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From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
To: "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
	"Lorenzo Stoakes" <ljs@kernel.org>,
	"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
	"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
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	"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
	"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
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	"Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>,
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Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, driver-core@lists.linux.dev,
	 Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v5 3/4] rust: io: copy `SysMem` with `atomic_per_byte_memcpy`
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 15:44:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261110-page-volatile-io-v5-3-a91ef252c24b@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261110-page-volatile-io-v5-0-a91ef252c24b@kernel.org>

The `IoCopyable` implementation for `SysMemBackend` calls
`bindings::memcpy()` directly. The comments say that this is done "for
volatile", but the requirements of the call are not stated anywhere. The
reason the call is sound is that the kernel's `memcpy()` is byte-wise
atomic, and that neither side of the copy is subject to plain accesses.

Call `atomic_per_byte_memcpy()` instead, so that the requirements are
spelled out at the call site and checked against the invariants of `SysMem`
and the safety requirements of `IoCopyable`.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
---
 rust/kernel/io.rs | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/io.rs b/rust/kernel/io.rs
index 3bc4be35e355..b51cfc04e3ca 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     ptr::{
         Alignment,
         KnownSize, //
-    }, //
+    },
+    sync::atomic::atomic_per_byte_memcpy, //
 };
 
 #[cfg(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM)]
@@ -1500,20 +1501,27 @@ fn io_write(view: SysMem<'_, $ty>, value: $ty) {
 impl IoCopyable for SysMemBackend {
     #[inline]
     unsafe fn copy_from_io(view: Self::View<'_, [u8]>, buffer: *mut u8) {
-        // Use `bindings::memcpy` instead of `copy_nonoverlapping` for volatile.
         // SAFETY:
-        // - `view.ptr` is in CPU address space and valid for read.
-        // - `buffer` is valid for write for `view.size()` bytes which is equal to `view.ptr.len()`.
-        unsafe { bindings::memcpy(buffer.cast(), view.ptr.cast(), view.ptr.len()) };
+        // - Per type invariant, `view.ptr` is a valid kernel accessible memory region of
+        //   `view.ptr.len()` bytes that is free of plain accesses, so it is valid for atomic reads.
+        // - Per the safety requirements of this function, `buffer` is valid for volatile writes for
+        //   `view.size()` bytes, which is equal to `view.ptr.len()`, so it is valid for atomic
+        //   writes.
+        // - Per the safety requirements of this function, `buffer` does not overlap with `view`.
+        unsafe { atomic_per_byte_memcpy(view.ptr.cast(), buffer, view.ptr.len()) };
     }
 
     #[inline]
     unsafe fn copy_to_io(view: Self::View<'_, [u8]>, buffer: *const u8) {
-        // Use `bindings::memcpy` instead of `copy_nonoverlapping` for volatile.
         // SAFETY:
-        // - `view.ptr` is in CPU address space and valid for write.
-        // - `buffer` is valid for read for `view.size()` bytes which is equal to `view.ptr.len()`.
-        unsafe { bindings::memcpy(view.ptr.cast(), buffer.cast(), view.ptr.len()) };
+        // - Per the safety requirements of this function, `buffer` is valid for volatile reads for
+        //   `view.size()` bytes, which is equal to `view.ptr.len()`, so it is valid for atomic
+        //   reads.
+        // - Per type invariant, `view.ptr` is a valid kernel accessible memory region of
+        //   `view.ptr.len()` bytes that is free of plain accesses, so it is valid for atomic
+        //   writes.
+        // - Per the safety requirements of this function, `buffer` does not overlap with `view`.
+        unsafe { atomic_per_byte_memcpy(buffer, view.ptr.cast(), view.ptr.len()) };
     }
 
     #[inline]

-- 
2.54.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-10 14:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-10 14:44 [PATCH v5 0/4] rust: byte-wise atomic copies between `Page` and shared memory Andreas Hindborg
2026-11-10 14:44 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] rust: io: require freedom from plain accesses for `SysMem` Andreas Hindborg
2026-11-10 14:44 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] rust: sync: atomic: add atomic_per_byte_memcpy Andreas Hindborg
2026-11-10 14:44 ` Andreas Hindborg [this message]
2026-11-10 14:44 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] rust: page: add byte-wise atomic copy methods for `SysMem` Andreas Hindborg

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