rust: io: add dynamically-sized Region type

Currently many I/O related structs carry a `SIZE` parameter to denote the
minimum size of the I/O region, while they also carry a field indicating
the actual size. Proliferation of the pattern creates a lot of duplicated
code, and makes it hard to create typed views of I/O.

Introduce a `Region` type that carries the `SIZE` parameter. It is a
wrapper of `[u8]`, which makes it dynamically sized with a metadata of
`usize`. This way, pointers to `Region` naturally carry size information.
This type is required to be 4-byte aligned.

Expose the minimum size information via `MIN_SIZE` constant of the
`KnownSize` trait. Similarly, expose the minimum alignment information via
`KnownSize::MIN_ALIGN`.

With these changes, it is possible to add an associated type to `Io` trait
to represent the type of I/O region. For untyped regions, this is the newly
added `Region` type. Remove `IoKnownSize` as it is no longer necessary. Use
the same mechanism to indicate minimum size of PCI config spaces.

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260706-io_projection-v6-1-72cd5d055d54@garyguo.net
[ Add brief explanation on MIN_ALIGN. - Danilo ]
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

rust/kernel/devres.rs

@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ struct Inner<T> {
 ///     devres::Devres,
 ///     io::{
 ///         Io,
-///         IoKnownSize,
 ///         Mmio,
 ///         MmioRaw,
 ///         PhysAddr, //
@@ -297,10 +296,7 @@ impl<T: Send + 'static> Devres<T> {
     /// use kernel::{
     ///     device::Core,
     ///     devres::Devres,
-    ///     io::{
-    ///         Io,
-    ///         IoKnownSize, //
-    ///     },
+    ///     io::Io,
     ///     pci, //
     /// };
     ///

rust/kernel/io.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 
 use crate::{
     bindings,
-    prelude::*, //
+    prelude::*,
+    ptr::{
+        Alignment,
+        KnownSize, //
+    }, //
 };
 
 pub mod mem;
@@ -31,6 +35,58 @@ pub type PhysAddr = bindings::phys_addr_t;
 /// `CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT`, and it can be a u64 even on 32-bit architectures.
 pub type ResourceSize = bindings::resource_size_t;
 
+/// Untyped I/O region.
+///
+/// This type can be used when an I/O region without known type information has a compile-time known
+/// minimum size (and a runtime known actual size).
+///
+/// # Invariants
+///
+/// - Size of the region is at least as large as the `SIZE` generic parameter.
+/// - Size of the region is multiple of 4.
+#[repr(C, align(4))]
+pub struct Region<const SIZE: usize = 0> {
+    inner: [u8],
+}
+
+impl<const SIZE: usize> Region<SIZE> {
+    /// Create a raw mutable pointer from given base address and size.
+    ///
+    /// `size` should be at least as large as the minimum size `SIZE`, and `base` and `size` should
+    /// be 4-byte aligned to uphold the type invariant.
+    ///
+    /// Just like other methods on raw pointers, it is not unsafe to create a raw pointer
+    /// that does not uphold the type invariants. However such pointers are not valid.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn ptr_from_raw_parts_mut(base: *mut u8, size: usize) -> *mut Self {
+        core::ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(base, size) as *mut Region<SIZE>
+    }
+
+    /// Create a raw mutable pointer from given base address and size.
+    ///
+    /// The alignment of `base` is checked, and `size` is checked against the minimum size specified
+    /// via const generics.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn ptr_try_from_raw_parts_mut(base: *mut u8, size: usize) -> Result<*mut Self> {
+        if size < SIZE || base.align_offset(4) != 0 || !size.is_multiple_of(4) {
+            return Err(EINVAL);
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self::ptr_from_raw_parts_mut(base, size))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<const SIZE: usize> KnownSize for Region<SIZE> {
+    const MIN_SIZE: usize = SIZE;
+    // Alignment of 4 is the most common; different base types can be added once required.
+    const MIN_ALIGN: Alignment = Alignment::new::<4>();
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn size(p: *const Self) -> usize {
+        (p as *const [u8]).len()
+    }
+}
+
 /// Raw representation of an MMIO region.
 ///
 /// By itself, the existence of an instance of this structure does not provide any guarantees that
@@ -85,7 +141,6 @@ impl<const SIZE: usize> MmioRaw<SIZE> {
 ///     ffi::c_void,
 ///     io::{
 ///         Io,
-///         IoKnownSize,
 ///         Mmio,
 ///         MmioRaw,
 ///         PhysAddr,
@@ -241,12 +296,25 @@ impl_usize_ioloc!(u8, u16, u32, u64);
 /// For MMIO regions, all widths (u8, u16, u32, and u64 on 64-bit systems) are typically
 /// supported. For PCI configuration space, u8, u16, and u32 are supported but u64 is not.
 pub trait Io {
+    /// Type of this I/O region. For untyped regions, [`Region`] can be used.
+    type Target: ?Sized + KnownSize;
+
     /// Returns the base address of this mapping.
     fn addr(&self) -> usize;
 
