On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:59:04 +0200, Ivan Orlov wrote: > --- a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h > +++ b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h (snip) > +/* > + * This structure describes the userspace-driven timer. Such timers are purely virtual, > + * and can only be triggered from software (for instance, by userspace application). > + */ > +struct snd_utimer_info { > + /* > + * To pretend being a normal timer, we need to know the frame rate and > + * the period size in frames. > + */ > + snd_pcm_uframes_t frame_rate; > + snd_pcm_uframes_t period_size; The units in timer API should be independent from PCM. So use the explicit type such as __u64 here (so that you don't need the compat ioctl conversion, too). > + unsigned int id; > +}; We often put some reserved fields for future extension. But I'm not sure whether it's needed at this time for this kind of simple interface, though. > #define SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_PVERSION _IOR('T', 0x00, int) > #define SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_NEXT_DEVICE _IOWR('T', 0x01, struct snd_timer_id) > #define SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_TREAD_OLD _IOW('T', 0x02, int) > @@ -990,6 +1005,8 @@ struct snd_timer_status { > #define SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_CONTINUE _IO('T', 0xa2) > #define SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_PAUSE _IO('T', 0xa3) > #define SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_TREAD64 _IOW('T', 0xa4, int) > +#define SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_CREATE _IOWR('T', 0xa5, struct snd_utimer_info) > +#define SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_TRIGGER _IO('T', 0xa6) Once after adding the new API, don't forget to bump the protocol version defined in SNDRV_TIMER_VERSION. > --- a/sound/core/timer.c > +++ b/sound/core/timer.c (snip) > +#ifdef CONFIG_SND_UTIMER > +/* > + * Since userspace-driven timers are passed to userspace, we need to have an identifier > + * which will allow us to use them (basically, the subdevice number of udriven timer). > + */ > +DEFINE_IDA(snd_utimer_ids); Missing static. > +static int snd_utimer_create(struct snd_utimer_info *utimer_info, > + struct snd_utimer **r_utimer) > +{ (snip) > + err = snd_timer_new(NULL, utimer->name, &tid, &timer); > + if (err < 0) { > + pr_err("Can't create userspace-driven timer\n"); > + goto err_timer_new; > + } > + > + timer->module = THIS_MODULE; > + timer->hw = timer_hw; > + timer->hw.resolution = NANO / utimer_info->frame_rate * utimer_info->period_size; A sanity check is definitely needed for parameters like this. e.g. you'd hit a zero-division Oops with this code. Also, the resolution should be neither too small nor too high. > +static int snd_utimer_ioctl_create(struct file *file, > + struct snd_utimer_info __user *_utimer_info) > +{ > + struct snd_utimer *utimer; > + struct snd_utimer_info *utimer_info; > + int err; > + > + utimer_info = memdup_user(_utimer_info, sizeof(*utimer_info)); > + if (IS_ERR(utimer_info)) > + return PTR_ERR(no_free_ptr(utimer_info)); no_free_ptr() is used only for the automatic cleanup stuff. > +static int snd_utimer_ioctl_create(struct file *file, > + struct snd_utimer_info __user *_utimer_info) > +{ > + return -EINVAL; Better to keep -ENOTTY? thanks, Takashi