Commit 52ae96f5 authored by Alice Ryhl's avatar Alice Ryhl Committed by Miguel Ojeda
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rust: list: make the cursor point between elements

I've been using the linked list cursor for a few different things, and I
find it inconvenient to use because all of the functions have signatures
along the lines of `Self -> Option<Self>`. The root cause of these
signatures is that the cursor points *at* an element, rather than
*between* two elements.

Thus, change the cursor API to point between two elements. This is
inspired by the stdlib linked list (well, really by this guy [1]), which
also uses cursors that point between elements.

The `peek_next` method returns a helper that lets you look at and
optionally remove the element, as one common use-case of cursors is to
iterate a list to look for an element, then remove that element.

For many of the methods, this will reduce how many we need since they
now just need a prev/next method, instead of the current state where you
may end up needing all of curr/prev/next. Also, if we decide to add a
function for splitting a list into two lists at the cursor, then a
cursor that points between elements is exactly what makes the most
sense.

Another advantage is that this means you can now have a cursor into an
empty list.

Link: https://rust-unofficial.github.io/too-many-lists/sixth-cursors-intro.html

 [1]
Reviewed-by: default avatarAndreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarBoqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAlice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210-cursor-between-v7-2-36f0215181ed@google.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
parent 998c6573
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@@ -483,17 +483,21 @@ pub fn push_all_back(&mut self, other: &mut List<T, ID>) {
        other.first = ptr::null_mut();
    }

    /// Returns a cursor to the first element of the list.
    ///
    /// If the list is empty, this returns `None`.
    pub fn cursor_front(&mut self) -> Option<Cursor<'_, T, ID>> {
        if self.first.is_null() {
            None
        } else {
            Some(Cursor {
                current: self.first,
    /// Returns a cursor that points before the first element of the list.
    pub fn cursor_front(&mut self) -> Cursor<'_, T, ID> {
        // INVARIANT: `self.first` is in this list.
        Cursor {
            next: self.first,
            list: self,
        }
    }

    /// Returns a cursor that points after the last element in the list.
    pub fn cursor_back(&mut self) -> Cursor<'_, T, ID> {
        // INVARIANT: `next` is allowed to be null.
        Cursor {
            next: core::ptr::null_mut(),
            list: self,
            })
        }
    }

@@ -573,69 +577,358 @@ fn next(&mut self) -> Option<ArcBorrow<'a, T>> {

/// A cursor into a [`List`].
///
/// A cursor always rests between two elements in the list. This means that a cursor has a previous
/// and next element, but no current element. It also means that it's possible to have a cursor
/// into an empty list.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use kernel::prelude::*;
/// use kernel::list::{List, ListArc, ListLinks};
///
/// #[pin_data]
/// struct ListItem {
///     value: u32,
///     #[pin]
///     links: ListLinks,
/// }
///
/// impl ListItem {
///     fn new(value: u32) -> Result<ListArc<Self>> {
///         ListArc::pin_init(try_pin_init!(Self {
///             value,
///             links <- ListLinks::new(),
///         }), GFP_KERNEL)
///     }
/// }
///
/// kernel::list::impl_has_list_links! {
///     impl HasListLinks<0> for ListItem { self.links }
/// }
/// kernel::list::impl_list_arc_safe! {
///     impl ListArcSafe<0> for ListItem { untracked; }
/// }
/// kernel::list::impl_list_item! {
///     impl ListItem<0> for ListItem { using ListLinks; }
/// }
///
/// // Use a cursor to remove the first element with the given value.
/// fn remove_first(list: &mut List<ListItem>, value: u32) -> Option<ListArc<ListItem>> {
///     let mut cursor = list.cursor_front();
///     while let Some(next) = cursor.peek_next() {
///         if next.value == value {
///             return Some(next.remove());
///         }
///         cursor.move_next();
///     }
///     None
/// }
///
/// // Use a cursor to remove the last element with the given value.
/// fn remove_last(list: &mut List<ListItem>, value: u32) -> Option<ListArc<ListItem>> {
///     let mut cursor = list.cursor_back();
///     while let Some(prev) = cursor.peek_prev() {
///         if prev.value == value {
///             return Some(prev.remove());
///         }
///         cursor.move_prev();
///     }
///     None
/// }
///
/// // Use a cursor to remove all elements with the given value. The removed elements are moved to
/// // a new list.
/// fn remove_all(list: &mut List<ListItem>, value: u32) -> List<ListItem> {
///     let mut out = List::new();
///     let mut cursor = list.cursor_front();
///     while let Some(next) = cursor.peek_next() {
///         if next.value == value {
///             out.push_back(next.remove());
///         } else {
///             cursor.move_next();
///         }
///     }
///     out
/// }
///
/// // Use a cursor to insert a value at a specific index. Returns an error if the index is out of
/// // bounds.
/// fn insert_at(list: &mut List<ListItem>, new: ListArc<ListItem>, idx: usize) -> Result {
///     let mut cursor = list.cursor_front();
///     for _ in 0..idx {
///         if !cursor.move_next() {
///             return Err(EINVAL);
///         }
///     }
///     cursor.insert_next(new);
///     Ok(())
/// }
///
/// // Merge two sorted lists into a single sorted list.
/// fn merge_sorted(list: &mut List<ListItem>, merge: List<ListItem>) {
///     let mut cursor = list.cursor_front();
///     for to_insert in merge {
///         while let Some(next) = cursor.peek_next() {
///             if to_insert.value < next.value {
///                 break;
///             }
///             cursor.move_next();
///         }
///         cursor.insert_prev(to_insert);
///     }
/// }
///
/// let mut list = List::new();
/// list.push_back(ListItem::new(14)?);
/// list.push_back(ListItem::new(12)?);
/// list.push_back(ListItem::new(10)?);
/// list.push_back(ListItem::new(12)?);
/// list.push_back(ListItem::new(15)?);
/// list.push_back(ListItem::new(14)?);
/// assert_eq!(remove_all(&mut list, 12).iter().count(), 2);
/// // [14, 10, 15, 14]
/// assert!(remove_first(&mut list, 14).is_some());
/// // [10, 15, 14]
/// insert_at(&mut list, ListItem::new(12)?, 2)?;
/// // [10, 15, 12, 14]
/// assert!(remove_last(&mut list, 15).is_some());
/// // [10, 12, 14]
///
/// let mut list2 = List::new();
/// list2.push_back(ListItem::new(11)?);
/// list2.push_back(ListItem::new(13)?);
/// merge_sorted(&mut list, list2);
///
/// let mut items = list.into_iter();
/// assert_eq!(items.next().unwrap().value, 10);
/// assert_eq!(items.next().unwrap().value, 11);
/// assert_eq!(items.next().unwrap().value, 12);
/// assert_eq!(items.next().unwrap().value, 13);
/// assert_eq!(items.next().unwrap().value, 14);
/// assert!(items.next().is_none());
/// # Result::<(), Error>::Ok(())
/// ```
///
/// # Invariants
///
/// The `current` pointer points a value in `list`.
/// The `next` pointer is null or points a value in `list`.
pub struct Cursor<'a, T: ?Sized + ListItem<ID>, const ID: u64 = 0> {
    current: *mut ListLinksFields,
    list: &'a mut List<T, ID>,
    /// Points at the element after this cursor, or null if the cursor is after the last element.
    next: *mut ListLinksFields,
}

impl<'a, T: ?Sized + ListItem<ID>, const ID: u64> Cursor<'a, T, ID> {
    /// Access the current element of this cursor.
    pub fn current(&self) -> ArcBorrow<'_, T> {
        // SAFETY: The `current` pointer points a value in the list.
        let me = unsafe { T::view_value(ListLinks::from_fields(self.current)) };
        // SAFETY:
        // * All values in a list are stored in an `Arc`.
        // * The value cannot be removed from the list for the duration of the lifetime annotated
        //   on the returned `ArcBorrow`, because removing it from the list would require mutable
        //   access to the cursor or the list. However, the `ArcBorrow` holds an immutable borrow
        //   on the cursor, which in turn holds a mutable borrow on the list, so any such
        //   mutable access requires first releasing the immutable borrow on the cursor.
        // * Values in a list never have a `UniqueArc` reference, because the list has a `ListArc`
        //   reference, and `UniqueArc` references must be unique.
        unsafe { ArcBorrow::from_raw(me) }
    /// Returns a pointer to the element before the cursor.
    ///
    /// Returns null if there is no element before the cursor.
    fn prev_ptr(&self) -> *mut ListLinksFields {
        let mut next = self.next;
        let first = self.list.first;
        if next == first {
            // We are before the first element.
            return core::ptr::null_mut();
        }