     /// Returns the maximum size of this mapping.
     fn maxsize(&self) -> usize;
 
+    /// Returns the absolute I/O address for a given `offset`,
+    /// performing compile-time bound checks.
+    // Always inline to optimize out error path of `build_assert`.
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn io_addr_assert<U>(&self, offset: usize) -> usize {
+        build_assert!(offset_valid::<U>(offset, Self::Target::MIN_SIZE));
+
+        self.addr() + offset
+    }
+
     /// Returns the absolute I/O address for a given `offset`,
     /// performing runtime bound checks.
     #[inline]
@@ -336,7 +404,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn read8(&self, offset: usize) -> u8
     where
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<u8>,
+        Self: IoCapable<u8>,
     {
         self.read(offset)
     }
@@ -345,7 +413,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn read16(&self, offset: usize) -> u16
     where
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<u16>,
+        Self: IoCapable<u16>,
     {
         self.read(offset)
     }
@@ -354,7 +422,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn read32(&self, offset: usize) -> u32
     where
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<u32>,
+        Self: IoCapable<u32>,
     {
         self.read(offset)
     }
@@ -363,7 +431,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn read64(&self, offset: usize) -> u64
     where
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<u64>,
+        Self: IoCapable<u64>,
     {
         self.read(offset)
     }
@@ -372,7 +440,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn write8(&self, value: u8, offset: usize)
     where
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<u8>,
+        Self: IoCapable<u8>,
     {
         self.write(offset, value)
     }
@@ -381,7 +449,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn write16(&self, value: u16, offset: usize)
     where
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<u16>,
+        Self: IoCapable<u16>,
     {
         self.write(offset, value)
     }
@@ -390,7 +458,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn write32(&self, value: u32, offset: usize)
     where
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<u32>,
+        Self: IoCapable<u32>,
     {
         self.write(offset, value)
     }
@@ -399,7 +467,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn write64(&self, value: u64, offset: usize)
     where
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<u64>,
+        Self: IoCapable<u64>,
     {
         self.write(offset, value)
     }
@@ -582,7 +650,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     fn read<T, L>(&self, location: L) -> T
     where
         L: IoLoc<T>,
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<L::IoType>,
+        Self: IoCapable<L::IoType>,
     {
         let address = self.io_addr_assert::<L::IoType>(location.offset());
 
@@ -614,7 +682,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     fn write<T, L>(&self, location: L, value: T)
     where
         L: IoLoc<T>,
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<L::IoType>,
+        Self: IoCapable<L::IoType>,
     {
         let address = self.io_addr_assert::<L::IoType>(location.offset());
         let io_value = value.into();
@@ -658,7 +726,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     where
         L: IoLoc<T>,
         V: LocatedRegister<Location = L, Value = T>,
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<L::IoType>,
+        Self: IoCapable<L::IoType>,
     {
         let (location, value) = value.into_io_op();
 
@@ -690,7 +758,7 @@ pub trait Io {
     fn update<T, L, F>(&self, location: L, f: F)
     where
         L: IoLoc<T>,
-        Self: IoKnownSize + IoCapable<L::IoType> + Sized,
+        Self: IoCapable<L::IoType> + Sized,
         F: FnOnce(T) -> T,
     {
         let address = self.io_addr_assert::<L::IoType>(location.offset());
@@ -704,28 +772,6 @@ pub trait Io {
     }
 }
 
