Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]> writes:
> could you also include the patch to add the user (say evdev) in the same
> patch please?
here is my complete patch updated for -rc7:
Summary:
- export do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime
- implement an ioctl call for EVDEV to request timestamping of events with
monotonic time.
For complete explanation see my previous mail http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/10/6/92
Signed-off-by: Michal Maruska <[email protected]>
--- linux-2.6.15-rc7/kernel/posix-timers.c 2005-12-26 13:01:54.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.15-rc7.mmc/kernel/posix-timers.c 2005-12-26 22:59:11.883817855 +0100
@@ -1219,6 +1219,7 @@ int do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(str
{
return do_posix_clock_monotonic_get(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, tp);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime);
int do_posix_clock_nosettime(clockid_t clockid, struct timespec *tp)
{
--- linux-2.6.15-rc7/drivers/input/evdev.c 2005-12-26 13:01:54.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.15-rc7.mmc/drivers/input/evdev.c 2005-12-27 16:41:06.842396740 +0100
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
* the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *
+ * 2005-12-27 Optional timestamping with monotonic time
+ * by Michal Maruska <[email protected]>
+ *
*/
#define EVDEV_MINOR_BASE 64
@@ -37,6 +42,7 @@ struct evdev_list {
struct input_event buffer[EVDEV_BUFFER_SIZE];
int head;
int tail;
+ int time_kind; /* which time to use for the timestamps. Monotonic or timeofday. Should I use enum? */
struct fasync_struct *fasync;
struct evdev *evdev;
struct list_head node;
@@ -44,15 +50,37 @@ struct evdev_list {
static struct evdev *evdev_table[EVDEV_MINORS];
+static inline
+void
+mem_copy_time(struct timeval *a, struct timeval* b)
+{
+ memcpy(a, b, sizeof(struct timeval));
+}
+
static void evdev_event(struct input_handle *handle, unsigned int type, unsigned int code, int value)
{
struct evdev *evdev = handle->private;
struct evdev_list *list;
+ struct timeval mtv, dtv;
+ /* `do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime' delivers a different struct,
+ * but i do the conversion immediately, and once. */
+ struct timespec mts;
+
+ do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&mts);
+ mtv.tv_sec = mts.tv_sec;
+ mtv.tv_usec = mts.tv_nsec / 1000;
+
+ do_gettimeofday(&dtv); /* for backward compatibility: */
+
if (evdev->grab) {
list = evdev->grab;
- do_gettimeofday(&list->buffer[list->head].time);
+ if (list->time_kind == EV_USE_DAY_TIME)
+ mem_copy_time(&list->buffer[list->head].time,&dtv);
+ else
+ mem_copy_time(&list->buffer[list->head].time,&mtv);
+
list->buffer[list->head].type = type;
list->buffer[list->head].code = code;
list->buffer[list->head].value = value;
@@ -62,7 +90,11 @@ static void evdev_event(struct input_han
} else
list_for_each_entry(list, &evdev->list, node) {
- do_gettimeofday(&list->buffer[list->head].time);
+ if (list->time_kind == EV_USE_DAY_TIME)
+ mem_copy_time(&list->buffer[list->head].time,&dtv);
+ else
+ mem_copy_time(&list->buffer[list->head].time,&mtv);
+
list->buffer[list->head].type = type;
list->buffer[list->head].code = code;
list->buffer[list->head].value = value;
@@ -134,6 +166,7 @@ static int evdev_open(struct inode * ino
return -ENOMEM;
memset(list, 0, sizeof(struct evdev_list));
+ list->time_kind = EV_USE_DAY_TIME; /* for backward compatibility! */
list->evdev = evdev_table[i];
list_add_tail(&list->node, &evdev_table[i]->list);
file->private_data = list;
@@ -370,6 +403,17 @@ static long evdev_ioctl(struct file *fil
evdev->grab = NULL;
return 0;
}
+ case EVIOCTIME:
+ switch (arg) {
+ case EV_USE_MONOTONIC_TIME:
+ list->time_kind = EV_USE_MONOTONIC_TIME;
+ return 0;
+ case EV_USE_DAY_TIME:
+ list->time_kind = EV_USE_DAY_TIME;
+ return 0;
+ default:
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
default:
--- linux-2.6.15-rc7/include/linux/input.h 2005-12-26 13:01:54.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.15-rc7.mmc/include/linux/input.h 2005-12-27 16:48:09.932302548 +0100
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ struct input_absinfo {
#define EVIOCGRAB _IOW('E', 0x90, int) /* Grab/Release device */
+#define EVIOCTIME _IOW('E', 0x91, int) /* choose what kind of time to use for timestamps */
+
+/*
+ * Time used to timestamp
+ */
+#define EV_USE_MONOTONIC_TIME 0
+#define EV_USE_DAY_TIME 1
+
+
/*
* Event types
*/
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