    /// Move the cursor to the next element.
    pub fn next(self) -> Option<Cursor<'a, T, ID>> {
        // SAFETY: The `current` field is always in a list.
        let next = unsafe { (*self.current).next };
        if next.is_null() {
            // We are after the last element, so we need a pointer to the last element, which is
            // the same as `(*first).prev`.
            next = first;
        }

        if next == self.list.first {
            None
        } else {
            // INVARIANT: Since `self.current` is in the `list`, its `next` pointer is also in the
            // `list`.
            Some(Cursor {
                current: next,
                list: self.list,
        // SAFETY: `next` can't be null, because then `first` must also be null, but in that case
        // we would have exited at the `next == first` check. Thus, `next` is an element in the
        // list, so we can access its `prev` pointer.
        unsafe { (*next).prev }
    }

    /// Access the element after this cursor.
    pub fn peek_next(&mut self) -> Option<CursorPeek<'_, 'a, T, true, ID>> {
        if self.next.is_null() {
            return None;
        }

        // INVARIANT:
        // * We just checked that `self.next` is non-null, so it must be in `self.list`.
        // * `ptr` is equal to `self.next`.
        Some(CursorPeek {
            ptr: self.next,
            cursor: self,
        })
    }

    /// Access the element before this cursor.
    pub fn peek_prev(&mut self) -> Option<CursorPeek<'_, 'a, T, false, ID>> {
        let prev = self.prev_ptr();

        if prev.is_null() {
            return None;
        }

        // INVARIANT:
        // * We just checked that `prev` is non-null, so it must be in `self.list`.
        // * `self.prev_ptr()` never returns `self.next`.
        Some(CursorPeek {
            ptr: prev,
            cursor: self,
        })
    }

    /// Move the cursor one element forward.
    ///
    /// If the cursor is after the last element, then this call does nothing. This call returns
    /// `true` if the cursor's position was changed.
    pub fn move_next(&mut self) -> bool {
        if self.next.is_null() {
            return false;
        }

    /// Move the cursor to the previous element.
    pub fn prev(self) -> Option<Cursor<'a, T, ID>> {
        // SAFETY: The `current` field is always in a list.
        let prev = unsafe { (*self.current).prev };
        // SAFETY: `self.next` is an element in the list and we borrow the list mutably, so we can
        // access the `next` field.
        let mut next = unsafe { (*self.next).next };

        if self.current == self.list.first {
            None
        if next == self.list.first {
            next = core::ptr::null_mut();
        }

        // INVARIANT: `next` is either null or the next element after an element in the list.
        self.next = next;
        true
    }

    /// Move the cursor one element backwards.
    ///
    /// If the cursor is before the first element, then this call does nothing. This call returns
    /// `true` if the cursor's position was changed.
    pub fn move_prev(&mut self) -> bool {
        if self.next == self.list.first {
            return false;
        }

        // INVARIANT: `prev_ptr()` always returns a pointer that is null or in the list.
        self.next = self.prev_ptr();
        true
    }

    /// Inserts an element where the cursor is pointing and get a pointer to the new element.
    fn insert_inner(&mut self, item: ListArc<T, ID>) -> *mut ListLinksFields {
        let ptr = if self.next.is_null() {
            self.list.first
        } else {
            // INVARIANT: Since `self.current` is in the `list`, its `prev` pointer is also in the
            // `list`.
            Some(Cursor {
                current: prev,
                list: self.list,
            })
            self.next
        };
        // SAFETY:
        // * `ptr` is an element in the list or null.
        // * if `ptr` is null, then `self.list.first` is null so the list is empty.
        let item = unsafe { self.list.insert_inner(item, ptr) };
        if self.next == self.list.first {
            // INVARIANT: We just inserted `item`, so it's a member of list.
            self.list.first = item;
        }
        item
    }

    /// Insert an element at this cursor's location.
    pub fn insert(mut self, item: ListArc<T, ID>) {
        // This is identical to `insert_prev`, but consumes the cursor. This is helpful because it
        // reduces confusion when the last operation on the cursor is an insertion; in that case,
        // you just want to insert the element at the cursor, and it is confusing that the call
        // involves the word prev or next.
        self.insert_inner(item);
    }

    /// Inserts an element after this cursor.
    ///
    /// After insertion, the new element will be after the cursor.
    pub fn insert_next(&mut self, item: ListArc<T, ID>) {
        self.next = self.insert_inner(item);
    }

