linux/arch/arm/kernel
Davide Libenzi 4d672e7ac7 timerfd: new timerfd API
This is the new timerfd API as it is implemented by the following patch:

int timerfd_create(int clockid, int flags);
int timerfd_settime(int ufd, int flags,
		    const struct itimerspec *utmr,
		    struct itimerspec *otmr);
int timerfd_gettime(int ufd, struct itimerspec *otmr);

The timerfd_create() API creates an un-programmed timerfd fd.  The "clockid"
parameter can be either CLOCK_MONOTONIC or CLOCK_REALTIME.

The timerfd_settime() API give new settings by the timerfd fd, by optionally
retrieving the previous expiration time (in case the "otmr" parameter is not
NULL).

The time value specified in "utmr" is absolute, if the TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME bit
is set in the "flags" parameter.  Otherwise it's a relative time.

The timerfd_gettime() API returns the next expiration time of the timer, or
{0, 0} if the timerfd has not been set yet.

Like the previous timerfd API implementation, read(2) and poll(2) are
supported (with the same interface).  Here's a simple test program I used to
exercise the new timerfd APIs:

http://www.xmailserver.org/timerfd-test2.c

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style cleanups]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix ia64 build]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix m68k build]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix mips build]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix alpha, arm, blackfin, cris, m68k, s390, sparc and sparc64 builds]
[heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com: fix s390]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix powerpc build]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix sparc64 more]
Signed-off-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@gmx.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@gmx.net>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
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armksyms.c [ARM] use __used attribute 2007-05-30 13:15:06 +01:00
arthur.c [PATCH] fix missing includes 2005-10-30 17:37:32 -08:00
asm-offsets.c [ARM] ARMv6: add CPU_HAS_ASID configuration 2007-05-17 10:19:23 +01:00
atags.c [ARM] 4736/1: Export atags to userspace and allow kexec to use customised atags 2008-02-04 13:21:03 +00:00
atags.h [ARM] 4736/1: Export atags to userspace and allow kexec to use customised atags 2008-02-04 13:21:03 +00:00
bios32.c [ARM] 4577/1: ITE 8152 PCI bridge support 2007-10-15 18:53:59 +01:00
calls.S timerfd: new timerfd API 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
compat.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
compat.h [ARM] 3365/1: [cleanup] header for compat.c exported functions 2006-03-15 23:17:30 +00:00
crunch-bits.S [ARM] 3370/2: ep93xx: add crunch support 2006-06-28 17:55:01 +01:00
crunch.c [ARM] 4121/1: ep93xx: move setting of HWCAP_CRUNCH 2007-02-08 14:48:13 +00:00
debug.S [ARM] 3838/1: ARM: DCC debug console support for ARM11 2006-09-25 10:36:09 +01:00
dma-isa.c [ARM] ARRAY_SIZE() cleanup 2008-01-26 14:49:57 +00:00
dma.c [ARM] Export dma_channel_active() 2007-03-31 21:36:53 +01:00
ecard.c [ARM] ecard: add ecardm_iomap() / ecardm_iounmap() 2007-05-11 17:19:02 +01:00
ecard.h [ARM] ecard: Move private ecard junk out of asm/ecard.h 2007-05-03 14:16:56 +01:00
entry-armv.S Merge branches 'at91', 'ep93xx', 'iop', 'kprobes', 'ks8695', 'misc', 'msm', 's3c2410', 'sa1100' and 'vfp' into devel 2008-01-28 13:21:21 +00:00
entry-common.S [ARM] 4687/1: Trivial arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S comment fix 2008-01-26 14:50:04 +00:00
entry-header.S Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
fiq.c [ARM] 3692/1: ARM: coswitch irq handling to the generic implementation 2006-07-01 22:30:09 +01:00
head-common.S [ARM] 4423/1: add ATAGS support 2007-07-12 11:13:33 +01:00
head-nommu.S [ARM] Ensure head text is always placed at the start of kernel 2007-05-08 15:15:45 +01:00
head.S [ARM] 4423/1: add ATAGS support 2007-07-12 11:13:33 +01:00
init_task.c [ARM] Shut up warning about init_thread_union 2007-05-08 12:39:37 +01:00
io.c [ARM] Fix compiler warnings for memcpy_toio/memcpy_fromio/memset_io 2005-09-24 10:42:06 +01:00
irq.c [ARM] Remove needless linux/ptrace.h includes 2007-04-21 20:34:47 +01:00
isa.c [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
iwmmxt.S [ARM] 3707/1: iwmmxt: use the generic thread notifier infrastructure 2006-07-01 19:56:48 +01:00
kprobes-decode.c ARM kprobes: instruction single-stepping support 2008-01-26 15:25:16 +00:00
kprobes.c ARM kprobes: special hook for the kprobes breakpoint handler 2008-01-26 15:25:17 +00:00
machine_kexec.c [ARM] 4736/1: Export atags to userspace and allow kexec to use customised atags 2008-02-04 13:21:03 +00:00
Makefile [ARM] 4736/1: Export atags to userspace and allow kexec to use customised atags 2008-02-04 13:21:03 +00:00
module.c [ARM] Fix ARM branch relocation range 2007-05-08 22:05:25 +01:00
process.c Use helpers to obtain task pid in printks (arch code) 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
ptrace.c Use helpers to obtain task pid in printks (arch code) 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
ptrace.h [ARM] ptrace: clean up single stepping support 2007-04-21 20:34:58 +01:00
relocate_kernel.S [ARM] 4736/1: Export atags to userspace and allow kexec to use customised atags 2008-02-04 13:21:03 +00:00
semaphore.c [ARM] 3103/1: ARM EABI: stack pointer must be 64-bit aligned (part 2) 2006-01-14 16:18:09 +00:00
setup.c Merge branches 'at91', 'ixp', 'master', 'misc', 'pxa' and 'realview' into devel 2008-02-04 17:54:39 +00:00
signal.c [ARM] ptrace: clean up single stepping support 2007-04-21 20:34:58 +01:00
signal.h [ARM] nommu: fixups for the exception vectors 2006-03-27 15:18:50 +01:00
smp.c [ARM] 4814/1: RealView: Add broadcasting clockevents support for ARM11MPCore 2008-02-04 17:52:19 +00:00
stacktrace.c [ARM] Fix stacktrace FP range checking 2007-05-30 13:15:12 +01:00
stacktrace.h [ARM] Add stacktrace support and make oprofile use it 2007-04-28 09:59:37 +01:00
sys_arm.c remove include/asm-*/ipc.h 2007-10-17 08:42:55 -07:00
sys_oabi-compat.c remove include/asm-*/ipc.h 2007-10-17 08:42:55 -07:00
time.c [ARM] Fix timer damage from d3d74453c3 2008-01-28 10:17:12 +00:00
traps.c ARM kprobes: special hook for the kprobes breakpoint handler 2008-01-26 15:25:17 +00:00
vmlinux.lds.S all archs: consolidate init and exit sections in vmlinux.lds.h 2008-01-28 23:21:17 +01:00
xscale-cp0.c [ARM] 3881/4: xscale: clean up cp0/cp1 handling 2006-12-03 17:52:22 +00:00