[RFC PATCH v2 0/4] rust: sync: Introduce Rcu*Box

Boqun Feng <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-media,org.kernel.vger.rcu,org.kvack.linux-mm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/[email protected]/

Changes since v1:

* Rebased on 7.2-rc1
* As Alice pointed out [5], RcuFreeBox::with_rcu() should return a type
  that disallows extending the RCU read-side critical section to
  outlive the guard. As for now, no user needs with_rcu(), hence remove
  it.

* Includes a not-for-merge example based on Alice's patch.

v1's cover letter
-----------------

(this series is based on Alice's RFC [1] and discussion around Philipp's
patches [2], [3])

As an easy way to provide RCU-protected allocation, two major types are
provided:

- `RcuBox<T, A>`, inner T will be dropped and after a grace period.
  Users: binder with maple_tree and dma_fence.
- `RcuFreeBox<T, A>`, inner T will be cleaned up immmediately and freed
  after a grace period. (Name suggestion is welcome). This is an attempt
  to consolidate Alice's `PollCondVarBox` [4] into a generic
  implementation, InPlaceInit support is still missing, but I want to
  get some feedback on the trait `RcuFreeSafe`.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/[email protected]/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/[email protected]/
[3]: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/[email protected]/
[4]: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/[email protected]/
[5]: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/[email protected]/

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