[PATCH v2 06/11] rust/block: Add I/O buffer traits

[Kevin Wolf]

Types that implement IoBuffer can be used with safe I/O functions.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
---
 rust/block/src/iobuffer.rs | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/block/src/lib.rs      |  2 +
 2 files changed, 96 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 rust/block/src/iobuffer.rs

diff --git a/rust/block/src/iobuffer.rs b/rust/block/src/iobuffer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d61370c961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/block/src/iobuffer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// Copyright Red Hat Inc.
+// Author(s): Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
+
+/// Types that implement IoBuffer can be used with safe I/O functions.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// `buffer_ptr()` and `buffer_mut_ptr()` must return pointers to the address 
of the same I/O
+/// buffer with the size returned by `buffer_len()` which remain valid for the 
lifetime of the
+/// object. It must be safe for the I/O buffer to contain any byte patterns.
+pub unsafe trait IoBuffer {
+    /// Returns a const pointer to be used as a raw I/O buffer
+    fn buffer_ptr(&self) -> *const u8;
+
+    /// Returns a mutable pointer to be used as a raw I/O buffer
+    fn buffer_mut_ptr(&mut self) -> *mut u8;
+
+    /// Returns the length in bytes for the raw I/O buffer returned by 
[`buffer_ptr`] and
+    /// [`buffer_mut_ptr`]
+    ///
+    /// [`buffer_ptr`]: IoBuffer::buffer_ptr
+    /// [`buffer_mut_ptr`]: IoBuffer::buffer_mut_ptr
+    fn buffer_len(&self) -> usize;
+}
+
+/// Implementing `SizedIoBuffer` provides an implementation for [`IoBuffer`] 
without having to
+/// implement any functions manually.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// Types implementing `SizedIoBuffer` guarantee that the whole object can be 
accessed as an I/O
+/// buffer that is safe to contain any byte patterns.
+pub unsafe trait SizedIoBuffer: Sized {
+    /// Safely converts a byte slice into a shared reference to the type 
implementing
+    /// `SizedIoBuffer`
+    fn from_byte_slice(buf: &[u8]) -> Option<&Self> {
+        if buf.len() < std::mem::size_of::<Self>() {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let ptr = buf.as_ptr() as *const Self;
+
+        // TODO Use ptr.is_aligned() when MSRV is updated to at least 1.79.0
+        if (ptr as usize) % std::mem::align_of::<Self>() != 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        // SAFETY: This function checked that the byte slice is large enough 
and aligned.
+        // Implementing SizedIoBuffer promises that any byte pattern is valid 
for the type.
+        Some(unsafe { &*ptr })
+    }
+}
+
+unsafe impl<T: SizedIoBuffer> IoBuffer for T {
+    fn buffer_ptr(&self) -> *const u8 {
+        self as *const Self as *const u8
+    }
+
+    fn buffer_mut_ptr(&mut self) -> *mut u8 {
+        self as *mut Self as *mut u8
+    }
+
+    fn buffer_len(&self) -> usize {
+        std::mem::size_of::<Self>()
+    }
+}
+
+unsafe impl<T: SizedIoBuffer> IoBuffer for [T] {
+    fn buffer_ptr(&self) -> *const u8 {
+        self.as_ptr() as *const u8
+    }
+
+    fn buffer_mut_ptr(&mut self) -> *mut u8 {
+        self.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8
+    }
+
+    fn buffer_len(&self) -> usize {
+        std::mem::size_of_val(self)
+    }
+}
+
+unsafe impl<T: SizedIoBuffer> SizedIoBuffer for MaybeUninit<T> {}
+
+unsafe impl SizedIoBuffer for u8 {}
+unsafe impl SizedIoBuffer for u16 {}
+unsafe impl SizedIoBuffer for u32 {}
+unsafe impl SizedIoBuffer for u64 {}
+unsafe impl SizedIoBuffer for i8 {}
+unsafe impl SizedIoBuffer for i16 {}
+unsafe impl SizedIoBuffer for i32 {}
+unsafe impl SizedIoBuffer for i64 {}
diff --git a/rust/block/src/lib.rs b/rust/block/src/lib.rs
index 8b13789179..1c03549821 100644
--- a/rust/block/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/block/src/lib.rs
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+mod iobuffer;
 
+pub use iobuffer::{IoBuffer, SizedIoBuffer};
-- 
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