With Linux's hrtimer API, certain functions require we either acquire
proper locking to call specific methods - or that we call said methods from
the context of the timer callback. hrtimer_forward() is one of these
functions, so we start by adding a new HrTimerCallbackContext type which
provides a way of calling these methods that is inaccessible outside of
hrtimer callbacks.

Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
---
 rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs         | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs     |  7 +++-
 rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs     |  7 +++-
 rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs |  9 ++++--
 rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs    |  7 +++-
 5 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
index 4fc49f1931259..c92b10524f892 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
 use super::ClockId;
 use crate::{init::PinInit, prelude::*, time::Ktime, types::Opaque};
-use core::marker::PhantomData;
+use core::{marker::PhantomData, ptr::NonNull};
 
 /// A timer backed by a C `struct hrtimer`.
 ///
@@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ pub trait HrTimerCallback {
     type Pointer<'a>: RawHrTimerCallback;
 
     /// Called by the timer logic when the timer fires.
-    fn run(this: <Self::Pointer<'_> as RawHrTimerCallback>::CallbackTarget<'_>) -> HrTimerRestart
+    fn run<T>(
+        this: <Self::Pointer<'_> as RawHrTimerCallback>::CallbackTarget<'_>,
+        ctx: HrTimerCallbackContext<'_, T>
+    ) -> HrTimerRestart
     where
         Self: Sized;
 }
@@ -470,6 +473,49 @@ fn into_c(self) -> bindings::hrtimer_mode {
     }
 }
 
+/// Privileged smart-pointer for a [`HrTimer`] callback context.
+///
+/// This provides access to various methods for a [`HrTimer`] which can only be safely called within
+/// its callback.
+///
+/// # Invariants
+///
+/// * The existence of this type means the caller is currently within the callback for a
+///   [`HrTimer`].
+/// * `self.0` always points to a live instance of [`HrTimer<T>`].
+pub struct HrTimerCallbackContext<'a, T>(NonNull<HrTimer<T>>, PhantomData<&'a ()>);
+
+impl<'a, T> HrTimerCallbackContext<'a, T> {
+    /// Create a new [`HrTimerCallbackContext`].
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// This function relies on the caller being within the context of a timer callback, so it must
+    /// not be used anywhere except for within implementations of [`RawHrTimerCallback::run`]. The
+    /// caller promises that `timer` points to a valid initialized instance of
+    /// [`bindings::hrtimer`].
+    pub(crate) unsafe fn from_raw(timer: *mut HrTimer<T>) -> Self {
+        // SAFETY: The caller guarantees `timer` is a valid pointer to an initialized
+        // `bindings::hrtimer`
+        Self(unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(timer) }, PhantomData)
+    }
+
+    /// Get the raw `bindings::hrtimer` pointer for this [`HrTimerCallbackContext`].
+    pub(crate) fn raw_get_timer(&self) -> *mut bindings::hrtimer {
+        // SAFETY: By our type invariants, `self.0` always points to a valid [`HrTimer<T>`].
+        unsafe { HrTimer::raw_get(self.0.as_ptr()) }
+    }
+
+    /// Forward the timer expiry so it will expire in the future.
+    ///
+    /// Note that this does not requeue the timer, it simply updates its expiry value. It returns
+    /// the number of overruns that have occurred as a result of the expiry change.
+    pub fn forward(&self, now: Ktime, interval: Ktime) -> u64 {
+        // SAFETY: The C API requirements for this function are fulfilled by our type invariants.
+        unsafe { bindings::hrtimer_forward(self.raw_get_timer(), now.to_ns(), interval.to_ns()) }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Use to implement the [`HasHrTimer<T>`] trait.
 ///
 /// See [`module`] documentation for an example.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs
index 4a984d85b4a10..7dd9f46a0720d 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use super::HasHrTimer;
 use super::HrTimer;
 use super::HrTimerCallback;
+use super::HrTimerCallbackContext;
 use super::HrTimerHandle;
 use super::HrTimerPointer;
 use super::RawHrTimerCallback;
@@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ impl<T> RawHrTimerCallback for Arc<T>
         //    allocation from other `Arc` clones.
         let receiver = unsafe { ArcBorrow::from_raw(data_ptr) };
 
