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+// 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 {}
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+mod iobuffer;
+pub use iobuffer::{IoBuffer, SizedIoBuffer};
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