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1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 
3 //! Traits for transmuting types.
4 
5 use core::mem::size_of;
6 
7 /// Types for which any bit pattern is valid.
8 ///
9 /// Not all types are valid for all values. For example, a `bool` must be either zero or one, so
10 /// reading arbitrary bytes into something that contains a `bool` is not okay.
11 ///
12 /// It's okay for the type to have padding, as initializing those bytes has no effect.
13 ///
14 /// # Examples
15 ///
16 /// ```
17 /// use kernel::transmute::FromBytes;
18 ///
19 /// # fn test() -> Option<()> {
20 /// let raw = [1, 2, 3, 4];
21 ///
22 /// let result = u32::from_bytes(&raw)?;
23 ///
24 /// #[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
25 /// assert_eq!(*result, 0x4030201);
26 ///
27 /// #[cfg(target_endian = "big")]
28 /// assert_eq!(*result, 0x1020304);
29 ///
30 /// # Some(()) }
31 /// # test().ok_or(EINVAL)?;
32 /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
33 /// ```
34 ///
35 /// # Safety
36 ///
37 /// All bit-patterns must be valid for this type. This type must not have interior mutability.
38 pub unsafe trait FromBytes {
39     /// Converts a slice of bytes to a reference to `Self`.
40     ///
41     /// Succeeds if the reference is properly aligned, and the size of `bytes` is equal to that of
42     /// `T` and different from zero.
43     ///
44     /// Otherwise, returns [`None`].
45     fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<&Self>
46     where
47         Self: Sized,
48     {
49         let slice_ptr = bytes.as_ptr().cast::<Self>();
50         let size = size_of::<Self>();
51 
52         if bytes.len() == size && slice_ptr.is_aligned() {
53             // SAFETY: Size and alignment were just checked.
54             unsafe { Some(&*slice_ptr) }
55         } else {
56             None
57         }
58     }
59 
60     /// Converts the beginning of `bytes` to a reference to `Self`.
61     ///
62     /// This method is similar to [`Self::from_bytes`], with the difference that `bytes` does not
63     /// need to be the same size of `Self` - the appropriate portion is cut from the beginning of
64     /// `bytes`, and the remainder returned alongside `Self`.
65     fn from_bytes_prefix(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<(&Self, &[u8])>
66     where
67         Self: Sized,
68     {
69         let (prefix, remainder) = bytes.split_at_checked(size_of::<Self>())?;
70 
71         Self::from_bytes(prefix).map(|s| (s, remainder))
72     }
73 
74     /// Converts a mutable slice of bytes to a reference to `Self`.
75     ///
76     /// Succeeds if the reference is properly aligned, and the size of `bytes` is equal to that of
77     /// `T` and different from zero.
78     ///
79     /// Otherwise, returns [`None`].
80     fn from_bytes_mut(bytes: &mut [u8]) -> Option<&mut Self>
81     where
82         Self: AsBytes + Sized,
83     {
84         let slice_ptr = bytes.as_mut_ptr().cast::<Self>();
85         let size = size_of::<Self>();
86 
87         if bytes.len() == size && slice_ptr.is_aligned() {
88             // SAFETY: Size and alignment were just checked.
89             unsafe { Some(&mut *slice_ptr) }
90         } else {
91             None
92         }
93     }
94 
95     /// Converts the beginning of `bytes` to a mutable reference to `Self`.
96     ///
97     /// This method is similar to [`Self::from_bytes_mut`], with the difference that `bytes` does
98     /// not need to be the same size of `Self` - the appropriate portion is cut from the beginning
99     /// of `bytes`, and the remainder returned alongside `Self`.
100     fn from_bytes_mut_prefix(bytes: &mut [u8]) -> Option<(&mut Self, &mut [u8])>
101     where
102         Self: AsBytes + Sized,
103     {
104         let (prefix, remainder) = bytes.split_at_mut_checked(size_of::<Self>())?;
105 
106         Self::from_bytes_mut(prefix).map(|s| (s, remainder))
107     }
108 
109     /// Creates an owned instance of `Self` by copying `bytes`.
110     ///
111     /// Unlike [`FromBytes::from_bytes`], which requires aligned input, this method can be used on
112     /// non-aligned data at the cost of a copy.
113     fn from_bytes_copy(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<Self>
114     where
115         Self: Sized,
116     {
117         if bytes.len() == size_of::<Self>() {
118             // SAFETY: we just verified that `bytes` has the same size as `Self`, and per the
119             // invariants of `FromBytes`, any byte sequence of the correct length is a valid value
120             // for `Self`.
