[PATCH v7 5/9] rust: sync: atomic: Add atomic {cmp,}xchg operations
Boqun Feng <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:36:52 -0700
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.lkmm,org.kernel.vger.linux-arch,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux |
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xchg() and cmpxchg() are basic operations on atomic. Provide these based on C APIs. Note that cmpxchg() use the similar function signature as compare_exchange() in Rust std: returning a `Result`, `Ok(old)` means the operation succeeds and `Err(old)` means the operation fails. Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <[email protected]> --- rust/kernel/sync/atomic/generic.rs | 181 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/atomic/generic.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/atomic/generic.rs index b3e07328d857..4e45d594d8ef 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/sync/atomic/generic.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/atomic/generic.rs @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ //! Generic atomic primitives. -use super::ops::{AtomicHasBasicOps, AtomicImpl}; +use super::ops::{AtomicHasBasicOps, AtomicHasXchgOps, AtomicImpl}; use super::{ordering, ordering::OrderingType}; use crate::build_error; use core::cell::UnsafeCell; @@ -283,3 +283,182 @@ pub fn store<Ordering: ordering::ReleaseOrRelaxed>(&self, v: T, _: Ordering) { }; } } + +impl<T: AllowAtomic> Atomic<T> +where + T::Repr: AtomicHasXchgOps, +{ + /// Atomic exchange. + /// + /// Atomically updates `*self` to `v` and returns the old value of `*self`. + /// + /// # Examples + /// + /// ``` + /// use kernel::sync::atomic::{Atomic, Acquire, Relaxed}; + /// + /// let x = Atomic::new(42); + /// + /// assert_eq!(42, x.xchg(52, Acquire)); + /// assert_eq!(52, x.load(Relaxed)); + /// ``` + #[doc(alias("atomic_xchg", "atomic64_xchg", "swap"))] + #[inline(always)] + pub fn xchg<Ordering: ordering::Any>(&self, v: T, _: Ordering) -> T { + let v = into_repr(v); + // CAST: Per the safety requirement of `AllowAtomic`, a valid pointer of `T` is a valid + // pointer of `T::Repr` for reads and valid for writes of values transmutable to `T`. + let a = self.as_ptr().cast::<T::Repr>(); + + // `*self` remains valid after `atomic_xchg*()` because `v` is transmutable to `T`. + // + // SAFETY: + // - `a` is aligned to `align_of::<T::Repr>()` because of the safety requirement of + // `AllowAtomic` and the guarantee of `Atomic::as_ptr()`. + // - `a` is a valid pointer per the CAST justification above. + let ret = unsafe { + match Ordering::TYPE { + OrderingType::Full => T::Repr::atomic_xchg(a, v), + OrderingType::Acquire => T::Repr::atomic_xchg_acquire(a, v), + OrderingType::Release => T::Repr::atomic_xchg_release(a, v), + OrderingType::Relaxed => T::Repr::atomic_xchg_relaxed(a, v), + } + }; + + // SAFETY: `v` comes from reading `a` which was derived from `self.as_ptr()` which points + // at a valid `T`. + unsafe { from_repr(ret) } + } + + /// Atomic compare and exchange. + /// + /// If `*self` == `old`, atomically updates `*self` to `new`. Otherwise, `*self` is not + /// modified. + /// + /// Compare: The comparison is done via the byte level comparison between `*self` and `old`. + /// + /// Ordering: When succeeds, provides the corresponding ordering as the `Ordering` type + /// parameter indicates, and a failed one doesn't provide any ordering, the load part of a + /// failed cmpxchg is a [`Relaxed`] load. + /// + /// Returns `Ok(value)` if cmpxchg succeeds, and `value` is guaranteed to be equal to `old`, + /// otherwise returns `Err(value)`, and `value` is the current value of `*self`. + /// + /// # Examples + /// + /// ``` + /// use kernel::sync::atomic::{Atomic, Full, Relaxed}; + /// + /// let x = Atomic::new(42); + /// + /// // Checks whether cmpxchg succeeded. + /// let success = x.cmpxchg(52, 64, Relaxed).is_ok(); + /// # assert!