From f71f8530494bb5ab43d3369ef0ce8373eb1ee077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tero Kristo Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 13:46:13 +0200 Subject: bpf: Add support for absolute value BPF timers Add a new flag BPF_F_TIMER_ABS that can be passed to bpf_timer_start() to start an absolute value timer instead of the default relative value. This makes the timer expire at an exact point in time, instead of a time with latencies induced by both the BPF and timer subsystems. Suggested-by: Artem Bityutskiy Signed-off-by: Tero Kristo Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230302114614.2985072-2-tero.kristo@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov --- kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/bpf/helpers.c') diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c index 6fc0d6c44e4c..12f12e879bcf 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c @@ -1264,10 +1264,11 @@ BPF_CALL_3(bpf_timer_start, struct bpf_timer_kern *, timer, u64, nsecs, u64, fla { struct bpf_hrtimer *t; int ret = 0; + enum hrtimer_mode mode; if (in_nmi()) return -EOPNOTSUPP; - if (flags) + if (flags > BPF_F_TIMER_ABS) return -EINVAL; __bpf_spin_lock_irqsave(&timer->lock); t = timer->timer; @@ -1275,7 +1276,13 @@ BPF_CALL_3(bpf_timer_start, struct bpf_timer_kern *, timer, u64, nsecs, u64, fla ret = -EINVAL; goto out; } - hrtimer_start(&t->timer, ns_to_ktime(nsecs), HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT); + + if (flags & BPF_F_TIMER_ABS) + mode = HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_SOFT; + else + mode = HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT; + + hrtimer_start(&t->timer, ns_to_ktime(nsecs), mode); out: __bpf_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timer->lock); return ret; -- cgit v1.2.3