[PATCH 01/10] rust: io: register: allow explicit base type specification

Gary Guo <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:54:25 +0100
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.nova-gpu,dev.linux.lists.driver-core,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-pci,org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Currently registers work for all untyped I/O regions, which is not ideal.
It allows registers defined for device A to work for another device B and
there is no safeguarding at all.

All users of the `register!` macro know what type it will be operating on,
and that type is consistent across the driver. Therefore, add a `base`
parameter to `register!`.

Currently this parameter is unused in the generated code; it will be used
when all users of `register!` is converted to gain the parameter.

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <[email protected]>
---
 rust/kernel/io.rs          |  4 +++
 rust/kernel/io/register.rs | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/io.rs b/rust/kernel/io.rs
index 95f46bb75f9e..c5f07c38e59e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io.rs
@@ -883,6 +883,8 @@ fn try_write<T, L>(self, location: L, value: T) -> Result
     /// };
     ///
     /// register! {
+    ///     base: Region;
+    ///
     ///     VERSION(u32) @ 0x100 {
     ///         15:8 major;
     ///         7:0  minor;
@@ -1028,6 +1030,8 @@ fn write<T, L>(self, location: L, value: T)
     /// };
     ///
     /// register! {
+    ///     base: Region<0x1000>;
+    ///
     ///     VERSION(u32) @ 0x100 {
     ///         15:8 major;
     ///         7:0  minor;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/io/register.rs b/rust/kernel/io/register.rs
index 6cb07fc92cc3..b0fcfce36c9c 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io/register.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io/register.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@
 //! # Simple example
 //!
 //! ```no_run
-//! use kernel::io::register;
+//! use kernel::io::{
+//!     register,
+//!     Region,
+//! };
 //!
 //! register! {
+//!     base: Region<0x1000>;
+//!
 //!     /// Basic information about the chip.
 //!     pub BOOT_0(u32) @ 0x00000100 {
 //!         /// Vendor ID.
@@ -55,11 +60,14 @@
 //!         register,
 //!         Io,
 //!         IoLoc,
+//!         Region,
 //!     },
 //!     num::Bounded,
 //! };
-//! # use kernel::io::{Mmio, Region};
+//! # use kernel::io::Mmio;
 //! # register! {
+//! #     base: Region<0x1000>;
+//! #
 //! #     pub BOOT_0(u32) @ 0x00000100 {
 //! #         15:8 vendor_id;
 //! #         7:4 major_revision;
@@ -444,11 +452,14 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 ///     io::{
 ///         register,
 ///         Io,
+///         Region,
 ///     },
 /// };
-/// # use kernel::io::{Mmio, Region};
+/// # use kernel::io::Mmio;
 ///
 /// register! {
+///     base: Region<0x1000>;
+///
 ///     FIXED_REG(u32) @ 0x100 {
 ///         15:8 high_byte;
 ///         7:0  low_byte;
@@ -479,9 +490,14 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 /// the context:
 ///
 /// ```no_run
-/// use kernel::io::register;
+/// use kernel::io::{
+///     register,
+///     Region,
+/// };
 ///
 /// register! {
+///     base: Region<0x1000>;
+///
 ///     /// Scratch register.
 ///     pub SCRATCH(u32) @ 0x00000200 {
 ///         31:0 value;
@@ -531,6 +547,7 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 ///
 /// ```ignore
 /// register! {
+///     ...
 ///     pub RELATIVE_REG(u32) @ Base + 0x80 {
 ///         ...
 ///     }
@@ -557,9 +574,10 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 ///             WithBase,
 ///         },
 ///         Io,
+///         Region,
 ///     },
 /// };
-/// # use kernel::io::{Mmio, Region};
+/// # use kernel::io::Mmio;
 ///
 /// // Type used to identify the base.
 /// pub struct CpuCtlBase;
@@ -578,6 +596,8 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 ///
 /// // This makes `CPU_CTL` accessible from all implementors of `RegisterBase<CpuCtlBase>`.
 /// register! {
+///     base: Region<0x1000>;
+///
 ///     /// CPU core control.
 ///     pub CPU_CTL(u32) @ CpuCtlBase + 0x10 {
 ///         0:0 start;
@@ -594,6 +614,8 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 ///
 /// // Aliases can also be defined for relative register.
 /// register! {
+///     base: Region<0x1000>;
+///
 ///     /// Alias to CPU core control.
 ///     pub CPU_CTL_ALIAS(u32) => CpuCtlBase + CPU_CTL {
