Commit b215e283 authored by Davide Libenzi's avatar Davide Libenzi Committed by Linus Torvalds

signal/timer/event: timerfd core

This patch introduces a new system call for timers events delivered though
file descriptors.  This allows timer event to be used with standard POSIX
poll(2), select(2) and read(2).  As a consequence of supporting the Linux
f_op->poll subsystem, they can be used with epoll(2) too.

The system call is defined as:

int timerfd(int ufd, int clockid, int flags, const struct itimerspec *utmr);

The "ufd" parameter allows for re-use (re-programming) of an existing timerfd
w/out going through the close/open cycle (same as signalfd).  If "ufd" is -1,
s new file descriptor will be created, otherwise the existing "ufd" will be
re-programmed.

The "clockid" parameter is either CLOCK_MONOTONIC or CLOCK_REALTIME.  The time
specified in the "utmr->it_value" parameter is the expiry time for the timer.

If the TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME flag is set in "flags", this is an absolute time,
otherwise it's a relative time.

If the time specified in the "utmr->it_interval" is not zero (.tv_sec == 0,
tv_nsec == 0), this is the period at which the following ticks should be
generated.

The "utmr->it_interval" should be set to zero if only one tick is requested.
Setting the "utmr->it_value" to zero will disable the timer, or will create a
timerfd without the timer enabled.

The function returns the new (or same, in case "ufd" is a valid timerfd
descriptor) file, or -1 in case of error.

As stated before, the timerfd file descriptor supports poll(2), select(2) and
epoll(2).  When a timer event happened on the timerfd, a POLLIN mask will be
returned.

The read(2) call can be used, and it will return a u32 variable holding the
number of "ticks" that happened on the interface since the last call to
read(2).  The read(2) call supportes the O_NONBLOCK flag too, and EAGAIN will
be returned if no ticks happened.

A quick test program, shows timerfd working correctly on my amd64 box:

