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From: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>
To: "Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>,
	"Yury Norov" <yury.norov@gmail.com>,
	"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>, "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
	"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
	"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
	"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
	"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
	"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
	"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
	"Daniel Almeida" <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>,
	"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@kernel.org>,
	"Onur Özkan" <work@onurozkan.dev>,
	"David Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>,
	"Simona Vetter" <simona@ffwll.ch>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
	 Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>,
	Timur Tabi <ttabi@nvidia.com>,
	 rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 nova-gpu@lists.linux.dev, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	 Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] rust: num: add cv! macro to create values from constant expressions
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:15:56 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828-cv-v1-1-48a180dfc4c8@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260828-cv-v1-0-48a180dfc4c8@nvidia.com>

Currently, using NonZero/Bounded constants is quite verbose. It's
unfortunate because it disincentivizes using it in interface boundaries.
Introduce a macro to make it nicer to use. The macro `cv!` (for constant
value) takes a const integer expression and widens it to i128 (at build
time only) before passing it as a const generic value to a new trait
`FromConst`. The value is then converted and appears in the
associated constant `FromConst::VALUE`. The trait is implemented by
NonZero, Bounded, and Alignment and lets values of each be constructed
from constants without a verbose turbofish syntax.
For example, `const { NonZero::new(1).unwrap() }` can be written as
`cv!(1)`.

Suggested-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>
---
 rust/kernel/num.rs         | 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs |  20 ++++++-
 rust/kernel/ptr.rs         |  12 +++++
 3 files changed, 163 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/num.rs b/rust/kernel/num.rs
index dbe848e30efe..d9e4a089d128 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/num.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/num.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 //! Additional numerical features for the kernel.
 
+use crate::const_assert;
 use core::ops;
 
 pub mod bounded;
@@ -9,6 +10,137 @@
 
 pub use bounded::*;
 
+/// Creates a value from an integer constant expression, with validity checked at build time.
+///
+/// This works for any type that implements [`FromConst`], with the target type inferred from
+/// the context, or named explicitly with `cv!(value => Type)`.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use core::num::NonZero;
+/// use kernel::num::Bounded;
+/// use kernel::num::cv;
+/// use kernel::ptr::Alignment;
+///
+/// let v: NonZero<usize> = cv!(8);
+/// assert_eq!(v.get(), 8);
+///
+/// // Any integer constant expression works, not only literals.
+/// let m: NonZero<usize> = cv!(usize::MAX);
+/// assert_eq!(m.get(), usize::MAX);
+///
+/// let b: Bounded<u32, 4> = cv!(15);
+/// assert_eq!(b.get(), 15);
+///
+/// let a: Alignment = cv!(4096);
+/// assert_eq!(a.as_usize(), 4096);
+///
+/// // Checked narrowing of integer constants, including in `const` items.
+/// const SMALL: u8 = cv!(200u32);
+/// assert_eq!(SMALL, 200);
+///
+/// const N: NonZero<u8> = cv!(5);
+/// assert_eq!(N.get(), 5);
+///
+/// // The target type can be given explicitly.
+/// let e = cv!(200u32 => u8);
+/// assert_eq!(e, 200);
+///
+/// // With an explicit primitive target, the expression can use generic parameters.
+/// const fn as_u64<const KEY: u16>() -> u64 {
+///     cv!(KEY => u64)
+/// }
+/// assert_eq!(as_u64::<0x40>(), 0x40);
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+macro_rules! cv {
+    (@cast $v:expr => $t:ty) => {
+        const {
+            #[allow(unused_comparisons, unused_assignments, clippy::as_underscore)]
+            {
+                let v = $v;
+                let r = v as $t;
+                // Pin `back` to `v`'s type so `as _` casts back to the source type.
+                let mut back = v;
+                back = r as _;
+
+                ::core::assert!(
+                    back == v && (v < 0) == (r < 0),
+                    "value does not fit into the target type"
+                );
+
+                r
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    ($v:expr => u8) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => u8) };
+    ($v:expr => u16) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => u16) };
+    ($v:expr => u32) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => u32) };
+    ($v:expr => u64) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => u64) };
+    ($v:expr => u128) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => u128) };
+    ($v:expr => usize) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => usize) };
+    ($v:expr => i8) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i8) };
+    ($v:expr => i16) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i16) };
+    ($v:expr => i32) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i32) };
+    ($v:expr => i64) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i64) };
+    ($v:expr => i128) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i128) };
+    ($v:expr => isize) => { $crate::cv!(@cast $v => isize) };
+    ($v:expr => $t:ty) => {
+        <$t as $crate::num::FromConst<{ $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i128) }>>::VALUE
+    };
+    ($v:expr) => {
+        <_ as $crate::num::FromConst<{ $crate::cv!(@cast $v => i128) }>>::VALUE
+    };
+}
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use cv;
+
+/// Types that can be created from an integer constant expression validated at build time.
+pub trait FromConst<const V: i128>: Sized {
+    /// The value that corresponds to the constant `V`.
+    ///
+    /// Fails the build if `V` is not a valid value for `Self`.
+    const VALUE: Self;
+}
+
+/// Implements [`FromConst`] for primitive integer types and their [`NonZero`](core::num::NonZero)
+/// versions.
+macro_rules! impl_from_const {
+    ($($type:ty)*) => {
+        $(
+        impl<const V: i128> FromConst<V> for $type {
+            const VALUE: Self = {
+                const_assert!(
+                    V >= <$type>::MIN as i128 && V <= <$type>::MAX as i128,
+                    "Constant cannot be represented by the target type."
+                );
+
+                V as $type
+            };
+        }
+
+        impl<const V: i128> FromConst<V> for core::num::NonZero<$type> {
+            const VALUE: Self = {
+                const_assert!(V != 0, "Constant cannot be zero.");
+                const_assert!(
+                    V >= <$type>::MIN as i128 && V <= <$type>::MAX as i128,
+                    "Constant cannot be represented by the underlying type."
+                );
+
+                core::num::NonZero::new(V as $type).unwrap()
+            };
+        }
+        )*
+    };
+}
+
+impl_from_const!(
+    u8 u16 u32 u64 usize
+    i8 i16 i32 i64 isize
+);
+
 /// Designates unsigned primitive types.
 pub enum Unsigned {}
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
index d192610a687d..b5ab77fd99cf 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 };
 
