151 lines
5.2 KiB
Groff
151 lines
5.2 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: timeout.9,v 1.2 1996/06/23 22:32:34 pk Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Paul Kranenburg.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
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.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
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.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
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.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd September 10, 1996
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.Dt TIMEOUT 9
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm timeout
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.Nd execute a function after a specified length of time
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/systm.h>
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.Ft typedef void timeout_t \*(lpvoid *\*(rp;
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.Ft struct callout_handle
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.Fn timeout "timeout_t *func" "void *arg" "int ticks"
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.Ft void
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.Fn callout_handle_init "struct callout_handle *"
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.Li struct callout_handle handle = CALLOUT_HANDLE_INITIALIZER(&handle)
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.Ft void
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.Fn untimeout "timeout_t *func" "void *arg" "struct callout_handle handle"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The function
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.Fn timeout
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schedules a call to the function given by the argument
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.Fa func
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to take place after
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.Fa ticks Ns No /hz
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seconds. Non-positive values of
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.Fa ticks
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are silently converted to the value
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.Sq 1 .
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.Fa func
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should be a pointer to a function that takes a
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.Fa void *
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argument.
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Upon invocation,
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.Fa func
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will receive
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.Fa arg
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as it's only argument.
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The return value from
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.Fn timeout
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is a
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.Ft struct callout_handle
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which can be used in conjunction with the
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.Fn untimeout
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function to request that a scheduled timeout be canceled.
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.Pp
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The function
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.Fn callout_handle_init
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can be used to initialize a handle to a state which will cause
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any calls to untimeout with that handle to return with no side
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effects.
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.Pp
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Assigning a callout handle the value of
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.Fn CALLOUT_HANDLE_INITIALIZER
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performs the same function as
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.Fn callout_handle_init
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and is provided for use on statically declared or global callout handles.
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.Pp
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The function
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.Fn untimeout
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cancels the timeout associated with
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.Fa handle
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using the
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.Fa func
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and
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.Fa arg
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arguments to validate the handle.
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If the handle does not correspond to a timeout with
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the function
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.Fa func
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taking the argument
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.Fa arg
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no action is taken.
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.Fa handle
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must be initialized by a previous call to
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.Fn timeout ,
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.Fn callout_handle_init ,
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or assigned the value of
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.Fn CALLOUT_HANDLE_INITIALIZER "&handle"
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before being passed to
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.Fn untimeout .
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The behavior of calling untimeout without a previously initialized handle
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is undefined.
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.Pp
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As handles are recycled by the system, it is possible (although unlikely)
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that a handle from one invocation of
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.Fn timeout
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may match the handle of another invocation of
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.Fn timeout
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if both calls used the same function pointer and argument, and the first
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timeout is expired or canceled before the second call.
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The timeout facility offers O(1) running time for
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.Fn timeout
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and
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.Fn untimeout .
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Timeouts are executed from
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.Fn softclock
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at spl0 and are protected from re-entrancy.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The current timeout and untimeout routines are based on the work of
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Adam M. Costello and George Varghese, published in a technical report entitled
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.%T "Redesigning the BSD Callout and Timer Facilities"
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and modified slightly for inclusion in FreeBSD by Justin T. Gibbs.
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The original work on the data structures used in this implementation
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was published by G.Varghese and A. Lauck in the paper
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.%T "Hashed and Hierarchical Timing Wheels: Data Structures for the Efficient Implementation of a Timer Facility"
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in the
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.%B "Proceedings of the 11th ACM Annual Symposium on Operating Systems Principles" .
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The current implementation replaces the long standing BSD linked list
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callout mechanism which offered O(n) insertion and removal running time
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but did not generate or require handles for untimeout operations.
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