From: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Andrew Ballance" <andrewjballance@gmail.com>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>, "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>,
maple-tree@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH RFC] rust: maple_tree: implement Send and Sync for MapleTree
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:10:39 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260420201040.1894760-1-joelagnelf@nvidia.com> (raw)
The C maple_tree struct contains a *mut c_void, which prevents Rust from
auto-deriving Send/Sync.
Following is an example error message when using MapleTree in nova-core's Vmm.
This propagates up causing NovaCore to fail the Send bound required by
pci::Driver:
error[E0277]: `*mut c_void` cannot be sent between threads safely
--> drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs:77:22
|
77 | impl pci::Driver for NovaCore {
| ^^^^^^^^ `*mut c_void` cannot be sent between threads safely
|
= help: within `MapleTreeAlloc<()>`, the trait `Send` is not implemented for `*mut c_void`
note: required because it appears within the type `kernel::bindings::maple_tree`
note: required because it appears within the type `Opaque<kernel::bindings::maple_tree>`
note: required because it appears within the type `MapleTree<()>`
note: required because it appears within the type `MapleTreeAlloc<()>`
= note: required for `Box<MapleTreeAlloc<()>, Kmalloc>` to implement `Send`
note: required because it appears within the type `core::pin::Pin<Box<MapleTreeAlloc<()>, Kmalloc>>`
note: required because it appears within the type `Vmm`
note: required because it appears within the type `BarUser`
note: required because it appears within the type `Gpu`
note: required because it appears within the type `NovaCore`
note: required by a bound in `kernel::pci::Driver`
--> rust/kernel/pci.rs:294:19
Implement Send and Sync for MapleTree to fix this.
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
---
rust/kernel/maple_tree.rs | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/maple_tree.rs b/rust/kernel/maple_tree.rs
index 265d6396a78a1..1ecf05871e710 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/maple_tree.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/maple_tree.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
alloc::Flags,
error::to_result,
prelude::*,
- types::{ForeignOwnable, Opaque},
+ types::{ForeignOwnable, NotThreadSafe, Opaque},
};
/// A maple tree optimized for storing non-overlapping ranges.
@@ -240,7 +240,10 @@ pub fn lock(&self) -> MapleGuard<'_, T> {
unsafe { bindings::spin_lock(self.ma_lock()) };
// INVARIANT: We just took the spinlock.
- MapleGuard(self)
+ MapleGuard {
+ tree: self,
+ _not_send: NotThreadSafe,
+ }
}
#[inline]
@@ -302,19 +305,31 @@ fn drop(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
}
}
+// SAFETY: `MapleTree<T>` is `Send` iff `T` is `Send`. All access to the tree
+// goes through the internal `ma_lock` spinlock or via `&mut MapleTree`.
+unsafe impl<T: ForeignOwnable + Send> Send for MapleTree<T> {}
+// SAFETY: All shared access through `&MapleTree` either acquires `ma_lock`.
+unsafe impl<T: ForeignOwnable + Send> Sync for MapleTree<T> {}
+
/// A reference to a [`MapleTree`] that owns the inner lock.
///
/// # Invariants
///
/// This guard owns the inner spinlock.
#[must_use = "if unused, the lock will be immediately unlocked"]
-pub struct MapleGuard<'tree, T: ForeignOwnable>(&'tree MapleTree<T>);
+pub struct MapleGuard<'tree, T: ForeignOwnable> {
+ tree: &'tree MapleTree<T>,
+ // A held spinlock must be released on the same CPU that acquired it.
+ // Prevent `MapleGuard` from auto-deriving `Send` because `&MapleTree<T>`
+ // is `Send` due to `MapleTree<T>` being `Sync`.
+ _not_send: NotThreadSafe,
+}
impl<'tree, T: ForeignOwnable> Drop for MapleGuard<'tree, T> {
#[inline]
fn drop(&mut self) {
// SAFETY: By the type invariants, we hold this spinlock.
- unsafe { bindings::spin_unlock(self.0.ma_lock()) };
+ unsafe { bindings::spin_unlock(self.tree.ma_lock()) };
}
}
@@ -323,7 +338,7 @@ impl<'tree, T: ForeignOwnable> MapleGuard<'tree, T> {
pub fn ma_state(&mut self, first: usize, end: usize) -> MaState<'_, T> {
// SAFETY: The `MaState` borrows this `MapleGuard`, so it can also borrow the `MapleGuard`s
// read/write permissions to the maple tree.
- unsafe { MaState::new_raw(self.0, first, end) }
+ unsafe { MaState::new_raw(self.tree, first, end) }
}
/// Load the value at the given index.
@@ -375,7 +390,7 @@ pub fn ma_state(&mut self, first: usize, end: usize) -> MaState<'_, T> {
#[inline]
pub fn load(&mut self, index: usize) -> Option<T::BorrowedMut<'_>> {
// SAFETY: `self.tree` contains a valid maple tree.
- let ret = unsafe { bindings::mtree_load(self.0.tree.get(), index) };
+ let ret = unsafe { bindings::mtree_load(self.tree.tree.get(), index) };
if ret.is_null() {
return None;
}
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-20 20:11 UTC|newest]
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2026-04-20 20:10 Joel Fernandes [this message]
2026-04-20 22:00 ` Daniel Almeida
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