[PATCH 1/3] rust: uaccess: generalize write_dma() to accept any Coherent<T>
From: Danilo Krummrich
Date: Tue Mar 24 2026 - 20:41:40 EST
Generalize write_dma() from &Coherent<[u8]> to &Coherent<T> where
T: KnownSize + AsBytes + ?Sized. The function body only uses as_ptr()
and size(), which work for any such T, so there is no reason to
restrict it to byte slices.
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/uaccess.rs | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs b/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
index e26ef90ba8ad..6c9c1cce3c63 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
ffi::{c_char, c_void},
fs::file,
prelude::*,
+ ptr::KnownSize,
transmute::{AsBytes, FromBytes},
};
use core::mem::{size_of, MaybeUninit};
@@ -524,7 +525,12 @@ pub fn write_slice(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> Result {
/// writer.write_dma(alloc, 0, 256)
/// }
/// ```
- pub fn write_dma(&mut self, alloc: &Coherent<[u8]>, offset: usize, count: usize) -> Result {
+ pub fn write_dma<T: KnownSize + AsBytes + ?Sized>(
+ &mut self,
+ alloc: &Coherent<T>,
+ offset: usize,
+ count: usize,
+ ) -> Result {
let len = alloc.size();
if offset.checked_add(count).ok_or(EOVERFLOW)? > len {
return Err(ERANGE);
base-commit: dff8302ca1d0e773c90dbeeb05e759f995c95482
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2.53.0