[PATCH v2 0/8] DRM Rust abstractions

[Lyude Paul]

Left a few tiny comments to address before pushing upstream, mostly just style
stuff.

With those addressed, for the whole series:

Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude at redhat.com>

On Fri, 2025-04-11 at 01:55 +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> This is the series for the initial DRM Rust abstractions, including DRM device /
> driver, IOCTL, File and GEM object abstractions.
> 
> Compared to the original work from Lina, the patches in this series contain the
> following modifications.
> 
>   - "rust: drm: ioctl: Add DRM ioctl abstraction"
>       * wrap IOCTL data in Opaque<T> to avoid UB when creating a reference
>       * original source archive: https://archive.is/LqHDQ
> 
>   - "rust: drm: add driver abstractions" (newly created)
>       * Remove unnecessary DRM features
>       * add #[expect(unused)] to avoid warnings
>       * add sealed trait
>       * original source archive: https://archive.is/Pl9ys
> 
>   - "rust: drm: add device abstraction" (newly created)
>       * full rewrite of the drm::Device abstraction using the subclassing
>         pattern
>       * original source archive: http://archive.today/5NxBo
> 
>   - "rust: drm: add DRM driver registration" (newly created)
>       * move VTABLE to drm::Device to prevent use-after-free bugs; VTABLE
>         needs to be bound to the lifetime of drm::Device, not the
>         drm::Registration
>       * combine new() and register() to get rid of the registered boolean
>       * remove file_operations
>       * move struct drm_device creation to drm::Device
>       * introduce Devres
>       * original source archive: https://archive.is/Pl9ys
> 
>   - "rust: drm: file: Add File abstraction"
>       * switch to the Opaque<T> type
>       * fix (mutable) references to struct drm_file (which in this
>         context is UB)
>       * restructure and rename functions to align with common kernel
>         schemes
>       * write and fix safety and invariant comments
>       * remove necessity for and convert 'as' casts
>       * original source archive: https://archive.is/GH8oy
> 
>   - "rust: drm: gem: Add GEM object abstraction"
>        * switch to the Opaque<T> type
>        * fix (mutable) references to struct drm_gem_object (which in this
>          context is UB)
>        * drop all custom reference types in favor of AlwaysRefCounted
>        * bunch of minor changes and simplifications (e.g. IntoGEMObject
>          trait)
>        * write and fix safety and invariant comments
>        * remove necessity for and convert 'as' casts
>        * original source archive: https://archive.is/dD5SL
> 
> A full diff between this series and the original work can be found in [1].
> 
> This patch series is also available in [2]; an example usage from nova-drm can
> be found in [3].
> 
> [1] https://pastebin.com/qLBCfgTc
> [2] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/misc/kernel/-/tree/topic/rust-drm
> [3] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/nova/-/tree/staging/nova-drm
> 
> Changes in v2:
>   - IOCTL: wrap data in Opaque<T> to avoid UB when creating a reference
>   - driver: remove unnecessary FEATURE flags
>   - driver: remove date field
>   - MAINTAINERS: add files to both DRM and DRM MISC
>   - change primary authorship of most patches
> 
> Asahi Lina (6):
>   rust: drm: ioctl: Add DRM ioctl abstraction
>   rust: drm: add driver abstractions
>   rust: drm: add device abstraction
>   rust: drm: add DRM driver registration
>   rust: drm: file: Add File abstraction
>   rust: drm: gem: Add GEM object abstraction
> 
> Danilo Krummrich (2):
>   drm: drv: implement __drm_dev_alloc()
>   MAINTAINERS: add DRM Rust source files to DRM DRIVERS
> 
>  MAINTAINERS                     |   2 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c       |  58 ++++--
>  include/drm/drm_drv.h           |   5 +
>  rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h |   6 +
>  rust/helpers/drm.c              |  19 ++
>  rust/helpers/helpers.c          |   1 +
>  rust/kernel/drm/device.rs       | 195 +++++++++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/drm/driver.rs       | 170 +++++++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/drm/file.rs         |  99 ++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs      | 321 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs        | 161 ++++++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/drm/mod.rs          |  19 ++
>  rust/kernel/lib.rs              |   2 +
>  rust/uapi/uapi_helper.h         |   1 +
>  14 files changed, 1043 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 rust/helpers/drm.c
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/drm/device.rs
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/drm/driver.rs
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/drm/file.rs
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/drm/mod.rs
> 

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Software Engineer at Red Hat

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