UNTIMEOUT(9F) Kernel Functions for Drivers UNTIMEOUT(9F)

untimeout - cancel previous timeout function call

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/conf.h>
clock_t untimeout(timeout_id_t id);

Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).

id

Opaque timeout ID from a previous timeout(9F) call.

The untimeout() function cancels a pending timeout(9F) request. untimeout() will not return until the pending callback is cancelled or has run. Because of this, locks acquired by the callback routine must not be held across the call to untimeout() or a deadlock may result.

Since no mutex should be held across the call to untimeout(), there is a race condition between the occurrence of an expected event and the execution of the timeout handler. In particular, it should be noted that no problems will result from calling untimeout() for a timeout which is either running on another CPU, or has already completed. Drivers should be structured with the understanding that the arrival of both an interrupt and a timeout for that interrupt can occasionally occur, in either order.

The untimeout() function returns -1 if the id is not found. Otherwise, it returns an integer value greater than or equal to 0.

The untimeout() function can be called from user, interrupt, or kernel context.

In the following example, the device driver has issued an IO request and is waiting for the device to respond. If the device does not respond within 5 seconds, the device driver will print out an error message to the console.


static void
xxtimeout_handler(void *arg)
{

struct xxstate *xsp = (struct xxstate *)arg;
mutex_enter(&xsp->lock);
cv_signal(&xsp->cv);
xsp->flags |= TIMED_OUT;
mutex_exit(&xsp->lock);
xsp->timeout_id = 0; } static uint_t xxintr(caddr_t arg) {
struct xxstate *xsp = (struct xxstate *)arg;
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mutex_enter(&xsp->lock);
/* Service interrupt */
cv_signal(&xsp->cv);
mutex_exit(&xsp->lock);
if (xsp->timeout_id != 0) {
(void) untimeout(xsp->timeout_id);
xsp->timeout_id = 0;
}
return(DDI_INTR_CLAIMED); } static void xxcheckcond(struct xxstate *xsp) {
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xsp->timeout_id = timeout(xxtimeout_handler,
xsp, (5 * drv_usectohz(1000000)));
mutex_enter(&xsp->lock);
while (/* Waiting for interrupt or timeout*/)
cv_wait(&xsp->cv, &xsp->lock);
if (xsp->flags & TIMED_OUT)
cmn_err(CE_WARN, "Device not responding");
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mutex_exit(&xsp->lock);
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. }

open(9E), cv_signal(9F), cv_wait_sig(9F), delay(9F), timeout(9F)

Writing Device Drivers

February 12, 2014 OmniOS