-/// Trait for types with a known size at compile time.
-///
-/// This trait is implemented by I/O backends that have a compile-time known size,
-/// enabling the use of infallible I/O accessors with compile-time bounds checking.
-///
-/// Types implementing this trait can use the infallible methods in [`Io`] trait
-/// (e.g., `read8`, `write32`), which require `Self: IoKnownSize` bound.
-pub trait IoKnownSize: Io {
-    /// Minimum usable size of this region.
-    const MIN_SIZE: usize;
-
-    /// Returns the absolute I/O address for a given `offset`,
-    /// performing compile-time bound checks.
-    // Always inline to optimize out error path of `build_assert`.
-    #[inline(always)]
-    fn io_addr_assert<U>(&self, offset: usize) -> usize {
-        build_assert!(offset_valid::<U>(offset, Self::MIN_SIZE));
-
-        self.addr() + offset
-    }
-}
-
 /// Implements [`IoCapable`] on `$mmio` for `$ty` using `$read_fn` and `$write_fn`.
 macro_rules! impl_mmio_io_capable {
     ($mmio:ident, $(#[$attr:meta])* $ty:ty, $read_fn:ident, $write_fn:ident) => {
@@ -758,6 +804,8 @@ impl_mmio_io_capable!(
 );
 
 impl<const SIZE: usize> Io for Mmio<SIZE> {
+    type Target = Region<SIZE>;
+
     /// Returns the base address of this mapping.
     #[inline]
     fn addr(&self) -> usize {
@@ -771,10 +819,6 @@ impl<const SIZE: usize> Io for Mmio<SIZE> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<const SIZE: usize> IoKnownSize for Mmio<SIZE> {
-    const MIN_SIZE: usize = SIZE;
-}
-
 impl<const SIZE: usize> Mmio<SIZE> {
     /// Converts an `MmioRaw` into an `Mmio` instance, providing the accessors to the MMIO mapping.
     ///
@@ -798,6 +842,8 @@ impl<const SIZE: usize> Mmio<SIZE> {
 pub struct RelaxedMmio<const SIZE: usize = 0>(Mmio<SIZE>);
 
 impl<const SIZE: usize> Io for RelaxedMmio<SIZE> {
+    type Target = Region<SIZE>;
+
     #[inline]
     fn addr(&self) -> usize {
         self.0.addr()
@@ -809,10 +855,6 @@ impl<const SIZE: usize> Io for RelaxedMmio<SIZE> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<const SIZE: usize> IoKnownSize for RelaxedMmio<SIZE> {
-    const MIN_SIZE: usize = SIZE;
-}
-
 impl<const SIZE: usize> Mmio<SIZE> {
     /// Returns a [`RelaxedMmio`] reference that performs relaxed I/O operations.
     ///

rust/kernel/lib.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 // Please see https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 for details on
 // the unstable features in use.
 //
+// Stable since Rust 1.87.0.
+#![feature(unsigned_is_multiple_of)]
+//
 // Stable since Rust 1.89.0.
 #![feature(generic_arg_infer)]
 //

rust/kernel/pci.rs

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ pub use self::id::{
 pub use self::io::{
     Bar,
     ConfigSpace,
-    ConfigSpaceKind,
     ConfigSpaceSize,
     Extended,
     Normal, //

rust/kernel/pci/io.rs

@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ use crate::{
     io::{
         Io,
         IoCapable,
-        IoKnownSize,
         Mmio,
-        MmioRaw, //
+        MmioRaw,
+        Region, //
     },
-    prelude::*, //
+    prelude::*,
+    ptr::KnownSize, //
 };
 use core::{
     marker::PhantomData,
@@ -46,28 +47,21 @@ impl ConfigSpaceSize {
     }
 }
 
-/// Marker type for normal (256-byte) PCI configuration space.
-pub struct Normal;
+/// Alias for normal (256-byte) PCI configuration space.
+pub type Normal = Region<256>;
 
-/// Marker type for extended (4096-byte) PCIe configuration space.
-pub struct Extended;
+/// Alias for extended (4096-byte) PCIe configuration space.
+pub type Extended = Region<4096>;
 
