timeffc.h

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 * This software was developed by Julien Ridoux at the University of Melbourne
 * under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
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 * $FreeBSD: head/sys/sys/timeffc.h 228856 2011-12-24 01:32:01Z lstewart $
 */
 
#ifndef _SYS_TIMEFF_H_
#define _SYS_TIMEFF_H_
 
#include <sys/_ffcounter.h>
 
/*
 * Feed-forward clock estimate
 * Holds time mark as a ffcounter and conversion to bintime based on current
 * timecounter period and offset estimate passed by the synchronization daemon.
 * Provides time of last daemon update, clock status and bound on error.
 */
struct ffclock_estimate {
    struct bintime  update_time;    /* Time of last estimates update. */
    ffcounter   update_ffcount; /* Counter value at last update. */
    ffcounter   leapsec_next;   /* Counter value of next leap second. */
    uint64_t    period;     /* Estimate of counter period. */
    uint32_t    errb_abs;   /* Bound on absolute clock error [ns]. */
    uint32_t    errb_rate;  /* Bound on counter rate error [ps/s]. */
    uint32_t    status;     /* Clock status. */
    int16_t     leapsec_total;  /* All leap seconds seen so far. */
    int8_t      leapsec;    /* Next leap second (in {-1,0,1}). */
};
 
#if __BSD_VISIBLE
#ifdef _KERNEL
 
#ifndef __rtems__
/* Define the kern.sysclock sysctl tree. */
SYSCTL_DECL(_kern_sysclock);
 
/* Define the kern.sysclock.ffclock sysctl tree. */
SYSCTL_DECL(_kern_sysclock_ffclock);
#endif /* __rtems__ */
 
/*
 * Index into the sysclocks array for obtaining the ASCII name of a particular
 * sysclock.
 */
#define SYSCLOCK_FBCK   0
#define SYSCLOCK_FFWD   1
extern int sysclock_active;
 
/*
 * Parameters of counter characterisation required by feed-forward algorithms.
 */
#define FFCLOCK_SKM_SCALE   1024
 
/*
 * Feed-forward clock status
 */
#define FFCLOCK_STA_UNSYNC  1
#define FFCLOCK_STA_WARMUP  2
 
/*
 * Flags for use by sysclock_snap2bintime() and various ffclock_ functions to
 * control how the timecounter hardware is read and how the hardware snapshot is
 * converted into absolute time.
 * {FB|FF}CLOCK_FAST:   Do not read the hardware counter, instead using the
 *          value at last tick. The time returned has a resolution
 *          of the kernel tick timer (1/hz [s]).
 * FFCLOCK_LERP:    Linear interpolation of ffclock time to guarantee
 *          monotonic time.
 * FFCLOCK_LEAPSEC: Include leap seconds.
 * {FB|FF}CLOCK_UPTIME: Time stamp should be relative to system boot, not epoch.
 */
#define FFCLOCK_FAST        0x00000001
#define FFCLOCK_LERP        0x00000002
#define FFCLOCK_LEAPSEC     0x00000004
#define FFCLOCK_UPTIME      0x00000008
#define FFCLOCK_MASK        0x0000ffff
 
#define FBCLOCK_FAST        0x00010000 /* Currently unused. */
#define FBCLOCK_UPTIME      0x00020000
#define FBCLOCK_MASK        0xffff0000
 
/*
 * Feedback clock specific info structure. The feedback clock's estimation of
 * clock error is an absolute figure determined by the NTP algorithm. The status
 * is determined by the userland daemon.
 */
struct fbclock_info {
    struct bintime      error;
    struct bintime      tick_time;
    uint64_t        th_scale;
    int         status;
};
 
/*
 * Feed-forward clock specific info structure. The feed-forward clock's
 * estimation of clock error is an upper bound, which although potentially
 * looser than the feedback clock equivalent, is much more reliable. The status
 * is determined by the userland daemon.
 */
struct ffclock_info {
    struct bintime      error;
    struct bintime      tick_time;
    struct bintime      tick_time_lerp;
    uint64_t        period;
    uint64_t        period_lerp;
    int         leapsec_adjustment;
    int         status;
};
 
