timer.h revision c020f002e3c0ddee53c7c9f45633d9173282a2b0
/** @file
* IPRT - Timer.
*/
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#ifndef ___iprt_timer_h
#define ___iprt_timer_h
/** @defgroup grp_rt_timer RTTimer - Timer
*
* The IPRT timer API provides a simple abstraction of recurring and one-shot callback timers.
*
* Because of the great variation in the native APIs and the quality of
* the service delivered by those native APIs, the timers are operated
* on at best effort basis.
*
* All the ring-3 implementations are naturally at the mercy of the scheduler,
* which means that the callback rate might vary quite a bit and we might skip
* ticks. Many systems have a restriction that a process can only have one
* timer. IPRT currently makes no efforts at multiplexing timers in those kind
* of situations and will simply fail if you try to create more than one timer.
*
* Things are generally better in ring-0. The implementations will use interrupt
* time callbacks wherever available, and if not, resort to a high priority
* kernel thread.
*
* @ingroup grp_rt
* @{
*/
/** Timer handle. */
/**
* Timer callback function.
*
* The context this call is made in varies with different platforms and
* kernel / user mode IPRT.
*
* In kernel mode a timer callback should not waste time, it shouldn't
* waste stack and it should be prepared that some APIs might not work
* correctly because of weird OS restrictions in this context that we
* haven't discovered and avoided yet. Please fix those APIs so they
* at least avoid panics and weird behaviour.
*
* @param pTimer Timer handle.
* @param pvUser User argument.
* @param iTick The current timer tick. This is always 1 on the first
* callback after the timer was started. For omni timers
* this will be 1 when a cpu comes back online.
*/
/** Pointer to FNRTTIMER() function. */
typedef FNRTTIMER *PFNRTTIMER;
/**
* Create a recurring timer.
*
* @returns iprt status code.
* @param ppTimer Where to store the timer handle.
* @param uMilliesInterval Milliseconds between the timer ticks.
* This is rounded up to the system granularity.
* @param pfnTimer Callback function which shall be scheduled for execution
* on every timer tick.
* @param pvUser User argument for the callback.
* @see RTTimerCreateEx, RTTimerStart, RTTimerStop, RTTimerChangeInterval,
* RTTimerDestroy, RTTimerGetSystemGranularity
*/
RTDECL(int) RTTimerCreate(PRTTIMER *ppTimer, unsigned uMilliesInterval, PFNRTTIMER pfnTimer, void *pvUser);
/**
* Create a suspended timer.
*
* @returns iprt status code.
* @retval VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if an unsupported flag was specfied.
* @retval VERR_CPU_NOT_FOUND if the specified CPU
*
* @param ppTimer Where to store the timer handle.
* @param u64NanoInterval The interval between timer ticks specified in nanoseconds if it's
* a recurring timer. This is rounded to the fit the system timer granularity.
* For one shot timers, pass 0.
* @param fFlags Timer flags.
* @param pfnTimer Callback function which shall be scheduled for execution
* on every timer tick.
* @param pvUser User argument for the callback.
* @see RTTimerStart, RTTimerStop, RTTimerChangeInterval, RTTimerDestroy,
* RTTimerGetSystemGranularity, RTTimerCanDoHighResolution
*/
RTDECL(int) RTTimerCreateEx(PRTTIMER *ppTimer, uint64_t u64NanoInterval, uint32_t fFlags, PFNRTTIMER pfnTimer, void *pvUser);
/** @name RTTimerCreateEx flags
* @{ */
/** Any CPU is fine. (Must be 0.) */
#define RTTIMER_FLAGS_CPU_ANY UINT32_C(0)
/** One specific CPU */
/** Omni timer, run on all online CPUs.
* @remarks The timer callback isn't necessarily running at the time same time on each CPU. */
/** CPU mask. */
/** Desire a high resolution timer that works with RTTimerChangeInterval and
* isn't subject to RTTimerGetSystemGranularity rounding.
