1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 //! A wrapper for data protected by a lock that does not wrap it.
5 use super::{lock::Backend, lock::Lock};
6 use crate::build_assert;
7 use core::{cell::UnsafeCell, mem::size_of, ptr};
9 /// Allows access to some data to be serialised by a lock that does not wrap it.
11 /// In most cases, data protected by a lock is wrapped by the appropriate lock type, e.g.,
12 /// [`Mutex`] or [`SpinLock`]. [`LockedBy`] is meant for cases when this is not possible.
13 /// For example, if a container has a lock and some data in the contained elements needs
14 /// to be protected by the same lock.
16 /// [`LockedBy`] wraps the data in lieu of another locking primitive, and only allows access to it
17 /// when the caller shows evidence that the 'external' lock is locked. It panics if the evidence
18 /// refers to the wrong instance of the lock.
20 /// [`Mutex`]: super::Mutex
21 /// [`SpinLock`]: super::SpinLock
25 /// The following is an example for illustrative purposes: `InnerDirectory::bytes_used` is an
26 /// aggregate of all `InnerFile::bytes_used` and must be kept consistent; so we wrap `InnerFile` in
27 /// a `LockedBy` so that it shares a lock with `InnerDirectory`. This allows us to enforce at
28 /// compile-time that access to `InnerFile` is only granted when an `InnerDirectory` is also
29 /// locked; we enforce at run time that the right `InnerDirectory` is locked.
32 /// use kernel::sync::{LockedBy, Mutex};
34 /// struct InnerFile {
40 /// inner: LockedBy<InnerFile, InnerDirectory>,
43 /// struct InnerDirectory {
44 /// /// The sum of the bytes used by all files.
46 /// _files: Vec<File>,
49 /// struct Directory {
51 /// inner: Mutex<InnerDirectory>,
54 /// /// Prints `bytes_used` from both the directory and file.
55 /// fn print_bytes_used(dir: &Directory, file: &File) {
56 /// let guard = dir.inner.lock();
57 /// let inner_file = file.inner.access(&guard);
58 /// pr_info!("{} {}", guard.bytes_used, inner_file.bytes_used);
61 /// /// Increments `bytes_used` for both the directory and file.
62 /// fn inc_bytes_used(dir: &Directory, file: &File) {
63 /// let mut guard = dir.inner.lock();
64 /// guard.bytes_used += 10;
66 /// let file_inner = file.inner.access_mut(&mut guard);
67 /// file_inner.bytes_used += 10;
70 /// /// Creates a new file.
71 /// fn new_file(ino: u32, dir: &Directory) -> File {
74 /// inner: LockedBy::new(&dir.inner, InnerFile { bytes_used: 0 }),
78 pub struct LockedBy<T: ?Sized, U: ?Sized> {
83 // SAFETY: `LockedBy` can be transferred across thread boundaries iff the data it protects can.
84 unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Send, U: ?Sized> Send for LockedBy<T, U> {}
86 // SAFETY: `LockedBy` serialises the interior mutability it provides, so it is `Sync` as long as the
87 // data it protects is `Send`.
88 unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Send, U: ?Sized> Sync for LockedBy<T, U> {}
90 impl<T, U> LockedBy<T, U> {
91 /// Constructs a new instance of [`LockedBy`].
93 /// It stores a raw pointer to the owner that is never dereferenced. It is only used to ensure
94 /// that the right owner is being used to access the protected data. If the owner is freed, the
95 /// data becomes inaccessible; if another instance of the owner is allocated *on the same
96 /// memory location*, the data becomes accessible again: none of this affects memory safety
97 /// because in any case at most one thread (or CPU) can access the protected data at a time.
98 pub fn new<B: Backend>(owner: &Lock<U, B>, data: T) -> Self {
100 size_of::<Lock<U, B>>() > 0,
101 "The lock type cannot be a ZST because it may be impossible to distinguish instances"
104 owner: owner.data.get(),
105 data: UnsafeCell::new(data),
110 impl<T: ?Sized, U> LockedBy<T, U> {
111 /// Returns a reference to the protected data when the caller provides evidence (via a
112 /// reference) that the owner is locked.
114 /// `U` cannot be a zero-sized type (ZST) because there are ways to get an `&U` that matches
115 /// the data protected by the lock without actually holding it.
119 /// Panics if `owner` is different from the data protected by the lock used in
120 /// [`new`](LockedBy::new).
121 pub fn access<'a>(&'a self, owner: &'a U) -> &'a T {
124 "`U` cannot be a ZST because `owner` wouldn't be unique"
126 if !ptr::eq(owner, self.owner) {
127 panic!("mismatched owners");
130 // SAFETY: `owner` is evidence that the owner is locked.
131 unsafe { &*self.data.get() }
134 /// Returns a mutable reference to the protected data when the caller provides evidence (via a
135 /// mutable owner) that the owner is locked mutably.
137 /// `U` cannot be a zero-sized type (ZST) because there are ways to get an `&mut U` that
138 /// matches the data protected by the lock without actually holding it.
140 /// Showing a mutable reference to the owner is sufficient because we know no other references
145 /// Panics if `owner` is different from the data protected by the lock used in
146 /// [`new`](LockedBy::new).
147 pub fn access_mut<'a>(&'a self, owner: &'a mut U) -> &'a mut T {
150 "`U` cannot be a ZST because `owner` wouldn't be unique"
152 if !ptr::eq(owner, self.owner) {
153 panic!("mismatched owners");
156 // SAFETY: `owner` is evidence that there is only one reference to the owner.
157 unsafe { &mut *self.data.get() }