rust/kernel/impl_flags.rs | 231 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ rust/kernel/lib.rs | 1 + rust/kernel/prelude.rs | 1 + 3 files changed, 233 insertions(+)
We have seen a proliferation of mod_whatever::foo::Flags
being defined with essentially the same implementation
for BitAnd, BitOr, contains and etc.
This macro aims to bring a solution for this,
allowing to generate these methods for user-defined structs.
With some use cases in KMS and upcoming GPU drivers.
Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/288089-General/topic/We.20really.20need.20a.20common.20.60Flags.60.20type
Signed-off-by: Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
Suggested-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- New Feat: added support to declare flags inside macro use.
- Minor fixes: used absolute paths to refer to items, fix rustdoc and fix example cases.
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250325-feat-add-bitmask-macro-v2-1-d3beabdad90f@gmail.com
Changes in v2:
- rename: change macro and file name to impl_flags.
- negation sign: change char for negation to `!`.
- transpose docs: add support to transpose user provided docs.
- visibility: add support to use user defined visibility.
- operations: add new operations for flag,
to support use between bit and bitmap, eg: flag & flags.
- code style: small fixes to remove warnings.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250304-feat-add-bitmask-macro-v1-1-1c2d2bcb476b@gmail.com
---
rust/kernel/impl_flags.rs | 231 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
rust/kernel/lib.rs | 1 +
rust/kernel/prelude.rs | 1 +
3 files changed, 233 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/impl_flags.rs b/rust/kernel/impl_flags.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..992988d26bc82e8461987206cc3ae9335f9387c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/impl_flags.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! impl_flags utilities for working with flags.
+
+/// Declares a impl_flags type with its corresponding flag type.
+///
+/// This macro generates:
+/// - Implementations of common bitmap op. ([`::core::ops::BitOr`], [`::core::ops::BitAnd`], etc.).
+/// - Utility methods such as `.contains()` to check flags.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// Defining and using impl_flags:
+///
+/// ```
+/// impl_flags!(
+/// /// Represents multiple permissions.
+/// #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+/// pub Permissions,
+/// /// Represents a single permission.
+/// #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+/// pub Permission {
+/// const READ = 1 << 0,
+/// const WRITE = 1 << 1,
+/// const EXECUTE = 1 << 2,
+/// },
+/// u32
+/// );
+///
+///
+/// // Combine multiple permissions using operation OR (`|`).
+/// let read_write: Permissions = Permission::READ | Permission::WRITE;
+///
+/// assert!(read_write.contains(Permission::READ));
+/// assert!(read_write.contains(Permission::WRITE));
+/// assert!(!read_write.contains(Permission::EXECUTE));
+///
+/// // Removing a permission with operation AND (`&`).
+/// let read_only: Permissions = read_write & Permission::READ;
+/// assert!(read_only.contains(Permission::READ));
+/// assert!(!read_only.contains(Permission::WRITE));
+///
+/// // Toggling permissions with XOR (`^`).
+/// let toggled: Permissions = read_only ^ Permission::READ;
+/// assert!(!toggled.contains(Permission::READ));
+///
+/// // Inverting permissions with negation (`!`).
+/// let negated = !read_only;
+/// assert!(negated.contains(Permission::WRITE));
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! impl_flags {
+ (
+ $(#[$outer_flags:meta])*
+ $vis_flags:vis $flags:ident,
+
+ $(#[$outer_flag:meta])*
+ $vis_flag:vis $flag:ident {
+ $(
+ $(#[$inner_flag:meta])*
+ $kw:ident $name:ident = $value:expr
+ ),* $(,)?
