kernel/

revocable.rs

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

//! Revocable objects.
//!
//! The [`Revocable`] type wraps other types and allows access to them to be revoked. The existence
//! of a [`RevocableGuard`] ensures that objects remain valid.

use pin_init::Wrapper;

use crate::{
    prelude::*,
    sync::{
        atomic::{
            AtomicFlag,
            Relaxed, //
        },
        rcu, //
    },
    types::Opaque, //
};
use core::{
    marker::PhantomData,
    ops::Deref,
    ptr::drop_in_place, //
};

/// An object that can become inaccessible at runtime.
///
/// Once access is revoked and all concurrent users complete (i.e., all existing instances of
/// [`RevocableGuard`] are dropped), the wrapped object is also dropped.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// # use kernel::revocable::Revocable;
///
/// struct Example {
///     a: u32,
///     b: u32,
/// }
///
/// fn add_two(v: &Revocable<Example>) -> Option<u32> {
///     let guard = v.try_access()?;
///     Some(guard.a + guard.b)
/// }
///
/// let v = KBox::pin_init(Revocable::new(Example { a: 10, b: 20 }), GFP_KERNEL).unwrap();
/// assert_eq!(add_two(&v), Some(30));
/// v.revoke();
/// assert_eq!(add_two(&v), None);
/// ```
///
/// Sample example as above, but explicitly using the rcu read side lock.
///
/// ```
/// # use kernel::revocable::Revocable;
/// use kernel::sync::rcu;
///
/// struct Example {
///     a: u32,
///     b: u32,
/// }
///
/// fn add_two(v: &Revocable<Example>) -> Option<u32> {
///     let guard = rcu::read_lock();
///     let e = v.try_access_with_guard(&guard)?;
///     Some(e.a + e.b)
/// }
///
/// let v = KBox::pin_init(Revocable::new(Example { a: 10, b: 20 }), GFP_KERNEL).unwrap();
/// assert_eq!(add_two(&v), Some(30));
/// v.revoke();
/// assert_eq!(add_two(&v), None);
/// ```
#[pin_data(PinnedDrop)]
pub struct Revocable<T> {
    is_available: AtomicFlag,
    #[pin]
    data: Opaque<T>,
}

// SAFETY: `Revocable` is `Send` if the wrapped object is also `Send`. This is because while the
// functionality exposed by `Revocable` can be accessed from any thread/CPU, it is possible that
// this isn't supported by the wrapped object.
unsafe impl<T: Send> Send for Revocable<T> {}

// SAFETY: `Revocable` is `Sync` if the wrapped object is both `Send` and `Sync`. We require `Send`
// from the wrapped object as well because  of `Revocable::revoke`, which can trigger the `Drop`
// implementation of the wrapped object from an arbitrary thread.
unsafe impl<T: Sync + Send> Sync for Revocable<T> {}

impl<T> Revocable<T> {
    /// Creates a new revocable instance of the given data.
    pub fn new<E>(data: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> impl PinInit<Self, E> {
        try_pin_init!(Self {
            is_available: AtomicFlag::new(true),
            data <- Opaque::pin_init(data),
        }? E)
    }

    /// Tries to access the revocable wrapped object.
    ///
    /// Returns `None` if the object has been revoked and is therefore no longer accessible.
    ///
    /// Returns a guard that gives access to the object otherwise; the object is guaranteed to
    /// remain accessible while the guard is alive. In such cases, callers are not allowed to sleep
    /// because another CPU may be waiting to complete the revocation of this object.
    pub fn try_access(&self) -> Option<RevocableGuard<'_, T>> {
        let guard = rcu::read_lock();
        if self.is_available.load(Relaxed) {
            // Since `self.is_available` is true, data is initialised and has to remain valid
            // because the RCU read side lock prevents it from being dropped.
            Some(RevocableGuard::new(self.data.get(), guard))
        } else {
            None
        }
    }

    /// Tries to access the revocable wrapped object.
    ///
    /// Returns `None` if the object has been revoked and is therefore no longer accessible.
    ///
    /// Returns a shared reference to the object otherwise; the object is guaranteed to
    /// remain accessible while the rcu read side guard is alive. In such cases, callers are not
    /// allowed to sleep because another CPU may be waiting to complete the revocation of this
    /// object.
    pub fn try_access_with_guard<'a>(&'a self, _guard: &'a rcu::Guard) -> Option<&'a T> {
        if self.is_available.load(Relaxed) {
            // SAFETY: Since `self.is_available` is true, data is initialised and has to remain
            // valid because the RCU read side lock prevents it from being dropped.
            Some(unsafe { &*self.data.get() })
        } else {
            None
        }
    }

