Re: [PATCH] rust: revocable: use LKMM atomics instead of Rust atomics

Boqun Feng <[email protected]> Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:09:37 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <amTDoW2sark_jEUa@MacBook-0RXW5>
On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 03:55:35PM +0100, Gary Guo wrote:
> From: Gary Guo <[email protected]>
> 
> Kernel code should use LKMM atomics. The existing code is `AtomicBool` with
> the need to use `xchg`, so convert it to `AtomicFlag`.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <[email protected]>

Queued it in rust-sync, thank you all!

Regards,
Boqun

> ---
>  rust/kernel/revocable.rs | 26 ++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/revocable.rs b/rust/kernel/revocable.rs
> index 2af212ea3b6d..4d177744520a 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/revocable.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/revocable.rs
> @@ -7,12 +7,22 @@
>  
>  use pin_init::Wrapper;
>  
> -use crate::{bindings, prelude::*, sync::rcu, types::Opaque};
> +use crate::{
> +    bindings,
> +    prelude::*,
> +    sync::{
> +        atomic::{
> +            AtomicFlag,
> +            Relaxed, //
> +        },
> +        rcu, //
> +    },
> +    types::Opaque, //
> +};
>  use core::{
>      marker::PhantomData,
>      ops::Deref,
> -    ptr::drop_in_place,
> -    sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
> +    ptr::drop_in_place, //
>  };
>  
>  /// An object that can become inaccessible at runtime.
> @@ -66,7 +76,7 @@
>  /// ```
>  #[pin_data(PinnedDrop)]
>  pub struct Revocable<T> {
> -    is_available: AtomicBool,
> +    is_available: AtomicFlag,
>      #[pin]
>      data: Opaque<T>,
>  }
> @@ -85,7 +95,7 @@ impl<T> Revocable<T> {
>      /// Creates a new revocable instance of the given data.
>      pub fn new<E>(data: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> impl PinInit<Self, E> {
>          try_pin_init!(Self {
> -            is_available: AtomicBool::new(true),
> +            is_available: AtomicFlag::new(true),
>              data <- Opaque::pin_init(data),
>          }? E)
>      }
> @@ -99,7 +109,7 @@ pub fn new<E>(data: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> impl PinInit<Self, E> {
>      /// because another CPU may be waiting to complete the revocation of this object.
>      pub fn try_access(&self) -> Option<RevocableGuard<'_, T>> {
>          let guard = rcu::read_lock();
> -        if self.is_available.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
> +        if self.is_available.load(Relaxed) {
>              // Since `self.is_available` is true, data is initialised and has to remain valid
>              // because the RCU read side lock prevents it from being dropped.
>              Some(RevocableGuard::new(self.data.get(), guard))
> @@ -117,7 +127,7 @@ pub fn try_access(&self) -> Option<RevocableGuard<'_, T>> {
>      /// allowed to sleep because another CPU may be waiting to complete the revocation of this
>      /// object.
>      pub fn try_access_with_guard<'a>(&'a self, _guard: &'a rcu::Guard) -> Option<&'a T> {
> -        if self.is_available.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
> +        if self.is_available.load(Relaxed) {
>              // SAFETY: Since `self.is_available` is true, data is initialised and has to remain
>              // valid because the RCU read side lock prevents it from being dropped.
>              Some(unsafe { &*self.data.get() })
> @@ -158,7 +168,7 @@ pub unsafe fn access(&self) -> &T {
>      ///
>      /// Callers must ensure that there are no more concurrent users of the revocable object.
>      unsafe fn revoke_internal<const SYNC: bool>(&self) -> bool {
> -        let revoke = self.is_available.swap(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
> +        let revoke = self.is_available.xchg(false, Relaxed);
>  
>          if revoke {
>              if SYNC {
> 
> base-commit: b8809969e1d7a591e0f49dd464a5d04b3cf02ab1
> -- 
> 2.54.0
>