On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 09:30:26PM +0100, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> Implement bus_type_raw(), which returns a raw pointer to the device'
> struct bus_type.
>
> This is useful for bus devices, to implement the following trait.
>
> impl TryFrom<&Device> for &pci::Device
>
> With this a caller can try to get the bus specific device from a generic
> device in a safe way. try_from() will only succeed if the generic
> device' bus type pointer matches the pointer of the bus' type.
>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> rust/kernel/device.rs | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/device.rs b/rust/kernel/device.rs
> index 76b341441f3f..e2de0efd4a27 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/device.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/device.rs
> @@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ pub fn parent<'a>(&self) -> Option<&'a Self> {
> }
> }
>
> + /// Returns a raw pointer to the device' bus type.
> + #[expect(unused)]
> + pub(crate) fn bus_type_raw(&self) -> *const bindings::bus_type {
> + // SAFETY: By the type invariants, `self.as_raw()` is a valid pointer to a `struct device`.
Is this field immutable?
> + unsafe { (*self.as_raw()).bus }
> + }
> +
> /// Convert a raw C `struct device` pointer to a `&'a Device`.
> ///
> /// # Safety
> --
> 2.48.1
>