/*
 * Snapshot of system clocks and related information. Holds time read from each
 * clock based on a single read of the active hardware timecounter, as well as
 * respective clock information such as error estimates and the ffcounter value
 * at the time of the read.
 */
struct sysclock_snap {
    struct fbclock_info fb_info;
    struct ffclock_info ff_info;
    ffcounter       ffcount;
    unsigned int        delta;
    int         sysclock_active;
};
 
/* Take a snapshot of the system clocks and related information. */
void sysclock_getsnapshot(struct sysclock_snap *clock_snap, int fast);
 
/* Convert a timestamp from the selected system clock into bintime. */
int sysclock_snap2bintime(struct sysclock_snap *cs, struct bintime *bt,
    int whichclock, uint32_t flags);
 
/* Resets feed-forward clock from RTC */
void ffclock_reset_clock(struct timespec *ts);
 
/*
 * Return the current value of the feed-forward clock counter. Essential to
 * measure time interval in counter units. If a fast timecounter is used by the
 * system, may also allow fast but accurate timestamping.
 */
void ffclock_read_counter(ffcounter *ffcount);
 
/*
 * Retrieve feed-forward counter value and time of last kernel tick. This
 * accepts the FFCLOCK_LERP flag.
 */
void ffclock_last_tick(ffcounter *ffcount, struct bintime *bt, uint32_t flags);
 
/*
 * Low level routines to convert a counter timestamp into absolute time and a
 * counter timestamp interval into an interval in seconds. The absolute time
 * conversion accepts the FFCLOCK_LERP flag.
 */
void ffclock_convert_abs(ffcounter ffcount, struct bintime *bt, uint32_t flags);
void ffclock_convert_diff(ffcounter ffdelta, struct bintime *bt);
 
/*
 * Feed-forward clock routines.
 *
 * These functions rely on the timecounters and ffclock_estimates stored in
 * fftimehands. Note that the error_bound parameter is not the error of the
 * clock but an upper bound on the error of the absolute time or time interval
 * returned.
 *
 * ffclock_abstime(): retrieves current time as counter value and convert this
 *     timestamp in seconds. The value (in seconds) of the converted timestamp
 *     depends on the flags passed: for a given counter value, different
 *     conversions are possible. Different clock models can be selected by
 *     combining flags (for example (FFCLOCK_LERP|FFCLOCK_UPTIME) produces
 *     linearly interpolated uptime).
 * ffclock_difftime(): computes a time interval in seconds based on an interval
 *     measured in ffcounter units. This should be the preferred way to measure
 *     small time intervals very accurately.
 */
void ffclock_abstime(ffcounter *ffcount, struct bintime *bt,
    struct bintime *error_bound, uint32_t flags);
void ffclock_difftime(ffcounter ffdelta, struct bintime *bt,
    struct bintime *error_bound);
 
/*
 * Wrapper routines to return current absolute time using the feed-forward
 * clock. These functions are named after those defined in <sys/time.h>, which
 * contains a description of the original ones.
 */
void ffclock_bintime(struct bintime *bt);
void ffclock_nanotime(struct timespec *tsp);
void ffclock_microtime(struct timeval *tvp);
 
void ffclock_getbintime(struct bintime *bt);
void ffclock_getnanotime(struct timespec *tsp);
void ffclock_getmicrotime(struct timeval *tvp);
 
void ffclock_binuptime(struct bintime *bt);
void ffclock_nanouptime(struct timespec *tsp);
void ffclock_microuptime(struct timeval *tvp);
 
void ffclock_getbinuptime(struct bintime *bt);
void ffclock_getnanouptime(struct timespec *tsp);
void ffclock_getmicrouptime(struct timeval *tvp);
 
