Re: [PATCH v3 9/9] rust: file: add abstraction for `poll_table`

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On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 11:11 AM Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 18.01.24 15:36, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> > +/// Wraps the kernel's `struct poll_table`.
> > +///
> > +/// # Invariants
> > +///
> > +/// This struct contains a valid `struct poll_table`.
> > +///
> > +/// For a `struct poll_table` to be valid, its `_qproc` function must follow the safety
> > +/// requirements of `_qproc` functions. It must ensure that when the waiter is removed and a rcu
>
> The first sentence sounds a bit weird, what is meant by `_qproc` functions?
> Do you have a link to where that is defined? Or is the whole definition the
> next sentence?

Yeah. Does this wording work better for you?

/// For a `struct poll_table` to be valid, its `_qproc` function must
follow the safety
/// requirements of `_qproc` functions:
///
/// * The `_qproc` function is given permission to enqueue a waiter to
the provided `poll_table`
///   during the call. Once the waiter is removed and an rcu grace
period has passed, it must no
///   longer access the `wait_queue_head`.

Alice





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