[PATCH 2/5] rust: pci: convert IrqVectorRegistration to a lifetime-managed owning type

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 18:51:19 EST


Convert IrqVectorRegistration from a devres-managed internal type to a
lifetime-annotated type that owns the PCI interrupt vector allocation.
Dropping it frees the vectors.

IrqVector gains a reference to the IrqVectorRegistration it was derived
from. This reference flows through IrqRequest (via the IrqRequestAnchor
generic) into irq::Registration, creating a borrow chain that prevents
the vector allocation from being dropped while any handler is still
registered.

alloc_irq_vectors() returns IrqVectorRegistration<'_> directly, giving
drivers explicit control over the allocation lifetime. This is also
needed by e.g. net and block drivers that re-allocate vectors, e.g.
during queue reconfiguration or device recovery.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/pci.rs | 3 +-
rust/kernel/pci/irq.rs | 149 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
2 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/pci.rs b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
index c6417af2bb17..2757a0cc0f11 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/pci.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
pub use self::irq::{
IrqType,
IrqTypes,
- IrqVector, //
+ IrqVector,
+ IrqVectorRegistration, //
};

/// An adapter for the registration of PCI drivers.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/pci/irq.rs b/rust/kernel/pci/irq.rs
index fea484dcf9cf..38a7d72dcda7 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/pci/irq.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/pci/irq.rs
@@ -7,17 +7,15 @@
bindings,
device,
device::Bound,
- devres,
error::to_result,
irq::{
self,
- IrqRequest, //
+ IrqRequest,
+ IrqRequestAnchor, //
},
- prelude::*,
- str::CStr,
- sync::aref::ARef, //
+ prelude::*, //
};
-use core::ops::RangeInclusive;
+use core::num::NonZero;

/// IRQ type flags for PCI interrupt allocation.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
@@ -78,6 +76,7 @@ const fn as_raw(self) -> u32 {
#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
pub struct IrqVector<'a> {
dev: &'a Device<Bound>,
+ reg: &'a IrqVectorRegistration<'a>,
index: u32,
}

@@ -86,10 +85,11 @@ impl<'a> IrqVector<'a> {
///
/// # Safety
///
- /// - `index` must be a valid IRQ vector index for `dev`.
- /// - `dev` must point to a [`Device`] that has successfully allocated IRQ vectors.
- unsafe fn new(dev: &'a Device<Bound>, index: u32) -> Self {
- Self { dev, index }
+ /// - `index` must be a valid IRQ vector index for `reg`.
+ /// - `dev` must be the device `reg` was allocated from.
+ #[inline]
+ unsafe fn new(dev: &'a Device<Bound>, reg: &'a IrqVectorRegistration<'a>, index: u32) -> Self {
+ Self { dev, reg, index }
}

/// Returns the raw vector index.
@@ -98,75 +98,72 @@ fn index(&self) -> u32 {
}
}

-impl<'a> TryInto<IrqRequest<'a>> for IrqVector<'a> {
+impl IrqRequestAnchor for &IrqVectorRegistration<'_> {}
+
+impl<'a> IrqRequest<'a, &'a IrqVectorRegistration<'a>> {
+ /// Returns the [`IrqVectorRegistration`] this request was derived from.
+ pub fn vectors(&self) -> &'a IrqVectorRegistration<'a> {
+ self.anchor()
+ }
+}
+
+impl<'a> TryInto<IrqRequest<'a, &'a IrqVectorRegistration<'a>>> for IrqVector<'a> {
type Error = Error;

- fn try_into(self) -> Result<IrqRequest<'a>> {
- // SAFETY: `self.as_raw` returns a valid pointer to a `struct pci_dev`.
+ fn try_into(self) -> Result<IrqRequest<'a, &'a IrqVectorRegistration<'a>>> {
+ // SAFETY: `self.dev.as_raw()` returns a valid pointer to a `struct pci_dev`.
let irq = unsafe { bindings::pci_irq_vector(self.dev.as_raw(), self.index()) };
if irq < 0 {
return Err(crate::error::Error::from_errno(irq));
}
- // SAFETY: `irq` is guaranteed to be a valid IRQ number for `&self`.
- Ok(unsafe { IrqRequest::new(self.dev.as_ref(), irq as u32) })
+ // SAFETY: `irq` is guaranteed to be a valid IRQ number for `self.dev`.
+ Ok(unsafe { IrqRequest::new_anchored(self.dev.as_ref(), irq as u32, self.reg) })
}
}

