linux-toradex.git/rust/kernel/sync/poll.rs, branch v6.14-rc2 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules rust: file: add abstraction for `poll_table` 2024-09-30T11:02:29+00:00 Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com 2024-09-15T14:31:34+00:00 ac681835b6747fc5a0cd40398d4c28210318df32 The existing `CondVar` abstraction is a wrapper around `wait_queue_head`, but it does not support all use-cases of the C `wait_queue_head` type. To be specific, a `CondVar` cannot be registered with a `struct poll_table`. This limitation has the advantage that you do not need to call `synchronize_rcu` when destroying a `CondVar`. However, we need the ability to register a `poll_table` with a `wait_queue_head` in Rust Binder. To enable this, introduce a type called `PollCondVar`, which is like `CondVar` except that you can register a `poll_table`. We also introduce `PollTable`, which is a safe wrapper around `poll_table` that is intended to be used with `PollCondVar`. The destructor of `PollCondVar` unconditionally calls `synchronize_rcu` to ensure that the removal of epoll waiters has fully completed before the `wait_queue_head` is destroyed. That said, `synchronize_rcu` is rather expensive and is not needed in all cases: If we have never registered a `poll_table` with the `wait_queue_head`, then we don't need to call `synchronize_rcu`. (And this is a common case in Binder - not all processes use Binder with epoll.) The current implementation does not account for this, but if we find that it is necessary to improve this, a future patch could store a boolean next to the `wait_queue_head` to keep track of whether a `poll_table` has ever been registered. Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me> Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240915-alice-file-v10-8-88484f7a3dcf@google.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> 
The existing `CondVar` abstraction is a wrapper around
`wait_queue_head`, but it does not support all use-cases of the C
`wait_queue_head` type. To be specific, a `CondVar` cannot be registered
with a `struct poll_table`. This limitation has the advantage that you
do not need to call `synchronize_rcu` when destroying a `CondVar`.

However, we need the ability to register a `poll_table` with a
`wait_queue_head` in Rust Binder. To enable this, introduce a type
called `PollCondVar`, which is like `CondVar` except that you can
register a `poll_table`. We also introduce `PollTable`, which is a safe
wrapper around `poll_table` that is intended to be used with
`PollCondVar`.

The destructor of `PollCondVar` unconditionally calls `synchronize_rcu`
to ensure that the removal of epoll waiters has fully completed before
the `wait_queue_head` is destroyed.

That said, `synchronize_rcu` is rather expensive and is not needed in
all cases: If we have never registered a `poll_table` with the
`wait_queue_head`, then we don't need to call `synchronize_rcu`. (And
this is a common case in Binder - not all processes use Binder with
epoll.) The current implementation does not account for this, but if we
find that it is necessary to improve this, a future patch could store a
boolean next to the `wait_queue_head` to keep track of whether a
`poll_table` has ever been registered.

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240915-alice-file-v10-8-88484f7a3dcf@google.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>