[PATCH] hrtimer: switch itimers to hrtimer

switch itimers to a hrtimers-based implementation

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 51 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/itimer.c b/kernel/itimer.c
index 7c1b25e25e47..c2c05c4ff28d 100644
--- a/kernel/itimer.c
+++ b/kernel/itimer.c
@@ -12,36 +12,46 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/posix-timers.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-static unsigned long it_real_value(struct signal_struct *sig)
+/**
+ * itimer_get_remtime - get remaining time for the timer
+ *
+ * @timer: the timer to read
+ *
+ * Returns the delta between the expiry time and now, which can be
+ * less than zero or 1usec for an pending expired timer
+ */
+static struct timeval itimer_get_remtime(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
-	unsigned long val = 0;
-	if (timer_pending(&sig->real_timer)) {
-		val = sig->real_timer.expires - jiffies;
+	ktime_t rem = hrtimer_get_remaining(timer);
 
-		/* look out for negative/zero itimer.. */
-		if ((long) val <= 0)
-			val = 1;
-	}
-	return val;
+	/*
+	 * Racy but safe: if the itimer expires after the above
+	 * hrtimer_get_remtime() call but before this condition
+	 * then we return 0 - which is correct.
+	 */
+	if (hrtimer_active(timer)) {
+		if (rem.tv64 <= 0)
+			rem.tv64 = NSEC_PER_USEC;
+	} else
+		rem.tv64 = 0;
+
+	return ktime_to_timeval(rem);
 }
 
 int do_getitimer(int which, struct itimerval *value)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
-	unsigned long interval, val;
 	cputime_t cinterval, cval;
 
 	switch (which) {
 	case ITIMER_REAL:
-		spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-		interval = tsk->signal->it_real_incr;
-		val = it_real_value(tsk->signal);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-		jiffies_to_timeval(val, &value->it_value);
-		jiffies_to_timeval(interval, &value->it_interval);
+		value->it_value = itimer_get_remtime(&tsk->signal->real_timer);
+		value->it_interval =
+			ktime_to_timeval(tsk->signal->it_real_incr);
 		break;
 	case ITIMER_VIRTUAL:
 		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
@@ -113,59 +123,45 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getitimer(int which, struct itimerval __user *value)
 }
 
 
-void it_real_fn(unsigned long __data)
+/*
+ * The timer is automagically restarted, when interval != 0
+ */
+int it_real_fn(void *data)
 {
-	struct task_struct * p = (struct task_struct *) __data;
-	unsigned long inc = p->signal->it_real_incr;
+	struct task_struct *tsk = (struct task_struct *) data;
 
-	send_group_sig_info(SIGALRM, SEND_SIG_PRIV, p);
+	send_group_sig_info(SIGALRM, SEND_SIG_PRIV, tsk);
 
-	/*
-	 * Now restart the timer if necessary.  We don't need any locking
-	 * here because do_setitimer makes sure we have finished running
-	 * before it touches anything.
-	 * Note, we KNOW we are (or should be) at a jiffie edge here so
-	 * we don't need the +1 stuff.  Also, we want to use the prior
-	 * expire value so as to not "slip" a jiffie if we are late.
-	 * Deal with requesting a time prior to "now" here rather than
-	 * in add_timer.
-	 */
-	if (!inc)
-		return;
-	while (time_before_eq(p->signal->real_timer.expires, jiffies))
-		p->signal->real_timer.expires += inc;
-	add_timer(&p->signal->real_timer);
+	if (tsk->signal->it_real_incr.tv64 != 0) {
+		hrtimer_forward(&tsk->signal->real_timer,
+			       tsk->signal->it_real_incr);
+
+		return HRTIMER_RESTART;
+	}
+	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }
 
 int do_setitimer(int which, struct itimerval *value, struct itimerval *ovalue)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
- 	unsigned long val, interval, expires;
+	struct hrtimer *timer;
+	ktime_t expires;
 	cputime_t cval, cinterval, nval, ninterval;
 
 	switch (which) {
 	case ITIMER_REAL:
-again:
-		spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-		interval = tsk->signal->it_real_incr;
-		val = it_real_value(tsk->signal);
-		/* We are sharing ->siglock with it_real_fn() */
-		if (try_to_del_timer_sync(&tsk->signal->real_timer) < 0) {
-			spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-			goto again;
-		}
-		tsk->signal->it_real_incr =
-			timeval_to_jiffies(&value->it_interval);
-		expires = timeval_to_jiffies(&value->it_value);
-		if (expires)
-			mod_timer(&tsk->signal->real_timer,
-				  jiffies + 1 + expires);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+		timer = &tsk->signal->real_timer;
+		hrtimer_cancel(timer);
 		if (ovalue) {
-			jiffies_to_timeval(val, &ovalue->it_value);
-			jiffies_to_timeval(interval,
-					   &ovalue->it_interval);
+			ovalue->it_value = itimer_get_remtime(timer);
+			ovalue->it_interval
+				= ktime_to_timeval(tsk->signal->it_real_incr);
 		}
+		tsk->signal->it_real_incr =
+			timeval_to_ktime(value->it_interval);
+		expires = timeval_to_ktime(value->it_value);
+		if (expires.tv64 != 0)
+			hrtimer_start(timer, expires, HRTIMER_REL);
 		break;
 	case ITIMER_VIRTUAL:
 		nval = timeval_to_cputime(&value->it_value);