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1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 
3 //! Extensions to the [`alloc`] crate.
4 
5 #[cfg(not(any(test, testlib)))]
6 pub mod allocator;
7 pub mod box_ext;
8 pub mod vec_ext;
9 
10 #[cfg(any(test, testlib))]
11 pub mod allocator_test;
12 
13 #[cfg(any(test, testlib))]
14 pub use self::allocator_test as allocator;
15 
16 /// Indicates an allocation error.
17 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
18 pub struct AllocError;
19 use core::{alloc::Layout, ptr::NonNull};
20 
21 /// Flags to be used when allocating memory.
22 ///
23 /// They can be combined with the operators `|`, `&`, and `!`.
24 ///
25 /// Values can be used from the [`flags`] module.
26 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
27 pub struct Flags(u32);
28 
29 impl Flags {
30     /// Get the raw representation of this flag.
31     pub(crate) fn as_raw(self) -> u32 {
32         self.0
33     }
34 }
35 
36 impl core::ops::BitOr for Flags {
37     type Output = Self;
38     fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
39         Self(self.0 | rhs.0)
40     }
41 }
42 
43 impl core::ops::BitAnd for Flags {
44     type Output = Self;
45     fn bitand(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
46         Self(self.0 & rhs.0)
47     }
48 }
49 
50 impl core::ops::Not for Flags {
51     type Output = Self;
52     fn not(self) -> Self::Output {
53         Self(!self.0)
54     }
55 }
56 
57 /// Allocation flags.
58 ///
59 /// These are meant to be used in functions that can allocate memory.
60 pub mod flags {
61     use super::Flags;
62 
63     /// Zeroes out the allocated memory.
64     ///
65     /// This is normally or'd with other flags.
66     pub const __GFP_ZERO: Flags = Flags(bindings::__GFP_ZERO);
67 
68     /// Allow the allocation to be in high memory.
69     ///
70     /// Allocations in high memory may not be mapped into the kernel's address space, so this can't
71     /// be used with `kmalloc` and other similar methods.
72     ///
73     /// This is normally or'd with other flags.
74     pub const __GFP_HIGHMEM: Flags = Flags(bindings::__GFP_HIGHMEM);
75 
76     /// Users can not sleep and need the allocation to succeed.
77     ///
78     /// A lower watermark is applied to allow access to "atomic reserves". The current
79     /// implementation doesn't support NMI and few other strict non-preemptive contexts (e.g.
80     /// raw_spin_lock). The same applies to [`GFP_NOWAIT`].
81     pub const GFP_ATOMIC: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_ATOMIC);
82 
83     /// Typical for kernel-internal allocations. The caller requires ZONE_NORMAL or a lower zone
84     /// for direct access but can direct reclaim.
85     pub const GFP_KERNEL: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_KERNEL);
86 
87     /// The same as [`GFP_KERNEL`], except the allocation is accounted to kmemcg.
88     pub const GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
89 
90     /// For kernel allocations that should not stall for direct reclaim, start physical IO or
91     /// use any filesystem callback.  It is very likely to fail to allocate memory, even for very
92     /// small allocations.
93     pub const GFP_NOWAIT: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_NOWAIT);
94 }
95 
96 /// The kernel's [`Allocator`] trait.
97 ///
98 /// An implementation of [`Allocator`] can allocate, re-allocate and free memory buffers described
99 /// via [`Layout`].
100 ///
101 /// [`Allocator`] is designed to be implemented as a ZST; [`Allocator`] functions do not operate on
102 /// an object instance.
103 ///
104 /// In order to be able to support `#[derive(SmartPointer)]` later on, we need to avoid a design
105 /// that requires an `Allocator` to be instantiated, hence its functions must not contain any kind
106 /// of `self` parameter.
107 ///
108 /// # Safety
109 ///
110 /// - A memory allocation returned from an allocator must remain valid until it is explicitly freed.
111 ///
112 /// - Any pointer to a valid memory allocation must be valid to be passed to any other [`Allocator`]
113 ///   function of the same type.
114 ///
115 /// - Implementers must ensure that all trait functions abide by the guarantees documented in the
116 ///   `# Guarantees` sections.
117 pub unsafe trait Allocator {
118     /// Allocate memory based on `layout` and `flags`.
