Nouveau - Oct 2025 - [PATCH v2] rust: pci: Allocate and manage PCI interrupt vectors

On Thu Oct 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM CEST, Joel Fernandes
wrote:
> Add support to PCI rust module to allocate, free and manage IRQ vectors.
> Integrate with devres for managing the allocated resources.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf at nvidia.com>
> ---
> Previous patch was here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250910035415.381753-1-joelagnelf at
nvidia.com/
>
>  rust/kernel/pci.rs | 199 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 186 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/pci.rs b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
> index 78271bf88cea..f97a6a36cf5e 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/pci.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
> @@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
>  
>  use crate::{
>      bindings, container_of, device,
> +    device::Bound,
>      device_id::{RawDeviceId, RawDeviceIdIndex},
> -    devres::Devres,
> +    devres::{self, Devres},
>      driver,
>      error::{from_result, to_result, Result},
>      io::{Io, IoRaw},
> @@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
>  };
>  use core::{
>      marker::PhantomData,
> -    ops::Deref,
> +    ops::{Deref, RangeInclusive},
>      ptr::{addr_of_mut, NonNull},
>  };
>  use kernel::prelude::*;
> @@ -28,6 +29,59 @@
>  
>  pub use self::id::{Class, ClassMask, Vendor};
>  
> +/// IRQ type flags for PCI interrupt allocation.
> +#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
> +pub enum IrqType {
> +    /// Legacy INTx interrupts
> +    Legacy,
Like Bjorn said, I'd go with INTx too, also given that the C define is
PCI_IRQ_INTX.
> +    /// Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI)
> +    Msi,
> +    /// Extended Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI-X)
> +    MsiX,
> +}
> +
> +impl IrqType {
> +    /// Convert to the corresponding kernel flags
Please end with a period, here and in multiple other places.
> +    const fn as_raw(self) -> u32 {
> +        match self {
> +            IrqType::Legacy => bindings::PCI_IRQ_INTX,
> +            IrqType::Msi => bindings::PCI_IRQ_MSI,
> +            IrqType::MsiX => bindings::PCI_IRQ_MSIX,
> +        }
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +/// Set of IRQ types that can be used for PCI interrupt allocation.
> +#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
> +pub struct IrqTypes(u32);
> +
> +impl IrqTypes {
> +    /// Create a set containing all IRQ types (MSI-X, MSI, and Legacy)
> +    pub const fn all() -> Self {
> +        Self(bindings::PCI_IRQ_ALL_TYPES)
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Build a set of IRQ types
> +    ///
> +    /// # Examples
> +    ///
> +    /// ```ignore
> +    /// // Create a set with only MSI and MSI-X (no legacy interrupts)
> +    /// let msi_only = IrqTypes::default()
> +    ///     .with(IrqType::Msi)
> +    ///     .with(IrqType::MsiX);
> +    /// ```
> +    pub const fn with(mut self, irq_type: IrqType) -> Self {
> +        self.0 |= irq_type.as_raw();
> +        self
NIT: I'd probably write this as:
	
	Self(self.0 | irq_type.as_raw())
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Get the raw flags value
> +    const fn as_raw(self) -> u32 {
> +        self.0
> +    }
> +}
> +
>  /// An adapter for the registration of PCI drivers.
>  pub struct Adapter<T: Driver>(T);
>  
> @@ -516,6 +570,76 @@ pub fn pci_class(&self) -> Class {
>      }
>  }
>  
> +/// Represents an allocated IRQ vector for a specific PCI device.
> +///
> +/// This type ties an IRQ vector to the device it was allocated for,
> +/// ensuring the vector is only used with the correct device.
> +#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
> +pub struct IrqVector<'a> {
> +    dev: &'a Device<Bound>,
> +    index: u32,
> +}
> +
> +impl<'a> IrqVector<'a> {
> +    /// Creates a new `IrqVector` for the given device and index.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Safety
> +    ///
> +    /// - `index` must be a valid IRQ vector index for `dev`.
> +    unsafe fn new(dev: &'a Device<Bound>, index: u32) ->
Self {
> +        Self { dev, index }
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Returns the raw vector index.
> +    fn index(&self) -> u32 {
> +        self.index
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +/// Represents an IRQ vector allocation for a PCI device.
> +///
> +/// This type ensures that IRQ vectors are properly allocated and freed by
> +/// tying the allocation to the lifetime of this registration object.
> +struct IrqVectorRegistration {
> +    dev: ARef<Device>,
> +}
> +
> +impl IrqVectorRegistration {
> +    /// Allocate IRQ vectors for the given PCI device.
> +    ///
> +    /// Returns the registration object and a range of valid IRQ vectors.
> +    fn new<'a>(
> +        dev: &'a Device<Bound>,
> +        min_vecs: u32,
> +        max_vecs: u32,
> +        irq_types: IrqTypes,
> +    ) -> Result<(Self,
RangeInclusive<IrqVector<'a>>)> {
> +        // SAFETY: `dev.as_raw()` is guaranteed to be a valid pointer to a
`struct pci_dev`
> +        // by the type invariant of `Device`.
> +        // `pci_alloc_irq_vectors` internally validates all parameters and
returns error codes.
"all other parameters"?