 ///         /// Start the aliased CPU core.
@@ -636,15 +658,18 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 ///         register,
 ///         register::Array,
 ///         Io,
+///         Region,
 ///     },
 /// };
-/// # use kernel::io::{Mmio, Region};
+/// # use kernel::io::Mmio;
 /// # fn get_scratch_idx() -> usize {
 /// #   0x15
 /// # }
 ///
 /// // Array of 64 consecutive registers with the same layout starting at offset `0x80`.
 /// register! {
+///     base: Region<0x1000>;
+///
 ///     /// Scratch registers.
 ///     pub SCRATCH(u32)[64] @ 0x00000080 {
 ///         31:0 value;
@@ -670,6 +695,8 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 /// // Alias to a specific register in an array.
 /// // Here `SCRATCH[8]` is used to convey the firmware exit code.
 /// register! {
+///     base: Region<0x1000>;
+///
 ///     /// Firmware exit status code.
 ///     pub FIRMWARE_STATUS(u32) => SCRATCH[8] {
 ///         7:0 status;
@@ -682,6 +709,8 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 /// // Here, each of the 16 registers of the array is separated by 8 bytes, meaning that the
 /// // registers of the two declarations below are interleaved.
 /// register! {
+///     base: Region<0x1000>;
+///
 ///     /// Scratch registers bank 0.
 ///     pub SCRATCH_INTERLEAVED_0(u32)[16, stride = 8] @ 0x000000c0 {
 ///         31:0 value;
@@ -703,6 +732,7 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 ///
 /// ```ignore
 /// register! {
+///     ...
 ///     pub RELATIVE_REGISTER_ARRAY(u8)[10, stride = 4] @ Base + 0x100 {
 ///         ...
 ///     }
@@ -722,9 +752,10 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 ///             WithBase,
 ///         },
 ///         Io,
+///         Region,
 ///     },
 /// };
-/// # use kernel::io::{Mmio, Region};
+/// # use kernel::io::Mmio;
 /// # fn get_scratch_idx() -> usize {
 /// #   0x15
 /// # }
@@ -746,6 +777,8 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 ///
 /// // 64 per-cpu scratch registers, arranged as a contiguous array.
 /// register! {
+///     base: Region<0x1000>;
+///
 ///     /// Per-CPU scratch registers.
 ///     pub CPU_SCRATCH(u32)[64] @ CpuCtlBase + 0x00000080 {
 ///         31:0 value;
@@ -773,6 +806,8 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 ///
 /// // Alias to `SCRATCH[8]` used to convey the firmware exit code.
 /// register! {
+///     base: Region<0x1000>;
+///
 ///     /// Per-CPU firmware exit status code.
 ///     pub CPU_FIRMWARE_STATUS(u32) => CpuCtlBase + CPU_SCRATCH[8] {
 ///         7:0 status;
@@ -783,6 +818,8 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 /// // Here, each of the 16 registers of the array is separated by 8 bytes, meaning that the
 /// // registers of the two declarations below are interleaved.
 /// register! {
+///     base: Region<0x1000>;
+///
 ///     /// Scratch registers bank 0.
 ///     pub CPU_SCRATCH_INTERLEAVED_0(u32)[16, stride = 8] @ CpuCtlBase + 0x00000d00 {
 ///         31:0 value;
@@ -801,6 +838,34 @@ fn into_io_op(self) -> (FixedRegisterLoc<T>, T) {
 /// ```
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! register {
+    // Entry point for the macro, allowing multiple registers to be defined in one call.
+    // It matches all possible register declaration patterns to dispatch them to corresponding
+    // `@reg` rule that defines a single register.
+    (
+        base: $reg_base:ty;
+        $(
+            $(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $name:ident ($storage:ty)
+                $([ $size:expr $(, stride = $stride:expr)? ])?
+                $(@ $($base:ident +)? $offset:literal)?
+                $(=> $alias:ident $(+ $alias_offset:ident)? $([$alias_idx:expr])? )?
+            { $($fields:tt)* }
+        )*
+    ) => {
+        const _: () = {
+            #[allow(unused)]
+            fn test_base(_: &$reg_base) {}
+        };
+
+        $(
+        $crate::register!(
+            @reg $(#[$attr])* $vis $name ($storage) $([$size $(, stride = $stride)?])?
+                $(@ $($base +)? $offset)?
+                $(=> $alias $(+ $alias_offset)? $([$alias_idx])? )?
+            { $($fields)* }
+        );
+        )*
+    };
+
     // Entry point for the macro, allowing multiple registers to be defined in one call.
     // It matches all possible register declaration patterns to dispatch them to corresponding
     // `@reg` rule that defines a single register.

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