Re: [PATCH] rust: sync: export lock::do_unlocked
From: Andreas Hindborg
Date: Mon Feb 16 2026 - 02:15:06 EST
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Sun Feb 15, 2026 at 9:15 PM CET, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
>> Export lock::do_unlocked publicly. Add documentation for the method.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> ---
>> rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
>> index 46a57d1fc309d..f390cd7ba0762 100644
>> --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
>> +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
>> @@ -235,7 +235,31 @@ pub fn lock_ref(&self) -> &'a Lock<T, B> {
>> self.lock
>> }
>>
>> - pub(crate) fn do_unlocked<U>(&mut self, cb: impl FnOnce() -> U) -> U {
>> + /// Temporarily unlock the lock to execute the given closure.
>> + ///
>> + /// This method unlocks the lock before calling the closure `cb`, and re-locks it afterwards.
>> + /// This is useful when you need to perform operations that are not allowed while holding
>> + /// certain locks, such as allocating memory (which is prohibited while holding a spinlock).
>> + ///
>> + /// # Examples
>> + ///
>> + /// ```
>> + /// # use kernel::{new_spinlock, prelude::*};
>> + /// # use pin_init::stack_pin_init;
>> + ///
>> + /// stack_pin_init!{
>> + /// let lock = new_spinlock!(())
>> + /// }
>> + ///
>> + /// let mut guard = lock.lock();
>> + /// let mut buffer = KVec::new();
>> + /// // Temporarily unlock to allocate memory, which should not be done while holding a spinlock.
>> + /// guard.do_unlocked(|| {
> ^
> Spurious space.
Thanks. Code formatting in comments is a problem in my setup. `rustfmt`
is not much help.
Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg