rust: error: Add a helper to convert a C ERR_PTR to a Result

Some kernel C API functions return a pointer which embeds an optional
`errno`. Callers are supposed to check the returned pointer with
`IS_ERR()` and if this returns `true`, retrieve the `errno` using
`PTR_ERR()`.

Create a Rust helper function to implement the Rust equivalent:
transform a `*mut T` to `Result<*mut T>`.

Lina: Imported from rust-for-linux/linux, with subsequent refactoring
and contributions squashed in and attributed below. Renamed the function
to from_err_ptr().

Co-developed-by: Boqun Feng <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Fox Chen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Gary Guo <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Asahi Lina <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
[ Add a removal of `#[allow(dead_code)]`. ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]>

rust/helpers.c

@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ __force void *rust_helper_ERR_PTR(long err)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_ERR_PTR);
 
+bool rust_helper_IS_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
+{
+	return IS_ERR(ptr);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_IS_ERR);
+
+long rust_helper_PTR_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
+{
+	return PTR_ERR(ptr);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_PTR_ERR);
+
 /*
  * We use `bindgen`'s `--size_t-is-usize` option to bind the C `size_t` type
  * as the Rust `usize` type, so we can use it in contexts where Rust

rust/kernel/error.rs

@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ impl Error {
     /// # Safety
     ///
     /// `errno` must be within error code range (i.e. `>= -MAX_ERRNO && < 0`).
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
     unsafe fn from_errno_unchecked(errno: core::ffi::c_int) -> Error {
         // INVARIANT: The contract ensures the type invariant
         // will hold.
@@ -189,3 +188,52 @@ pub fn to_result(err: core::ffi::c_int) -> Result {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+/// Transform a kernel "error pointer" to a normal pointer.
+///
+/// Some kernel C API functions return an "error pointer" which optionally
+/// embeds an `errno`. Callers are supposed to check the returned pointer
+/// for errors. This function performs the check and converts the "error pointer"
+/// to a normal pointer in an idiomatic fashion.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```ignore
+/// # use kernel::from_err_ptr;
+/// # use kernel::bindings;
+/// fn devm_platform_ioremap_resource(
+///     pdev: &mut PlatformDevice,
+///     index: u32,
+/// ) -> Result<*mut core::ffi::c_void> {
+///     // SAFETY: FFI call.
+///     unsafe {
+///         from_err_ptr(bindings::devm_platform_ioremap_resource(
+///             pdev.to_ptr(),
+///             index,
+///         ))
+///     }
+/// }
+/// ```
+// TODO: Remove `dead_code` marker once an in-kernel client is available.
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub(crate) fn from_err_ptr<T>(ptr: *mut T) -> Result<*mut T> {
+    // CAST: Casting a pointer to `*const core::ffi::c_void` is always valid.
+    let const_ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void = ptr.cast();
+    // SAFETY: The FFI function does not deref the pointer.
+    if unsafe { bindings::IS_ERR(const_ptr) } {
+        // SAFETY: The FFI function does not deref the pointer.
+        let err = unsafe { bindings::PTR_ERR(const_ptr) };
+        // CAST: If `IS_ERR()` returns `true`,
+        // then `PTR_ERR()` is guaranteed to return a
+        // negative value greater-or-equal to `-bindings::MAX_ERRNO`,
+        // which always fits in an `i16`, as per the invariant above.
+        // And an `i16` always fits in an `i32`. So casting `err` to
+        // an `i32` can never overflow, and is always valid.
+        //
+        // SAFETY: `IS_ERR()` ensures `err` is a
+        // negative value greater-or-equal to `-bindings::MAX_ERRNO`.
+        #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast)]
+        return Err(unsafe { Error::from_errno_unchecked(err as core::ffi::c_int) });
+    }
+    Ok(ptr)
+}