[PATCH v2 5/6] rust: debugfs: Allow access to device in Devres-wrapped scopes

Matthew Maurer posted 6 patches 5 days, 3 hours ago
[PATCH v2 5/6] rust: debugfs: Allow access to device in Devres-wrapped scopes
Posted by Matthew Maurer 5 days, 3 hours ago
This adds support for creating a DebugFS directory which is aware that
it is bound to a device. As a result, callbacks under that directory
have access to a bound device which gives them efficient access to other
Devres, ability to use dev_err! and friends, etc.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>
---
 rust/kernel/debugfs.rs | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
index d7b8014a6474698235203f2b7d8fec96f2bb43f8..ac614d693fa73929d095b669e9ba61958bec609e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
 use crate::sync::Arc;
 use crate::{
+    device::{
+        Bound,
+        Device, //
+    },
+    devres::Devres,
     fmt,
     prelude::*,
     str::CStr,
@@ -722,3 +727,38 @@ fn new(name: &CStr) -> ScopedDir<'data, 'static> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl<'a, T: 'a + Send> Devres<Scope<T>> {
+    /// Creates a new scope, which is a directory at the root of the debugfs filesystem,
+    /// associated with some data `T`, enclosed in a [`Devres`] for the provided device.
+    ///
+    /// The `init` closure is called to populate the directory with files and subdirectories. These
+    /// files can reference the data stored in the scope. Because it is stored inside a `Devres`,
+    /// the init method is granted access to a `&Device<Bound>`.
+    ///
+    /// This can be used for cheaply accessing device-protected data inside DebugFS methods or
+    /// accessing device-specific methods (e.g. [`dev_err!`]).
+    ///
+    /// The entire directory tree created within the scope will be removed when the returned
+    /// `Scope` handle is dropped.
+    pub fn dir<E: 'a, F>(
+        dev: &'a Device<Bound>,
+        data: impl PinInit<T, E> + 'a,
+        name: &'a CStr,
+        init: F,
+    ) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> + 'a
+    where
+        F: for<'data, 'dir> FnOnce(&'data T, &'data Device<Bound>, &'dir ScopedDir<'data, 'dir>)
+            + 'a,
+        Error: From<E>,
+    {
+        Devres::new(
+            dev,
+            Scope::new(data, |data| {
+                let scoped = ScopedDir::new(name);
+                init(data, dev, &scoped);
+                scoped.into_entry()
+            }),
+        )
+    }
+}

-- 
2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog
Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] rust: debugfs: Allow access to device in Devres-wrapped scopes
Posted by Gary Guo 5 days, 2 hours ago
On Tue Feb 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM GMT, Matthew Maurer wrote:
> This adds support for creating a DebugFS directory which is aware that
> it is bound to a device. As a result, callbacks under that directory
> have access to a bound device which gives them efficient access to other
> Devres, ability to use dev_err! and friends, etc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/debugfs.rs | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> index d7b8014a6474698235203f2b7d8fec96f2bb43f8..ac614d693fa73929d095b669e9ba61958bec609e 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
>  use crate::sync::Arc;
>  use crate::{
> +    device::{
> +        Bound,
> +        Device, //
> +    },
> +    devres::Devres,
>      fmt,
>      prelude::*,
>      str::CStr,
> @@ -722,3 +727,38 @@ fn new(name: &CStr) -> ScopedDir<'data, 'static> {
>          }
>      }
>  }
> +
> +impl<'a, T: 'a + Send> Devres<Scope<T>> {
> +    /// Creates a new scope, which is a directory at the root of the debugfs filesystem,
> +    /// associated with some data `T`, enclosed in a [`Devres`] for the provided device.
> +    ///
> +    /// The `init` closure is called to populate the directory with files and subdirectories. These
> +    /// files can reference the data stored in the scope. Because it is stored inside a `Devres`,
> +    /// the init method is granted access to a `&Device<Bound>`.
> +    ///
> +    /// This can be used for cheaply accessing device-protected data inside DebugFS methods or
> +    /// accessing device-specific methods (e.g. [`dev_err!`]).
> +    ///
> +    /// The entire directory tree created within the scope will be removed when the returned
> +    /// `Scope` handle is dropped.
> +    pub fn dir<E: 'a, F>(
> +        dev: &'a Device<Bound>,
> +        data: impl PinInit<T, E> + 'a,
> +        name: &'a CStr,
> +        init: F,
> +    ) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> + 'a
> +    where
> +        F: for<'data, 'dir> FnOnce(&'data T, &'data Device<Bound>, &'dir ScopedDir<'data, 'dir>)
> +            + 'a,
> +        Error: From<E>,
> +    {
> +        Devres::new(
> +            dev,
> +            Scope::new(data, |data| {
> +                let scoped = ScopedDir::new(name);
> +                init(data, dev, &scoped);
> +                scoped.into_entry()
> +            }),
> +        )
> +    }
> +}

I think it is a big strange to have this on `Devres` (in patch v6 it has `Devres::dir` doesn't make
too much sense). I would suggest that we domsomething like

    impl<'a, T: 'a + Send> Scope<T> {
        pub fn devres_dir(
            ...
        ) -> impl PinInit<Devres<Self>, Error> + 'a;
    }

To me `Devres` is just a generic container type, just like `Arc` and `ARef`, so
the assoc functions should be defined on the concrete type.

