genode/os/include/timer_session/client.h
Norman Feske 3049c1004c Turn 'Timer::Session' into asynchronous interface
The 'Timer::Session::msleep' function is one of the last occurrences of
long-blocking RPC calls. Synchronous blocking RPC interfaces turned out
to be constant source of trouble and code complexity. I.e., a timer
client that also wants to respond to non-timer events was forced to be a
multi-threaded process. This patch replaces the blocking 'msleep' call
by a mechanism for programming timeouts and receiving wakeup signals in
an asynchronous fashion. Thereby signals originating from the timer can
be handled along with signals from other signal sources by a single
thread.

The changed interface has been tested on Linux, L4/Fiasco, OKL4, NOVA,
L4ka::Pistachio, Codezero, Fiasco.OC, and hw_pbxa9. Furthermore, this
patch adds the timer test to autopilot.

Fixes #1
2013-02-14 10:36:06 +01:00

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/*
* \brief Client-side timer session interface
* \author Norman Feske
* \author Markus Partheymueller
* \date 2006-05-31
*/
/*
* Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Genode Labs GmbH
* Copyright (C) 2012 Intel Corporation
*
* This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
*/
#ifndef _INCLUDE__TIMER_SESSION__CLIENT_H_
#define _INCLUDE__TIMER_SESSION__CLIENT_H_
#include <timer_session/capability.h>
#include <base/rpc_client.h>
namespace Timer {
struct Session_client : Genode::Rpc_client<Session>
{
explicit Session_client(Session_capability session)
: Genode::Rpc_client<Session>(session) { }
void trigger_once(unsigned us) { call<Rpc_trigger_once>(us); }
void trigger_periodic(unsigned us) { call<Rpc_trigger_periodic>(us); }
void sigh(Signal_context_capability sigh) { call<Rpc_sigh>(sigh); }
unsigned long elapsed_ms() const { return call<Rpc_elapsed_ms>(); }
};
}
#endif /* _INCLUDE__TIMER_SESSION__CLIENT_H_ */