119     ///
120     /// On success, returns a buffer represented as `NonNull<[u8]>` that satisfies the layout
121     /// constraints (i.e. minimum size and alignment as specified by `layout`).
122     ///
123     /// This function is equivalent to `realloc` when called with `None`.
124     ///
125     /// # Guarantees
126     ///
127     /// When the return value is `Ok(ptr)`, then `ptr` is
128     /// - valid for reads and writes for `layout.size()` bytes, until it is passed to
129     ///   [`Allocator::free`] or [`Allocator::realloc`],
130     /// - aligned to `layout.align()`,
131     ///
132     /// Additionally, `Flags` are honored as documented in
133     /// <https://docs.kernel.org/core-api/mm-api.html#mm-api-gfp-flags>.
134     fn alloc(layout: Layout, flags: Flags) -> Result<NonNull<[u8]>, AllocError> {
135         // SAFETY: Passing `None` to `realloc` is valid by its safety requirements and asks for a
136         // new memory allocation.
137         unsafe { Self::realloc(None, layout, Layout::new::<()>(), flags) }
138     }
139 
140     /// Re-allocate an existing memory allocation to satisfy the requested `layout`.
141     ///
142     /// If the requested size is zero, `realloc` behaves equivalent to `free`.
143     ///
144     /// If the requested size is larger than the size of the existing allocation, a successful call
145     /// to `realloc` guarantees that the new or grown buffer has at least `Layout::size` bytes, but
146     /// may also be larger.
147     ///
148     /// If the requested size is smaller than the size of the existing allocation, `realloc` may or
149     /// may not shrink the buffer; this is implementation specific to the allocator.
150     ///
151     /// On allocation failure, the existing buffer, if any, remains valid.
152     ///
153     /// The buffer is represented as `NonNull<[u8]>`.
154     ///
155     /// # Safety
156     ///
157     /// - If `ptr == Some(p)`, then `p` must point to an existing and valid memory allocation
158     ///   created by this [`Allocator`]; if `old_layout` is zero-sized `p` does not need to be a
159     ///   pointer returned by this [`Allocator`].
160     /// - `ptr` is allowed to be `None`; in this case a new memory allocation is created and
161     ///   `old_layout` is ignored.
162     /// - `old_layout` must match the `Layout` the allocation has been created with.
163     ///
164     /// # Guarantees
165     ///
166     /// This function has the same guarantees as [`Allocator::alloc`]. When `ptr == Some(p)`, then
167     /// it additionally guarantees that:
168     /// - the contents of the memory pointed to by `p` are preserved up to the lesser of the new
169     ///   and old size, i.e. `ret_ptr[0..min(layout.size(), old_layout.size())] ==
170     ///   p[0..min(layout.size(), old_layout.size())]`.
171     /// - when the return value is `Err(AllocError)`, then `ptr` is still valid.
172     unsafe fn realloc(
173         ptr: Option<NonNull<u8>>,
174         layout: Layout,
175         old_layout: Layout,
176         flags: Flags,
177     ) -> Result<NonNull<[u8]>, AllocError>;
178 
179     /// Free an existing memory allocation.
180     ///
181     /// # Safety
182     ///
183     /// - `ptr` must point to an existing and valid memory allocation created by this [`Allocator`];
184     ///   if `old_layout` is zero-sized `p` does not need to be a pointer returned by this
185     ///   [`Allocator`].
186     /// - `layout` must match the `Layout` the allocation has been created with.
187     /// - The memory allocation at `ptr` must never again be read from or written to.
188     unsafe fn free(ptr: NonNull<u8>, layout: Layout) {
189         // SAFETY: The caller guarantees that `ptr` points at a valid allocation created by this
190         // allocator. We are passing a `Layout` with the smallest possible alignment, so it is
191         // smaller than or equal to the alignment previously used with this allocation.
192         let _ = unsafe { Self::realloc(Some(ptr), Layout::new::<()>(), layout, Flags(0)) };
193     }
194 }
195 
196 #[allow(dead_code)]
197 /// Returns a properly aligned dangling pointer from the given `layout`.
198 pub(crate) fn dangling_from_layout(layout: Layout) -> NonNull<u8> {
199     let ptr = layout.align() as *mut u8;
200 
201     // SAFETY: `layout.align()` (and hence `ptr`) is guaranteed to be non-zero.
202     unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr) }
203 }
204