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Subject: Claude review: rust: gpu: Add GPU buddy allocator bindings
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:27:36 +1000
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> +pub struct BuddyFlags(usize);
> +
> +    pub fn try_new(flags: usize) -> Result<Self> {
> +        // Flags must not exceed u32::MAX to satisfy the GPU buddy allocator C API.
> +        if flags > u32::MAX as usize {
> +            return Err(EINVAL);
> +        }

The comment says "satisfy the GPU buddy allocator C API," but looking at the C API, `drm_buddy_alloc_blocks` takes `unsigned long flags` (which on 64-bit is 8 bytes, same as `usize`), while `drm_buddy_free_list` takes `unsigned int flags` (4 bytes). The validation to `u32::MAX` is actually only necessary for the free path. The alloc path could accept the full `unsigned long` range. This is not a bug since it is more restrictive, but the comment is somewhat inaccurate about why.

> +    pub fn alloc_blocks(
> +        &self,
> +        params: &GpuBuddyAllocParams,
> +    ) -> impl PinInit<AllocatedBlocks, Error> {
> +        ...
> +        try_pin_init!(AllocatedBlocks {
> +            buddy: buddy_arc,
> +            list <- CListHead::new(),
> +            flags: flags,
> +            _: {
> +                let guard = buddy.lock();
> +                to_result(unsafe {
> +                    bindings::gpu_buddy_alloc_blocks(
> +                        guard.as_raw(),
> +                        start,
> +                        end,
> +                        size,
> +                        min_block_size,
> +                        list.as_raw(),
> +                        flags.as_raw(),
> +                    )
> +                })?
> +            }
> +        })
> +    }

The `try_pin_init!` pattern with `_:` initializer block is interesting - it runs the allocation after the list and buddy are already initialized. If `gpu_buddy_alloc_blocks` fails, the `try_pin_init!` should properly drop the already-initialized fields. The `list` will have `INIT_LIST_HEAD` called on it, and the `buddy` `Arc` clone will be dropped. This looks correct.

One concern: `flags.as_raw()` returns `usize`, but the C function `gpu_buddy_alloc_blocks` takes `unsigned long flags`. On 64-bit Linux, `usize` and `unsigned long` are both 64-bit, so this is fine. But for the free path:

> +#[pinned_drop]
> +impl PinnedDrop for AllocatedBlocks {
> +    fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
> +        let guard = self.buddy.lock();
> +        unsafe {
> +            bindings::gpu_buddy_free_list(
> +                guard.as_raw(),
> +                self.list.as_raw(),
> +                self.flags.as_raw() as u32,
> +            );
> +        }
> +    }
> +}

The `as u32` cast is safe because `try_new()` validated flags fit in u32. No issue here.

> +impl AllocatedBlock<'_> {
> +    pub fn size(&self) -> u64 {
> +        self.alloc.buddy.chunk_size << self.block.order()
> +    }
> +}

This mirrors the C implementation `mm->chunk_size << drm_buddy_block_order(block)`. The `order()` returns `u32`. Shifting a `u64` left by a `u32` - if `order()` returned a value >= 64, this would be undefined behavior in C but would panic in Rust debug builds or produce 0 in release builds. However, since the buddy allocator constrains orders based on the address space size and chunk size, and `DRM_BUDDY_HEADER_ORDER` is masked to 6 bits (max 63), values above 63 should not occur in practice. For a 1GB allocator with 4KB chunk size, max order would be 18. This is not a real concern.

> +#[pinned_drop]
> +impl PinnedDrop for GpuBuddyInner {
> +    fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
> +        let guard = self.lock();
> +        unsafe {
> +            bindings::gpu_buddy_fini(guard.as_raw());
> +        }
> +    }
> +}

This calls `lock()` on `self` inside `drop`. Since `drop` takes `Pin<&mut Self>`, and `lock()` takes `&self`, this works via auto-deref. The mutex lock is acquired to serialize with any concurrent `AllocatedBlocks` drops that might be running on other threads. However - if this is the last reference to the `Arc<GpuBuddyInner>` (which it must be, since `drop` is running), then no other thread can hold a reference, meaning there cannot be concurrent `AllocatedBlocks` drops. So the lock acquisition here is technically unnecessary but harmless - it provides defense-in-depth.

> +    fn lock(&self) -> GpuBuddyGuard<'_> {
> +        GpuBuddyGuard {
> +            inner: self,
> +            _guard: self.lock.lock(),
> +        }
> +    }

Wait - there is a potential issue here. The method is named `lock` and the field is also named `lock`. `self.lock` refers to the field (type `Mutex<()>`), and `self.lock.lock()` calls `Mutex::lock()` on that field. This is not ambiguous because Rust resolves method calls on the concrete type, but it is confusing to read. Not a bug, just a naming observation.

The `rust_helper_gpu_buddy_block_offset` helper takes `const struct gpu_buddy_block *block`, but the Rust `Block::offset()` method calls it with `self.as_raw()` which returns `*mut`. Passing `*mut` where `*const` is expected is fine in C (implicit conversion), and bindgen should handle this correctly. No issue.

Overall this is a solid set of bindings. The synchronization model is sound, the lifetimes are correctly constrained, and the cleanup paths are properly handled.

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