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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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irq genirq: stackdump after the "Trying to free already-free IRQ" message 2008-01-30 13:33:24 +01:00
power Hibernation: Invoke suspend notifications after console switch 2008-02-01 18:30:59 -05:00
time tick-sched: add more debug information 2008-02-01 17:45:14 +01:00
.gitignore
acct.c acct: real_parent ppid 2008-01-07 14:55:37 -08:00
audit_tree.c [PATCH] audit: watching subtrees 2007-10-21 02:37:45 -04:00
audit.c [AUDIT] ratelimit printk messages audit 2008-02-01 14:25:04 -05:00
audit.h [PATCH] audit: watching subtrees 2007-10-21 02:37:45 -04:00
auditfilter.c [AUDIT] make audit=0 really stop audit messages 2008-02-01 14:24:33 -05:00
auditsc.c [AUDIT] create context if auditing was ever enabled 2008-02-01 14:24:45 -05:00
backtracetest.c x86: add a simple backtrace test module 2008-01-30 13:33:08 +01:00
capability.c Uninline find_pid etc set of functions 2007-10-19 11:53:41 -07:00
cgroup_debug.c Task Control Groups: simple task cgroup debug info subsystem 2007-10-19 11:53:36 -07:00
cgroup.c Improve cgroup printks 2007-11-14 18:45:37 -08:00
compat.c Merge ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-2.6-hrt 2007-10-18 15:12:41 -07:00
configs.c use simple_read_from_buffer in kernel/ 2007-05-09 12:30:49 -07:00
cpu.c cpu-hotplug: replace per-subsystem mutexes with get_online_cpus() 2008-01-25 21:08:02 +01:00
cpuset.c cpu-hotplug: replace lock_cpu_hotplug() with get_online_cpus() 2008-01-25 21:08:02 +01:00
delayacct.c Add scaled time to taskstats based process accounting 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
dma.c whitespace fixes: DMA channel allocator 2007-10-18 14:37:24 -07:00
exec_domain.c whitespace fixes: execution domains 2007-10-18 14:37:26 -07:00
exit.c exec: rework the group exit and fix the race with kill 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
extable.c module: Don't report discarded init pages as kernel text. 2008-01-29 17:13:18 +11:00
fork.c clone: prepare to recycle CLONE_STOPPED 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
futex_compat.c futex: Add bitset conditional wait/wakeup functionality 2008-02-01 17:45:14 +01:00
futex.c futex: Add bitset conditional wait/wakeup functionality 2008-02-01 17:45:14 +01:00
hrtimer.c timerfd: new timerfd API 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
itimer.c whitespace fixes: interval timers 2007-10-18 14:37:26 -07:00
kallsyms.c module: make module_address_lookup safe 2008-01-29 17:13:23 +11:00
Kconfig.hz sched: high-res preemption tick 2008-01-25 21:08:29 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt sched: remove the !PREEMPT_BKL code 2008-01-25 21:08:33 +01:00
kexec.c vmcoreinfo: add the array length of "free_list" for filtering free pages 2008-01-08 16:10:36 -08:00
kfifo.c is_power_of_2: kernel/kfifo.c 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
kmod.c Fix unbalanced helper_lock in kernel/kmod.c 2008-01-17 15:38:59 -08:00
kprobes.c x86: kprobes: add kprobes smoke tests that run on boot 2008-01-30 13:32:53 +01:00
ksysfs.c Kobject: convert remaining kobject_unregister() to kobject_put() 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
kthread.c sched: fix, always create kernel threads with normal priority 2008-01-25 21:08:33 +01:00
latency.c
latencytop.c sched: latencytop support 2008-01-25 21:08:34 +01:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c lockdep: Avoid /proc/lockdep & lock_stat infinite output 2007-10-11 22:11:11 +02:00
lockdep.c softlockup: automatically detect hung TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE tasks 2008-01-25 21:08:02 +01:00
Makefile kobject: Always build in kernel/ksysfs.o. 2008-02-02 15:14:46 -08:00
marker.c Linux Kernel Markers: fix marker mutex not taken upon module load 2007-11-14 18:45:40 -08:00
module.c x86/non-x86: percpu, node ids, apic ids x86.git fixup 2008-01-30 13:33:32 +01:00
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c Add mutex_lock_killable 2007-12-06 17:37:59 -05:00
mutex.h
notifier.c Add kernel/notifier.c 2007-10-19 11:53:34 -07:00
ns_cgroup.c cgroups: implement namespace tracking subsystem 2007-10-19 11:53:37 -07:00
nsproxy.c pid namespaces: allow cloning of new namespace 2007-10-19 11:53:39 -07:00
panic.c debug: add the end-of-trace marker and the module list to 2008-01-30 13:32:50 +01:00
