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[v3,4/4] rust: task: add `Send` marker to `Task`

Message ID 20230531145939.3714886-5-aliceryhl@google.com
State New
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Series Update thread safety markers |

Commit Message

Alice Ryhl May 31, 2023, 2:59 p.m. UTC 
  When a type also implements `Sync`, the meaning of `Send` is just "this
type may be accessed mutably from threads other than the one it is
created on". That's ok for this type.

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
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 rust/kernel/task.rs | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/rust/kernel/task.rs b/rust/kernel/task.rs
index 526d29a0ae27..7eda15e5f1b3 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/task.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/task.rs
@@ -64,8 +64,14 @@  macro_rules! current {
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Task(pub(crate) Opaque<bindings::task_struct>);
 
-// SAFETY: It's OK to access `Task` through references from other threads because we're either
-// accessing properties that don't change (e.g., `pid`, `group_leader`) or that are properly
+// SAFETY: By design, the only way to access a `Task` is via the `current` function or via an
+// `ARef<Task>` obtained through the `AlwaysRefCounted` impl. This means that the only situation in
+// which a `Task` can be accessed mutably is when the refcount drops to zero and the destructor
+// runs. It is safe for that to happen on any thread, so it is ok for this type to be `Send`.
+unsafe impl Send for Task {}
+
+// SAFETY: It's OK to access `Task` through shared references from other threads because we're
+// either accessing properties that don't change (e.g., `pid`, `group_leader`) or that are properly
 // synchronised by C code (e.g., `signal_pending`).
 unsafe impl Sync for Task {}