    /// Inserts an element before this cursor.
    ///
    /// After insertion, the new element will be before the cursor.
    pub fn insert_prev(&mut self, item: ListArc<T, ID>) {
        self.insert_inner(item);
    }

    /// Remove the next element from the list.
    pub fn remove_next(&mut self) -> Option<ListArc<T, ID>> {
        self.peek_next().map(|v| v.remove())
    }

    /// Remove the previous element from the list.
    pub fn remove_prev(&mut self) -> Option<ListArc<T, ID>> {
        self.peek_prev().map(|v| v.remove())
    }
}

/// References the element in the list next to the cursor.
///
/// # Invariants
///
/// * `ptr` is an element in `self.cursor.list`.
/// * `ISNEXT == (self.ptr == self.cursor.next)`.
pub struct CursorPeek<'a, 'b, T: ?Sized + ListItem<ID>, const ISNEXT: bool, const ID: u64> {
    cursor: &'a mut Cursor<'b, T, ID>,
    ptr: *mut ListLinksFields,
}

    /// Remove the current element from the list.
impl<'a, 'b, T: ?Sized + ListItem<ID>, const ISNEXT: bool, const ID: u64>
    CursorPeek<'a, 'b, T, ISNEXT, ID>
{
    /// Remove the element from the list.
    pub fn remove(self) -> ListArc<T, ID> {
        // SAFETY: The `current` pointer always points at a member of the list.
        unsafe { self.list.remove_internal(self.current) }
        if ISNEXT {
            self.cursor.move_next();
        }

        // INVARIANT: `self.ptr` is not equal to `self.cursor.next` due to the above `move_next`
        // call.
        // SAFETY: By the type invariants of `Self`, `next` is not null, so `next` is an element of
        // `self.cursor.list` by the type invariants of `Cursor`.
        unsafe { self.cursor.list.remove_internal(self.ptr) }
    }

    /// Access this value as an [`ArcBorrow`].
    pub fn arc(&self) -> ArcBorrow<'_, T> {
        // SAFETY: `self.ptr` points at an element in `self.cursor.list`.
        let me = unsafe { T::view_value(ListLinks::from_fields(self.ptr)) };
        // SAFETY:
        // * All values in a list are stored in an `Arc`.
        // * The value cannot be removed from the list for the duration of the lifetime annotated
        //   on the returned `ArcBorrow`, because removing it from the list would require mutable
        //   access to the `CursorPeek`, the `Cursor` or the `List`. However, the `ArcBorrow` holds
        //   an immutable borrow on the `CursorPeek`, which in turn holds a mutable borrow on the
        //   `Cursor`, which in turn holds a mutable borrow on the `List`, so any such mutable
        //   access requires first releasing the immutable borrow on the `CursorPeek`.
        // * Values in a list never have a `UniqueArc` reference, because the list has a `ListArc`
        //   reference, and `UniqueArc` references must be unique.
        unsafe { ArcBorrow::from_raw(me) }
    }
}

impl<'a, 'b, T: ?Sized + ListItem<ID>, const ISNEXT: bool, const ID: u64> core::ops::Deref
    for CursorPeek<'a, 'b, T, ISNEXT, ID>
{
    // If you change the `ptr` field to have type `ArcBorrow<'a, T>`, it might seem like you could
    // get rid of the `CursorPeek::arc` method and change the deref target to `ArcBorrow<'a, T>`.
    // However, that doesn't work because 'a is too long. You could obtain an `ArcBorrow<'a, T>`
    // and then call `CursorPeek::remove` without giving up the `ArcBorrow<'a, T>`, which would be
    // unsound.
    type Target = T;

    fn deref(&self) -> &T {
        // SAFETY: `self.ptr` points at an element in `self.cursor.list`.
        let me = unsafe { T::view_value(ListLinks::from_fields(self.ptr)) };

        // SAFETY: The value cannot be removed from the list for the duration of the lifetime
        // annotated on the returned `&T`, because removing it from the list would require mutable
        // access to the `CursorPeek`, the `Cursor` or the `List`. However, the `&T` holds an
        // immutable borrow on the `CursorPeek`, which in turn holds a mutable borrow on the
        // `Cursor`, which in turn holds a mutable borrow on the `List`, so any such mutable access
        // requires first releasing the immutable borrow on the `CursorPeek`.
        unsafe { &*me }
    }
}