+ },
+ $ty:ty
+ ) => {
+ $(#[$outer_flags])*
+ #[repr(transparent)]
+ $vis_flags struct $flags($ty);
+
+ $(#[$outer_flag])*
+ $vis_flag struct $flag($ty);
+
+ impl ::core::convert::From<$flag> for $flags {
+ #[inline]
+ fn from(value: $flag) -> Self {
+ Self(value.0)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::convert::From<$flags> for $ty {
+ #[inline]
+ fn from(value: $flags) -> Self {
+ value.0
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitOr for $flags {
+ type Output = Self;
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+ Self(self.0 | rhs.0)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitOrAssign for $flags {
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitor_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
+ *self = *self | rhs;
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitAnd for $flags {
+ type Output = Self;
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitand(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+ Self(self.0 & rhs.0)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitAndAssign for $flags {
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitand_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
+ *self = *self & rhs;
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitOr<$flag> for $flags {
+ type Output = Self;
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitor(self, rhs: $flag) -> Self::Output {
+ self | Self::from(rhs)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitOrAssign<$flag> for $flags {
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitor_assign(&mut self, rhs: $flag) {
+ *self = *self | rhs;
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitAnd<$flag> for $flags {
+ type Output = Self;
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitand(self, rhs: $flag) -> Self::Output {
+ self & Self::from(rhs)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitAndAssign<$flag> for $flags {
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitand_assign(&mut self, rhs: $flag) {
+ *self = *self & rhs;
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitXor for $flags {
+ type Output = Self;
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitxor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+ Self(self.0 ^ rhs.0)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitXorAssign for $flags {
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitxor_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
+ *self = *self ^ rhs;
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::Not for $flags {
+ type Output = Self;
+ #[inline]
+ fn not(self) -> Self::Output {
+ Self(!self.0)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitOr for $flag {
+ type Output = $flags;
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+ $flags(self.0 | rhs.0)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitAnd for $flag {
+ type Output = $flags;
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitand(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+ $flags(self.0 & rhs.0)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitXor for $flag {
+ type Output = $flags;
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitxor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+ $flags(self.0 ^ rhs.0)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::Not for $flag {
+ type Output = $flags;
+ #[inline]
+ fn not(self) -> Self::Output {
+ $flags(!self.0)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl ::core::ops::BitXor<$flag> for $flags {
+ type Output = Self;
+ #[inline]
+ fn bitxor(self, rhs: $flag) -> Self::Output {
+ self ^ Self::from(rhs)
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl $flag {
+ $(
+ $(#[$inner_flag])*
+ pub $kw $name: Self = Self($value);
+ )*
+ }
+
+ impl $flags {
+ /// Returns an empty instance of `type` where no flags are set.
+ #[inline]
+ pub const fn empty() -> Self {
+ Self(0)
+ }
+
+ /// Checks if a specific flag is set.
+ #[inline]
+ pub fn contains(self, flag: $flag) -> bool {
+ (self.0 & flag.0) == flag.0
+ }
+ }
+ };
+}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 496ed32b0911a9fdbce5d26738b9cf7ef910b269..7653485a456ae5aa51becbf04153ea54a7067d9e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
#[cfg(CONFIG_RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS)]
pub mod firmware;
pub mod fs;
+pub mod impl_flags;
pub mod init;
pub mod io;
pub mod ioctl;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
index dde2e0649790ca24e6c347b29465ea0a1c3e503b..0f691dd2df71d821265fae01555ba50e6a76f372 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#[doc(no_inline)]
pub use super::dbg;
pub use super::fmt;
+pub use super::impl_flags;
pub use super::{dev_alert, dev_crit, dev_dbg, dev_emerg, dev_err, dev_info, dev_notice, dev_warn};
pub use super::{pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_debug, pr_emerg, pr_err, pr_info, pr_notice, pr_warn};
---
base-commit: beeb78d46249cab8b2b8359a2ce8fa5376b5ad2d
change-id: 20250304-feat-add-bitmask-macro-6424b1c317e2
Best regards,
--
Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com>I think there's still a few more changes needed but so far this looks
wonderful! Some comments down below:
On Fri, 2025-04-11 at 09:05 -0300, Filipe Xavier wrote:
> We have seen a proliferation of mod_whatever::foo::Flags
> being defined with essentially the same implementation
> for BitAnd, BitOr, contains and etc.
>
> This macro aims to bring a solution for this,
> allowing to generate these methods for user-defined structs.
> With some use cases in KMS and upcoming GPU drivers.
>
> Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/288089-General/topic/We.20really.20need.20a.20common.20.60Flags.60.20type
> Signed-off-by: Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@gmail.com>
> Suggested-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
> Suggested-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - New Feat: added support to declare flags inside macro use.
> - Minor fixes: used absolute paths to refer to items, fix rustdoc and fix example cases.
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250325-feat-add-bitmask-macro-v2-1-d3beabdad90f@gmail.com
>
> Changes in v2:
> - rename: change macro and file name to impl_flags.
> - negation sign: change char for negation to `!`.
> - transpose docs: add support to transpose user provided docs.
> - visibility: add support to use user defined visibility.
> - operations: add new operations for flag,
> to support use between bit and bitmap, eg: flag & flags.
> - code style: small fixes to remove warnings.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250304-feat-add-bitmask-macro-v1-1-1c2d2bcb476b@gmail.com
> ---
> rust/kernel/impl_flags.rs | 231 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> rust/kernel/lib.rs | 1 +
> rust/kernel/prelude.rs | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 233 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/impl_flags.rs b/rust/kernel/impl_flags.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..992988d26bc82e8461987206cc3ae9335f9387c8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/kernel/impl_flags.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +//! impl_flags utilities for working with flags.
> +
> +/// Declares a impl_flags type with its corresponding flag type.
> +///
> +/// This macro generates:
> +/// - Implementations of common bitmap op. ([`::core::ops::BitOr`], [`::core::ops::BitAnd`], etc.).
> +/// - Utility methods such as `.contains()` to check flags.
> +///
> +/// # Examples
> +///
> +/// Defining and using impl_flags:
> +///
> +/// ```
> +/// impl_flags!(
> +/// /// Represents multiple permissions.
> +/// #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
> +/// pub Permissions,
> +/// /// Represents a single permission.
> +/// #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
> +/// pub Permission {
> +/// const READ = 1 << 0,
> +/// const WRITE = 1 << 1,
> +/// const EXECUTE = 1 << 2,
> +/// },
> +/// u32
> +/// );
> +///
> +///
> +/// // Combine multiple permissions using operation OR (`|`).
> +/// let read_write: Permissions = Permission::READ | Permission::WRITE;
> +///
> +/// assert!(read_write.contains(Permission::READ));
> +/// assert!(read_write.contains(Permission::WRITE));
> +/// assert!(!read_write.contains(Permission::EXECUTE));
> +///
> +/// // Removing a permission with operation AND (`&`).
> +/// let read_only: Permissions = read_write & Permission::READ;
> +/// assert!(read_only.contains(Permission::READ));
> +/// assert!(!read_only.contains(Permission::WRITE));
> +///
> +/// // Toggling permissions with XOR (`^`).
> +/// let toggled: Permissions = read_only ^ Permission::READ;
> +/// assert!(!toggled.contains(Permission::READ));
> +///
> +/// // Inverting permissions with negation (`!`).
> +/// let negated = !read_only;
> +/// assert!(negated.contains(Permission::WRITE));
> +/// ```
> +#[macro_export]
> +macro_rules! impl_flags {
> + (
> + $(#[$outer_flags:meta])*
> + $vis_flags:vis $flags:ident,
> +
> + $(#[$outer_flag:meta])*
> + $vis_flag:vis $flag:ident {
> + $(
> + $(#[$inner_flag:meta])*
> + $kw:ident $name:ident = $value:expr
> + ),* $(,)?
> + },
> + $ty:ty
> + ) => {
> + $(#[$outer_flags])*
> + #[repr(transparent)]
> + $vis_flags struct $flags($ty);
> +
> + $(#[$outer_flag])*
> + $vis_flag struct $flag($ty);
> +
So - I think that we would actually want $flag to be an enum, and manually add
a #[repr(TYPE)] (where TYPE is like u32, u64, etc.) so that we can just use
the discriminant instead of having to define a whole struct (this also should
allow for better behavior when using flag types in matches, since rust will
know that each enum member is a possible flag).
This would change the syntax a bit more for the actual Flag type (Flags would
stay the same), probably to something like:
$(#[$outer_flag:meta])*
$vis_flag:vis $flag:ident {
$(
$(#[$inner_Flag:meta])*
$name:ident = $value:expr
),+
}
And then I assume we could implement it with something like this:
$(#[$outer_flag])*
#[repr($ty)]
$vis_flag enum $flag {
$(
$(#[$inner_flag:meta])*
#[repr($ty:ty)]
$name:ident = $value:expr
),+
}
And instead of using .0 to convert from the Flag type to it's actual numeric
value, we would simply cast using as. E.g. CoolFlag as u32.