-        T::run(receiver).into_c()
+        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
+        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.
+        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
+
+        T::run(receiver, context).into_c()
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs
index f760db265c7b5..a8e1b76bf0736 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use super::HasHrTimer;
 use super::HrTimer;
 use super::HrTimerCallback;
+use super::HrTimerCallbackContext;
 use super::HrTimerHandle;
 use super::RawHrTimerCallback;
 use super::UnsafeHrTimerPointer;
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ impl<'a, T> RawHrTimerCallback for Pin<&'a T>
         // here.
         let receiver_pin = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(receiver_ref) };
 
-        T::run(receiver_pin).into_c()
+        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
+        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.
+        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
+
+        T::run(receiver_pin, context).into_c()
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs
index 90c0351d62e4b..2dd2ebfd7efaf 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 use super::{
-    HasHrTimer, HrTimer, HrTimerCallback, HrTimerHandle, RawHrTimerCallback, UnsafeHrTimerPointer,
+    HasHrTimer, HrTimer, HrTimerCallback, HrTimerCallbackContext, HrTimerHandle, RawHrTimerCallback,
+    UnsafeHrTimerPointer,
 };
 use crate::time::Ktime;
 use core::{marker::PhantomData, pin::Pin, ptr::NonNull};
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ impl<'a, T> RawHrTimerCallback for Pin<&'a mut T>
         // here.
         let receiver_pin = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(receiver_ref) };
 
-        T::run(receiver_pin).into_c()
+        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
+        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.
+        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
+
+        T::run(receiver_pin, context).into_c()
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs
index 2071cae072342..e3214f7173beb 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use super::HasHrTimer;
 use super::HrTimer;
 use super::HrTimerCallback;
+use super::HrTimerCallbackContext;
 use super::HrTimerHandle;
 use super::HrTimerPointer;
 use super::RawHrTimerCallback;
@@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ impl<T, A> RawHrTimerCallback for Pin<Box<T, A>>
         //   `data_ptr` exist.
         let data_mut_ref = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(&mut *data_ptr) };
 
-        T::run(data_mut_ref).into_c()
+        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
+        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.
+        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
+
+        T::run(data_mut_ref, context).into_c()
     }
 }
-- 
2.48.1

"Lyude Paul" <lyude@redhat.com> writes:

> With Linux's hrtimer API, certain functions require we either acquire
> proper locking to call specific methods - or that we call said methods from
> the context of the timer callback. hrtimer_forward() is one of these
> functions, so we start by adding a new HrTimerCallbackContext type which
> provides a way of calling these methods that is inaccessible outside of
> hrtimer callbacks.

Based on tglx comment, we should be able to call this function if the
timer is stopped and we have a unique ownership of the timer. Do you
want to add that? If not, could you add a note about this somewhere?

>
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs         | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs     |  7 +++-
>  rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs     |  7 +++-
>  rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs |  9 ++++--
>  rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs    |  7 +++-
>  5 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
> index 4fc49f1931259..c92b10524f892 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
>
>  use super::ClockId;
>  use crate::{init::PinInit, prelude::*, time::Ktime, types::Opaque};
> -use core::marker::PhantomData;
> +use core::{marker::PhantomData, ptr::NonNull};
>
>  /// A timer backed by a C `struct hrtimer`.
>  ///
> @@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ pub trait HrTimerCallback {
>      type Pointer<'a>: RawHrTimerCallback;
>
>      /// Called by the timer logic when the timer fires.
> -    fn run(this: <Self::Pointer<'_> as RawHrTimerCallback>::CallbackTarget<'_>) -> HrTimerRestart
> +    fn run<T>(
> +        this: <Self::Pointer<'_> as RawHrTimerCallback>::CallbackTarget<'_>,
> +        ctx: HrTimerCallbackContext<'_, T>
> +    ) -> HrTimerRestart
>      where
>          Self: Sized;
>  }
> @@ -470,6 +473,49 @@ fn into_c(self) -> bindings::hrtimer_mode {
>      }
>  }
>
> +/// Privileged smart-pointer for a [`HrTimer`] callback context.
> +///
> +/// This provides access to various methods for a [`HrTimer`] which can only be safely called within
> +/// its callback.
> +///
> +/// # Invariants
> +///
> +/// * The existence of this type means the caller is currently within the callback for a
> +///   [`HrTimer`].
> +/// * `self.0` always points to a live instance of [`HrTimer<T>`].
> +pub struct HrTimerCallbackContext<'a, T>(NonNull<HrTimer<T>>, PhantomData<&'a ()>);
> +
> +impl<'a, T> HrTimerCallbackContext<'a, T> {
> +    /// Create a new [`HrTimerCallbackContext`].
> +    ///
> +    /// # Safety
> +    ///
> +    /// This function relies on the caller being within the context of a timer callback, so it must
> +    /// not be used anywhere except for within implementations of [`RawHrTimerCallback::run`]. The
> +    /// caller promises that `timer` points to a valid initialized instance of
> +    /// [`bindings::hrtimer`].
> +    pub(crate) unsafe fn from_raw(timer: *mut HrTimer<T>) -> Self {
> +        // SAFETY: The caller guarantees `timer` is a valid pointer to an initialized
> +        // `bindings::hrtimer`

