Now that we have our own `Allocator`, `Box` and `Vec` types we can remove
Rust's `alloc` crate and the `new_uninit` unstable feature.
Also remove `Kmalloc`'s `GlobalAlloc` implementation -- we can't remove
this in a separate patch, since the `alloc` crate requires a
`#[global_allocator]` to set, that implements `GlobalAlloc`.
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-29-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
The current implementation of tests in str.rs use `format!` to format
strings for comparison, which, internally, creates a new `String`.
In order to prepare for getting rid of Rust's alloc crate, we have to
cut this dependency. Instead, implement `format!` for `CString`.
Note that for userspace tests, `Kmalloc`, which is backing `CString`'s
memory, is just a type alias to `Cmalloc`.
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-27-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
So far the kernel's `Box` and `Vec` types can't be used by userspace
test cases, since all users of those types (e.g. `CString`) use kernel
allocators for instantiation.
In order to allow userspace test cases to make use of such types as
well, implement the `Cmalloc` allocator within the allocator_test module
and type alias all kernel allocators to `Cmalloc`. The `Cmalloc`
allocator uses libc's `realloc()` function as allocator backend.
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-26-dakr@kernel.org
[ Removed the temporary `allow(dead_code)` as discussed in the list and
fixed typo, added backticks. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Currently, we can't implement `FromIterator`. There are a couple of
issues with this trait in the kernel, namely:
- Rust's specialization feature is unstable. This prevents us to
optimize for the special case where `I::IntoIter` equals `Vec`'s
`IntoIter` type.
- We also can't use `I::IntoIter`'s type ID either to work around this,
since `FromIterator` doesn't require this type to be `'static`.
- `FromIterator::from_iter` does return `Self` instead of
`Result<Self, AllocError>`, hence we can't properly handle allocation
failures.
- Neither `Iterator::collect` nor `FromIterator::from_iter` can handle
additional allocation flags.
Instead, provide `IntoIter::collect`, such that we can at least convert
`IntoIter` into a `Vec` again.
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-19-dakr@kernel.org
[ Added newline in documentation, changed case of section to be
consistent with an existing one, fixed typo. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Implement `IntoIterator` for `Vec`, `Vec`'s `IntoIter` type, as well as
`Iterator` for `IntoIter`.
`Vec::into_iter` disassembles the `Vec` into its raw parts; additionally,
`IntoIter` keeps track of a separate pointer, which is incremented
correspondingly as the iterator advances, while the length, or the count
of elements, is decremented.
This also means that `IntoIter` takes the ownership of the backing
buffer and is responsible to drop the remaining elements and free the
backing buffer, if it's dropped.
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-18-dakr@kernel.org
[ Fixed typos. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
`Vec` provides a contiguous growable array type with contents allocated
with the kernel's allocators (e.g. `Kmalloc`, `Vmalloc` or `KVmalloc`).
In contrast to Rust's stdlib `Vec` type, the kernel `Vec` type considers
the kernel's GFP flags for all appropriate functions, always reports
allocation failures through `Result<_, AllocError>` and remains
independent from unstable features.
[ This patch starts using a new unstable feature, `inline_const`, but
it was stabilized in Rust 1.79.0, i.e. the next version after the
minimum one, thus it will not be an issue. - Miguel ]
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-17-dakr@kernel.org
[ Cleaned `rustdoc` unescaped backtick warning, added a couple more
backticks elsewhere, fixed typos, sorted `feature`s, rewrapped
documentation lines. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
When allocating memory for arrays using allocators, the `Layout::array`
function is typically used. It returns a result, since the given size
might be too big. However, `Vec` and its iterators store their allocated
capacity and thus they already did check that the size is not too big.
The `ArrayLayout` type provides this exact behavior, as it can be
infallibly converted into a `Layout`. Instead of a `usize` capacity,
`Vec` and other similar array-storing types can use `ArrayLayout`
instead.
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-16-dakr@kernel.org
[ Formatted a few comments. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
`Box` provides the simplest way to allocate memory for a generic type
with one of the kernel's allocators, e.g. `Kmalloc`, `Vmalloc` or
`KVmalloc`.
In contrast to Rust's `Box` type, the kernel `Box` type considers the
kernel's GFP flags for all appropriate functions, always reports
allocation failures through `Result<_, AllocError>` and remains
independent from unstable features.
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-12-dakr@kernel.org
[ Added backticks, fixed typos. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
`Allocator`s, such as `Kmalloc`, will be used by e.g. `Box` and `Vec` in
subsequent patches, and hence this dependency propagates throughout the
whole kernel.
Add the `allocator_test` module that provides an empty implementation
for all `Allocator`s in the kernel, such that we don't break the
`rusttest` make target in subsequent patches.
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-8-dakr@kernel.org
[ Added missing `_old_layout` parameter as discussed. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
