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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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9p 9p: use copy of the options value instead of original 2007-11-06 08:02:53 -06:00
adfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
affs fs: mark nibblemap const 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
afs vfs: Add 64 bit i_version support 2008-01-28 23:58:27 -05:00
autofs Use task_pid_nr() instead of pid_nr(task_pid()) 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
autofs4 pid namespaces: round up the API 2007-10-19 11:53:37 -07:00
befs fs/: Spelling fixes 2008-02-03 17:33:42 +02:00
bfs regression: bfs endianness bug 2007-12-05 09:25:20 -08:00
cifs [CIFS] DFS build fixes 2008-01-25 10:12:41 +00:00
coda coda: convert struct class_device to struct device 2008-01-24 20:40:05 -08:00
configfs configfs: file.c fix possible recursive locking 2008-01-25 15:05:47 -08:00
cramfs fs/cramfs/inode.c: replace hardcoded value with preprocessor constant 2007-10-18 14:37:29 -07:00
debugfs Kobject: convert fs/* from kobject_unregister() to kobject_put() 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
devpts
dlm dlm: static initialization improvements 2008-01-30 11:04:43 -06:00
ecryptfs [NETNS]: Consolidate kernel netlink socket destruction. 2008-01-28 15:08:07 -08:00
efs exportfs: make struct export_operations const 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
exportfs exportfs: update documentation 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
ext2 ext2: Fix the max file size for ext2 file system. 2008-01-28 23:58:26 -05:00
ext3 ext3: Fix the max file size for ext3 file system. 2008-01-28 23:58:26 -05:00
ext4 ext4: Use the ext4_ext_actual_len() helper function 2008-01-28 23:58:27 -05:00
fat fat: optimize fat_count_free_clusters() 2008-01-08 16:10:35 -08:00
freevxfs fs/: Spelling fixes 2008-02-03 17:33:42 +02:00
fuse Kobject: convert fs/* from kobject_unregister() to kobject_put() 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
gfs2 fs/: Spelling fixes 2008-02-03 17:33:42 +02:00
hfs hfs: fix coverity-found null deref 2008-01-17 15:38:58 -08:00
hfsplus Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
hostfs uml: fix hostfs style 2007-10-16 09:43:07 -07:00
hpfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
hppfs
hugetlbfs hugetlb: allow bulk updating in hugetlb_*_quota() 2007-11-14 18:45:40 -08:00
isofs exportfs: make struct export_operations const 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
jbd spinlock: lockbreak cleanup 2008-01-30 13:31:20 +01:00
jbd2 spinlock: lockbreak cleanup 2008-01-30 13:31:20 +01:00
jffs2 Typoes: "whith" -> "with" 2008-02-03 15:14:02 +02:00
jfs Spelling fixes: lenght->length 2008-02-03 15:42:53 +02:00
lockd NLM: tear down RPC clients in nlm_shutdown_hosts 2008-02-01 16:42:15 -05:00
minix limit minixfs printks on corrupted dir i_size 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
msdos
ncpfs vm audit: add VM_DONTEXPAND to mmap for drivers that need it 2008-02-04 07:55:38 -08:00
nfs svc: Change services to use new svc_create_xprt service 2008-02-01 16:42:09 -05:00
nfs_common
nfsd nfsd: more careful input validation in nfsctl write methods 2008-02-01 16:42:15 -05:00
nls sparse pointer use of zero as null 2007-10-18 14:37:31 -07:00
ntfs NTFS: Fix read regression. 2007-11-03 12:27:21 -07:00
ocfs2 fs/: Spelling fixes 2008-02-03 17:33:42 +02:00
openpromfs [SPARC]: Constify function pointer tables. 2008-01-22 18:29:20 -08:00
partitions Kobject: convert fs/* from kobject_unregister() to kobject_put() 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
proc [PATCH] switch audit_get_loginuid() to task_struct * 2008-02-01 14:04:59 -05:00
qnx4 Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
ramfs Remove valueless definition of hard-selected RAMFS option 2007-10-17 08:42:56 -07:00
reiserfs fs/: Spelling fixes 2008-02-03 17:33:42 +02:00
romfs fs/romfs/inode.c: trivial improvements 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
smbfs Merge branch 'task_killable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/willy/misc 2008-02-01 11:45:47 +11:00
sysfs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2008-01-25 17:19:08 -08:00
sysv Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
udf fs/udf/balloc.c: mark a variable as uninitialized_var() 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
ufs ufs: fix nexstep dir block size 2007-12-05 09:21:18 -08:00
vfat
xfs [XFS] fix unaligned access in readdir 2008-01-11 18:05:04 +11:00
aio.c core: remove last users of empty FASTCALL macro 2008-01-30 13:31:17 +01:00
anon_inodes.c anon-inodes use open coded atomic_inc for the shared inode 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
attr.c VFS: make notify_change pass ATTR_KILL_S*ID to setattr operations 2007-10-18 14:37:22 -07:00
bad_inode.c sendfile: remove bad_sendfile() from bad_file_ops 2007-07-10 08:04:15 +02:00
