Re: [PATCH v3 06/25] rust: alloc: implement `Vmalloc` allocator

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On Sat, Aug 03, 2024 at 11:44:58PM -0700, Boqun Feng wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 02:02:05AM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> > Implement `Allocator` for `Vmalloc`, the kernel's virtually contiguous
> > allocator, typically used for larger objects, (much) larger than page
> > size.
> > 
> > All memory allocations made with `Vmalloc` end up in `vrealloc()`.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  rust/helpers.c                      |  8 ++++++++
> >  rust/kernel/alloc/allocator.rs      | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  rust/kernel/alloc/allocator_test.rs |  1 +
> >  3 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/rust/helpers.c b/rust/helpers.c
> > index 92d3c03ae1bd..4c628986f0c9 100644
> > --- a/rust/helpers.c
> > +++ b/rust/helpers.c
> > @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
> >  #include <linux/slab.h>
> >  #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> > +#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> >  #include <linux/wait.h>
> >  #include <linux/workqueue.h>
> >  
> > @@ -200,6 +201,13 @@ rust_helper_krealloc(const void *objp, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_krealloc);
> >  
> > +void * __must_check __realloc_size(2)
> > +rust_helper_vrealloc(const void *p, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> > +{
> > +	return vrealloc(p, size, flags);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_vrealloc);
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * `bindgen` binds the C `size_t` type as the Rust `usize` type, so we can
> >   * use it in contexts where Rust expects a `usize` like slice (array) indices.
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator.rs
> > index 397ae5bcc043..e9a3d0694f41 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator.rs
> > @@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
> >  /// `bindings::krealloc`.
> >  pub struct Kmalloc;
> >  
> > +/// The virtually contiguous kernel allocator.
> > +///
> > +/// The vmalloc allocator allocates pages from the page level allocator and maps them into the
> > +/// contiguous kernel virtual space.
> > +pub struct Vmalloc;
> > +
> >  /// Returns a proper size to alloc a new object aligned to `new_layout`'s alignment.
> >  fn aligned_size(new_layout: Layout) -> usize {
> >      // Customized layouts from `Layout::from_size_align()` can have size < align, so pad first.
> > @@ -58,6 +64,10 @@ fn krealloc() -> Self {
> >          Self(bindings::krealloc)
> >      }
> >  
> > +    fn vrealloc() -> Self {
> > +        Self(bindings::vrealloc)
> > +    }
> > +
> >      // SAFETY: `call` has the exact same safety requirements as `Allocator::realloc`.
> >      unsafe fn call(
> >          &self,
> > @@ -136,6 +146,20 @@ unsafe fn alloc_zeroed(&self, layout: Layout) -> *mut u8 {
> >      }
> >  }
> >  
> > +unsafe impl Allocator for Vmalloc {
> > +    unsafe fn realloc(
> > +        ptr: Option<NonNull<u8>>,
> > +        layout: Layout,
> > +        flags: Flags,
> > +    ) -> Result<NonNull<[u8]>, AllocError> {
> > +        let realloc = ReallocFunc::vrealloc();
> > +
> 
> IIUC, vrealloc() calls __vmalloc_noprof() in allocation case, that is
> calling __vmalloc_node_noprof() with align=1. In such a case, how would
> vmalloc() guarantee the allocated memory is aligned to layout.align()?

True, good catch. I thought of this a while ago and then forgot to fix it.

> 
> [Cc Vlastimil]
> 
> Regards,
> Boqun
> 
> > +        // SAFETY: If not `None`, `ptr` is guaranteed to point to valid memory, which was previously
> > +        // allocated with this `Allocator`.
> > +        unsafe { realloc.call(ptr, layout, flags) }
> > +    }
> > +}
> > +
> >  #[global_allocator]
> >  static ALLOCATOR: Kmalloc = Kmalloc;
> >  
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator_test.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator_test.rs
> > index 4785efc474a7..e7bf2982f68f 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator_test.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator_test.rs
> > @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> >  use core::ptr::NonNull;
> >  
> >  pub struct Kmalloc;
> > +pub type Vmalloc = Kmalloc;
> >  
> >  unsafe impl Allocator for Kmalloc {
> >      unsafe fn realloc(
> > -- 
> > 2.45.2
> > 
> 




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