(!success); + /// + /// // Checks whether cmpxchg failed. + /// let failure = x.cmpxchg(52, 64, Relaxed).is_err(); + /// # assert!(failure); + /// + /// // Uses the old value if failed, probably re-try cmpxchg. + /// match x.cmpxchg(52, 64, Relaxed) { + /// Ok(_) => { }, + /// Err(old) => { + /// // do something with `old`. + /// # assert_eq!(old, 42); + /// } + /// } + /// + /// // Uses the latest value regardlessly, same as atomic_cmpxchg() in C. + /// let latest = x.cmpxchg(42, 64, Full).unwrap_or_else(|old| old); + /// # assert_eq!(42, latest); + /// assert_eq!(64, x.load(Relaxed)); + /// ``` + /// + /// [`Relaxed`]: super::ordering::Relaxed + #[doc(alias( + "atomic_cmpxchg", + "atomic64_cmpxchg", + "atomic_try_cmpxchg", + "atomic64_try_cmpxchg", + "compare_exchange" + ))] + #[inline(always)] + pub fn cmpxchg<Ordering: ordering::Any>( + &self, + mut old: T, + new: T, + o: Ordering, + ) -> Result<T, T> { + // Note on code generation: + // + // try_cmpxchg() is used to implement cmpxchg(), and if the helper functions are inlined, + // the compiler is able to figure out that branch is not needed if the users don't care + // about whether the operation succeeds or not. One exception is on x86, due to commit + // 44fe84459faf ("locking/atomic: Fix atomic_try_cmpxchg() semantics"), the + // atomic_try_cmpxchg() on x86 has a branch even if the caller doesn't care about the + // success of cmpxchg and only wants to use the old value. For example, for code like: + // + // let latest = x.cmpxchg(42, 64, Full).unwrap_or_else(|old| old); + // + // It will still generate code: + // + // movl $0x40, %ecx + // movl $0x34, %eax + // lock + // cmpxchgl %ecx, 0x4(%rsp) + // jne 1f + // 2: + // ... + // 1: movl %eax, %ecx + // jmp 2b + // + // This might be "fixed" by introducing a try_cmpxchg_exclusive() that knows the "*old" + // location in the C function is always safe to write. + if self.try_cmpxchg(&mut old, new, o) { + Ok(old) + } else { + Err(old) + } + } + + /// Atomic compare and exchange and returns whether the operation succeeds. + /// + /// If `*self` == `old`, atomically updates `*self` to `new`. Otherwise, `*self` is not + /// modified, `*old` is updated to the current value of `*self`. + /// + /// "Compare" and "Ordering" part are the same as [`Atomic::cmpxchg()`]. + /// + /// Returns `true` means the cmpxchg succeeds otherwise returns `false`. + #[inline(always)] + fn try_cmpxchg<Ordering: ordering::Any>(&self, old: &mut T, new: T, _: Ordering) -> bool { + let mut old_tmp = into_repr(*old); + let oldp = &raw mut old_tmp; + let new = into_repr(new); + // CAST: Per the safety requirement of `AllowAtomic`, a valid pointer of `T` is a valid + // pointer of `T::Repr` for reads and valid for writes of values transmutable to `T`. + let a = self.0.get().cast::<T::Repr>(); + + // `*self` remains valid after `atomic_try_cmpxchg*()` because `new` is transmutable to + // `T`. + // + // SAFETY: + // - `a` is aligned to `align_of::<T::Repr>()` because of the safety requirement of + // `AllowAtomic` and the guarantee of `Atomic::as_ptr()`. + // - `a` is a valid pointer per the CAST justification above. + // - `oldp` is a valid and properly aligned pointer of `T::Repr`. + let ret = unsafe { + match Ordering::TYPE { + OrderingType::Full => T::Repr::atomic_try_cmpxchg(a, oldp, new), + OrderingType::Acquire => T::Repr::atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire(a, oldp, new), + OrderingType::Release => T::Repr::atomic_try_cmpxchg_release(a, oldp, new), + OrderingType::Relaxed => T::Repr::atomic_try_cmpxchg_relaxed(a, oldp, new), + } + }; + + // SAFETY: `old_tmp` comes from reading `a` which was derived from `self.as_ptr()` which + // points at a valid `T` + *old = unsafe { from_repr(old_tmp) }; + + ret + } +} -- 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)