[PATCH v12 10/13] rust: hrtimer: implement `HrTimerPointer` for `Pin<Box<T>>`
From: Andreas Hindborg
Date: Sun Mar 09 2025 - 11:22:08 EST
Allow `Pin<Box<T>>` to be the target of a timer callback.
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs | 3 +
rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 123 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
index 4e81505d6675..2436f04d02c7 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
@@ -436,3 +436,6 @@ unsafe fn timer_container_of(
pub use pin::PinHrTimerHandle;
mod pin_mut;
pub use pin_mut::PinMutHrTimerHandle;
+// `box` is a reserved keyword, so prefix with `t` for timer
+mod tbox;
+pub use tbox::BoxHrTimerHandle;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2071cae07234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer/tbox.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+use super::HasHrTimer;
+use super::HrTimer;
+use super::HrTimerCallback;
+use super::HrTimerHandle;
+use super::HrTimerPointer;
+use super::RawHrTimerCallback;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use crate::time::Ktime;
+use core::ptr::NonNull;
+
+/// A handle for a [`Box<HasHrTimer<T>>`] returned by a call to
+/// [`HrTimerPointer::start`].
+///
+/// # Invariants
+///
+/// - `self.inner` comes from a `Box::into_raw` call.
+pub struct BoxHrTimerHandle<T, A>
+where
+ T: HasHrTimer<T>,
+ A: crate::alloc::Allocator,
+{
+ pub(crate) inner: NonNull<T>,
+ _p: core::marker::PhantomData<A>,
+}
+
+// SAFETY: We implement drop below, and we cancel the timer in the drop
+// implementation.
+unsafe impl<T, A> HrTimerHandle for BoxHrTimerHandle<T, A>
+where
+ T: HasHrTimer<T>,
+ A: crate::alloc::Allocator,
+{
+ fn cancel(&mut self) -> bool {
+ // SAFETY: As we obtained `self.inner` from a valid reference when we
+ // created `self`, it must point to a valid `T`.
+ let timer_ptr = unsafe { <T as HasHrTimer<T>>::raw_get_timer(self.inner.as_ptr()) };
+
+ // SAFETY: As `timer_ptr` points into `T` and `T` is valid, `timer_ptr`
+ // must point to a valid `HrTimer` instance.
+ unsafe { HrTimer::<T>::raw_cancel(timer_ptr) }
+ }
+}
+
+impl<T, A> Drop for BoxHrTimerHandle<T, A>
+where
+ T: HasHrTimer<T>,
+ A: crate::alloc::Allocator,
+{
+ fn drop(&mut self) {
+ self.cancel();
+ // SAFETY: By type invariant, `self.inner` came from a `Box::into_raw`
+ // call.
+ drop(unsafe { Box::<T, A>::from_raw(self.inner.as_ptr()) })
+ }
+}
+
+impl<T, A> HrTimerPointer for Pin<Box<T, A>>
+where
+ T: 'static,
+ T: Send + Sync,
+ T: HasHrTimer<T>,
+ T: for<'a> HrTimerCallback<Pointer<'a> = Pin<Box<T, A>>>,
+ A: crate::alloc::Allocator,
+{
+ type TimerHandle = BoxHrTimerHandle<T, A>;
+
+ fn start(self, expires: Ktime) -> Self::TimerHandle {
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - We will not move out of this box during timer callback (we pass an
+ // immutable reference to the callback).
+ // - `Box::into_raw` is guaranteed to return a valid pointer.
+ let inner =
+ unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(Box::into_raw(Pin::into_inner_unchecked(self))) };
+
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - We keep `self` alive by wrapping it in a handle below.
+ // - Since we generate the pointer passed to `start` from a valid
+ // reference, it is a valid pointer.
+ unsafe { T::start(inner.as_ptr(), expires) };
+
+ // INVARIANT: `inner` came from `Box::into_raw` above.
+ BoxHrTimerHandle {
+ inner,
+ _p: core::marker::PhantomData,
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+impl<T, A> RawHrTimerCallback for Pin<Box<T, A>>
+where
+ T: 'static,
+ T: HasHrTimer<T>,
+ T: for<'a> HrTimerCallback<Pointer<'a> = Pin<Box<T, A>>>,
+ A: crate::alloc::Allocator,
+{
+ type CallbackTarget<'a> = Pin<&'a mut T>;
+
+ unsafe extern "C" fn run(ptr: *mut bindings::hrtimer) -> bindings::hrtimer_restart {
+ // `HrTimer` is `repr(C)`
+ let timer_ptr = ptr.cast::<super::HrTimer<T>>();
+
+ // 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 data_ptr = unsafe { T::timer_container_of(timer_ptr) };
+
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - As per the safety requirements of the trait `HrTimerHandle`, the
+ // `BoxHrTimerHandle` associated with this timer is guaranteed to
+ // be alive until this method returns. That handle owns the `T`
+ // behind `data_ptr` thus guaranteeing the validity of
+ // the reference created below.
+ // - As `data_ptr` comes from a `Pin<Box<T>>`, only pinned references to
+ // `data_ptr` exist.
+ let data_mut_ref = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(&mut *data_ptr) };
+
+ T::run(data_mut_ref).into_c()
+ }
+}
--
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