Add unsafe accessors for the region for reading or writing large
blocks of data.

Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Abdiel Janulgue <abdiel.janulgue@gmail.com>
---
 rust/kernel/dma.rs | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/dma.rs b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
index a61da5eeb017..e01bb7e7c440 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/dma.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
@@ -218,6 +218,91 @@ pub fn dma_handle(&self) -> bindings::dma_addr_t {
         self.dma_handle
     }
 
+    /// Returns the data from the region starting from `offset` as a slice.
+    /// `offset` and `count` are in units of `T`, not the number of bytes.
+    ///
+    /// For ringbuffer type of r/w access or use-cases where the pointer to the live data is needed,
+    /// [`CoherentAllocation::start_ptr`] or [`CoherentAllocation::start_ptr_mut`] could be used instead.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// * Callers must ensure that the device does not read/write to/from memory while the returned
+    ///   slice is live.
+    /// * Callers must ensure that this call does not race with a write to the same region while
+    ///   while the returned slice is live.
+    pub unsafe fn as_slice(&self, offset: usize, count: usize) -> Result<&[T]> {
+        let end = offset.checked_add(count).ok_or(EOVERFLOW)?;
+        if end > self.count {
+            return Err(EINVAL);
+        }
+        // SAFETY:
+        // - The pointer is valid due to type invariant on `CoherentAllocation`,
+        //   we've just checked that the range and index is within bounds. The immutability of the
+        //   of data is also guaranteed by the safety requirements of the function.
+        // - `offset` can't overflow since it is smaller than `self.count` and we've checked
+        //   that `self.count` won't overflow early in the constructor.
+        Ok(unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(self.cpu_addr.add(offset), count) })
+    }
+
+    /// Performs the same functionality as [`CoherentAllocation::as_slice`], except that a mutable
+    /// slice is returned.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// * Callers must ensure that the device does not read/write to/from memory while the returned
+    ///   slice is live.
+    /// * Callers must ensure that this call does not race with a read or write to the same region
+    ///   while the returned slice is live.
+    pub unsafe fn as_slice_mut(&self, offset: usize, count: usize) -> Result<&mut [T]> {
+        let end = offset.checked_add(count).ok_or(EOVERFLOW)?;
+        if end > self.count {
+            return Err(EINVAL);
+        }
+        // SAFETY:
+        // - The pointer is valid due to type invariant on `CoherentAllocation`,
+        //   we've just checked that the range and index is within bounds. The immutability of the
+        //   of data is also guaranteed by the safety requirements of the function.
+        // - `offset` can't overflow since it is smaller than `self.count` and we've checked
+        //   that `self.count` won't overflow early in the constructor.
+        Ok(unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.cpu_addr.add(offset), count) })
+    }
+
+    /// Writes data to the region starting from `offset`. `offset` is in units of `T`, not the
+    /// number of bytes.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// * Callers must ensure that the device does not read/write to/from memory while the returned
+    ///   slice is live.
+    /// * Callers must ensure that this call does not race with a read or write to the same region
+    ///   that overlaps with this write.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # fn test(alloc: &mut kernel::dma::CoherentAllocation<u8>) -> Result {
+    /// let somedata: [u8; 4] = [0xf; 4];
+    /// let buf: &[u8] = &somedata;
+    /// // SAFETY: No hw operation on the device and no other r/w access to the region at this point.
+    /// unsafe { alloc.write(buf, 0)?; }
+    /// # Ok::<(), Error>(()) }
+    /// ```
+    pub unsafe fn write(&self, src: &[T], offset: usize) -> Result {
+        let end = offset.checked_add(src.len()).ok_or(EOVERFLOW)?;
+        if end > self.count {
+            return Err(EINVAL);
+        }
+        // SAFETY:
+        // - The pointer is valid due to type invariant on `CoherentAllocation`
+        //   and we've just checked that the range and index is within bounds.
+        // - `offset` can't overflow since it is smaller than `self.count` and we've checked
+        //   that `self.count` won't overflow early in the constructor.
+        unsafe {
+            core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(src.as_ptr(), self.cpu_addr.add(offset), src.len())
+        };
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Returns a pointer to an element from the region with bounds checking. `offset` is in
     /// units of `T`, not the number of bytes.
     ///
-- 
2.43.0

Hi Abdiel,

On Fri Apr 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM JST, Abdiel Janulgue wrote:
> Add unsafe accessors for the region for reading or writing large
> blocks of data.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Abdiel Janulgue <abdiel.janulgue@gmail.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/dma.rs | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 85 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/dma.rs b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
> index a61da5eeb017..e01bb7e7c440 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/dma.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
> @@ -218,6 +218,91 @@ pub fn dma_handle(&self) -> bindings::dma_addr_t {
>          self.dma_handle
>      }
>  
> +    /// Returns the data from the region starting from `offset` as a slice.
> +    /// `offset` and `count` are in units of `T`, not the number of bytes.
> +    ///
> +    /// For ringbuffer type of r/w access or use-cases where the pointer to the live data is needed,
> +    /// [`CoherentAllocation::start_ptr`] or [`CoherentAllocation::start_ptr_mut`] could be used instead.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Safety
> +    ///
> +    /// * Callers must ensure that the device does not read/write to/from memory while the returned
> +    ///   slice is live.
> +    /// * Callers must ensure that this call does not race with a write to the same region while
> +    ///   while the returned slice is live.

"while" is repeated twice in the second bullet point.

> +    pub unsafe fn as_slice(&self, offset: usize, count: usize) -> Result<&[T]> {
> +        let end = offset.checked_add(count).ok_or(EOVERFLOW)?;
> +        if end > self.count {
> +            return Err(EINVAL);
> +        }

Since `end` is not subsequently used, how about reworking this to avoid
declaring it as a variable that is visible for the whole method:

    offset.checked_add(count)
      .ok_or(EOVERFLOW)
      .and_then(|end| if end > self.count { Err(EINVAL) } else { Ok(()) })?;

Or maybe better, move this into a private helper method:

    fn validate_range(&self, offset: usize, count: usize) -> Result<()>

that you can call from all three methods requiring it instead of
duplicating the same code snippet (in that case, you can declare `end`
if you prefer this style as it will be useful for the entirety of the
method).

> +        // SAFETY:
> +        // - The pointer is valid due to type invariant on `CoherentAllocation`,
> +        //   we've just checked that the range and index is within bounds. The immutability of the
> +        //   of data is also guaranteed by the safety requirements of the function.

"of the of data" sounds like a typo.

> +        // - `offset` can't overflow since it is smaller than `self.count` and we've checked
> +        //   that `self.count` won't overflow early in the constructor.

IIUC you rather need to state that `offset + count` (not just `offset`)
is smaller than `self.count`?

Same comments apply to `as_slice_mut` and `write`.

Cheers,
Alex.