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diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator.rs
index aa2dfa9dca4c..2315f5063011 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/allocator.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use core::ptr::NonNull;
use crate::alloc::{AllocError, Allocator};
use crate::bindings;
+use crate::page;
use crate::pr_warn;
/// The contiguous kernel allocator.
@@ -140,6 +141,54 @@ unsafe impl Allocator for Kmalloc {
}
}
+impl Vmalloc {
+ /// Convert a pointer to a [`Vmalloc`] allocation to a [`page::BorrowedPage`].
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// # use core::ptr::{NonNull, from_mut};
+ /// # use kernel::{page, prelude::*};
+ /// use kernel::alloc::allocator::Vmalloc;
+ ///
+ /// let mut vbox = VBox::<[u8; page::PAGE_SIZE]>::new_uninit(GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ ///
+ /// {
+ /// // SAFETY: By the type invariant of `Box` the inner pointer of `vbox` is non-null.
+ /// let ptr = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(from_mut(&mut *vbox)) };
+ ///
+ /// // SAFETY:
+ /// // `ptr` is a valid pointer to a `Vmalloc` allocation.
+ /// // `ptr` is valid for the entire lifetime of `page`.
+ /// let page = unsafe { Vmalloc::to_page(ptr.cast()) };
+ ///
+ /// // SAFETY: There is no concurrent read or write to the same page.
+ /// unsafe { page.fill_zero_raw(0, page::PAGE_SIZE)? };
+ /// }
+ /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
+ /// ```
+ ///
+ /// # Safety
+ ///
+ /// - `ptr` must be a valid pointer to a [`Vmalloc`] allocation.
+ /// - `ptr` must remain valid for the entire duration of `'a`.
+ pub unsafe fn to_page<'a>(ptr: NonNull<u8>) -> page::BorrowedPage<'a> {
+ // SAFETY: `ptr` is a valid pointer to `Vmalloc` memory.
+ let page = unsafe { bindings::vmalloc_to_page(ptr.as_ptr().cast()) };
+
+ // SAFETY: `vmalloc_to_page` returns a valid pointer to a `struct page` for a valid pointer
+ // to `Vmalloc` memory.
+ let page = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(page) };
+
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - `page` is a valid pointer to a `struct page`, given that by the safety requirements of
+ // this function `ptr` is a valid pointer to a `Vmalloc` allocation.
+ // - By the safety requirements of this function `ptr` is valid for the entire lifetime of
+ // `'a`.
+ unsafe { page::BorrowedPage::from_raw(page) }
+ }
+}
+
// SAFETY: `realloc` delegates to `ReallocFunc::call`, which guarantees that
// - memory remains valid until it is explicitly freed,
// - passing a pointer to a valid memory allocation is OK,