On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 02:42:41PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote: [...] > If we use container_of!() instead or just pass the address of Self (i.e. > Registration) to request_irq() instead, > > pub fn device(&self) -> &Device > > is absolutely possible to add to Devres, of course. > One thing to notice is that in `Devres::new()`, `inner` is initialized before `dev`: try_pin_init!(&this in Self { // INVARIANT: `inner` is properly initialized. inner <- Opaque::pin_init(try_pin_init!(Inner { data <- Revocable::new(data), devm <- Completion::new(), revoke <- Completion::new(), })), For `irq::Registration`, request_irq() is called at `inner` initialization. So now interrupts can happen at any moment, but `dev` is still uninitialized. callback, dev: { // SAFETY: `this` is a valid pointer to uninitialized memory. let inner = unsafe { &raw mut (*this.as_ptr()).inner }; // SAFETY: // - `dev.as_raw()` is a pointer to a valid bound device. // - `inner` is guaranteed to be a valid for the duration of the lifetime of `Self`. // - `devm_add_action()` is guaranteed not to call `callback` until `this` has been // properly initialized, because we require `dev` (i.e. the *bound* device) to // live at least as long as the returned `impl PinInit<Self, Error>`. to_result(unsafe { bindings::devm_add_action(dev.as_raw(), Some(callback), inner.cast()) })?; dev.into() }, }) I think you need to reorder the initialization of `inner` to be after `dev` for this. And it should be fine, because the whole device is in bound state while the PinInit being called, so `inner.cast()` being a pointer to uninitialized memory should be fine (because the `callback` won't be called). Regards, Boqun > > Depending on how (1) is ensured, we might just need an unsafe function > > that turns `Device<Normal>` into `Device<Bound>`. > > `&Device<Normal>` in `&Device<Bound>`, yes. I have such a method locally > already (but haven't sent it yet), because that's going to be a use-case for > other abstractions as well. One specific example is the PWM Chip abstraction > [1]. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250710-rust-next-pwm-working-fan-for-sending-v11-3-93824a16f9ec@xxxxxxxxxxx/