* @remarks This is quietly ignored if the feature isn't supported. */
/** Convert a CPU set index (0-based) to RTTimerCreateEx flags.
* This will automatically OR in the RTTIMER_FLAGS_CPU_SPECIFIC flag. */
/** Macro that validates the flags. */
#define RTTIMER_FLAGS_ARE_VALID(fFlags) \
/** @} */
/**
* Stops and destroys a running timer.
*
* @returns iprt status code.
* @param pTimer Timer to stop and destroy. NULL is ok.
*/
/**
* Starts a suspended timer.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @retval VERR_INVALID_HANDLE if pTimer isn't valid.
* @retval VERR_TIMER_ACTIVE if the timer isn't suspended.
* @retval VERR_CPU_OFFLINE if the CPU the timer was created to run on is not
* online (this include the case where it's not present in the
* system).
*
* @param pTimer The timer to activate.
* @param u64First The RTTimeSystemNanoTS() for when the timer should start
* firing (relative). If 0 is specified, the timer will
* fire ASAP.
* @remarks When RTTimerCanDoHighResolution returns true, this API is
* callable with preemption disabled in ring-0.
* @see RTTimerStop
*/
/**
* Stops an active timer.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @retval VERR_INVALID_HANDLE if pTimer isn't valid.
* @retval VERR_TIMER_SUSPENDED if the timer isn't active.
* @retval VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the IPRT implementation doesn't support
* stopping a timer.
*
* @param pTimer The timer to suspend.
* @remarks Can be called from the timer callback function to stop it.
* @see RTTimerStart
*/
/**
* Changes the interval of a periodic timer.
*
* If the timer is active, it is implementation dependent whether the change
* takes place immediately or after the next tick. To get defined behavior,
* stop the timer before calling this API.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @retval VERR_INVALID_HANDLE if pTimer isn't valid.
* @retval VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if not supported.
*
* @param pTimer The timer to activate.
* @param u64NanoInterval The interval between timer ticks specified in
* nanoseconds. This is rounded to the fit the
* system timer granularity.
* @remarks Callable from the timer callback. Callable with preemption
* disabled in ring-0.
*/
/**
* Gets the (current) timer granularity of the system.
*
* @returns The timer granularity of the system in nanoseconds.
* @see RTTimerRequestSystemGranularity
*/
/**
* Requests a specific system timer granularity.
*
* Successfull calls to this API must be coupled with the exact same number of
* calls to RTTimerReleaseSystemGranularity() in order to undo any changes made.
*
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @retval VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the requested value isn't supported by the host platform
* or if the host platform doesn't support modifying the system timer granularity.
* @retval VERR_PERMISSION_DENIED if the caller doesn't have the necessary privilege to
* modify the system timer granularity.
*
* @param u32Request The requested system timer granularity in nanoseconds.
* @param pu32Granted Where to store the granted system granularity. This is the value
* that should be passed to RTTimerReleaseSystemGranularity(). It
* is what RTTimerGetSystemGranularity() would return immediately
* after the change was made.
*
* The value differ from the request in two ways; rounding and
* scale. Meaning if your request is for 10.000.000 you might
* be granted 10.000.055 or 1.000.000.
* @see RTTimerReleaseSystemGranularity, RTTimerGetSystemGranularity
*/
/**
* Releases a system timer granularity grant acquired by RTTimerRequestSystemGranularity().
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @retval VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the host platform doesn't have any way of modifying
* the system timer granularity.
* @retval VERR_WRONG_ORDER if nobody call RTTimerRequestSystemGranularity() with the
* given grant value.
* @param u32Granted The granted system granularity.
* @see RTTimerRequestSystemGranularity
*/
/**
* Checks if the system support high resolution timers.
*
* The kind of support we are checking for is the kind of dynamically
* reprogrammable timers employed by recent Solaris and Linux kernels. It also
* implies that we can specify microsecond (or even better maybe) intervals
* without getting into trouble.
