relaxed) {
// SAFETY: By the type invariants of `Self`, the fact that we succeeded in writing `1`
// to `self.init` means we obtained exclusive access to `self.value`.
- unsafe { core::ptr::write(self.value.get().cast(), value) };
+ unsafe { core::ptr::write(self.value.get().cast(), callable()?) };
// INVARIANT:
// - We increase `init`.
// - We write the valid value `2` to `init`.
// - We release our exclusive access to `self.value` and it is now valid for shared
// access.
self.init.store(2, Release);
- true
+ Ok(true)
} else {
- false
+ Ok(false)
}
}


---
base-commit: 05f7e89ab9731565d8a62e3b5d1ec206485eeb0b
change-id: 20260215-set-once-lazy-c73fc34a55d9

Best regards,
--
Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>