121             Some(unsafe { core::ptr::read_unaligned(bytes.as_ptr().cast::<Self>()) })
122         } else {
123             None
124         }
125     }
126 
127     /// Creates an owned instance of `Self` from the beginning of `bytes`.
128     ///
129     /// This method is similar to [`Self::from_bytes_copy`], with the difference that `bytes` does
130     /// not need to be the same size of `Self` - the appropriate portion is cut from the beginning
131     /// of `bytes`, and the remainder returned alongside `Self`.
132     fn from_bytes_copy_prefix(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<(Self, &[u8])>
133     where
134         Self: Sized,
135     {
136         let (prefix, remainder) = bytes.split_at_checked(size_of::<Self>())?;
137 
138         Self::from_bytes_copy(prefix).map(|s| (s, remainder))
139     }
140 }
141 
142 macro_rules! impl_frombytes {
143     ($($({$($generics:tt)*})? $t:ty, )*) => {
144         // SAFETY: Safety comments written in the macro invocation.
145         $(unsafe impl$($($generics)*)? FromBytes for $t {})*
146     };
147 }
148 
149 impl_frombytes! {
150     // SAFETY: Inhabited ZSTs only have one possible bit pattern, and these two have no invariant.
151     (),
152     {<T>} core::marker::PhantomData<T>,
153 
154     // SAFETY: All bit patterns are acceptable values of the types below.
155     u8, u16, u32, u64, usize,
156     i8, i16, i32, i64, isize,
157 
158     // SAFETY: If all bit patterns are acceptable for individual values in an array, then all bit
159     // patterns are also acceptable for arrays of that type.
160     {<T: FromBytes>} [T],
161     {<T: FromBytes, const N: usize>} [T; N],
162 }
163 
164 /// Types that can be viewed as an immutable slice of initialized bytes.
165 ///
166 /// If a struct implements this trait, then it is okay to copy it byte-for-byte to userspace. This
167 /// means that it should not have any padding, as padding bytes are uninitialized. Reading
168 /// uninitialized memory is not just undefined behavior, it may even lead to leaking sensitive
169 /// information on the stack to userspace.
170 ///
171 /// The struct should also not hold kernel pointers, as kernel pointer addresses are also considered
172 /// sensitive. However, leaking kernel pointers is not considered undefined behavior by Rust, so
173 /// this is a correctness requirement, but not a safety requirement.
174 ///
175 /// # Safety
176 ///
177 /// Values of this type may not contain any uninitialized bytes. This type must not have interior
178 /// mutability.
179 pub unsafe trait AsBytes {
180     /// Returns `self` as a slice of bytes.
181     fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
182         // CAST: `Self` implements `AsBytes` thus all bytes of `self` are initialized.
183         let data = core::ptr::from_ref(self).cast::<u8>();
184         let len = core::mem::size_of_val(self);
185 
186         // SAFETY: `data` is non-null and valid for reads of `len * sizeof::<u8>()` bytes.
187         unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(data, len) }
188     }
189 
190     /// Returns `self` as a mutable slice of bytes.
191     fn as_bytes_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8]
192     where
193         Self: FromBytes,
194     {
195         // CAST: `Self` implements both `AsBytes` and `FromBytes` thus making `Self`
196         // bi-directionally transmutable to `[u8; size_of_val(self)]`.
197         let data = core::ptr::from_mut(self).cast::<u8>();
198         let len = core::mem::size_of_val(self);
199 
200         // SAFETY: `data` is non-null and valid for read and writes of `len * sizeof::<u8>()`
201         // bytes.
202         unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(data, len) }
203     }
204 }
205 
206 macro_rules! impl_asbytes {
207     ($($({$($generics:tt)*})? $t:ty, )*) => {
208         // SAFETY: Safety comments written in the macro invocation.
209         $(unsafe impl$($($generics)*)? AsBytes for $t {})*
210     };
211 }
212 
213 impl_asbytes! {
214     // SAFETY: Inhabited ZSTs only have one possible bit pattern, and these two have no invariant.
215     (),
216     {<T>} core::marker::PhantomData<T>,
217 
218     // SAFETY: Instances of the following types have no uninitialized portions.
219     u8, u16, u32, u64, usize,
220     i8, i16, i32, i64, isize,
221     bool,
222     char,
223     str,
224 
225     // SAFETY: If individual values in an array have no uninitialized portions, then the array
226     // itself does not have any uninitialized portions either.
227     {<T: AsBytes>} [T],
228     {<T: AsBytes, const N: usize>} [T; N],
229 }
230