Re: [PATCH 6/6] rust: hrtimer: Make HrTimer repr(transparent)

Andreas Hindborg <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.freedesktop.lists.intel-gfx,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
"Gary Guo" <[email protected]> writes:

> On Tue Aug 25, 2026 at 1:16 PM BST, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
>> From: FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]>
>>
>> HrTimerCallbackContext acquires a &HrTimer<T> from a
>> NonNull<HrTimer<T>> while a &mut HrTimer<T> can exist at the same
>> time. This is sound only because HrTimer's sole field is
>> Opaque<bindings::hrtimer>, which puts every byte behind an UnsafeCell.
>> Adding a field to HrTimer that is not Opaque would make acquiring that
>> shared reference unsound.
>
> HrTimerCallbackContext is removed in patch 4, though?
>
> Still worh preferring `#[repr(transparent)]` over `#[repr(C)]`, but the
> motivation should be reworded and the comment on `HrTimer` should be removed.

Yes, I was a little too fast when I added this patch. I'd like to keep
it as well, but it needs some edits.

Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg
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