/// cases the user of the clock has to decide which clock is best suited for the
/// purpose. In most scenarios clock [`Monotonic`] is the best choice as it
/// provides a accurate monotonic notion of time (leap second smearing ignored).
-pub trait ClockSource {
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// Implementers must ensure that `ktime_get()` returns a value in the inclusive range
+/// `0..=KTIME_MAX` (i.e., greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to
+/// `KTIME_MAX`, where `KTIME_MAX` equals `i64::MAX`).
+pub unsafe trait ClockSource {
/// The kernel clock ID associated with this clock source.
///
/// This constant corresponds to the C side `clockid_t` value.
/// Get the current time from the clock source.
///
- /// The function must return a value in the range from 0 to `KTIME_MAX`.
+ /// The function must return a value in the range `0..=KTIME_MAX`.
fn ktime_get() -> bindings::ktime_t;
}
/// count time that the system is suspended.
pub struct Monotonic;
-impl ClockSource for Monotonic {
+// SAFETY: The kernel's `ktime_get()` is guaranteed to return a value
+// in `0..=KTIME_MAX`.
+unsafe impl ClockSource for Monotonic {
const ID: bindings::clockid_t = bindings::CLOCK_MONOTONIC as bindings::clockid_t;
fn ktime_get() -> bindings::ktime_t {
/// the clock will experience discontinuity around leap second adjustment.
pub struct RealTime;
-impl ClockSource for RealTime {
+// SAFETY: The kernel's `ktime_get_real()` is guaranteed to return a value
+// in `0..=KTIME_MAX`.
+unsafe impl ClockSource for RealTime {
const ID: bindings::clockid_t = bindings::CLOCK_REALTIME as bindings::clockid_t;
fn ktime_get() -> bindings::ktime_t {
/// discontinuities if the time is changed using settimeofday(2) or similar.
pub struct BootTime;
-impl ClockSource for BootTime {
+// SAFETY: The kernel's `ktime_get_boottime()` is guaranteed to return a value
+// in `0..=KTIME_MAX`.
+unsafe impl ClockSource for BootTime {
const ID: bindings::clockid_t = bindings::CLOCK_BOOTTIME as bindings::clockid_t;
fn ktime_get() -> bindings::ktime_t {
/// The acronym TAI refers to International Atomic Time.
pub struct Tai;
-impl ClockSource for Tai {
+// SAFETY: The kernel's `ktime_get_clocktai()` is guaranteed to return a value
+// in `0..=KTIME_MAX`.
+unsafe impl ClockSource for Tai {
const ID: bindings::clockid_t = bindings::CLOCK_TAI as bindings::clockid_t;
fn ktime_get() -> bindings::ktime_t {