    /// Tries to access the wrapped object and run a closure on it while the guard is held.
    ///
    /// This is a convenience method to run short non-sleepable code blocks while ensuring the
    /// guard is dropped afterwards. [`Self::try_access`] carries the risk that the caller will
    /// forget to explicitly drop that returned guard before calling sleepable code; this method
    /// adds an extra safety to make sure it doesn't happen.
    ///
    /// Returns [`None`] if the object has been revoked and is therefore no longer accessible, or
    /// the result of the closure wrapped in [`Some`]. If the closure returns a [`Result`] then the
    /// return type becomes `Option<Result<>>`, which can be inconvenient. Users are encouraged to
    /// define their own macro that turns the [`Option`] into a proper error code and flattens the
    /// inner result into it if it makes sense within their subsystem.
    pub fn try_access_with<R, F: FnOnce(&T) -> R>(&self, f: F) -> Option<R> {
        self.try_access().map(|t| f(&*t))
    }

    /// Directly access the revocable wrapped object.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// The caller must ensure this [`Revocable`] instance hasn't been revoked and won't be revoked
    /// as long as the returned `&T` lives.
    pub unsafe fn access(&self) -> &T {
        // SAFETY: By the safety requirement of this function it is guaranteed that
        // `self.data.get()` is a valid pointer to an instance of `T`.
        unsafe { &*self.data.get() }
    }

    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// Callers must ensure that there are no more concurrent users of the revocable object.
    unsafe fn revoke_internal<const SYNC: bool>(&self) -> bool {
        let revoke = self.is_available.xchg(false, Relaxed);

        if revoke {
            if SYNC {
                rcu::synchronize_rcu();
            }

            // SAFETY: We know `self.data` is valid because only one CPU can succeed the
            // `compare_exchange` above that takes `is_available` from `true` to `false`.
            unsafe { drop_in_place(self.data.get()) };
        }

        revoke
    }

    /// Revokes access to and drops the wrapped object.
    ///
    /// Access to the object is revoked immediately to new callers of [`Revocable::try_access`],
    /// expecting that there are no concurrent users of the object.
    ///
    /// Returns `true` if `&self` has been revoked with this call, `false` if it was revoked
    /// already.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// Callers must ensure that there are no more concurrent users of the revocable object.
    pub unsafe fn revoke_nosync(&self) -> bool {
        // SAFETY: By the safety requirement of this function, the caller ensures that nobody is
        // accessing the data anymore and hence we don't have to wait for the grace period to
        // finish.
        unsafe { self.revoke_internal::<false>() }
    }

    /// Revokes access to and drops the wrapped object.
    ///
    /// Access to the object is revoked immediately to new callers of [`Revocable::try_access`].
    ///
    /// If there are concurrent users of the object (i.e., ones that called
    /// [`Revocable::try_access`] beforehand and still haven't dropped the returned guard), this
    /// function waits for the concurrent access to complete before dropping the wrapped object.
    ///
    /// Returns `true` if `&self` has been revoked with this call, `false` if it was revoked
    /// already.
    pub fn revoke(&self) -> bool {
        // SAFETY: By passing `true` we ask `revoke_internal` to wait for the grace period to
        // finish.
        unsafe { self.revoke_internal::<true>() }
    }
}

#[pinned_drop]
impl<T> PinnedDrop for Revocable<T> {
    fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
        // Drop only if the data hasn't been revoked yet (in which case it has already been
        // dropped).
        // SAFETY: We are not moving out of `p`, only dropping in place
        let p = unsafe { self.get_unchecked_mut() };
        if *p.is_available.get_mut() {
            // SAFETY: We know `self.data` is valid because no other CPU has changed
            // `is_available` to `false` yet, and no other CPU can do it anymore because this CPU
            // holds the only reference (mutable) to `self` now.
            unsafe { drop_in_place(p.data.get()) };
        }
    }
}

/// A guard that allows access to a revocable object and keeps it alive.
///
/// CPUs may not sleep while holding on to [`RevocableGuard`] because it's in atomic context
/// holding the RCU read-side lock.
///
/// # Invariants
///
/// The RCU read-side lock is held while the guard is alive.
pub struct RevocableGuard<'a, T> {
    // This can't use the `&'a T` type because references that appear in function arguments must
    // not become dangling during the execution of the function, which can happen if the
    // `RevocableGuard` is passed as a function argument and then dropped during execution of the
    // function.
    data_ref: *const T,
    _rcu_guard: rcu::Guard,
    _p: PhantomData<&'a ()>,
}

impl<T> RevocableGuard<'_, T> {
    fn new(data_ref: *const T, rcu_guard: rcu::Guard) -> Self {
        Self {
            data_ref,
            _rcu_guard: rcu_guard,
            _p: PhantomData,
        }
    }
}

impl<T> Deref for RevocableGuard<'_, T> {
    type Target = T;

    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
        // SAFETY: By the type invariants, we hold the rcu read-side lock, so the object is
        // guaranteed to remain valid.
        unsafe { &*self.data_ref }
    }
}