Missing `// INVARIANT` comment.

> +        Self(unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(timer) }, PhantomData)
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Get the raw `bindings::hrtimer` pointer for this [`HrTimerCallbackContext`].
> +    pub(crate) fn raw_get_timer(&self) -> *mut bindings::hrtimer {
> +        // SAFETY: By our type invariants, `self.0` always points to a valid [`HrTimer<T>`].
> +        unsafe { HrTimer::raw_get(self.0.as_ptr()) }
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Forward the timer expiry so it will expire in the future.
> +    ///
> +    /// Note that this does not requeue the timer, it simply updates its expiry value. It returns
> +    /// the number of overruns that have occurred as a result of the expiry change.
> +    pub fn forward(&self, now: Ktime, interval: Ktime) -> u64 {
> +        // SAFETY: The C API requirements for this function are fulfilled by our type invariants.
> +        unsafe { bindings::hrtimer_forward(self.raw_get_timer(), now.to_ns(), interval.to_ns()) }
> +    }
> +}
> +
>  /// Use to implement the [`HasHrTimer<T>`] trait.
>  ///
>  /// See [`module`] documentation for an example.
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs
> index 4a984d85b4a10..7dd9f46a0720d 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
>  use super::HasHrTimer;
>  use super::HrTimer;
>  use super::HrTimerCallback;
> +use super::HrTimerCallbackContext;
>  use super::HrTimerHandle;
>  use super::HrTimerPointer;
>  use super::RawHrTimerCallback;
> @@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ impl<T> RawHrTimerCallback for Arc<T>
>          //    allocation from other `Arc` clones.
>          let receiver = unsafe { ArcBorrow::from_raw(data_ptr) };
>
> -        T::run(receiver).into_c()
> +        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
> +        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.

This safety comment does not match the safety requirements for the
unsafe fn we call.

> +        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
> +
> +        T::run(receiver, context).into_c()
>      }
>  }
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs
> index f760db265c7b5..a8e1b76bf0736 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
>  use super::HasHrTimer;
>  use super::HrTimer;
>  use super::HrTimerCallback;
> +use super::HrTimerCallbackContext;
>  use super::HrTimerHandle;
>  use super::RawHrTimerCallback;
>  use super::UnsafeHrTimerPointer;
> @@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ impl<'a, T> RawHrTimerCallback for Pin<&'a T>
>          // here.
>          let receiver_pin = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(receiver_ref) };
>
> -        T::run(receiver_pin).into_c()
> +        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
> +        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.

Same as above.

> +        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
> +
> +        T::run(receiver_pin, context).into_c()
>      }
>  }
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs
> index 90c0351d62e4b..2dd2ebfd7efaf 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs
> @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>
>  use super::{
> -    HasHrTimer, HrTimer, HrTimerCallback, HrTimerHandle, RawHrTimerCallback, UnsafeHrTimerPointer,
> +    HasHrTimer, HrTimer, HrTimerCallback, HrTimerCallbackContext, HrTimerHandle, RawHrTimerCallback,
> +    UnsafeHrTimerPointer,
>  };
>  use crate::time::Ktime;
>  use core::{marker::PhantomData, pin::Pin, ptr::NonNull};
> @@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ impl<'a, T> RawHrTimerCallback for Pin<&'a mut T>
>          // here.
>          let receiver_pin = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(receiver_ref) };
>
> -        T::run(receiver_pin).into_c()
> +        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
> +        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.

Again.

> +        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
> +
> +        T::run(receiver_pin, context).into_c()
>      }
>  }
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs
> index 2071cae072342..e3214f7173beb 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
>  use super::HasHrTimer;
>  use super::HrTimer;
>  use super::HrTimerCallback;
> +use super::HrTimerCallbackContext;
>  use super::HrTimerHandle;
>  use super::HrTimerPointer;
>  use super::RawHrTimerCallback;
> @@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ impl<T, A> RawHrTimerCallback for Pin<Box<T, A>>
>          //   `data_ptr` exist.
>          let data_mut_ref = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(&mut *data_ptr) };
>
> -        T::run(data_mut_ref).into_c()
> +        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
> +        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.

Also here.

> +        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
> +
> +        T::run(data_mut_ref, context).into_c()
>      }
>  }


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg

On Tue, 2025-04-08 at 13:47 +0200, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> "Lyude Paul" <lyude@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > With Linux's hrtimer API, certain functions require we either acquire
> > proper locking to call specific methods - or that we call said methods from
> > the context of the timer callback. hrtimer_forward() is one of these
> > functions, so we start by adding a new HrTimerCallbackContext type which
> > provides a way of calling these methods that is inaccessible outside of
> > hrtimer callbacks.
> 
> Based on tglx comment, we should be able to call this function if the
> timer is stopped and we have a unique ownership of the timer. Do you
> want to add that? If not, could you add a note about this somewhere?


Happy to! So, I think if we were to add a function for this I assume we would
want something like this?

fn forward(&mut self, now: Instant, interval: Duration) -> u64 {
    self.cancel();
    /* Do actual forward stuff here */
}

Of course with some documentation pointing out that this function will stop
the timer if required.

> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs         | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs     |  7 +++-
> >  rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs     |  7 +++-
> >  rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs |  9 ++++--
> >  rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs    |  7 +++-
> >  5 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
> > index 4fc49f1931259..c92b10524f892 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
> > @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
> > 
> >  use super::ClockId;
> >  use crate::{init::PinInit, prelude::*, time::Ktime, types::Opaque};
> > -use core::marker::PhantomData;
> > +use core::{marker::PhantomData, ptr::NonNull};
> > 
> >  /// A timer backed by a C `struct hrtimer`.
> >  ///
> > @@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ pub trait HrTimerCallback {
> >      type Pointer<'a>: RawHrTimerCallback;
> > 
> >      /// Called by the timer logic when the timer fires.
> > -    fn run(this: <Self::Pointer<'_> as RawHrTimerCallback>::CallbackTarget<'_>) -> HrTimerRestart
> > +    fn run<T>(
> > +        this: <Self::Pointer<'_> as RawHrTimerCallback>::CallbackTarget<'_>,
> > +        ctx: HrTimerCallbackContext<'_, T>
> > +    ) -> HrTimerRestart
> >      where
> >          Self: Sized;
> >  }
> > @@ -470,6 +473,49 @@ fn into_c(self) -> bindings::hrtimer_mode {
> >      }
> >  }
> > 
> > +/// Privileged smart-pointer for a [`HrTimer`] callback context.
> > +///
> > +/// This provides access to various methods for a [`HrTimer`] which can only be safely called within
> > +/// its callback.
> > +///
> > +/// # Invariants
> > +///
> > +/// * The existence of this type means the caller is currently within the callback for a
> > +///   [`HrTimer`].
> > +/// * `self.0` always points to a live instance of [`HrTimer<T>`].
> > +pub struct HrTimerCallbackContext<'a, T>(NonNull<HrTimer<T>>, PhantomData<&'a ()>);
> > +
> > +impl<'a, T> HrTimerCallbackContext<'a, T> {
> > +    /// Create a new [`HrTimerCallbackContext`].
> > +    ///
> > +    /// # Safety
> > +    ///
> > +    /// This function relies on the caller being within the context of a timer callback, so it must
> > +    /// not be used anywhere except for within implementations of [`RawHrTimerCallback::run`]. The
> > +    /// caller promises that `timer` points to a valid initialized instance of
> > +    /// [`bindings::hrtimer`].
> > +    pub(crate) unsafe fn from_raw(timer: *mut HrTimer<T>) -> Self {
> > +        // SAFETY: The caller guarantees `timer` is a valid pointer to an initialized
> > +        // `bindings::hrtimer`
> 
> Missing `// INVARIANT` comment.
> 
> > +        Self(unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(timer) }, PhantomData)
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    /// Get the raw `bindings::hrtimer` pointer for this [`HrTimerCallbackContext`].
> > +    pub(crate) fn raw_get_timer(&self) -> *mut bindings::hrtimer {
> > +        // SAFETY: By our type invariants, `self.0` always points to a valid [`HrTimer<T>`].
> > +        unsafe { HrTimer::raw_get(self.0.as_ptr()) }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    /// Forward the timer expiry so it will expire in the future.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// Note that this does not requeue the timer, it simply updates its expiry value. It returns
> > +    /// the number of overruns that have occurred as a result of the expiry change.
> > +    pub fn forward(&self, now: Ktime, interval: Ktime) -> u64 {
> > +        // SAFETY: The C API requirements for this function are fulfilled by our type invariants.
> > +        unsafe { bindings::hrtimer_forward(self.raw_get_timer(), now.to_ns(), interval.to_ns()) }
> > +    }
> > +}
> > +
> >  /// Use to implement the [`HasHrTimer<T>`] trait.
> >  ///
> >  /// See [`module`] documentation for an example.
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs
> > index 4a984d85b4a10..7dd9f46a0720d 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/arc.rs
> > @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
> >  use super::HasHrTimer;
> >  use super::HrTimer;
> >  use super::HrTimerCallback;
> > +use super::HrTimerCallbackContext;
> >  use super::HrTimerHandle;
> >  use super::HrTimerPointer;
> >  use super::RawHrTimerCallback;
> > @@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ impl<T> RawHrTimerCallback for Arc<T>
> >          //    allocation from other `Arc` clones.
> >          let receiver = unsafe { ArcBorrow::from_raw(data_ptr) };
> > 
> > -        T::run(receiver).into_c()
> > +        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
> > +        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.
> 
> This safety comment does not match the safety requirements for the
> unsafe fn we call.
> 
> > +        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
> > +
> > +        T::run(receiver, context).into_c()
> >      }
> >  }
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs
> > index f760db265c7b5..a8e1b76bf0736 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin.rs
> > @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
> >  use super::HasHrTimer;
> >  use super::HrTimer;
> >  use super::HrTimerCallback;
> > +use super::HrTimerCallbackContext;
> >  use super::HrTimerHandle;
> >  use super::RawHrTimerCallback;
> >  use super::UnsafeHrTimerPointer;
> > @@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ impl<'a, T> RawHrTimerCallback for Pin<&'a T>
> >          // here.
> >          let receiver_pin = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(receiver_ref) };
> > 
> > -        T::run(receiver_pin).into_c()
> > +        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
> > +        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.
> 
> Same as above.
> 
> > +        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
> > +
> > +        T::run(receiver_pin, context).into_c()
> >      }
> >  }
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs
> > index 90c0351d62e4b..2dd2ebfd7efaf 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/pin_mut.rs
> > @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
> >  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > 
> >  use super::{
> > -    HasHrTimer, HrTimer, HrTimerCallback, HrTimerHandle, RawHrTimerCallback, UnsafeHrTimerPointer,
> > +    HasHrTimer, HrTimer, HrTimerCallback, HrTimerCallbackContext, HrTimerHandle, RawHrTimerCallback,
> > +    UnsafeHrTimerPointer,
> >  };
> >  use crate::time::Ktime;
> >  use core::{marker::PhantomData, pin::Pin, ptr::NonNull};
> > @@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ impl<'a, T> RawHrTimerCallback for Pin<&'a mut T>
> >          // here.
> >          let receiver_pin = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(receiver_ref) };
> > 
> > -        T::run(receiver_pin).into_c()
> > +        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
> > +        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.
> 
> Again.
> 
> > +        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
> > +
> > +        T::run(receiver_pin, context).into_c()
> >      }
> >  }
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs
> > index 2071cae072342..e3214f7173beb 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs
> > @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
> >  use super::HasHrTimer;
> >  use super::HrTimer;
> >  use super::HrTimerCallback;
> > +use super::HrTimerCallbackContext;
> >  use super::HrTimerHandle;
> >  use super::HrTimerPointer;
> >  use super::RawHrTimerCallback;
> > @@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ impl<T, A> RawHrTimerCallback for Pin<Box<T, A>>
> >          //   `data_ptr` exist.
> >          let data_mut_ref = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(&mut *data_ptr) };
> > 
> > -        T::run(data_mut_ref).into_c()
> > +        // SAFETY: By C API contract `ptr` is the pointer we passed when queuing the timer, so it is
> > +        // a `HrTimer<T>` embedded in a `T`.
> 
> Also here.
> 
> > +        let context = unsafe { HrTimerCallbackContext::from_raw(timer_ptr) };
> > +
> > +        T::run(data_mut_ref, context).into_c()
> >      }
> >  }
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Andreas Hindborg
> 
> 