*
* @returns true if supported, false it not.
*
* @remarks Returning true also means RTTimerChangeInterval must be implemented
* and RTTimerStart be callable with preemption disabled.
*/
RTDECL(bool) RTTimerCanDoHighResolution(void);
/**
* Timer callback function for low res timers.
*
* This is identfical to FNRTTIMER except for the first parameter, so
* see FNRTTIMER for details.
*
* @param hTimerLR The low resolution timer handle.
* @param pvUser User argument.
* @param iTick The current timer tick. This is always 1 on the first
* callback after the timer was started. Will jump if we've
* skipped ticks when lagging behind.
*/
/** Pointer to FNRTTIMER() function. */
typedef FNRTTIMERLR *PFNRTTIMERLR;
/**
* Create a recurring low resolution timer.
*
* @returns iprt status code.
* @param phTimerLR Where to store the timer handle.
* @param uMilliesInterval Milliseconds between the timer ticks, at least 100 ms.
* If higher resolution is required use the other API.
* @param pfnTimer Callback function which shall be scheduled for execution
* on every timer tick.
* @param pvUser User argument for the callback.
* @see RTTimerLRCreateEx, RTTimerLRDestroy, RTTimerLRStop
*/
RTDECL(int) RTTimerLRCreate(PRTTIMERLR phTimerLR, uint32_t uMilliesInterval, PFNRTTIMERLR pfnTimer, void *pvUser);
/**
* Create a suspended low resolution timer.
*
* @returns iprt status code.
* @retval VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if an unsupported flag was specfied.
*
* @param phTimerLR Where to store the timer handle.
* @param u64NanoInterval The interval between timer ticks specified in nanoseconds if it's
* a recurring timer, the minimum for is 100000000 ns.
* For one shot timers, pass 0.
* @param fFlags Timer flags. Same as RTTimerCreateEx.
* @param pfnTimer Callback function which shall be scheduled for execution
* on every timer tick.
* @param pvUser User argument for the callback.
* @see RTTimerLRStart, RTTimerLRStop, RTTimerLRDestroy
*/
RTDECL(int) RTTimerLRCreateEx(PRTTIMERLR phTimerLR, uint64_t u64NanoInterval, uint32_t fFlags, PFNRTTIMERLR pfnTimer, void *pvUser);
/**
* Stops and destroys a running low resolution timer.
*
* @returns iprt status code.
* @param hTimerLR The low resolution timer to stop and destroy.
* NIL_RTTIMERLR is accepted.
*/
/**
* Starts a low resolution timer.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @retval VERR_INVALID_HANDLE if pTimer isn't valid.
* @retval VERR_TIMER_ACTIVE if the timer isn't suspended.
*
* @param hTimerLR The low resolution timer to activate.
* @param u64First The RTTimeSystemNanoTS() for when the timer should start
* firing (relative), the minimum is 100000000 ns.
* If 0 is specified, the timer will fire ASAP.
*
* @see RTTimerLRStop
*/
/**
* Stops an active low resolution timer.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @retval VERR_INVALID_HANDLE if pTimer isn't valid.
* @retval VERR_TIMER_SUSPENDED if the timer isn't active.
* @retval VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the IPRT implementation doesn't support stopping a timer.
*
* @param hTimerLR The low resolution timer to suspend.
*
* @see RTTimerLRStart
*/
/**
* Changes the interval of a low resolution timer.
*
* If the timer is active, the next tick will occure immediately just like with
* RTTimerLRStart() when u64First parameter is zero.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @retval VERR_INVALID_HANDLE if pTimer isn't valid.
* @retval VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if not supported.
*
* @param hTimerLR The low resolution timer to update.
* @param u64NanoInterval The interval between timer ticks specified in
* nanoseconds. This is rounded to the fit the
* system timer granularity.
* @remarks Callable from the timer callback.
*/
/** @} */
#endif