The patch titled
timerfd: introduce a new hrtimer_forward_now() function
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
timerfd-v3-introduce-a-new-hrtimer_forward_now-function.patch
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Subject: timerfd: introduce a new hrtimer_forward_now() function
From: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I think that advancing the timer against the timer's current "now" can be a
pretty common usage, so, w/out exposing hrtimer's internals, we add a new
hrtimer_forward_now() function.
Signed-off-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/hrtimer.h | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff -puN include/linux/hrtimer.h~timerfd-v3-introduce-a-new-hrtimer_forward_now-function include/linux/hrtimer.h
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h~timerfd-v3-introduce-a-new-hrtimer_forward_now-function
+++ a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -298,6 +298,13 @@ static inline int hrtimer_is_queued(stru
extern unsigned long
hrtimer_forward(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval);
+/* Forward a hrtimer so it expires after the hrtimer's current now */
+static inline unsigned long hrtimer_forward_now(struct hrtimer *timer,
+ ktime_t interval)
+{
+ return hrtimer_forward(timer, timer->base->get_time(), interval);
+}
+
/* Precise sleep: */
extern long hrtimer_nanosleep(struct timespec *rqtp,
struct timespec *rmtp,
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
timerfd-v3-introduce-a-new-hrtimer_forward_now-function.patch
timerfd-v3-new-timerfd-api.patch
timerfd-v3-wire-the-new-timerfd-api-to-the-x86-family.patch
timerfd-v3-un-break-config_timerfd.patch
git-kvm.patch
use-wake_up_locked-in-eventpoll.patch
fs-signalfdc-should-include-linux-syscallsh.patch
fs-eventfdc-should-include-linux-syscallsh.patch
fs-remove-dead-config-config_has_compat_epoll_event-symbol.patch
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