 use kernel::{
-    num::Integer,
+    num::{
+        FromConst,
+        Integer, //
+    },
     prelude::*, //
 };
 
@@ -262,6 +265,21 @@ pub const fn new<const VALUE: $type>() -> Self {
                 unsafe { Self::__new(VALUE) }
             }
         }
+
+        impl<const N: u32, const V: i128> FromConst<V> for Bounded<$type, N> {
+            const VALUE: Self = {
+                const_assert!(
+                    V >= <$type>::MIN as i128 && V <= <$type>::MAX as i128,
+                    "Constant cannot be represented by the underlying type."
+                );
+                // Statically assert that `V` fits within the set number of bits.
+                const_assert!(fits_within!(V as $type, $type, N));
+
+                // SAFETY: the asserts above confirmed that `V` can be represented within `N`
+                // bits.
+                unsafe { Self::__new(V as $type) }
+            };
+        }
         )*
     };
 }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/ptr.rs b/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
index 82acb531b17b..7d75a537ecae 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
@@ -166,6 +166,18 @@ pub const fn mask(self) -> usize {
     }
 }
 
+impl<const V: i128> crate::num::FromConst<V> for Alignment {
+    const VALUE: Self = {
+        const_assert!(
+            V > 0 && V <= usize::MAX as i128,
+            "Constant cannot be represented as an Alignment."
+        );
+
+        // The unwrap fails the build if `V` is not a power of two.
+        Alignment::new_checked(V as usize).unwrap()
+    };
+}
+
 /// Trait for items that can be aligned against an [`Alignment`].
 pub trait Alignable: Sized {
     /// Aligns `self` down to `alignment`.

-- 
2.55.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-28  9:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-28  9:15 [PATCH 0/3] rust: introduce cv! macro for safe const conversions of integer-like types Eliot Courtney
2026-08-28  9:15 ` Eliot Courtney [this message]
2026-08-28  9:15 ` [PATCH 2/3] rust: prelude: add `num::cv` Eliot Courtney
2026-08-28  9:15 ` [PATCH 3/3] gpu: nova-core: use cv! for constant casts Eliot Courtney

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