I think(?) it's probably fine if we just leave out the case of defining a Flag
type without explicit members, I don't think most users will be doing this and
we can add another form to macro_rules! in the future if it does end up being
important.
Does that make sense?
> + impl ::core::convert::From<$flag> for $flags {
> + #[inline]
> + fn from(value: $flag) -> Self {
> + Self(value.0)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::convert::From<$flags> for $ty {
> + #[inline]
> + fn from(value: $flags) -> Self {
> + value.0
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitOr for $flags {
> + type Output = Self;
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
> + Self(self.0 | rhs.0)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitOrAssign for $flags {
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitor_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
> + *self = *self | rhs;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitAnd for $flags {
> + type Output = Self;
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitand(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
> + Self(self.0 & rhs.0)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitAndAssign for $flags {
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitand_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
> + *self = *self & rhs;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitOr<$flag> for $flags {
> + type Output = Self;
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitor(self, rhs: $flag) -> Self::Output {
> + self | Self::from(rhs)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitOrAssign<$flag> for $flags {
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitor_assign(&mut self, rhs: $flag) {
> + *self = *self | rhs;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitAnd<$flag> for $flags {
> + type Output = Self;
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitand(self, rhs: $flag) -> Self::Output {
> + self & Self::from(rhs)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitAndAssign<$flag> for $flags {
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitand_assign(&mut self, rhs: $flag) {
> + *self = *self & rhs;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitXor for $flags {
> + type Output = Self;
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitxor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
> + Self(self.0 ^ rhs.0)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitXorAssign for $flags {
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitxor_assign(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
> + *self = *self ^ rhs;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::Not for $flags {
> + type Output = Self;
> + #[inline]
> + fn not(self) -> Self::Output {
> + Self(!self.0)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitOr for $flag {
> + type Output = $flags;
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
> + $flags(self.0 | rhs.0)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitAnd for $flag {
> + type Output = $flags;
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitand(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
> + $flags(self.0 & rhs.0)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitXor for $flag {
> + type Output = $flags;
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitxor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
> + $flags(self.0 ^ rhs.0)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::Not for $flag {
> + type Output = $flags;
> + #[inline]
> + fn not(self) -> Self::Output {
> + $flags(!self.0)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl ::core::ops::BitXor<$flag> for $flags {
> + type Output = Self;
> + #[inline]
> + fn bitxor(self, rhs: $flag) -> Self::Output {
> + self ^ Self::from(rhs)
> + }
> + }
> +
> + impl $flag {
> + $(
> + $(#[$inner_flag])*
> + pub $kw $name: Self = Self($value);
> + )*
> + }
> +
> + impl $flags {
> + /// Returns an empty instance of `type` where no flags are set.
> + #[inline]
> + pub const fn empty() -> Self {
> + Self(0)
> + }
> +
> + /// Checks if a specific flag is set.
> + #[inline]
> + pub fn contains(self, flag: $flag) -> bool {
> + (self.0 & flag.0) == flag.0
> + }
> + }
> + };
> +}
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> index 496ed32b0911a9fdbce5d26738b9cf7ef910b269..7653485a456ae5aa51becbf04153ea54a7067d9e 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
> #[cfg(CONFIG_RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS)]
> pub mod firmware;
> pub mod fs;
> +pub mod impl_flags;
> pub mod init;
> pub mod io;
> pub mod ioctl;
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
> index dde2e0649790ca24e6c347b29465ea0a1c3e503b..0f691dd2df71d821265fae01555ba50e6a76f372 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
> #[doc(no_inline)]
> pub use super::dbg;
> pub use super::fmt;
> +pub use super::impl_flags;
> pub use super::{dev_alert, dev_crit, dev_dbg, dev_emerg, dev_err, dev_info, dev_notice, dev_warn};
> pub use super::{pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_debug, pr_emerg, pr_err, pr_info, pr_notice, pr_warn};
>
>
> ---
> base-commit: beeb78d46249cab8b2b8359a2ce8fa5376b5ad2d
> change-id: 20250304-feat-add-bitmask-macro-6424b1c317e2
>
> Best regards,
--
Cheers,
Lyude Paul (she/her)
Software Engineer at Red Hat
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