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"Lyude Paul" <lyude@redhat.com> writes:

> On Tue, 2025-04-08 at 13:47 +0200, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
>> "Lyude Paul" <lyude@redhat.com> writes:
>>
>> > With Linux's hrtimer API, certain functions require we either acquire
>> > proper locking to call specific methods - or that we call said methods from
>> > the context of the timer callback. hrtimer_forward() is one of these
>> > functions, so we start by adding a new HrTimerCallbackContext type which
>> > provides a way of calling these methods that is inaccessible outside of
>> > hrtimer callbacks.
>>
>> Based on tglx comment, we should be able to call this function if the
>> timer is stopped and we have a unique ownership of the timer. Do you
>> want to add that? If not, could you add a note about this somewhere?
>
>
> Happy to! So, I think if we were to add a function for this I assume we would
> want something like this?
>
> fn forward(&mut self, now: Instant, interval: Duration) -> u64 {
>     self.cancel();
>     /* Do actual forward stuff here */
> }
>
> Of course with some documentation pointing out that this function will stop
> the timer if required.

Yes, something like that. My first thought was to check if the timer was
running and return `Err` if that is the case. But it might be more
simple to just call `cancel`. What do you think?


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg

On Wed, 2025-04-09 at 09:49 +0200, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> "Lyude Paul" <lyude@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, 2025-04-08 at 13:47 +0200, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> > > "Lyude Paul" <lyude@redhat.com> writes:
> > > 
> > > > With Linux's hrtimer API, certain functions require we either acquire
> > > > proper locking to call specific methods - or that we call said methods from
> > > > the context of the timer callback. hrtimer_forward() is one of these
> > > > functions, so we start by adding a new HrTimerCallbackContext type which
> > > > provides a way of calling these methods that is inaccessible outside of
> > > > hrtimer callbacks.
> > > 
> > > Based on tglx comment, we should be able to call this function if the
> > > timer is stopped and we have a unique ownership of the timer. Do you
> > > want to add that? If not, could you add a note about this somewhere?
> > 
> > 
> > Happy to! So, I think if we were to add a function for this I assume we would
> > want something like this?
> > 
> > fn forward(&mut self, now: Instant, interval: Duration) -> u64 {
> >     self.cancel();
> >     /* Do actual forward stuff here */
> > }
> > 
> > Of course with some documentation pointing out that this function will stop
> > the timer if required.
> 
> Yes, something like that. My first thought was to check if the timer was
> running and return `Err` if that is the case. But it might be more
> simple to just call `cancel`. What do you think?

Yeah - I considered doing that too, but I think there's a bit more then meets
the eye to what's needed here. I think we might actually want to introduce
some kind of UniqueHrTimerPointer trait. Recall We mentioned earlier that we
have two requirements for this:

 * Timer must not be running
 * We must have unique ownership of the timer

Basically, I think this limits where we could have a context-less forward() to
types where:

 * We can fallibly convert the type into a unique version (e.g. Arc<> ->
   UniqueArc<>). In this case, the unique variant would implement both
   HrTimerPointer and UniqueHrTimerPoiner.
 * The type is unique by nature - e.g. Pin<&'a mut T> and Pin<Box<T, A>>. Here
   we'd just implement UniqueHrTimerPointer.

Pin<&'a T> is noticeably absent, because I'm not sure it could fulfill these
requirements. That being said - assuming we fulfill the unique ownership
requirement, I believe that for all the unique aforementioned types it
wouldn't be possible to take out a timer handle when they're in scope anyhow.
So we probably could skip the cancel() call?


> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Andreas Hindborg
> 
> 

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On Wed, 2025-04-09 at 12:58 -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> 
> Pin<&'a T> is noticeably absent, because I'm not sure it could fulfill these
> requirements. That being said - assuming we fulfill the unique ownership
> requirement, I believe that for all the unique aforementioned types it
> wouldn't be possible to take out a timer handle when they're in scope anyhow.
> So we probably could skip the cancel() call?

Nope - realizing this doesn't solve the edge case of "what if someone tried
calling a contextless forward() from within the context of the timer callback
itself" since uniqueness doesn't actually mean the timer is cancelled. So I
think your suggestion of returning Err() if the timer is already running might
actually be the way to go here. I think we would still need to ensure
uniqueness though, since that can at least guarantee that the timer won't be
requeued between us checking it and before we manage to call
hrtimer_forward().

> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Andreas Hindborg
> > 
> > 
> 

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"Lyude Paul" <lyude@redhat.com> writes:

> On Wed, 2025-04-09 at 12:58 -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
>>
>> Pin<&'a T> is noticeably absent, because I'm not sure it could fulfill these
>> requirements. That being said - assuming we fulfill the unique ownership
>> requirement, I believe that for all the unique aforementioned types it
>> wouldn't be possible to take out a timer handle when they're in scope anyhow.
>> So we probably could skip the cancel() call?
>
> Nope - realizing this doesn't solve the edge case of "what if someone tried
> calling a contextless forward() from within the context of the timer callback
> itself" since uniqueness doesn't actually mean the timer is cancelled. So I
> think your suggestion of returning Err() if the timer is already running might
> actually be the way to go here. I think we would still need to ensure
> uniqueness though, since that can at least guarantee that the timer won't be
> requeued between us checking it and before we manage to call
> hrtimer_forward().

We should not be able to obtain a unique reference/pointer when the
timer is armed. In this case the timer handle will somehow own the
timer, either directly, by refcount, or by reference.

At any rate, you can add this to the current series, or you can submit
it later as a separate series. I don't think we need to stall the
current series till we figure this out. But it is good to keep it in mind.


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg

On Thu, 2025-04-10 at 08:21 +0200, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> "Lyude Paul" <lyude@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> 
> We should not be able to obtain a unique reference/pointer when the
> timer is armed. In this case the timer handle will somehow own the
> timer, either directly, by refcount, or by reference.
> 
> At any rate, you can add this to the current series, or you can submit
> it later as a separate series. I don't think we need to stall the
> current series till we figure this out. But it is good to keep it in mind.

Gotcha. JFYI - I was about to just leave a note instead of implementing this
until I realized that actually this is a lot simpler to implement then I
realized. It turns out I actually don't think we need to check if the timer is
running or even cancel it before forwarding. For tbox and pin_mut, both
require that we sacrifice the type in question in order to schedule the timer.
This actually means that if we add a context-less forward to hrtimer there
would be exactly three places forward could be called:

 * Outside of the timer callback context. So we have both uniqueness and a
   confirmation the timer can't be running, since otherwise we wouldn't have
   access to the type anymore since it would be consumed (we do have the timer
   handle of course, but I -think- that should be fine so long as the only
   thing the timer handle can be used for is stopping the timer).
 * Inside the timer callback context through HrTimerCallbackContext of course
 * Inside the timer callback context through direct access to the HrTimer<T>,
   which pretty much means it's identical to using HrTimerCallbackContext in
   this case.

So - I think this should be good :). I will include it in the next patch
series and we can figure out what to do, I'm still open to dropping it and
leaving it for later if we decide it's going to be too much work for the time
being.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Andreas Hindborg
> 
> 
> 

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On Wed, Apr 02 2025 at 17:40, Lyude Paul wrote:

> With Linux's hrtimer API, certain functions require we either acquire
> proper locking to call specific methods - or that we call said methods from
> the context of the timer callback. hrtimer_forward() is one of these
> functions, so we start by adding a new HrTimerCallbackContext type which
> provides a way of calling these methods that is inaccessible outside of
> hrtimer callbacks.

Just for completeness:

When hrtimer_forward() is invoked from non-callback context, then there
is not necessarily a locking requirement. The caller has to make sure
that the timer is neither armed, nor running the callback.

     hrtimer_cancel();
     hrtimer_forward();

is a legitimate sequence, if there is no way that the timer is re-armed
concurrently. That works just without locks.

That said, I really like that callback context concept you are doing!

Thanks,

        tglx