rust: drm: device: drop_in_place() the drm::Device in release()
authorDanilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Sun, 29 Jun 2025 15:37:42 +0000 (17:37 +0200)
committerDanilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Thu, 3 Jul 2025 22:33:56 +0000 (00:33 +0200)
In drm::Device::new() we allocate with __drm_dev_alloc() and return an
ARef<drm::Device>.

When the reference count of the drm::Device falls to zero, the C code
automatically calls drm_dev_release(), which eventually frees the memory
allocated in drm::Device::new().

However, due to that, drm::Device::drop() is never called. As a result
the destructor of the user's private data, i.e. drm::Device::data is
never called. Hence, fix this by calling drop_in_place() from the DRM
device's release callback.

Fixes: 1e4b8896c0f3 ("rust: drm: add device abstraction")
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250629153747.72536-1-dakr@kernel.org
rust/kernel/drm/device.rs

index 624d7a4c83ead64b93325189f481d9b37c3c6eae..14c1aa402951a897940d4c255ab4a4e456f19324 100644 (file)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl<T: drm::Driver> Device<T> {
         open: Some(drm::File::<T::File>::open_callback),
         postclose: Some(drm::File::<T::File>::postclose_callback),
         unload: None,
-        release: None,
+        release: Some(Self::release),
         master_set: None,
         master_drop: None,
         debugfs_init: None,
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@ impl<T: drm::Driver> Device<T> {
         // SAFETY: `ptr` is valid by the safety requirements of this function.
         unsafe { &*ptr.cast() }
     }
+
+    extern "C" fn release(ptr: *mut bindings::drm_device) {
+        // SAFETY: `ptr` is a valid pointer to a `struct drm_device` and embedded in `Self`.
+        let this = unsafe { Self::from_drm_device(ptr) };
+
+        // SAFETY:
+        // - When `release` runs it is guaranteed that there is no further access to `this`.
+        // - `this` is valid for dropping.
+        unsafe { core::ptr::drop_in_place(this) };
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T: drm::Driver> Deref for Device<T> {