[PATCH v2 6/7] rust: drm: return impl PinInit from DriverFile::open()
From: Danilo Krummrich
Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 21:25:16 EST
Change DriverFile::open() to return impl PinInit<Self, Error> instead of
Result<Pin<KBox<Self>>>, consistent with how bus device private data
works.
Drivers no longer need to allocate a Pin<KBox<_>> themselves; they just
return an initializer and the subsystem takes care of the allocation.
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs | 5 ++---
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs | 4 ++--
rust/kernel/drm/file.rs | 5 +++--
rust/kernel/drm/gem/shmem.rs | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
index a05264917a0b..13642f83289d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
};
use crate::gem::NovaObject;
use kernel::{
- alloc::flags::*,
drm::{
self,
gem::BaseObject,
@@ -103,8 +102,8 @@ fn write_info<T: AsBytes>(info: &mut uapi::drm_nova_info, value: T) -> Result {
impl drm::file::DriverFile for File {
type Driver = NovaDriver;
- fn open(_dev: &NovaDevice) -> Result<Pin<KBox<Self>>> {
- Ok(KBox::new(Self, GFP_KERNEL)?.into())
+ fn open(_dev: &NovaDevice) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> {
+ Ok(Self)
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs
index 9f60a90d4948..6850708cfcdd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ pub(crate) struct TyrDrmFileData {}
impl drm::file::DriverFile for TyrDrmFileData {
type Driver = TyrDrmDriver;
- fn open(_dev: &drm::Device<Self::Driver>) -> Result<Pin<KBox<Self>>> {
- KBox::try_pin_init(try_pin_init!(Self {}), GFP_KERNEL)
+ fn open(_dev: &drm::Device<Self::Driver>) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> {
+ Ok(Self {})
}
}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/file.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/file.rs
index 10160601ce5a..bd5e4ca2977f 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/file.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/file.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub trait DriverFile {
type Driver: drm::Driver;
/// Open a new file (called when a client opens the DRM device).
- fn open(device: &drm::Device<Self::Driver>) -> Result<Pin<KBox<Self>>>;
+ fn open(device: &drm::Device<Self::Driver>) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error>;
}
/// An open DRM File.
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ pub(crate) extern "C" fn open_callback(
// SAFETY: `raw_file` is a valid pointer to a `struct drm_file`.
let file = unsafe { File::<T>::from_raw(raw_file) };
- let inner = match T::open(drm) {
+ let init = T::open(drm);
+ let inner = match KBox::try_pin_init(init, GFP_KERNEL) {
Err(e) => {
return e.to_errno();
}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/shmem.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/shmem.rs
index 24cb5343e0db..1a4f81e3b5b5 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/shmem.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/shmem.rs
@@ -604,8 +604,8 @@ struct KunitObject {}
impl drm::file::DriverFile for KunitFile {
type Driver = KunitDriver;
- fn open(_dev: &drm::Device<KunitDriver>) -> Result<Pin<KBox<Self>>> {
- Ok(KBox::new(Self, GFP_KERNEL)?.into())
+ fn open(_dev: &drm::Device<KunitDriver>) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> {
+ Ok(Self)
}
}
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2.56.0