/*
 * Wrapper routines to convert a time interval specified in ffcounter units into
 * seconds using the current feed-forward clock estimates.
 */
void ffclock_bindifftime(ffcounter ffdelta, struct bintime *bt);
void ffclock_nanodifftime(ffcounter ffdelta, struct timespec *tsp);
void ffclock_microdifftime(ffcounter ffdelta, struct timeval *tvp);
 
/*
 * When FFCLOCK is enabled in the kernel, [get]{bin,nano,micro}[up]time() become
 * wrappers around equivalent feedback or feed-forward functions. Provide access
 * outside of kern_tc.c to the feedback clock equivalent functions for
 * specialised use i.e. these are not for general consumption.
 */
void fbclock_bintime(struct bintime *bt);
void fbclock_nanotime(struct timespec *tsp);
void fbclock_microtime(struct timeval *tvp);
 
void fbclock_getbintime(struct bintime *bt);
void fbclock_getnanotime(struct timespec *tsp);
void fbclock_getmicrotime(struct timeval *tvp);
 
void fbclock_binuptime(struct bintime *bt);
void fbclock_nanouptime(struct timespec *tsp);
void fbclock_microuptime(struct timeval *tvp);
 
void fbclock_getbinuptime(struct bintime *bt);
void fbclock_getnanouptime(struct timespec *tsp);
void fbclock_getmicrouptime(struct timeval *tvp);
 
/*
 * Public system clock wrapper API which allows consumers to select which clock
 * to obtain time from, independent of the current default system clock. These
 * wrappers should be used instead of directly calling the underlying fbclock_
 * or ffclock_ functions.
 */
static inline void
bintime_fromclock(struct bintime *bt, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_bintime(bt);
    else
        fbclock_bintime(bt);
}
 
static inline void
nanotime_fromclock(struct timespec *tsp, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_nanotime(tsp);
    else
        fbclock_nanotime(tsp);
}
 
static inline void
microtime_fromclock(struct timeval *tvp, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_microtime(tvp);
    else
        fbclock_microtime(tvp);
}
 
static inline void
getbintime_fromclock(struct bintime *bt, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_getbintime(bt);
    else
        fbclock_getbintime(bt);
}
 
static inline void
getnanotime_fromclock(struct timespec *tsp, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_getnanotime(tsp);
    else
        fbclock_getnanotime(tsp);
}
 
static inline void
getmicrotime_fromclock(struct timeval *tvp, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_getmicrotime(tvp);
    else
        fbclock_getmicrotime(tvp);
}
 
static inline void
binuptime_fromclock(struct bintime *bt, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_binuptime(bt);
    else
        fbclock_binuptime(bt);
}
 
static inline void
nanouptime_fromclock(struct timespec *tsp, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_nanouptime(tsp);
    else
        fbclock_nanouptime(tsp);
}
 
static inline void
microuptime_fromclock(struct timeval *tvp, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_microuptime(tvp);
    else
        fbclock_microuptime(tvp);
}
 
static inline void
getbinuptime_fromclock(struct bintime *bt, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_getbinuptime(bt);
    else
        fbclock_getbinuptime(bt);
}
 
static inline void
getnanouptime_fromclock(struct timespec *tsp, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_getnanouptime(tsp);
    else
        fbclock_getnanouptime(tsp);
}
 
static inline void
getmicrouptime_fromclock(struct timeval *tvp, int whichclock)
{
 
    if (whichclock == SYSCLOCK_FFWD)
        ffclock_getmicrouptime(tvp);
    else
        fbclock_getmicrouptime(tvp);
}
 
#else /* !_KERNEL */
 
/* Feed-Forward Clock system calls. */
__BEGIN_DECLS
int ffclock_getcounter(ffcounter *ffcount);
int ffclock_getestimate(struct ffclock_estimate *cest);
int ffclock_setestimate(struct ffclock_estimate *cest);
__END_DECLS
 
#endif /* _KERNEL */
#endif /* __BSD_VISIBLE */
#endif /* _SYS_TIMEFF_H_ */