hrtimer: add a hrtimer_start_range() function

this patch adds a _range version of hrtimer_start() so that range timers
can be created; the hrtimer_start() function is just a wrapper around this.

In addition, hrtimer_start_expires() will now preserve existing ranges.

Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>

diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index 4c1a834..1c0473e 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -350,13 +350,20 @@ static inline void destroy_hrtimer_on_stack(struct hrtimer *timer) { }
 /* Basic timer operations: */
 extern int hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim,
                         const enum hrtimer_mode mode);
+extern int hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim,
+                       unsigned long range_ns, const enum hrtimer_mode mode);
 extern int hrtimer_cancel(struct hrtimer *timer);
 extern int hrtimer_try_to_cancel(struct hrtimer *timer);
 
 static inline int hrtimer_start_expires(struct hrtimer *timer,
                                                enum hrtimer_mode mode)
 {
-       return hrtimer_start(timer, hrtimer_get_expires(timer), mode);
+       unsigned long delta;
+       ktime_t soft, hard;
+       soft = hrtimer_get_softexpires(timer);
+       hard = hrtimer_get_expires(timer);
+       delta = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(hard, soft));
+       return hrtimer_start_range_ns(timer, hrtimer_get_expires(timer), delta, mode);
 }
 
 static inline int hrtimer_restart(struct hrtimer *timer)

diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 0148300..a022209 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -945,9 +945,10 @@ remove_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base)
 }
 
 /**
- * hrtimer_start - (re)start an relative timer on the current CPU
+ * hrtimer_start_range_ns - (re)start an relative timer on the current CPU
  * @timer:     the timer to be added
  * @tim:       expiry time
+ * @delta_ns:  "slack" range for the timer
  * @mode:      expiry mode: absolute (HRTIMER_ABS) or relative (HRTIMER_REL)
  *
  * Returns:
@@ -955,7 +956,8 @@ remove_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base)
  *  1 when the timer was active
  */
 int
-hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
+hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, unsigned long delta_ns,
+                       const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
 {
        struct hrtimer_clock_base *base, *new_base;
        unsigned long flags;
@@ -983,7 +985,7 @@ hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
 #endif
        }
 
-       hrtimer_set_expires(timer, tim);
+       hrtimer_set_expires_range_ns(timer, tim, delta_ns);
 
        timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(timer);
 
@@ -1016,8 +1018,26 @@ hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
 
        return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_start_range_ns);
+
+/**
+ * hrtimer_start - (re)start an relative timer on the current CPU
+ * @timer:     the timer to be added
+ * @tim:       expiry time
+ * @mode:      expiry mode: absolute (HRTIMER_ABS) or relative (HRTIMER_REL)
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *  0 on success
+ *  1 when the timer was active
+ */
+int
+hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
+{
+       return hrtimer_start_range_ns(timer, tim, 0, mode);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_start);
 
+
 /**
  * hrtimer_try_to_cancel - try to deactivate a timer
  * @timer:     hrtimer to stop