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+/*
+ *  fs/timerfd.c
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2007  Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
+ *
+ *
+ *  Thanks to Thomas Gleixner for code reviews and useful comments.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
+#include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
+#include <linux/timerfd.h>
+
+struct timerfd_ctx {
+       struct hrtimer tmr;
+       ktime_t tintv;
+       spinlock_t lock;
+       wait_queue_head_t wqh;
+       int expired;
+};
+
+/*
+ * This gets called when the timer event triggers. We set the "expired"
+ * flag, but we do not re-arm the timer (in case it's necessary,
+ * tintv.tv64 != 0) until the timer is read.
+ */
+static enum hrtimer_restart timerfd_tmrproc(struct hrtimer *htmr)
+{
+       struct timerfd_ctx *ctx = container_of(htmr, struct timerfd_ctx, tmr);
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
+       ctx->expired = 1;
+       wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
+
+       return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+}
+
+static void timerfd_setup(struct timerfd_ctx *ctx, int clockid, int flags,
+                         const struct itimerspec *ktmr)
+{
+       enum hrtimer_mode htmode;
+       ktime_t texp;
+
+       htmode = (flags & TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME) ?
+               HRTIMER_MODE_ABS: HRTIMER_MODE_REL;
+
+       texp = timespec_to_ktime(ktmr->it_value);
+       ctx->expired = 0;
+       ctx->tintv = timespec_to_ktime(ktmr->it_interval);
+       hrtimer_init(&ctx->tmr, clockid, htmode);
+       ctx->tmr.expires = texp;
+       ctx->tmr.function = timerfd_tmrproc;
+       if (texp.tv64 != 0)
+               hrtimer_start(&ctx->tmr, texp, htmode);
+}
+
+static int timerfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+       struct timerfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
+
+       hrtimer_cancel(&ctx->tmr);
+       kfree(ctx);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned int timerfd_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
+{
+       struct timerfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
+       unsigned int events = 0;
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       poll_wait(file, &ctx->wqh, wait);
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
+       if (ctx->expired)
+               events |= POLLIN;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
+
+       return events;
+}
+
+static ssize_t timerfd_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
+                           loff_t *ppos)
+{
+       struct timerfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
+       ssize_t res;
+       u32 ticks = 0;
+       DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
+
+       if (count < sizeof(ticks))
+               return -EINVAL;
+       spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+       res = -EAGAIN;
+       if (!ctx->expired && !(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) {
+               __add_wait_queue(&ctx->wqh, &wait);
+               for (res = 0;;) {
+                       set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+                       if (ctx->expired) {
+                               res = 0;
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       if (signal_pending(current)) {
+                               res = -ERESTARTSYS;
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+                       schedule();
+                       spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+               }
+               __remove_wait_queue(&ctx->wqh, &wait);
+               __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+       }
+       if (ctx->expired) {
+               ctx->expired = 0;
+               if (ctx->tintv.tv64 != 0) {
+                       /*
+                        * If tintv.tv64 != 0, this is a periodic timer that
+                        * needs to be re-armed. We avoid doing it in the timer
+                        * callback to avoid DoS attacks specifying a very
+                        * short timer period.
+                        */
+                       ticks = (u32)
+                               hrtimer_forward(&ctx->tmr,
+                                               hrtimer_cb_get_time(&ctx->tmr),
+                                               ctx->tintv);
+                       hrtimer_restart(&ctx->tmr);
+               } else
+                       ticks = 1;
+       }
+       spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+       if (ticks)
+               res = put_user(ticks, buf) ? -EFAULT: sizeof(ticks);
+       return res;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations timerfd_fops = {
+       .release        = timerfd_release,
+       .poll           = timerfd_poll,
+       .read           = timerfd_read,
+};
+
+asmlinkage long sys_timerfd(int ufd, int clockid, int flags,
+                           const struct itimerspec __user *utmr)
+{
+       int error;
+       struct timerfd_ctx *ctx;
+       struct file *file;
+       struct inode *inode;
+       struct itimerspec ktmr;
+
+       if (copy_from_user(&ktmr, utmr, sizeof(ktmr)))
+               return -EFAULT;
+
+       if (clockid != CLOCK_MONOTONIC &&
+           clockid != CLOCK_REALTIME)
+               return -EINVAL;
+       if (!timespec_valid(&ktmr.it_value) ||
+           !timespec_valid(&ktmr.it_interval))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (ufd == -1) {
+               ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!ctx)
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+
+               init_waitqueue_head(&ctx->wqh);
+               spin_lock_init(&ctx->lock);
+
+               timerfd_setup(ctx, clockid, flags, &ktmr);
+
+               /*
+                * When we call this, the initialization must be complete, since
+                * anon_inode_getfd() will install the fd.
+                */
+               error = anon_inode_getfd(&ufd, &inode, &file, "[timerfd]",
+                                        &timerfd_fops, ctx);
+               if (error)
+                       goto err_tmrcancel;
+       } else {
+               file = fget(ufd);
+               if (!file)
+                       return -EBADF;
+               ctx = file->private_data;
+               if (file->f_op != &timerfd_fops) {
+                       fput(file);
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+               /*
+                * We need to stop the existing timer before reprogramming
+                * it to the new values.
+                */
+               for (;;) {
+                       spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+                       if (hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&ctx->tmr) >= 0)
+                               break;
+                       spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+                       cpu_relax();
+               }
+               /*
+                * Re-program the timer to the new value ...
+                */
+               timerfd_setup(ctx, clockid, flags, &ktmr);
+
+               spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+               fput(file);
+       }
+
+       return ufd;
+
+err_tmrcancel:
+       hrtimer_cancel(&ctx->tmr);
+       kfree(ctx);
+       return error;
+}
+