[PATCH v15 8/9] rust: implement `ForeignOwnable` for `Owned`
Andreas Hindborg
a.hindborg at kernel.org
Fri Feb 20 09:51:17 UTC 2026
Implement `ForeignOwnable` for `Owned<T>`. This allows use of `Owned<T>` in
places such as the `XArray`.
Note that `T` does not need to implement `ForeignOwnable` for `Owned<T>` to
implement `ForeignOwnable`.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg at kernel.org>
---
rust/kernel/owned.rs | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/owned.rs b/rust/kernel/owned.rs
index a9bc871e07ce1..b115b4f3db6d0 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/owned.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/owned.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
};
use kernel::{
sync::aref::ARef,
- types::RefCounted, //
+ types::{
+ ForeignOwnable, //
+ RefCounted,
+ }, //
};
/// Types that specify their own way of performing allocation and destruction. Typically, this trait
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ pub unsafe trait Ownable {
///
/// - The [`Owned<T>`] has exclusive access to the instance of `T`.
/// - The instance of `T` will stay alive at least as long as the [`Owned<T>`] is alive.
+#[repr(transparent)]
pub struct Owned<T: Ownable> {
ptr: NonNull<T>,
}
@@ -201,6 +205,45 @@ fn drop(&mut self) {
}
}
+// SAFETY: We derive the pointer to `T` from a valid `T`, so the returned
+// pointer satisfy alignment requirements of `T`.
+unsafe impl<T: Ownable + 'static> ForeignOwnable for Owned<T> {
+ const FOREIGN_ALIGN: usize = core::mem::align_of::<Owned<T>>();
+
+ type Borrowed<'a> = &'a T;
+ type BorrowedMut<'a> = Pin<&'a mut T>;
+
+ fn into_foreign(self) -> *mut kernel::ffi::c_void {
+ let ptr = self.ptr.as_ptr().cast();
+ core::mem::forget(self);
+ ptr
+ }
+
+ unsafe fn from_foreign(ptr: *mut kernel::ffi::c_void) -> Self {
+ Self {
+ // SAFETY: By function safety contract, `ptr` came from
+ // `into_foreign` and cannot be null.
+ ptr: unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr.cast()) },
+ }
+ }
+
+ unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *mut kernel::ffi::c_void) -> Self::Borrowed<'a> {
+ // SAFETY: By function safety requirements, `ptr` is valid for use as a
+ // reference for `'a`.
+ unsafe { &*ptr.cast() }
+ }
+
+ unsafe fn borrow_mut<'a>(ptr: *mut kernel::ffi::c_void) -> Self::BorrowedMut<'a> {
+ // SAFETY: By function safety requirements, `ptr` is valid for use as a
+ // unique reference for `'a`.
+ let inner = unsafe { &mut *ptr.cast() };
+
+ // SAFETY: We never move out of inner, and we do not hand out mutable
+ // references when `T: !Unpin`.
+ unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(inner) }
+ }
+}
+
/// A trait for objects that can be wrapped in either one of the reference types [`Owned`] and
/// [`ARef`].
///
--
2.51.2
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