[PATCH v1 2/2] rust: hrtimer: Use hrtimer_forward_safe_from_callback()
From: FUJITA Tomonori
Date: Sun Nov 01 2026 - 18:39:29 EST
From: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxx>
Safe Rust code can start a timer while its callback runs. A timer
started through Arc<T> or Pin<&T> can be started again from another
clone or copy of the pointer. HrTimerCallbackContext::forward() calls
hrtimer_forward(), which writes the expiry without the base lock, so
the write can race with the concurrent hrtimer_start().
Call hrtimer_forward_safe_from_callback() instead. It does the update
with the base lock held. If the timer is already queued by a concurrent
start, the expiry is left alone and 0 is returned.
HrTimer::forward() keeps calling hrtimer_forward(). It takes
Pin<&mut Self>, so no other reference to the timer exists and no
concurrent start is possible. Narrow the safety requirement of
raw_forward() to exclusive access, since the callback context no longer
uses it.
Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
index a53f7f1341be..bf4094d84822 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/time/hrtimer.rs
@@ -521,8 +521,7 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn raw_cancel(this: *const Self) -> bool {
/// # Safety
///
/// - `self_ptr` must point to a valid `Self`.
- /// - The caller must either have exclusive access to the data pointed at by `self_ptr`, or be
- /// within the context of the timer callback.
+ /// - The caller must have exclusive access to the data pointed at by `self_ptr`.
#[inline]
unsafe fn raw_forward(self_ptr: *mut Self, now: HrTimerInstant<T>, interval: Delta) -> u64
where
@@ -1060,13 +1059,25 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn from_raw(timer: *mut HrTimer<T>) -> Self {
/// Conditionally forward the timer.
///
- /// This function is identical to [`HrTimer::forward()`] except that it may only be used from
- /// within the context of a [`HrTimer`] callback.
+ /// This function does the same as [`HrTimer::forward()`], but it may only be used from within
+ /// the context of a [`HrTimer`] callback, and it is safe against a concurrent start operation.
+ /// If the timer was started by a concurrent start operation, the expiry is not changed, this
+ /// function returns 0, and the expiry set by the start operation is used.
pub fn forward(&mut self, now: HrTimerInstant<T>, interval: Delta) -> u64 {
+ // SAFETY: By our type invariants, `self.0` always points to a valid `HrTimer<T>`.
+ let c_timer_ptr = unsafe { HrTimer::<T>::raw_get(self.0.as_ptr()) };
+
// SAFETY:
- // - We are guaranteed to be within the context of a timer callback by our type invariants
- // - By our type invariants, `self.0` always points to a valid `HrTimer<T>`
- unsafe { HrTimer::<T>::raw_forward(self.0.as_ptr(), now, interval) }
+ // - `c_timer_ptr` is initialized and valid.
+ // - By our type invariants, we are within the context of the timer callback, as
+ // `hrtimer_forward_safe_from_callback()` requires.
+ unsafe {
+ bindings::hrtimer_forward_safe_from_callback(
+ c_timer_ptr,
+ now.as_nanos(),
+ interval.as_nanos(),
+ )
+ }
}
/// Conditionally forward the timer.
--
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