linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 3/7] rust: hrtimer: Add HrTimer::raw

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Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:17:27 +0200
From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
To: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, FUJITA
 Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@...il.com>
Cc: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>, Boqun Feng
 <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
 Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>, John Stultz
 <jstultz@...gle.com>, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, Miguel Ojeda
 <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Gary Guo
 <gary@...yguo.net>, Björn Roy Baron
 <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, Benno
 Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, Alice
 Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Danilo
 Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/7] rust: hrtimer: Add HrTimer::raw_forward() and
 forward()

"Lyude Paul" <lyude@...hat.com> writes:

> Within the hrtimer API there are quite a number of functions that can only
> be safely called from one of two contexts:
>
> * When we have exclusive access to the hrtimer and the timer is not active.
> * When we're within the hrtimer's callback context as it is being executed.
>
> This commit adds bindings for hrtimer_forward() for the first such context,
> along with HrTimer::raw_forward() for later use in implementing the
> hrtimer_forward() in the latter context.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>

Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg