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1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 
3 //! Revocable objects.
4 //!
5 //! The [`Revocable`] type wraps other types and allows access to them to be revoked. The existence
6 //! of a [`RevocableGuard`] ensures that objects remain valid.
7 
8 use pin_init::Wrapper;
9 
10 use crate::{
11     prelude::*,
12     sync::{
13         atomic::{
14             AtomicFlag,
15             Relaxed, //
16         },
17         rcu, //
18     },
19     types::Opaque, //
20 };
21 use core::{
22     marker::PhantomData,
23     ops::Deref,
24     ptr::drop_in_place, //
25 };
26 
27 /// An object that can become inaccessible at runtime.
28 ///
29 /// Once access is revoked and all concurrent users complete (i.e., all existing instances of
30 /// [`RevocableGuard`] are dropped), the wrapped object is also dropped.
31 ///
32 /// # Examples
33 ///
34 /// ```
35 /// # use kernel::revocable::Revocable;
36 ///
37 /// struct Example {
38 ///     a: u32,
39 ///     b: u32,
40 /// }
41 ///
42 /// fn add_two(v: &Revocable<Example>) -> Option<u32> {
43 ///     let guard = v.try_access()?;
44 ///     Some(guard.a + guard.b)
45 /// }
46 ///
47 /// let v = KBox::pin_init(Revocable::new(Example { a: 10, b: 20 }), GFP_KERNEL).unwrap();
48 /// assert_eq!(add_two(&v), Some(30));
49 /// v.revoke();
50 /// assert_eq!(add_two(&v), None);
51 /// ```
52 ///
53 /// Sample example as above, but explicitly using the rcu read side lock.
54 ///
55 /// ```
56 /// # use kernel::revocable::Revocable;
57 /// use kernel::sync::rcu;
58 ///
59 /// struct Example {
60 ///     a: u32,
61 ///     b: u32,
62 /// }
63 ///
64 /// fn add_two(v: &Revocable<Example>) -> Option<u32> {
65 ///     let guard = rcu::read_lock();
66 ///     let e = v.try_access_with_guard(&guard)?;
67 ///     Some(e.a + e.b)
68 /// }
69 ///
70 /// let v = KBox::pin_init(Revocable::new(Example { a: 10, b: 20 }), GFP_KERNEL).unwrap();
71 /// assert_eq!(add_two(&v), Some(30));
72 /// v.revoke();
73 /// assert_eq!(add_two(&v), None);
74 /// ```
75 #[pin_data(PinnedDrop)]
76 pub struct Revocable<T> {
77     is_available: AtomicFlag,
78     #[pin]
79     data: Opaque<T>,
80 }
81 
82 // SAFETY: `Revocable` is `Send` if the wrapped object is also `Send`. This is because while the
83 // functionality exposed by `Revocable` can be accessed from any thread/CPU, it is possible that
84 // this isn't supported by the wrapped object.
85 unsafe impl<T: Send> Send for Revocable<T> {}
86 
87 // SAFETY: `Revocable` is `Sync` if the wrapped object is both `Send` and `Sync`. We require `Send`
88 // from the wrapped object as well because  of `Revocable::revoke`, which can trigger the `Drop`
89 // implementation of the wrapped object from an arbitrary thread.
90 unsafe impl<T: Sync + Send> Sync for Revocable<T> {}
91 
92 impl<T> Revocable<T> {
93     /// Creates a new revocable instance of the given data.
94     pub fn new<E>(data: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> impl PinInit<Self, E> {
95         try_pin_init!(Self {
96             is_available: AtomicFlag::new(true),
97             data <- Opaque::pin_init(data),
98         }? E)
99     }
100 
101     /// Tries to access the revocable wrapped object.
102     ///
103     /// Returns `None` if the object has been revoked and is therefore no longer accessible.
104     ///
105     /// Returns a guard that gives access to the object otherwise; the object is guaranteed to
106     /// remain accessible while the guard is alive. In such cases, callers are not allowed to sleep
107     /// because another CPU may be waiting to complete the revocation of this object.
108     pub fn try_access(&self) -> Option<RevocableGuard<'_, T>> {
109         let guard = rcu::read_lock();
110         if self.is_available.load(Relaxed) {
111             // Since `self.is_available` is true, data is initialised and has to remain valid
112             // because the RCU read side lock prevents it from being dropped.
113             Some(RevocableGuard::new(self.data.get(), guard))
114         } else {
115             None
116         }
117     }
118 
119     /// Tries to access the revocable wrapped object.
120     ///
121     /// Returns `None` if the object has been revoked and is therefore no longer accessible.
122     ///
123     /// Returns a shared reference to the object otherwise; the object is guaranteed to
124     /// remain accessible while the rcu read side guard is alive. In such cases, callers are not
125     /// allowed to sleep because another CPU may be waiting to complete the revocation of this
126     /// object.
127     pub fn try_access_with_guard<'a>(&'a self, _guard: &'a rcu::Guard) -> Option<&'a T> {
128         if self.is_available.load(Relaxed) {
129             // SAFETY: Since `self.is_available` is true, data is initialised and has to remain
130             // valid because the RCU read side lock prevents it from being dropped.
131             Some(unsafe { &*self.data.get() })
132         } else {
133             None
134         }
135     }
136 
137     /// Tries to access the wrapped object and run a closure on it while the guard is held.
138     ///
139     /// This is a convenience method to run short non-sleepable code blocks while ensuring the
140     /// guard is dropped afterwards. [`Self::try_access`] carries the risk that the caller will
141     /// forget to explicitly drop that returned guard before calling sleepable code; this method
142     /// adds an extra safety to make sure it doesn't happen.
143     ///
144     /// Returns [`None`] if the object has been revoked and is therefore no longer accessible, or
145     /// the result of the closure wrapped in [`Some`]. If the closure returns a [`Result`] then the
146     /// return type becomes `Option<Result<>>`, which can be inconvenient. Users are encouraged to
147     /// define their own macro that turns the [`Option`] into a proper error code and flattens the
148     /// inner result into it if it makes sense within their subsystem.
149     pub fn try_access_with<R, F: FnOnce(&T) -> R>(&self, f: F) -> Option<R> {
150         self.try_access().map(|t| f(&*t))
151     }
152 
153     /// Directly access the revocable wrapped object.
154     ///
155     /// # Safety
156     ///
157     /// The caller must ensure this [`Revocable`] instance hasn't been revoked and won't be revoked
158     /// as long as the returned `&T` lives.
159     pub unsafe fn access(&self) -> &T {
160         // SAFETY: By the safety requirement of this function it is guaranteed that
161         // `self.data.get()` is a valid pointer to an instance of `T`.
162         unsafe { &*self.data.get() }
163     }
164 
165     /// # Safety
166     ///
167     /// Callers must ensure that there are no more concurrent users of the revocable object.
168     unsafe fn revoke_internal<const SYNC: bool>(&self) -> bool {
169         let revoke = self.is_available.xchg(false, Relaxed);
170 
171         if revoke {
172             if SYNC {
173                 rcu::synchronize_rcu();
174             }
175 
176             // SAFETY: We know `self.data` is valid because only one CPU can succeed the
177             // `compare_exchange` above that takes `is_available` from `true` to `false`.
178             unsafe { drop_in_place(self.data.get()) };
179         }
180 
181         revoke
182     }
183 
184     /// Revokes access to and drops the wrapped object.
185     ///
186     /// Access to the object is revoked immediately to new callers of [`Revocable::try_access`],
187     /// expecting that there are no concurrent users of the object.
188     ///
189     /// Returns `true` if `&self` has been revoked with this call, `false` if it was revoked
190     /// already.
191     ///
192     /// # Safety
193     ///
194     /// Callers must ensure that there are no more concurrent users of the revocable object.
195     pub unsafe fn revoke_nosync(&self) -> bool {
196         // SAFETY: By the safety requirement of this function, the caller ensures that nobody is
197         // accessing the data anymore and hence we don't have to wait for the grace period to
198         // finish.
199         unsafe { self.revoke_internal::<false>() }
200     }
201 
202     /// Revokes access to and drops the wrapped object.
203     ///
204     /// Access to the object is revoked immediately to new callers of [`Revocable::try_access`].
205     ///
206     /// If there are concurrent users of the object (i.e., ones that called
207     /// [`Revocable::try_access`] beforehand and still haven't dropped the returned guard), this
208     /// function waits for the concurrent access to complete before dropping the wrapped object.
209     ///
210     /// Returns `true` if `&self` has been revoked with this call, `false` if it was revoked
211     /// already.
212     pub fn revoke(&self) -> bool {
213         // SAFETY: By passing `true` we ask `revoke_internal` to wait for the grace period to
214         // finish.
215         unsafe { self.revoke_internal::<true>() }
216     }
217 }
218 
219 #[pinned_drop]
220 impl<T> PinnedDrop for Revocable<T> {
221     fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
222         // Drop only if the data hasn't been revoked yet (in which case it has already been
223         // dropped).
224         // SAFETY: We are not moving out of `p`, only dropping in place
225         let p = unsafe { self.get_unchecked_mut() };
226         if *p.is_available.get_mut() {
227             // SAFETY: We know `self.data` is valid because no other CPU has changed
228             // `is_available` to `false` yet, and no other CPU can do it anymore because this CPU
229             // holds the only reference (mutable) to `self` now.
230             unsafe { drop_in_place(p.data.get()) };
231         }
232     }
233 }
234 
235 /// A guard that allows access to a revocable object and keeps it alive.
236 ///
237 /// CPUs may not sleep while holding on to [`RevocableGuard`] because it's in atomic context
238 /// holding the RCU read-side lock.
239 ///
240 /// # Invariants
241 ///
242 /// The RCU read-side lock is held while the guard is alive.
243 pub struct RevocableGuard<'a, T> {
244     // This can't use the `&'a T` type because references that appear in function arguments must
245     // not become dangling during the execution of the function, which can happen if the
246     // `RevocableGuard` is passed as a function argument and then dropped during execution of the
247     // function.
248     data_ref: *const T,
249     _rcu_guard: rcu::Guard,
250     _p: PhantomData<&'a ()>,
251 }
252 
253 impl<T> RevocableGuard<'_, T> {
254     fn new(data_ref: *const T, rcu_guard: rcu::Guard) -> Self {
255         Self {
256             data_ref,
257             _rcu_guard: rcu_guard,
258             _p: PhantomData,
259         }
260     }
261 }
262 
263 impl<T> Deref for RevocableGuard<'_, T> {
264     type Target = T;
265 
266     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
267         // SAFETY: By the type invariants, we hold the rcu read-side lock, so the object is
268         // guaranteed to remain valid.
269         unsafe { &*self.data_ref }
270     }
271 }
272