binfmt_aout.c mm: fix exit_mmap BUG() on a.out binary exit 2007-12-20 07:49:53 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c pid namespaces: changes to show virtual ids to user 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c fs/binfmt_elf.c: spello fix 2008-02-03 18:05:15 +02:00
binfmt_em86.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
binfmt_flat.c binfmt_flat: warning fixes 2007-10-17 08:42:54 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
binfmt_script.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
binfmt_som.c core_pattern: ignore RLIMIT_CORE if core_pattern is a pipe 2007-10-17 08:42:50 -07:00
bio.c __bio_clone: don't calculate hw/phys segment counts 2008-01-28 10:04:46 +01:00
block_dev.c Driver core: convert block from raw kobjects to core devices 2008-01-24 20:40:36 -08:00
buffer.c Add buffer head related helper functions 2008-01-28 23:58:26 -05:00
char_dev.c Kobject: rename kobject_init_ng() to kobject_init() 2008-01-24 20:40:38 -08:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c x86: compat_binfmt_elf 2008-01-30 13:31:46 +01:00
compat_ioctl.c remove __attribute_used__ 2008-01-28 23:21:18 +01:00
compat.c timerfd: new timerfd API 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
dcache.c dcache: don't expose uninitialized memory in /proc/<pid>/fd/<fd> 2007-10-22 08:13:18 -07:00
dcookies.c Remove fs.h from mm.h 2007-07-29 17:09:29 -07:00
direct-io.c remove ZERO_PAGE 2007-10-16 09:42:53 -07:00
dnotify.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
dquot.c Don't send quota messages repeatedly when hardlimit reached 2007-12-23 12:54:36 -08:00
drop_caches.c invalidate_mapping_pages(): add cond_resched 2007-07-16 09:05:36 -07:00
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c lockdep: annotate epoll 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
exec.c exec: rework the group exit and fix the race with kill 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
fcntl.c pid namespaces: changes to show virtual ids to user 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
fifo.c
file_table.c fs/file_table.c: use list_for_each_entry() instead of list_for_each() 2007-10-19 11:53:38 -07:00
file.c
filesystems.c
fs-writeback.c Revert "writeback: introduce writeback_control.more_io to indicate more io" 2008-01-14 21:21:29 -08:00
generic_acl.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
inode.c ext4: Add inode version support in ext4 2008-01-28 23:58:27 -05:00
inotify_user.c change inotifyfs magic as the same magic is used for futexfs 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
inotify.c [PATCH] new helper - inotify_evict_watch() 2007-10-21 02:37:38 -04:00
internal.h
ioctl.c drop obsolete sys_ioctl export 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
ioprio.c cfq-iosched: relax IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE restrictions 2008-01-28 11:38:15 +01:00
Kconfig nfsd: select CONFIG_PROC_FS in nfsv4 and gss server cases 2008-02-01 16:42:04 -05:00
Kconfig.binfmt x86: compat_binfmt_elf Kconfig 2008-01-30 13:31:46 +01:00
libfs.c exportfs: add new methods 2007-10-22 08:13:19 -07:00
locks.c pid-namespaces-vs-locks-interaction 2008-02-03 17:51:36 -05:00
Makefile x86: compat_binfmt_elf Kconfig 2008-01-30 13:31:46 +01:00
mbcache.c fs: Fix to correct the mbcache entries counter 2007-10-25 15:18:29 -07:00
mpage.c mm: buffered write cleanup 2007-10-16 09:42:54 -07:00
namei.c Use access mode instead of open flags to determine needed permissions 2008-01-12 14:47:58 -08:00
namespace.c kobject: convert main fs kobject to use kobject_create 2008-01-24 20:40:13 -08:00
nfsctl.c nfsctl: use vfs_path_lookup 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
no-block.c
open.c mark sys_open/sys_read exports unused 2007-11-14 18:45:42 -08:00
pipe.c sched: affine sync wakeups 2007-10-15 17:00:19 +02:00
pnode.c
pnode.h [PATCH] new helpers - collect_mounts() and release_collected_mounts() 2007-10-21 02:37:25 -04:00
posix_acl.c
quota_v1.c
quota_v2.c
quota.c [IA64] Fix build failure in fs/quota.c 2007-07-27 15:40:13 -07:00
read_write.c ext4: export iov_shorten from kernel for ext4's use 2008-01-28 23:58:27 -05:00
read_write.h
readdir.c Use mutex_lock_killable in vfs_readdir 2007-12-06 17:39:54 -05:00
select.c fs/select, remove unused macros 2007-10-19 11:53:41 -07:00
seq_file.c [FS] seq_file: Introduce the seq_open_private() 2007-10-10 16:55:33 -07:00
signalfd.c Fix a small number of "memeber" typoes. 2008-02-03 15:12:15 +02:00
splice.c splice: always updated atime in direct splice 2008-02-01 09:26:32 +01:00
stack.c
stat.c
super.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
sync.c
timerfd.c timerfd: new timerfd API 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
utimes.c VFS: check nanoseconds in utimensat 2007-10-17 08:42:52 -07:00
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c [PATCH] pass dentry to audit_inode()/audit_inode_child() 2007-10-21 02:37:18 -04:00