http://www.xmailserver.org/timerfd-test.c

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add sys_timerfd to sys_ni.c]
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 6d18c922
......@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER) += inotify_user.o
obj-$(CONFIG_EPOLL) += eventpoll.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ANON_INODES) += anon_inodes.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SIGNALFD) += signalfd.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TIMERFD) += timerfd.o
obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += compat.o compat_ioctl.o
nfsd-$(CONFIG_NFSD) := nfsctl.o
......
/*
* fs/timerfd.c
*
* Copyright (C) 2007 Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
*
*
* Thanks to Thomas Gleixner for code reviews and useful comments.
*
*/
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/time.h>
#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
#include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
#include <linux/timerfd.h>
struct timerfd_ctx {
struct hrtimer tmr;
ktime_t tintv;
spinlock_t lock;
wait_queue_head_t wqh;
int expired;
};
/*
* This gets called when the timer event triggers. We set the "expired"
* flag, but we do not re-arm the timer (in case it's necessary,
* tintv.tv64 != 0) until the timer is read.
*/
static enum hrtimer_restart timerfd_tmrproc(struct hrtimer *htmr)
{
struct timerfd_ctx *ctx = container_of(htmr, struct timerfd_ctx, tmr);
unsigned long flags;
spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
ctx->expired = 1;
wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
}
static void timerfd_setup(struct timerfd_ctx *ctx, int clockid, int flags,
const struct itimerspec *ktmr)
{
enum hrtimer_mode htmode;
ktime_t texp;
htmode = (flags & TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME) ?
HRTIMER_MODE_ABS: HRTIMER_MODE_REL;
texp = timespec_to_ktime(ktmr->it_value);
ctx->expired = 0;
ctx->tintv = timespec_to_ktime(ktmr->it_interval);
hrtimer_init(&ctx->tmr, clockid, htmode);
ctx->tmr.expires = texp;
ctx->tmr.function = timerfd_tmrproc;
if (texp.tv64 != 0)
hrtimer_start(&ctx->tmr, texp, htmode);
}
static int timerfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
struct timerfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
hrtimer_cancel(&ctx->tmr);
kfree(ctx);
return 0;
}
static unsigned int timerfd_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
{
struct timerfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
unsigned int events = 0;
unsigned long flags;
poll_wait(file, &ctx->wqh, wait);
spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
if (ctx->expired)
events |= POLLIN;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
return events;
}
static ssize_t timerfd_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
loff_t *ppos)
{
struct timerfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
ssize_t res;
u32 ticks = 0;
DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
if (count < sizeof(ticks))
return -EINVAL;
spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
res = -EAGAIN;
if (!ctx->expired && !(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) {
__add_wait_queue(&ctx->wqh, &wait);
for (res = 0;;) {
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
if (ctx->expired) {
res = 0;
break;
}
if (signal_pending(current)) {
res = -ERESTARTSYS;
break;
}
spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
schedule();
spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
}
__remove_wait_queue(&ctx->wqh, &wait);
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
}
if (ctx->expired) {
ctx->expired = 0;
if (ctx->tintv.tv64 != 0) {
/*
* If tintv.tv64 != 0, this is a periodic timer that
* needs to be re-armed. We avoid doing it in the timer
* callback to avoid DoS attacks specifying a very
* short timer period.
*/
ticks = (u32)
hrtimer_forward(&ctx->tmr,
hrtimer_cb_get_time(&ctx->tmr),
ctx->tintv);
hrtimer_restart(&ctx->tmr);
} else
ticks = 1;
}
spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
if (ticks)
res = put_user(ticks, buf) ? -EFAULT: sizeof(ticks);
return res;
}
static const struct file_operations timerfd_fops = {
.release = timerfd_release,
.poll = timerfd_poll,
.read = timerfd_read,
};
asmlinkage long sys_timerfd(int ufd, int clockid, int flags,
const struct itimerspec __user *utmr)
{
int error;
struct timerfd_ctx *ctx;
struct file *file;
struct inode *inode;
struct itimerspec ktmr;
if (copy_from_user(&ktmr, utmr, sizeof(ktmr)))
return -EFAULT;
if (clockid != CLOCK_MONOTONIC &&
clockid != CLOCK_REALTIME)
return -EINVAL;
if (!timespec_valid(&ktmr.it_value) ||
!timespec_valid(&ktmr.it_interval))
return -EINVAL;
if (ufd == -1) {
ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ctx)
return -ENOMEM;
init_waitqueue_head(&ctx->wqh);
spin_lock_init(&ctx->lock);
timerfd_setup(ctx, clockid, flags, &ktmr);
/*
* When we call this, the initialization must be complete, since
* anon_inode_getfd() will install the fd.
*/
error = anon_inode_getfd(&ufd, &inode, &file, "[timerfd]",
&timerfd_fops, ctx);
if (error)
goto err_tmrcancel;
} else {
file = fget(ufd);
if (!file)
return -EBADF;
ctx = file->private_data;
if (file->f_op != &timerfd_fops) {
fput(file);
return -EINVAL;
}
/*
* We need to stop the existing timer before reprogramming
* it to the new values.
*/
for (;;) {
spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
if (hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&ctx->tmr) >= 0)
break;
spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
cpu_relax();
}
/*
* Re-program the timer to the new value ...
*/
timerfd_setup(ctx, clockid, flags, &ktmr);
spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
fput(file);
}
return ufd;
err_tmrcancel:
hrtimer_cancel(&ctx->tmr);
kfree(ctx);
return error;
}
......@@ -605,6 +605,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_set_robust_list(struct robust_list_head __user *head,
size_t len);
asmlinkage long sys_getcpu(unsigned __user *cpu, unsigned __user *node, struct getcpu_cache __user *cache);
asmlinkage long sys_signalfd(int ufd, sigset_t __user *user_mask, size_t sizemask);
asmlinkage long sys_timerfd(int ufd, int clockid, int flags,
const struct itimerspec __user *utmr);
int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]);
......
/*
* include/linux/timerfd.h
*
* Copyright (C) 2007 Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
*
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_TIMERFD_H
#define _LINUX_TIMERFD_H
#define TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME (1 << 0)
#endif /* _LINUX_TIMERFD_H */
......@@ -502,6 +502,16 @@ config SIGNALFD
If unsure, say Y.
config TIMERFD
bool "Enable timerfd() system call" if EMBEDDED
depends on ANON_INODES
default y
help
Enable the timerfd() system call that allows to receive timer
events on a file descriptor.
If unsure, say Y.
config SHMEM
bool "Use full shmem filesystem" if EMBEDDED
default y
......
......@@ -144,3 +144,4 @@ cond_syscall(sys_ioprio_get);
/* New file descriptors */
cond_syscall(sys_signalfd);
cond_syscall(sys_timerfd);
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