 /// Trait for PCI configuration space size markers.
 ///
 /// This trait is implemented by [`Normal`] and [`Extended`] to provide
 /// compile-time knowledge of the configuration space size.
-pub trait ConfigSpaceKind {
-    /// The size of this configuration space in bytes.
-    const SIZE: usize;
-}
+pub trait ConfigSpaceKind: KnownSize {}
 
-impl ConfigSpaceKind for Normal {
-    const SIZE: usize = 256;
-}
+impl ConfigSpaceKind for Normal {}
 
-impl ConfigSpaceKind for Extended {
-    const SIZE: usize = 4096;
-}
+impl ConfigSpaceKind for Extended {}
 
 /// The PCI configuration space of a device.
 ///
@@ -77,7 +71,7 @@ impl ConfigSpaceKind for Extended {
 /// The generic parameter `S` indicates the maximum size of the configuration space.
 /// Use [`Normal`] for 256-byte legacy configuration space or [`Extended`] for
 /// 4096-byte PCIe extended configuration space (default).
-pub struct ConfigSpace<'a, S: ConfigSpaceKind = Extended> {
+pub struct ConfigSpace<'a, S: ?Sized + ConfigSpaceKind = Extended> {
     pub(crate) pdev: &'a Device<device::Bound>,
     _marker: PhantomData<S>,
 }
@@ -85,7 +79,7 @@ pub struct ConfigSpace<'a, S: ConfigSpaceKind = Extended> {
 /// Implements [`IoCapable`] on [`ConfigSpace`] for `$ty` using `$read_fn` and `$write_fn`.
 macro_rules! impl_config_space_io_capable {
     ($ty:ty, $read_fn:ident, $write_fn:ident) => {
-        impl<'a, S: ConfigSpaceKind> IoCapable<$ty> for ConfigSpace<'a, S> {
+        impl<'a, S: ?Sized + ConfigSpaceKind> IoCapable<$ty> for ConfigSpace<'a, S> {
             unsafe fn io_read(&self, address: usize) -> $ty {
                 let mut val: $ty = 0;
 
@@ -118,7 +112,9 @@ impl_config_space_io_capable!(u8, pci_read_config_byte, pci_write_config_byte);
 impl_config_space_io_capable!(u16, pci_read_config_word, pci_write_config_word);
 impl_config_space_io_capable!(u32, pci_read_config_dword, pci_write_config_dword);
 
-impl<'a, S: ConfigSpaceKind> Io for ConfigSpace<'a, S> {
+impl<'a, S: ?Sized + ConfigSpaceKind> Io for ConfigSpace<'a, S> {
+    type Target = S;
+
     /// Returns the base address of the I/O region. It is always 0 for configuration space.
     #[inline]
     fn addr(&self) -> usize {
@@ -132,10 +128,6 @@ impl<'a, S: ConfigSpaceKind> Io for ConfigSpace<'a, S> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, S: ConfigSpaceKind> IoKnownSize for ConfigSpace<'a, S> {
-    const MIN_SIZE: usize = S::SIZE;
-}
-
 /// A PCI BAR to perform I/O-Operations on.
 ///
 /// I/O backend assumes that the device is little-endian and will automatically

rust/kernel/ptr.rs

@@ -235,11 +235,20 @@ impl_alignable_uint!(u8, u16, u32, u64, usize);
 ///
 /// This is a generalization of [`size_of`] that works for dynamically sized types.
 pub trait KnownSize {
+    /// Minimum size of this type known at compile-time.
+    const MIN_SIZE: usize;
+
+    /// Minimum alignment of this type known at compile-time.
+    const MIN_ALIGN: Alignment;
+
     /// Get the size of an object of this type in bytes, with the metadata of the given pointer.
     fn size(p: *const Self) -> usize;
 }
 
 impl<T> KnownSize for T {
+    const MIN_SIZE: usize = size_of::<T>();
+    const MIN_ALIGN: Alignment = Alignment::of::<T>();
+
     #[inline(always)]
     fn size(_: *const Self) -> usize {
         size_of::<T>()
@@ -247,6 +256,9 @@ impl<T> KnownSize for T {
 }
 
 impl<T> KnownSize for [T] {
+    const MIN_SIZE: usize = 0;
+    const MIN_ALIGN: Alignment = Alignment::of::<T>();
+
     #[inline(always)]
     fn size(p: *const Self) -> usize {
         p.len() * size_of::<T>()