-/// Represents an IRQ vector allocation for a PCI device.
+/// An allocation of PCI interrupt vectors for a device.
///
-/// This type ensures that IRQ vectors are properly allocated and freed by
-/// tying the allocation to the lifetime of this registration object.
+/// This type owns the vector allocation; dropping it frees the vectors. IRQ handlers borrow from
+/// this registration and must be dropped before it is.
///
/// # Invariants
///
-/// The [`Device`] has successfully allocated IRQ vectors.
-struct IrqVectorRegistration {
- dev: ARef<Device>,
+/// `dev` has an allocation of `count` interrupt vectors.
+pub struct IrqVectorRegistration<'a> {
+ dev: &'a Device<Bound>,
+ count: NonZero<usize>,
}

-impl IrqVectorRegistration {
- /// Allocate and register IRQ vectors for the given PCI device.
+impl<'a> IrqVectorRegistration<'a> {
+ /// Returns the number of allocated vectors.
///
- /// Allocates IRQ vectors and registers them with devres for automatic cleanup.
- /// Returns a range of valid IRQ vectors.
- fn register<'a>(
- dev: &'a Device<Bound>,
- min_vecs: u32,
- max_vecs: u32,
- irq_types: IrqTypes,
- ) -> Result<RangeInclusive<IrqVector<'a>>> {
- // SAFETY:
- // - `dev.as_raw()` is guaranteed to be a valid pointer to a `struct pci_dev`
- // by the type invariant of `Device`.
- // - `pci_alloc_irq_vectors` internally validates all other parameters
- // and returns error codes.
- let ret = unsafe {
- bindings::pci_alloc_irq_vectors(dev.as_raw(), min_vecs, max_vecs, irq_types.as_raw())
- };
-
- to_result(ret)?;
- let count = ret as u32;
-
- // SAFETY:
- // - `pci_alloc_irq_vectors` returns the number of allocated vectors on success.
- // - Vectors are 0-based, so valid indices are [0, count-1].
- // - `pci_alloc_irq_vectors` guarantees `count >= min_vecs > 0`, so both `0` and
- // `count - 1` are valid IRQ vector indices for `dev`.
- let range = unsafe { IrqVector::new(dev, 0)..=IrqVector::new(dev, count - 1) };
+ /// This is at least the `min_vecs` that [`Device::alloc_irq_vectors`] was asked for.
+ #[inline]
+ pub fn vector_count(&self) -> usize {
+ self.count.get()
+ }

- // INVARIANT: The IRQ vector allocation for `dev` above was successful.
- let irq_vecs = Self { dev: dev.into() };
- devres::register(dev.as_ref(), irq_vecs, GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ /// Returns the [`IrqVector`] at `index`.
+ ///
+ /// The returned [`IrqVector`] borrows from this registration, ensuring the vector allocation
+ /// remains live while any handler is registered on it.
+ #[inline]
+ pub fn vector(&self, index: usize) -> Result<IrqVector<'_>> {
+ if index >= self.count.get() {
+ return Err(EINVAL);
+ }

- Ok(range)
+ // SAFETY: `index` is within bounds of this registration's allocation, and `self.dev` is
+ // the device it was allocated from.
+ Ok(unsafe { IrqVector::new(self.dev, self, index as u32) })
}
}

