On Thu, 2025-04-17 at 22:31 +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 02:42:24PM -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > On Fri, 2025-04-11 at 01:55 +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> > > +/// A base GEM object.
> > > +///
> > > +/// Invariants
> > > +///
> > > +/// `self.dev` is always a valid pointer to a `struct drm_device`.
> > > +#[repr(C)]
> > > +#[pin_data]
> > > +pub struct Object<T: DriverObject + Send + Sync> {
> > > + obj: Opaque<bindings::drm_gem_object>,
> > > + dev: ptr::NonNull<bindings::drm_device>,
> >
> > Not a huge deal but why don't we just use NonNull<device::Device<T::Driver>>
> > here?
>
> Yeah, we could indeed also use NonNull<drm::Device<T::Driver>> instead, but I
> think it doesn't really make a difference.
>
> We only need it in Object::dev(), and the unsafe call would change from
>
> unsafe { drm::Device::as_ref(self.dev.as_ptr()) }
>
> to
> unsafe { &*self.dev.as_ptr() }
>
> I'm fine either way.
If it doesn't make a difference then yeah, personally I would prefer the rust
type over mixing the C type in. I think my preference just comes from the fact
it feels more natural to use the rust-defined wrapper type wherever possible
especially since it will give a bit more of a helpful documentation blurb for
the type when using rust-analyzer. This can be done in a follow-up patch if
you want as well
>
> > > +// SAFETY: Instances of `Object<T>` are always reference-counted.
> > > +unsafe impl<T: DriverObject> crate::types::AlwaysRefCounted for
> > > Object<T> {
> > > + fn inc_ref(&self) {
> > > + // SAFETY: The existence of a shared reference guarantees that
> > > the refcount is non-zero.
> > > + unsafe { bindings::drm_gem_object_get(self.as_raw()) };
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + unsafe fn dec_ref(obj: ptr::NonNull<Self>) {
> > > + // SAFETY: `obj` is a valid pointer to an `Object<T>`.
> > > + let obj = unsafe { obj.as_ref() };
> > > +
> > > + // SAFETY: The safety requirements guarantee that the refcount
> > > is non-zero.
> > > + unsafe { bindings::drm_gem_object_put(obj.as_raw()) }
> > > + }
> > > +}
> >
> > So - as far as I can tell pretty much every gem object is going to be using
> > the same object_get/object_put() functions - so instead of implementing
> > AlwaysRefCounted for Object<T> why not handle this the other way around?
> >
> > unsafe impl<T: IntoGEMObject> AlwaysRefCounted for T {
> > /* ... */
> > }
> >
> > That way you can also make IntoGEMObject a super-trait of AlwaysRefCounted,
> > so
> > the AlwaysRefCounted trait bound will be implied instead of having to
> > specify
> > it manually all over the place.
>
> That is a great idea!
>
> Since the current implementation should be correct, do you want to implement
> this improvement in a subsequent patch? :)
>
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Cheers,
Lyude Paul (she/her)
Software Engineer at Red Hat
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