Re: [PATCH v3 07/13] rust: hrtimer: implement `UnsafeTimerPointer` for `Pin<&T>`

From: Lyude Paul
Date: Wed Nov 13 2024 - 18:31:02 EST


On Thu, 2024-10-17 at 15:04 +0200, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> Allow pinned references to structs that contain a `Timer` node to be
> scheduled with the `hrtimer` subsystem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> rust/kernel/hrtimer.rs | 1 +
> rust/kernel/hrtimer/pin.rs | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 98 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/hrtimer.rs b/rust/kernel/hrtimer.rs
> index e97d7b8ec63ce6c9ac3fe9522192a28fba78b8ba..ceedf330a803ec2db7ff6c25713ae48e2fd1f4ca 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/hrtimer.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/hrtimer.rs
> @@ -362,3 +362,4 @@ unsafe fn raw_get_timer(ptr: *const Self) ->
> }
>
> mod arc;
> +mod pin;
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/hrtimer/pin.rs b/rust/kernel/hrtimer/pin.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a2c1dbd5e48b668cc3dc540c5fd5514f5331d968
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/rust/kernel/hrtimer/pin.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +use super::HasTimer;
> +use super::RawTimerCallback;
> +use super::Timer;
> +use super::TimerCallback;
> +use super::TimerHandle;
> +use super::UnsafeTimerPointer;
> +use crate::time::Ktime;
> +use core::pin::Pin;
> +
> +/// A handle for a `Pin<&HasTimer>`. When the handle exists, the timer might be
> +/// running.
> +pub struct PinTimerHandle<'a, U>
> +where
> + U: HasTimer<U>,
> +{
> + pub(crate) inner: Pin<&'a U>,
> +}
> +
> +// SAFETY: We cancel the timer when the handle is dropped. The implementation of
> +// the `cancel` method will block if the timer handler is running.
> +unsafe impl<'a, U> TimerHandle for PinTimerHandle<'a, U>
> +where
> + U: HasTimer<U>,
> +{
> + fn cancel(&mut self) -> bool {
> + let self_ptr = self.inner.get_ref() as *const U;
> +
> + // SAFETY: As we got `self_ptr` from a reference above, it must point to
> + // a valid `U`.
> + let timer_ptr = unsafe { <U as HasTimer<U>>::raw_get_timer(self_ptr) };
> +
> + // SAFETY: As `timer_ptr` is derived from a reference, it must point to
> + // a valid and initialized `Timer`.
> + unsafe { Timer::<U>::raw_cancel(timer_ptr) }
> + }
> +}
> +
> +impl<'a, U> Drop for PinTimerHandle<'a, U>
> +where
> + U: HasTimer<U>,
> +{
> + fn drop(&mut self) {
> + self.cancel();
> + }
> +}
> +
> +// SAFETY: We capture the lifetime of `Self` when we create a `PinTimerHandle`,
> +// so `Self` will outlive the handle.
> +unsafe impl<'a, U> UnsafeTimerPointer for Pin<&'a U>
> +where
> + U: Send + Sync,
> + U: HasTimer<U>,
> + U: TimerCallback<CallbackTarget<'a> = Self>,
> +{
> + type TimerHandle = PinTimerHandle<'a, U>;
> +
> + unsafe fn start(self, expires: Ktime) -> Self::TimerHandle {
> + use core::ops::Deref;

I'm sure this is valid but this seems like a strange place to put a module use
(also - do we ever actually need to import Deref explicitly? It should always
be imported)

> +
> + // Cast to pointer
> + let self_ptr = self.deref() as *const U;
> +
> + // SAFETY: As we derive `self_ptr` from a reference above, it must point
> + // to a valid `U`.
> + unsafe { U::start(self_ptr, expires) };
> +
> + PinTimerHandle { inner: self }
> + }
> +}
> +
> +impl<'a, U> RawTimerCallback for Pin<&'a U>
> +where
> + U: HasTimer<U>,
> + U: TimerCallback<CallbackTarget<'a> = Self>,
> + U: TimerCallback<CallbackTargetParameter<'a> = Self>,
> +{
> + unsafe extern "C" fn run(ptr: *mut bindings::hrtimer) -> bindings::hrtimer_restart {
> + // `Timer` is `repr(C)`
> + let timer_ptr = ptr as *mut Timer<U>;
> +
> + // SAFETY: By the safety requirement of this function, `timer_ptr`
> + // points to a `Timer<U>` contained in an `U`.
> + let receiver_ptr = unsafe { U::timer_container_of(timer_ptr) };
> +
> + // SAFETY: By the safety requirement of this function, `timer_ptr`
> + // points to a `Timer<U>` contained in an `U`.
> + let receiver_ref = unsafe { &*receiver_ptr };
> +
> + // SAFETY: `receiver_ref` only exists as pinned, so it is safe to pin it
> + // here.
> + let receiver_pin = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(receiver_ref) };
> +
> + U::run(receiver_pin).into()
> + }
> +}
>

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Cheers,
Lyude Paul (she/her)
Software Engineer at Red Hat

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