From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
To: "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Lorenzo Stoakes" <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: page: add `from_raw()`
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:14:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pl6tsu2i.fsf@t14s.mail-host-address-is-not-set> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DG09CF1T9SQA.2LKBUV75ZPS1P@garyguo.net>
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net> writes:
> On Wed Jan 28, 2026 at 1:22 PM GMT, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
>> Add a method to `Page` that allows construction of a reference instance
>> from `struct page` pointer.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@samsung.com>
>> ---
>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
>> ---
>> rust/kernel/page.rs | 11 +++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/rust/kernel/page.rs b/rust/kernel/page.rs
>> index 432fc0297d4a8..f666c92fcf451 100644
>> --- a/rust/kernel/page.rs
>> +++ b/rust/kernel/page.rs
>> @@ -176,6 +176,17 @@ pub fn nid(&self) -> i32 {
>> unsafe { bindings::page_to_nid(self.as_ptr()) }
>> }
>>
>> + /// Create a `&Page` from a raw `struct page` pointer
>> + ///
>> + /// # Safety
>> + ///
>> + /// `ptr` must be valid for use as a reference for the duration of `'a`.
>> + pub unsafe fn from_raw<'a>(ptr: *mut bindings::page) -> &'a Self {
>> + // SAFETY: By function safety requirements, ptr is not null and is
>> + // valid for use as a reference.
>> + unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr).cast().as_ref() }
>> + }
>
> This is wrong. `Page` is a wrapper of `struct page*`, not `struct page`.
Oops. Sorry. This goes on top of a conversion of page to `Ownable` that
I did not send yet.
Please disregard.
Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg
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2026-01-28 13:22 Andreas Hindborg
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