Relax lifetime requirements for PollFd::new (#2134)

* Relax lifetime requirements for PollFd::new

Fixes #2118

* Take BorrowedFd as the argument for PollFd::new

&AsFd didn't work because there are 'static types, like std::fs::File,
which implement AsFd.  The created BorrowedFd type within the
PollFd::new method would have a very brief lifetime, but the PhantomData
would capture the lifetime of the std::fs::File.  Taking BorrowFd<'fd>
argument makes the lifetime explicit.

* fix legacy comment

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Co-authored-by: Steve Lau <[email protected]>

Author: asomers

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 - Changed `openat()` and `Dir::openat()`, now take optional `dirfd`s
   ([#2139](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/2139))
 
+- `PollFd::new` now takes a `BorrowedFd` argument, with relaxed lifetime
+  requirements relative to the previous version.
+  ([#2134](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/2134))
+
 - `FdSet::{insert, remove, contains}` now take `BorrowedFd` arguments, and have
   relaxed lifetime requirements relative to 0.27.1.
   ([#2136](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/2136))

src/poll.rs

@@ -22,24 +22,35 @@ pub struct PollFd<'fd> {
 impl<'fd> PollFd<'fd> {
     /// Creates a new `PollFd` specifying the events of interest
     /// for a given file descriptor.
-    //
-    // Different from other I/O-safe interfaces, here, we have to take `AsFd`
-    // by reference to prevent the case where the `fd` is closed but it is
-    // still in use. For example:
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// # use std::os::unix::io::{AsFd, AsRawFd, FromRawFd};
+    /// # use nix::{
+    /// #     poll::{PollFd, PollFlags, poll},
+    /// #     unistd::{pipe, read}
+    /// # };
+    /// let (r, w) = pipe().unwrap();
+    /// let pfd = PollFd::new(r.as_fd(), PollFlags::POLLIN);
+    /// let mut fds = [pfd];
+    /// poll(&mut fds, -1).unwrap();
+    /// let mut buf = [0u8; 80];
+    /// read(r.as_raw_fd(), &mut buf[..]);
+    /// ```
+    // Unlike I/O functions, constructors like this must take `BorrowedFd`
+    // instead of AsFd or &AsFd.  Otherwise, an `OwnedFd` argument would be
+    // dropped at the end of the method, leaving the structure referencing a
+    // closed file descriptor.  For example:
     //
     // ```rust
-    // let (reader, _) = pipe().unwrap();
-    //
-    // // If `PollFd::new()` takes `AsFd` by value, then `reader` will be consumed,
-    // // but the file descriptor of `reader` will still be in use.
-    // let pollfd = PollFd::new(reader, flag);
-    //
+    // let (r, _) = pipe().unwrap();
+    // let pollfd = PollFd::new(r, flag);  // Drops the OwnedFd
     // // Do something with `pollfd`, which uses the CLOSED fd.
     // ```
-    pub fn new<Fd: AsFd>(fd: &'fd Fd, events: PollFlags) -> PollFd<'fd> {
+    pub fn new(fd: BorrowedFd<'fd>, events: PollFlags) -> PollFd<'fd> {
         PollFd {
             pollfd: libc::pollfd {
-                fd: fd.as_fd().as_raw_fd(),
+                fd: fd.as_raw_fd(),
                 events: events.bits(),
                 revents: PollFlags::empty().bits(),
             },

test/test_poll.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use nix::{
     poll::{poll, PollFd, PollFlags},
     unistd::{pipe, write},
 };
-use std::os::unix::io::BorrowedFd;
+use std::os::unix::io::{AsFd, BorrowedFd};
 
 macro_rules! loop_while_eintr {
     ($poll_expr: expr) => {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ macro_rules! loop_while_eintr {
 #[test]
 fn test_poll() {
     let (r, w) = pipe().unwrap();
-    let mut fds = [PollFd::new(&r, PollFlags::POLLIN)];
+    let mut fds = [PollFd::new(r.as_fd(), PollFlags::POLLIN)];
 
     // Poll an idle pipe.  Should timeout
     let nfds = loop_while_eintr!(poll(&mut fds, 100));
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fn test_ppoll() {
 
     let timeout = TimeSpec::milliseconds(1);
     let (r, w) = pipe().unwrap();
-    let mut fds = [PollFd::new(&r, PollFlags::POLLIN)];
+    let mut fds = [PollFd::new(r.as_fd(), PollFlags::POLLIN)];
 
     // Poll an idle pipe.  Should timeout
     let sigset = SigSet::empty();
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ fn test_ppoll() {
 #[test]
 fn test_pollfd_events() {
     let fd_zero = unsafe { BorrowedFd::borrow_raw(0) };
-    let mut pfd = PollFd::new(&fd_zero, PollFlags::POLLIN);
+    let mut pfd = PollFd::new(fd_zero.as_fd(), PollFlags::POLLIN);
     assert_eq!(pfd.events(), PollFlags::POLLIN);
     pfd.set_events(PollFlags::POLLOUT);
     assert_eq!(pfd.events(), PollFlags::POLLOUT);