// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 //! Generic CPU definitions. //! //! C header: [`include/linux/cpu.h`](srctree/include/linux/cpu.h) use crate::{bindings, device::Device, error::Result, prelude::ENODEV}; /// Creates a new instance of CPU's device. /// /// # Safety /// /// Reference counting is not implemented for the CPU device in the C code. When a CPU is /// hot-unplugged, the corresponding CPU device is unregistered, but its associated memory /// is not freed. /// /// Callers must ensure that the CPU device is not used after it has been unregistered. /// This can be achieved, for example, by registering a CPU hotplug notifier and removing /// any references to the CPU device within the notifier's callback. pub unsafe fn from_cpu(cpu: u32) -> Result<&'static Device> { // SAFETY: It is safe to call `get_cpu_device()` for any CPU. let ptr = unsafe { bindings::get_cpu_device(cpu) }; if ptr.is_null() { return Err(ENODEV); } // SAFETY: The pointer returned by `get_cpu_device()`, if not `NULL`, is a valid pointer to // a `struct device` and is never freed by the C code. Ok(unsafe { Device::as_ref(ptr) }) }