[PATCH v5 13/19] rust: drm: Wrap ioctl dispatch in RegistrationGuard

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Sun Jun 28 2026 - 10:59:53 EST


Ioctl handlers now receive a &Device<T, Registered> reference, proving
at the type level that the device is registered and its parent bus
device is bound.

This is achieved by calling registration_guard() on the Device<T, Ioctl>
obtained in ioctl dispatch context. If the device has been unplugged,
the ioctl returns -ENODEV without calling the handler.

To resolve the driver type parameter T for type inference, which the
compiler cannot propagate through method resolution and associated-type
projections alone, a dead-code closure and a helper function are used as
a type-inference anchor.

Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs | 12 ++++++----
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs | 7 ++++--
rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
index a3b7bd36792c..19fb89b28984 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
use crate::gem::NovaObject;
use kernel::{
alloc::flags::*,
- drm::{self, gem::BaseObject},
+ drm::{
+ self,
+ gem::BaseObject,
+ Registered, //
+ },
pci,
prelude::*,
uapi,
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ fn open(_dev: &NovaDevice) -> Result<Pin<KBox<Self>>> {
impl File {
/// IOCTL: get_param: Query GPU / driver metadata.
pub(crate) fn get_param(
- dev: &NovaDevice,
+ dev: &NovaDevice<Registered>,
getparam: &mut uapi::drm_nova_getparam,
_file: &drm::File<File>,
) -> Result<u32> {
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ pub(crate) fn get_param(

/// IOCTL: gem_create: Create a new DRM GEM object.
pub(crate) fn gem_create(
- dev: &NovaDevice,
+ dev: &NovaDevice<Registered>,
req: &mut uapi::drm_nova_gem_create,
file: &drm::File<File>,
) -> Result<u32> {
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ pub(crate) fn gem_create(

/// IOCTL: gem_info: Query GEM metadata.
pub(crate) fn gem_info(
- _dev: &NovaDevice,
+ _dev: &NovaDevice<Registered>,
req: &mut uapi::drm_nova_gem_info,
file: &drm::File<File>,
) -> Result<u32> {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs
index 31411da203c5..fb9233eae01c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT

use kernel::{
- drm,
+ drm::{
+ self,
+ Registered, //
+ },
prelude::*,
uaccess::UserSlice,
uapi, //
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ fn open(_dev: &drm::Device<Self::Driver>) -> Result<Pin<KBox<Self>>> {

impl TyrDrmFileData {
pub(crate) fn dev_query(
- ddev: &TyrDrmDevice,
+ ddev: &TyrDrmDevice<Registered>,
devquery: &mut uapi::drm_panthor_dev_query,
_file: &TyrDrmFile,
) -> Result<u32> {
diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
index 6f5a9877bdae..f24cf7b146a8 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,18 @@ pub mod internal {
pub use bindings::drm_device;
pub use bindings::drm_file;
pub use bindings::drm_ioctl_desc;
+
+ /// Reinterpret a pointer to a DRM device with a different [`DeviceContext`], preserving the
+ /// driver type parameter `T`.
+ ///
+ /// Used by [`declare_drm_ioctls!`] to anchor type inference.
+ #[doc(hidden)]
+ #[inline]
+ pub const fn __dev_ctx_cast<T: crate::drm::Driver>(
+ ptr: *const crate::drm::Device<T, crate::drm::Ioctl>,
+ ) -> *const crate::drm::Device<T, crate::drm::Registered> {
+ ptr.cast()
+ }
}

/// Declare the DRM ioctls for a driver.
@@ -82,7 +94,7 @@ pub mod internal {
/// `user_callback` should have the following prototype:
///
/// ```ignore
-/// fn foo(device: &kernel::drm::Device<Self>,
+/// fn foo(device: &kernel::drm::Device<Self, kernel::drm::Registered>,
/// data: &mut uapi::argument_type,
/// file: &kernel::drm::File<Self::File>,
/// ) -> Result<u32>
@@ -131,17 +143,44 @@ macro_rules! declare_drm_ioctls {
// - The DRM device must have been registered when we're called through
// an IOCTL.
//
+ // INVARIANT: The `Ioctl` context requires that the device has been
+ // registered via `drm_dev_register()` at some point; the DRM core
+ // guarantees this for ioctl dispatch callbacks.
+ //
// FIXME: Currently there is nothing enforcing that the types of the
// dev/file match the current driver these ioctls are being declared
// for, and it's not clear how to enforce this within the type system.
- let dev: &$crate::drm::device::Device<_, $crate::drm::Normal> =
+ let dev: &$crate::drm::device::Device<_, $crate::drm::Ioctl> =
$crate::drm::device::Device::from_raw(raw_dev);

+ // Type-inference anchor: the closure is never called but ties `dev`'s
+ // type to `$func`'s first parameter, which the compiler cannot infer
+ // through method resolution and associated-type projections alone.
+ #[allow(unreachable_code)]
+ let _ = || {
+ let __ptr = $crate::drm::ioctl::internal::__dev_ctx_cast(
+ ::core::ptr::from_ref(dev),
+ );
+
+ $func(
+ // SAFETY: This closure is never executed; the dereference
+ // exists purely to unify the type parameter with `$func`.
+ // The pointer is valid regardless.
+ unsafe { &*__ptr },
+ unreachable!(),
+ unreachable!(),
+ )
+ };
+
// Enforce that the handler accepts higher-ranked
// lifetimes, preventing it from requiring 'static
// references that could escape this scope.
let _: for<'a> fn(&'a _, &'a mut _, &'a _) -> _ = $func;

+ let Some(guard) = dev.registration_guard() else {
+ return $crate::error::code::ENODEV.to_errno();
+ };
+
// SAFETY: The ioctl argument has size `_IOC_SIZE(cmd)`, which we
// asserted above matches the size of this type, and all bit patterns of
// UAPI structs must be valid.
@@ -154,7 +193,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_drm_ioctls {
// SAFETY: This is just the DRM file structure
let file = unsafe { $crate::drm::File::from_raw(raw_file) };

- match $func(dev, data, file) {
+ match $func(&*guard, data, file) {
Err(e) => e.to_errno(),
Ok(i) => i.try_into()
.unwrap_or($crate::error::code::ERANGE.to_errno()),
--
2.54.0