Re: [PATCH v10 07/13] rust: hrtimer: implement `UnsafeHrTimerPointer` for `Pin<&T>`

[Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>]

"Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@proton.me> writes:

> On Fri Mar 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM CET, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
>> "Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@proton.me> writes:
>>> On Fri Mar 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM CET, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
>>>> +impl<'a, T> RawHrTimerCallback for Pin<&'a T>
>>>> +where
>>>> +    T: HasHrTimer<T>,
>>>> +    T: HrTimerCallback<Pointer<'a> = Self>,
>>>> +{
>>>> +    type CallbackTarget<'b> = Self;
>>>> +
>>>> +    unsafe extern "C" fn run(ptr: *mut bindings::hrtimer) -> bindings::hrtimer_restart {
>>>> +        // `HrTimer` is `repr(C)`
>>>> +        let timer_ptr = ptr as *mut HrTimer<T>;
>>>> +
>>>> +        // SAFETY: By the safety requirement of this function, `timer_ptr`
>>>> +        // points to a `HrTimer<T>` contained in an `T`.
>>>> +        let receiver_ptr = unsafe { T::timer_container_of(timer_ptr) };
>>>> +
>>>> +        // SAFETY: By the safety requirement of this function, `timer_ptr`
>>>> +        // points to a `HrTimer<T>` contained in an `T`.
>>>
>>> This justification seems wrong it talks about `HrTimer<T>`, but here we
>>> have a `*const T`... Also see [1] (I am mainly interested in your
>>> justification for the lifetime).
>>>
>>> [1]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/index.html#pointer-to-reference-conversion
>>
>> How is this:
>>
>>         // SAFETY:
>>         //  - By the safety requirement of this function, `timer_ptr`
>>         //    points to a `HrTimer<T>` contained in an `T`.
>>         //  - The `PinHrTimerHandle` associated with this timer is guaranteed to
>>         //    be alive until this method returns. As the handle borrows from
>>         //    `T`, `T` is also guaranteed to be alive for the duration of this
>>         //    function.
>
> Sounds good, if you can also explain (probably somewhere else, as every
> `RawHrTimerCallback` implementer will rely on this) why the handle lives
> for the duration of the callback.

It is in the safety requirement for the `HrTimerHandle` trait already.
Should I reference it here?


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg