From: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
To: "Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"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>,
"Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>,
"Onur Özkan" <work@onurozkan.dev>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2 04/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: pin borrowed fields with wrapper
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:24:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261008-dev-selfref-v2-4-e280b3c8fba5@garyguo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008-dev-selfref-v2-0-e280b3c8fba5@garyguo.net>
For fields that are borrowed, a mutable reference to the struct no longer
mean that it has the permission to access these fields. Therefore, the
memory that they refer to must be pinned.
Wrap these fields inside a `Borrowed` struct which pins it. They may be
accessed directly (if they're not themselves referencing other struct
fields), so implement a `Deref`.
As such fields are always pinned, there is no need to generate a
conditional `Unpin` implementations that implements `Unpin` when all fields
are. Simply generate a never satisfiable `Unpin` implementation to prevent
user from adding their own.
Acked-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
---
rust/pin-init/internal/src/pin_data.rs | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
rust/pin-init/src/__internal.rs | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/pin-init/internal/src/pin_data.rs b/rust/pin-init/internal/src/pin_data.rs
index 36678843251c..a3e492c455da 100644
--- a/rust/pin-init/internal/src/pin_data.rs
+++ b/rust/pin-init/internal/src/pin_data.rs
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@ fn generate_struct_def(info: &StructInfo) -> TokenStream {
ty = quote!(::pin_init::__internal::Erase<#ty>);
};
+ if field.borrowed.is_some() {
+ ty = quote!(::pin_init::__internal::Borrowed<#ty>);
+ }
+
quote! {
#(#attrs)* #vis #ident #colon_token #ty
}
@@ -468,6 +472,20 @@ fn generate_unpin_impl(info: &StructInfo) -> TokenStream {
.map(|x| &x.predicates)
.unwrap_or(const { &Punctuated::new() });
+ if info.self_referential {
+ // Self-referential structs must always be pinned.
+ return quote! {
+ #[doc(hidden)]
+ impl #impl_generics ::core::marker::Unpin for #ident #ty_generics
+ where
+ // the `for<'__dummy>` HRTB makes this not error without the `trivial_bounds`
+ // feature <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/48214#issuecomment-2557829956>.
+ for<'__dummy> ::core::marker::PhantomPinned: ::core::marker::Unpin,
+ #predicates
+ {}
+ };
+ }
+
let pinned_fields = info.fields.iter().filter(|f| f.pinned).map(|f| {
let ident = f.member.as_ident();
let ty = &f.field.ty;
@@ -475,6 +493,7 @@ fn generate_unpin_impl(info: &StructInfo) -> TokenStream {
#ident: #ty
)
});
+
quote! {
// This struct will be used for the unpin analysis. It is needed, because only structurally
// pinned fields are relevant whether the struct should implement `Unpin`.
diff --git a/rust/pin-init/src/__internal.rs b/rust/pin-init/src/__internal.rs
index 0a8247473cbc..74dc23506d97 100644
--- a/rust/pin-init/src/__internal.rs
+++ b/rust/pin-init/src/__internal.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
//! These items must not be used outside of this crate and the pin-init-internal crate located at
//! `../internal`.
+use core::marker::PhantomPinned;
+use core::ops::Deref;
+
use super::*;
/// Zero-sized type used to mark a type as invariant.
@@ -462,3 +465,19 @@ unsafe impl<F: EraseLt> Sync for Erase<F>
for<'a> Erase<<F as FnOutput<(&'a (),)>>::Output>: Sync,
{
}
+
+/// Wrapper for borrowed fields.
+///
+/// This should be switched to `UnsafePinned` when it is stable.
+/// NOTE: This type needs to be covariant; Rust's 1.89+'s `UnsafePinned` is invariant.
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct Borrowed<T: ?Sized>(PhantomPinned, T);
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> Deref for Borrowed<T> {
+ type Target = T;
+
+ #[inline(always)]
+ fn deref(&self) -> &T {
+ &self.1
+ }
+}
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-08 19:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 19:24 [PATCH v2 00/20] rust: pin-init: create self references safely Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 01/20] kbuild: rust: allow `clippy::comparison_chain` globally Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 02/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: infer self-referential struct Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 03/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: rewrite fields that borrow others Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` Gary Guo [this message]
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 05/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: teach drop check about generics that cannot dangle Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 06/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: self-referential drop order checks Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 07/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: check covariance of self-referential fields Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 08/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: implement initialization of borrowed structs Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 09/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: project self-referential fields Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 10/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: add `with_project` method Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 11/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: enable self-referential support Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 12/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: allow lifetime to be shortened per field drop order Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 13/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: parse explicit `#[borrowed]` annotation Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 14/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: support mutable borrows Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 15/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: parse explicit `#[uses]` annotation Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 16/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: make field lifetime invariance imply type invariance Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 17/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: complete invariant borrow support Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 18/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: perform AST lifetime replacement if possible Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 19/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: support shared projection Gary Guo
2026-10-08 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 20/20] rust: pin-init: internal: pin_data: support existential lifetimes Gary Guo
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