Add the trait `ScopedHrTimerPointer` to allow safe use of stack allocated
timers. Safety is achieved by pinning the stack in place while timers are
running.

Implement the trait for all types that implement `UnsafeHrTimerPointer`.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
---
 rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
index aab998b02f19b774d5b04ae2c89b669f13c4b0c7..3cf81b5bb4c7071e095948f3220232a15116ed5b 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
@@ -173,6 +173,39 @@ pub unsafe trait UnsafeHrTimerPointer: Sync + Sized {
     unsafe fn start(self, expires: Ktime) -> Self::TimerHandle;
 }
 
+/// A trait for stack allocated timers.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// Implementers must ensure that `start_scoped` does not return until the
+/// timer is dead and the timer handler is not running.
+pub unsafe trait ScopedHrTimerPointer {
+    /// Start the timer to run after `expires` time units and immediately
+    /// after call `f`. When `f` returns, the timer is cancelled.
+    fn start_scoped<T, F>(self, expires: Ktime, f: F) -> T
+    where
+        F: FnOnce() -> T;
+}
+
+// SAFETY: By the safety requirement of [`UnsafeHrTimerPointer`], dropping the
+// handle returned by [`UnsafeHrTimerPointer::start`] ensures that the timer is
+// killed.
+unsafe impl<U> ScopedHrTimerPointer for U
+where
+    U: UnsafeHrTimerPointer,
+{
+    fn start_scoped<T, F>(self, expires: Ktime, f: F) -> T
+    where
+        F: FnOnce() -> T,
+    {
+        // SAFETY: We drop the timer handle below before returning.
+        let handle = unsafe { UnsafeHrTimerPointer::start(self, expires) };
+        let t = f();
+        drop(handle);
+        t
+    }
+}
+
 /// Implemented by [`HrTimerPointer`] implementers to give the C timer callback a
 /// function to call.
 // This is split from `HrTimerPointer` to make it easier to specify trait bounds.

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