params.c module: fix the module name length in param_sysfs_builtin 2008-01-29 17:13:24 +11:00
pid.c pidns: Place under CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL 2007-11-14 18:45:43 -08:00
posix-cpu-timers.c sched: rt-watchdog: fix .rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY 2008-01-25 21:08:32 +01:00
posix-timers.c timerfd: new timerfd API 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
printk.c debug: turn ignore_loglevel into an early param 2008-01-31 22:45:23 +01:00
profile.c debug: clean up kernel/profile.c 2008-01-25 21:08:33 +01:00
ptrace.c Merge branch 'task_killable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/willy/misc 2008-02-01 11:45:47 +11:00
rcuclassic.c Preempt-RCU: implementation 2008-01-25 21:08:24 +01:00
rcupdate.c Preempt-RCU: fix rcu_barrier for preemptive environment. 2008-01-25 21:08:24 +01:00
rcupreempt_trace.c Preempt-RCU: implementation 2008-01-25 21:08:24 +01:00
rcupreempt.c Preempt-RCU: CPU Hotplug handling 2008-01-25 21:08:25 +01:00
rcutorture.c cpu-hotplug: replace lock_cpu_hotplug() with get_online_cpus() 2008-01-25 21:08:02 +01:00
relay.c vm audit: add VM_DONTEXPAND to mmap for drivers that need it 2008-02-04 07:55:38 -08:00
resource.c Add IORESOUCE_BUSY flag for System RAM 2007-11-14 18:45:39 -08:00
rtmutex_common.h FUTEX: Tidy up the code 2007-07-16 09:05:49 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.c Use helpers to obtain task pid in printks 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c Driver core: change sysdev classes to use dynamic kobject names 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
rtmutex.c Use helpers to obtain task pid in printks 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c sched: mark rwsem functions as __sched for wchan/profiling 2007-12-18 15:21:13 +01:00
sched_debug.c sched: keep total / count stats in addition to the max for 2008-01-25 21:08:35 +01:00
sched_fair.c sched: let +nice tasks have smaller impact 2008-01-31 22:45:22 +01:00
sched_idletask.c sched: high-res preemption tick 2008-01-25 21:08:29 +01:00
sched_rt.c sched: fix goto retry in pick_next_task_rt() 2008-01-25 21:08:34 +01:00
sched_stats.h sched: clean up kernel/sched_stat.h 2007-11-28 15:52:56 +01:00
sched.c Merge branch 'task_killable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/willy/misc 2008-02-01 11:45:47 +11:00
seccomp.c make seccomp zerocost in schedule 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
signal.c exec: rework the group exit and fix the race with kill 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
softirq.c time: track accurate idle time with tick_sched.idle_sleeptime 2008-01-30 13:30:04 +01:00
softlockup.c debug: softlockup looping fix 2008-02-02 14:27:45 +11:00
spinlock.c spinlock: lockbreak cleanup 2008-01-30 13:31:20 +01:00
srcu.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c cpu-hotplug: replace lock_cpu_hotplug() with get_online_cpus() 2008-01-25 21:08:02 +01:00
sys_ni.c timerfd: new timerfd API 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
sys.c x86: ignore the sys_getcpu() tcache parameter 2007-11-17 16:27:00 +01:00
sysctl_check.c sysctl: Infrastructure for per namespace sysctls 2008-01-28 14:55:17 -08:00
sysctl.c [AUDIT] break large execve argument logging into smaller messages 2008-02-01 14:23:55 -05:00
taskstats.c kernel/taskstats.c: fix bogus nlmsg_free() 2007-11-14 18:45:44 -08:00
test_kprobes.c x86: kprobes: add kprobes smoke tests that run on boot 2008-01-30 13:32:53 +01:00
time.c timekeeping: update xtime_cache when time(zone) changes 2008-02-01 17:45:13 +01:00
timer.c Merge branch 'task_killable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/willy/misc 2008-02-01 11:45:47 +11:00
tsacct.c Add scaled time to taskstats based process accounting 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
uid16.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
user_namespace.c Fix user namespace exiting OOPs 2007-09-19 11:24:18 -07:00
user.c uids: merge multiple error paths in alloc_uid() into one 2008-01-25 21:08:26 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c Isolate the UTS namespace's domainname and hostname back 2007-11-29 09:24:53 -08:00
utsname.c Fix UTS corruption during clone(CLONE_NEWUTS) 2007-09-19 11:24:17 -07:00
wait.c wait: Use TASK_NORMAL 2007-12-06 17:34:36 -05:00
workqueue.c cpu-hotplug: replace per-subsystem mutexes with get_online_cpus() 2008-01-25 21:08:02 +01:00