ADD_TIMER(9) Driver Basics ADD_TIMER(9)NAME
add_timer - start a timer
SYNOPSIS
void add_timer(struct timer_list * timer);
ARGUMENTS
timer
the timer to be added
DESCRIPTION
The kernel will do a ->function(->data) callback from the timer interrupt at the ->expires point in the future. The current time is
'jiffies'.
The timer's ->expires, ->function (and if the handler uses it, ->data) fields must be set prior calling this function.
Timers with an ->expires field in the past will be executed in the next timer tick.
COPYRIGHT Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 ADD_TIMER(9)
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iv_timer(3) ivykis programmer's manual iv_timer(3)NAME
iv_timer_register, iv_timer_unregister, iv_timer_registered - deal with ivykis timers
SYNOPSIS
#include <iv.h>
struct iv_timer {
struct timespec expires;
void *cookie;
void (*handler)(void *);
};
void IV_TIMER_INIT(struct iv_timer *timer);
void iv_timer_register(struct iv_timer *timer);
void iv_timer_unregister(struct iv_timer *timer);
int iv_timer_registered(struct iv_timer *timer);
DESCRIPTION
The functions iv_timer_register and iv_timer_unregister register, respectively unregister, a timer with the current thread's ivykis event
loop. iv_timer_registered on a timer returns true if that timer is currently registered with ivykis.
When a timer that is registered becomes 'ready', due to the current system clock value becoming greater than or equal to the timer's
->expires member field, the callback function specified by ->handler is called in the thread that the timer was registered in, with
->cookie as its first and sole argument. When this happens, the timer is transparently unregistered.
The application is allowed to change the ->cookie and ->handler members at any time. The application is not allowed to change the
->expires member while the timer is registered.
A given struct iv_timer can only be registered in one thread at a time, and a timer can only be unregistered in the thread that it was reg-
istered from.
There is no limit on the number of timers registered at once.
See iv_examples(3) for programming examples.
SEE ALSO ivykis(3), iv_examples(3)ivykis 2010-08-15 iv_timer(3)
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