[PATCH v2] rust: hrtimer: add active() method to query timer state
From: Andreas Hindborg
Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 09:20:49 EST
Add an `active()` method to HrTimer that returns true if the timer is in
the started or running states. This wraps the kernel's hrtimer_active()
function.
Also add documentation clarifying the definition of an active timer.
Reviewed-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v2:
- Mark `active()` `#[inline]` (Gary).
- Use the `[`true`]` intra-doc link in the rustdoc (Miguel).
- Document that `active()` does not require exclusive access to the timer,
and reflect this in the SAFETY comment (Gary).
- Add a doctest example that initializes a timer and asserts it is not
active (Miguel).
- Link to v1: https://msgid.link/20260215-hrtimer-active-v1-1-a754d10492c2@xxxxxxxxxx
To: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Boqun Feng <boqun@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Benno Lossin <lossin@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Trevor Gross <tmgross@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: rust-for-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 60 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
index 2d7f1131a813..d57276496ed6 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
//! issue the `start` operation while the timer is in the **started** state. In
//! this case the `start` operation is equivalent to the `restart` operation.
//!
+//! A timer is **active** if it is either in the **started** or **running** states.
+//!
//! # Examples
//!
//! ## Using an intrusive timer living in a [`Box`]
@@ -582,6 +584,64 @@ pub fn expires(&self) -> HrTimerInstant<T>
)
}
}
+
+ /// Query the state of the timer.
+ ///
+ /// Returns [`true`] if the timer is in the started or running states.
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// # use kernel::{
+ /// # impl_has_hr_timer,
+ /// # prelude::*,
+ /// # time::{
+ /// # hrtimer::{
+ /// # HasHrTimer, HrTimer, HrTimerCallback, HrTimerCallbackContext,
+ /// # HrTimerRestart, RelativeMode,
+ /// # },
+ /// # Monotonic,
+ /// # },
+ /// # };
+ /// # use pin_init::stack_pin_init;
+ /// #[pin_data]
+ /// struct ExampleTimer {
+ /// #[pin]
+ /// timer: HrTimer<Self>,
+ /// }
+ ///
+ /// impl ExampleTimer {
+ /// fn new() -> impl PinInit<Self> {
+ /// pin_init!(Self { timer <- HrTimer::new() })
+ /// }
+ /// }
+ ///
+ /// impl HrTimerCallback for ExampleTimer {
+ /// type Pointer<'a> = Pin<&'a Self>;
+ /// fn run(_this: Pin<&Self>, _ctx: HrTimerCallbackContext<'_, Self>) -> HrTimerRestart {
+ /// HrTimerRestart::NoRestart
+ /// }
+ /// }
+ ///
+ /// impl_has_hr_timer! {
+ /// impl HasHrTimer<Self> for ExampleTimer {
+ /// mode: RelativeMode<Monotonic>, field: self.timer
+ /// }
+ /// }
+ ///
+ /// stack_pin_init!(let has_timer = ExampleTimer::new());
+ /// assert!(!has_timer.timer.active());
+ /// # Ok::<(), kernel::error::Error>(())
+ /// ```
+ ///
+ /// This method synchronizes internally and does not require exclusive access to the timer.
+ #[inline]
+ pub fn active(&self) -> bool {
+ // SAFETY: By type invariant, `self.timer` is valid. `hrtimer_active`
+ // synchronizes internally and is safe to call without exclusive
+ // access to the timer.
+ unsafe { bindings::hrtimer_active(self.timer.get()) }
+ }
}
/// Implemented by pointer types that point to structs that contain a [`HrTimer`].
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base-commit: 7fd2df204f342fc17d1a0bfcd474b24232fb0f32
change-id: 20260215-hrtimer-active-f183411fe56b
Best regards,
--
Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>