rust: list: extract common code for insertion

To prepare for a new cursor API that has the ability to insert elements
into the list, extract the common code needed for this operation into a
new `insert_inner` method.

Both `push_back` and `push_front` are updated to use the new function.

Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210-cursor-between-v7-1-36f0215181ed@google.com
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/rust/kernel/list.rs b/rust/kernel/list.rs
index fb93330f4af4..97b3599b7207 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/list.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/list.rs
@@ -245,8 +245,20 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + ListItem<ID>, const ID: u64> List<T, ID> {
         self.first.is_null()
     }
 
-    /// Add the provided item to the back of the list.
-    pub fn push_back(&mut self, item: ListArc<T, ID>) {
+    /// Inserts `item` before `next` in the cycle.
+    ///
+    /// Returns a pointer to the newly inserted element. Never changes `self.first` unless the list
+    /// is empty.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// * `next` must be an element in this list or null.
+    /// * if `next` is null, then the list must be empty.
+    unsafe fn insert_inner(
+        &mut self,
+        item: ListArc<T, ID>,
+        next: *mut ListLinksFields,
+    ) -> *mut ListLinksFields {
         let raw_item = ListArc::into_raw(item);
         // SAFETY:
         // * We just got `raw_item` from a `ListArc`, so it's in an `Arc`.
@@ -259,16 +271,16 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + ListItem<ID>, const ID: u64> List<T, ID> {
         // SAFETY: We have not yet called `post_remove`, so `list_links` is still valid.
         let item = unsafe { ListLinks::fields(list_links) };
 
-        if self.first.is_null() {
-            self.first = item;
+        // Check if the list is empty.
+        if next.is_null() {
             // SAFETY: The caller just gave us ownership of these fields.
             // INVARIANT: A linked list with one item should be cyclic.
             unsafe {
                 (*item).next = item;
                 (*item).prev = item;
             }
+            self.first = item;
         } else {
-            let next = self.first;
             // SAFETY: By the type invariant, this pointer is valid or null. We just checked that
             // it's not null, so it must be valid.
             let prev = unsafe { (*next).prev };
@@ -282,45 +294,27 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + ListItem<ID>, const ID: u64> List<T, ID> {
                 (*next).prev = item;
             }
         }
+
+        item
+    }
+
+    /// Add the provided item to the back of the list.
+    pub fn push_back(&mut self, item: ListArc<T, ID>) {
+        // SAFETY:
+        // * `self.first` is null or in the list.
+        // * `self.first` is only null if the list is empty.
+        unsafe { self.insert_inner(item, self.first) };
     }
 
     /// Add the provided item to the front of the list.
     pub fn push_front(&mut self, item: ListArc<T, ID>) {
-        let raw_item = ListArc::into_raw(item);
         // SAFETY:
-        // * We just got `raw_item` from a `ListArc`, so it's in an `Arc`.
-        // * If this requirement is violated, then the previous caller of `prepare_to_insert`
-        //   violated the safety requirement that they can't give up ownership of the `ListArc`
-        //   until they call `post_remove`.
-        // * We own the `ListArc`.
-        // * Removing items] from this list is always done using `remove_internal_inner`, which
-        //   calls `post_remove` before giving up ownership.
-        let list_links = unsafe { T::prepare_to_insert(raw_item) };
-        // SAFETY: We have not yet called `post_remove`, so `list_links` is still valid.
-        let item = unsafe { ListLinks::fields(list_links) };
+        // * `self.first` is null or in the list.
+        // * `self.first` is only null if the list is empty.
+        let new_elem = unsafe { self.insert_inner(item, self.first) };
 
-        if self.first.is_null() {
-            // SAFETY: The caller just gave us ownership of these fields.
-            // INVARIANT: A linked list with one item should be cyclic.
-            unsafe {
-                (*item).next = item;
-                (*item).prev = item;
-            }
-        } else {
-            let next = self.first;
-            // SAFETY: We just checked that `next` is non-null.
-            let prev = unsafe { (*next).prev };
-            // SAFETY: Pointers in a linked list are never dangling, and the caller just gave us
-            // ownership of the fields on `item`.
-            // INVARIANT: This correctly inserts `item` between `prev` and `next`.
-            unsafe {
-                (*item).next = next;
-                (*item).prev = prev;
-                (*prev).next = item;
-                (*next).prev = item;
-            }
-        }
-        self.first = item;
+        // INVARIANT: `new_elem` is in the list because we just inserted it.
+        self.first = new_elem;
     }
 
     /// Removes the last item from this list.