On Thu, 2024-10-17 at 15:04 +0200, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> Add a trait to allow unsafely queuing stack allocated timers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
> ---
> rust/kernel/hrtimer.rs | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/hrtimer.rs b/rust/kernel/hrtimer.rs
> index eeed2afd501b64b94d57cc658616659e28785078..e97d7b8ec63ce6c9ac3fe9522192a28fba78b8ba 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/hrtimer.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/hrtimer.rs
> @@ -151,6 +151,39 @@ pub trait TimerPointer: Sync + Sized {
> fn start(self, expires: Ktime) -> Self::TimerHandle;
> }
>
> +/// Unsafe version of [`TimerPointer`] for situations where leaking the
> +/// `TimerHandle` returned by `start` would be unsound. This is the case for
> +/// stack allocated timers.
> +///
> +/// Typical implementers are pinned references such as [`Pin<&T>].
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> +///
> +/// # Safety
> +///
> +/// Implementers of this trait must ensure that instances of types implementing
> +/// [`UnsafeTimerPointer`] outlives any associated [`TimerPointer::TimerHandle`]
> +/// instances.
> +///
> +/// [`Pin<&T>`]: Box
> +pub unsafe trait UnsafeTimerPointer: Sync + Sized {
> + /// A handle representing a running timer.
> + ///
> + /// # Safety
> + ///
> + /// If the timer is running, or if the timer callback is executing when the
> + /// handle is dropped, the drop method of `TimerHandle` must not return
> + /// until the timer is stopped and the callback has completed.
> + type TimerHandle: TimerHandle;
> +
> + /// Start the timer after `expires` time units. If the timer was already
> + /// running, it is restarted at the new expiry time.
> + ///
> + /// # Safety
> + ///
> + /// Caller promises keep the timer structure alive until the timer is dead.
> + /// Caller can ensure this by not leaking the returned `Self::TimerHandle`.
> + unsafe fn start(self, expires: Ktime) -> Self::TimerHandle;
> +}
> +
> /// Implemented by [`TimerPointer`] implementers to give the C timer callback a
> /// function to call.
> // This is split from `TimerPointer` to make it easier to specify trait bounds.
>
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Cheers,
Lyude Paul (she/her)
Software Engineer at Red Hat
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