-impl Drop for IrqVectorRegistration {
+impl Drop for IrqVectorRegistration<'_> {
+ #[inline]
fn drop(&mut self) {
- // SAFETY:
- // - By the type invariant, `self.dev.as_raw()` is a valid pointer to a `struct pci_dev`.
- // - `self.dev` has successfully allocated IRQ vectors.
+ // SAFETY: By the type invariant, `self.dev.as_raw()` is a valid pointer to a
+ // `struct pci_dev` that has successfully allocated IRQ vectors.
unsafe { bindings::pci_free_irq_vectors(self.dev.as_raw()) };
}
}
@@ -184,12 +181,12 @@ pub unsafe fn request_irq<'a, T: crate::irq::Handler + 'a>(
flags: irq::Flags,
name: &'static CStr,
handler: impl PinInit<T, Error> + 'a,
- ) -> impl PinInit<irq::Registration<'a, T>, Error> + 'a {
+ ) -> impl PinInit<irq::Registration<'a, T, &'a IrqVectorRegistration<'a>>, Error> + 'a {
pin_init::pin_init_scope(move || {
let request = vector.try_into()?;

// SAFETY: Caller guarantees the Registration will not be leaked.
- Ok(unsafe { irq::Registration::<T>::new(request, flags, name, handler) })
+ Ok(unsafe { irq::Registration::new(request, flags, name, handler) })
})
}

@@ -205,24 +202,26 @@ pub unsafe fn request_threaded_irq<'a, T: crate::irq::ThreadedHandler + 'a>(
flags: irq::Flags,
name: &'static CStr,
handler: impl PinInit<T, Error> + 'a,
- ) -> impl PinInit<irq::ThreadedRegistration<'a, T>, Error> + 'a {
+ ) -> impl PinInit<irq::ThreadedRegistration<'a, T, &'a IrqVectorRegistration<'a>>, Error> + 'a
+ {
pin_init::pin_init_scope(move || {
let request = vector.try_into()?;

// SAFETY: Caller guarantees the Registration will not be leaked.
- Ok(unsafe { irq::ThreadedRegistration::<T>::new(request, flags, name, handler) })
+ Ok(unsafe { irq::ThreadedRegistration::new(request, flags, name, handler) })
})
}

- /// Allocate IRQ vectors for this PCI device with automatic cleanup.
+ /// Allocate IRQ vectors for this PCI device.
///
/// Allocates between `min_vecs` and `max_vecs` interrupt vectors for the device.
/// The allocation will use MSI-X, MSI, or INTx interrupts based on the `irq_types`
/// parameter and hardware capabilities. When multiple types are specified, the kernel
/// will try them in order of preference: MSI-X first, then MSI, then INTx interrupts.
///
- /// The allocated vectors are automatically freed when the device is unbound, using the
- /// devres (device resource management) system.
+ /// The allocated vectors are freed when the returned [`IrqVectorRegistration`] is dropped.
+ /// IRQ handlers registered via [`Self::request_irq`] or [`Self::request_threaded_irq`]
+ /// borrow from the registration, so the compiler ensures they are freed first.
///
/// # Arguments
///
@@ -232,8 +231,8 @@ pub unsafe fn request_threaded_irq<'a, T: crate::irq::ThreadedHandler + 'a>(
///
/// # Returns
///
- /// Returns a range of IRQ vectors that were successfully allocated, or an error if the
- /// allocation fails or cannot meet the minimum requirement.
+ /// Returns the IRQ vector registration, or an error if `min_vecs` vectors cannot be
+ /// allocated.
///
/// # Examples
///
@@ -256,7 +255,21 @@ pub fn alloc_irq_vectors(
min_vecs: u32,
max_vecs: u32,
irq_types: IrqTypes,
- ) -> Result<RangeInclusive<IrqVector<'_>>> {
- IrqVectorRegistration::register(self, min_vecs, max_vecs, irq_types)
+ ) -> Result<IrqVectorRegistration<'_>> {
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - `self.as_raw()` is guaranteed to be a valid pointer to a `struct pci_dev`
+ // by the type invariant of `Device`.
+ // - `pci_alloc_irq_vectors` internally validates all other parameters
+ // and returns error codes.
+ let ret = unsafe {
+ bindings::pci_alloc_irq_vectors(self.as_raw(), min_vecs, max_vecs, irq_types.as_raw())
+ };
+
+ to_result(ret)?;
+
+ let count = NonZero::new(ret as usize).ok_or(EINVAL)?;
+
+ // INVARIANT: `pci_alloc_irq_vectors()` allocated `count` vectors for `self`.
+ Ok(IrqVectorRegistration { dev: self, count })
}
}
--
2.55.0