Hi Cyrill,
On 06/24/2014 06:03 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> The read() of timerfd files allows to fetch the number of timer ticks
> while there is no way to set it back from userspace.
>
> To restore the timer's state as it was at checkpoint moment we need
> a path to bring @ticks back. Initially I thought about writing ticks
> back via write() interface but it seems such API is somehow obscure.
>
> Instead implement timerfd_ioctl() method with TFD_IOC_SET_TICKS
> command which allows to adjust @ticks into non-zero value waking
> up the waiters.
>
> I wrapped code with CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE which can be
> dropped off if there users except c/r camp appear.
>
> v2 (by akpm@):
> -Use define timerfd_ioctl NULL for non c/r config
>
> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Andrey Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> A nit fixed for for non c/r config in timerfd_ioctl declaration
>
> fs/timerfd.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/timerfd.h | 5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
>
> Index: linux-2.6.git/fs/timerfd.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/fs/timerfd.c
> +++ linux-2.6.git/fs/timerfd.c
> @@ -315,12 +315,49 @@ static int timerfd_show(struct seq_file
> #define timerfd_show NULL
> #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
> +static long timerfd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> +{
> + struct timerfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> + switch (cmd) {
> + case TFD_IOC_SET_TICKS: {
> + u64 ticks;
> +
> + if (get_user(ticks, (u64 __user *)arg))
64-bit get_user is currently unsupported on ARM, although it appears work is
ongoing [1].
1. https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/17/260
Regards,
Christopher
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