Please also format multiple statements in a safety comment as list.
> +        let ret = unsafe {
> +            bindings::pci_alloc_irq_vectors(dev.as_raw(), min_vecs,
max_vecs, irq_types.as_raw())
> +        };
> +
> +        to_result(ret)?;
> +        let count = ret as u32;
> +
> +        // SAFETY: Vectors are 0-based, so valid indices are [0, count-1].
> +        // pci_alloc_irq_vectors guarantees count >= min_vecs > 0,
so count - 1 is valid.
This is a justification why the range makes sense (which makes sense to keep as
a separate comment), but it doesn't justify the safety requirement of
IrqVector::new().
> +        let range = unsafe { IrqVector::new(dev, 0)..=IrqVector::new(dev,
count - 1) };
> +
> +        Ok((Self { dev: dev.into() }, range))
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +impl Drop for IrqVectorRegistration {
> +    fn drop(&mut self) {
> +        // SAFETY: `self.dev` is a valid ARef to a `struct pci_dev` that
has successfully
> +        // allocated IRQ vectors.
The "successfully allocated IRQ vectors" part should be a type
invariant.

NIT: s/ARef/`ARef`/
> +        unsafe { bindings::pci_free_irq_vectors(self.dev.as_raw()) };
> +    }
> +}
<snip>
> +    /// Allocate IRQ vectors for this PCI device with automatic cleanup.
> +    ///
> +    /// Allocates between `min_vecs` and `max_vecs` interrupt vectors for
the device.
> +    /// The allocation will use MSI-X, MSI, or legacy interrupts based on
the `irq_types`
> +    /// parameter and hardware capabilities. When multiple types are
specified, the kernel
> +    /// will try them in order of preference: MSI-X first, then MSI, then
legacy interrupts.
> +    ///
> +    /// The allocated vectors are automatically freed when the device is
unbound, using the
> +    /// devres (device resource management) system.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Arguments
> +    ///
> +    /// * `min_vecs` - Minimum number of vectors required
> +    /// * `max_vecs` - Maximum number of vectors to allocate
> +    /// * `irq_types` - Types of interrupts that can be used
> +    ///
> +    /// # Returns
> +    ///
> +    /// Returns a range of IRQ vectors that were successfully allocated,
or an error if the
> +    /// allocation fails or cannot meet the minimum requirement.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Examples
> +    ///
> +    /// ```ignore
> +    /// // Allocate using any available interrupt type in the order
mentioned above.
> +    /// let vectors = dev.alloc_irq_vectors(1, 32, IrqTypes::all())?;
> +    ///
> +    /// // Allocate MSI or MSI-X only (no legacy interrupts)
> +    /// let msi_only = IrqTypes::default()
> +    ///     .with(IrqType::Msi)
> +    ///     .with(IrqType::MsiX);
> +    /// let vectors = dev.alloc_irq_vectors(4, 16, msi_only)?;
> +    /// ```
> +    pub fn alloc_irq_vectors(
> +        &self,
> +        min_vecs: u32,
> +        max_vecs: u32,
> +        irq_types: IrqTypes,
> +    ) -> Result<RangeInclusive<IrqVector<'_>>> {
> +        let (irq_vecs, range) = IrqVectorRegistration::new(self, min_vecs,
max_vecs, irq_types)?;
> +
> +        devres::register(self.as_ref(), irq_vecs, GFP_KERNEL)?;
If we move the call to devres::register() into IrqVectorRegistration::new()
(which I'd call IrqVectorRegistration::register() then) we can enforce the
guarantee that an IrqVectorRegistration must not out-live the device / driver
binding internally.
> +        Ok(range)
> +    }
>  }