Also: is there a reason that this needs a special API, and by

    Devres::new(device, Scope::dir(data, c"name", |data| {
        // use data and device
    });

?

Best,
Gary
Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] rust: debugfs: Allow access to device in Devres-wrapped scopes
Posted by Matthew Maurer 5 days, 1 hour ago
On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 8:48 AM Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue Feb 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM GMT, Matthew Maurer wrote:
> > This adds support for creating a DebugFS directory which is aware that
> > it is bound to a device. As a result, callbacks under that directory
> > have access to a bound device which gives them efficient access to other
> > Devres, ability to use dev_err! and friends, etc.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>
> > ---
> >  rust/kernel/debugfs.rs | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> > index d7b8014a6474698235203f2b7d8fec96f2bb43f8..ac614d693fa73929d095b669e9ba61958bec609e 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> > @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
> >  #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
> >  use crate::sync::Arc;
> >  use crate::{
> > +    device::{
> > +        Bound,
> > +        Device, //
> > +    },
> > +    devres::Devres,
> >      fmt,
> >      prelude::*,
> >      str::CStr,
> > @@ -722,3 +727,38 @@ fn new(name: &CStr) -> ScopedDir<'data, 'static> {
> >          }
> >      }
> >  }
> > +
> > +impl<'a, T: 'a + Send> Devres<Scope<T>> {
> > +    /// Creates a new scope, which is a directory at the root of the debugfs filesystem,
> > +    /// associated with some data `T`, enclosed in a [`Devres`] for the provided device.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// The `init` closure is called to populate the directory with files and subdirectories. These
> > +    /// files can reference the data stored in the scope. Because it is stored inside a `Devres`,
> > +    /// the init method is granted access to a `&Device<Bound>`.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// This can be used for cheaply accessing device-protected data inside DebugFS methods or
> > +    /// accessing device-specific methods (e.g. [`dev_err!`]).
> > +    ///
> > +    /// The entire directory tree created within the scope will be removed when the returned
> > +    /// `Scope` handle is dropped.
> > +    pub fn dir<E: 'a, F>(
> > +        dev: &'a Device<Bound>,
> > +        data: impl PinInit<T, E> + 'a,
> > +        name: &'a CStr,
> > +        init: F,
> > +    ) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> + 'a
> > +    where
> > +        F: for<'data, 'dir> FnOnce(&'data T, &'data Device<Bound>, &'dir ScopedDir<'data, 'dir>)
> > +            + 'a,
> > +        Error: From<E>,
> > +    {
> > +        Devres::new(
> > +            dev,
> > +            Scope::new(data, |data| {
> > +                let scoped = ScopedDir::new(name);
> > +                init(data, dev, &scoped);
> > +                scoped.into_entry()
> > +            }),
> > +        )
> > +    }
> > +}
>
> I think it is a big strange to have this on `Devres` (in patch v6 it has `Devres::dir` doesn't make
> too much sense). I would suggest that we domsomething like
>
>     impl<'a, T: 'a + Send> Scope<T> {
>         pub fn devres_dir(
>             ...
>         ) -> impl PinInit<Devres<Self>, Error> + 'a;
>     }
>
> To me `Devres` is just a generic container type, just like `Arc` and `ARef`, so
> the assoc functions should be defined on the concrete type.
>
> Also: is there a reason that this needs a special API, and by
>
>     Devres::new(device, Scope::dir(data, c"name", |data| {
>         // use data and device
>     });
>
> ?

Yes - that won't work, because the function being provided to
`Scope::dir` is `for<'data, 'dir> FnOnce(&'data T, &'dir
ScopedDir<'data, 'dir>)` - this means that *intentionally*, if you
capture any non-static-lifetime variable from outside the closure, you
won't be able to use it with the methods on `ScopedDir`, because the
`'data` lifetime bound should stop you. In the general case, we
wouldn't want a reference with the same lifetime as `device` in that
example to be usable inside the debugfs callbacks. The device of a
Devres wrapped scope is a special case because we know that it will
outlive it.

>
> Best,
> Gary
>
>
Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] rust: debugfs: Allow access to device in Devres-wrapped scopes
Posted by Danilo Krummrich 5 days, 2 hours ago
On Tue Feb 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM CET, Gary Guo wrote:
> I think it is a big strange to have this on `Devres` (in patch v6 it has `Devres::dir` doesn't make
> too much sense). I would suggest that we domsomething like
>
>     impl<'a, T: 'a + Send> Scope<T> {
>         pub fn devres_dir(
>             ...
>         ) -> impl PinInit<Devres<Self>, Error> + 'a;
>     }

Good catch, I did not notice that this is implemented on Devres, rather than
debugfs. This should not be implemented on Devres.

> To me `Devres` is just a generic container type, just like `Arc` and `ARef`, so
> the assoc functions should be defined on the concrete type.

Indded.
Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] rust: debugfs: Allow access to device in Devres-wrapped scopes
Posted by Danilo Krummrich 5 days, 3 hours ago
On Tue Feb 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM CET, Matthew Maurer wrote:
> This adds support for creating a DebugFS directory which is aware that
> it is bound to a device. As a result, callbacks under that directory
> have access to a bound device which gives them efficient access to other
> Devres, ability to use dev_err! and friends, etc.
>

Suggested-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

> Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>

Again,

Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

if this should go through another tree, but I can also pick it up.