/* * sched.c - scheduale a function to be called on every timer interrupt. * * Copyright (C) 2001 by Peter Jay Salzman */ /* * The necessary header files */ /* * Standard in kernel modules */ #include /* We're doing kernel work */ #include /* Specifically, a module */ #include /* Necessary because we use the proc fs */ #include /* We scheduale tasks here */ #include /* We need to put ourselves to sleep and wake up later */ #include /* For __init and __exit */ #include /* For irqreturn_t */ struct proc_dir_entry *Our_Proc_File; #define PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME "sched" #define MY_WORK_QUEUE_NAME "WQsched.c" /* * The number of times the timer interrupt has been called so far */ static int TimerIntrpt = 0; static void intrpt_routine(void *); static int die = 0; /* set this to 1 for shutdown */ /* * The work queue structure for this task, from workqueue.h */ static struct workqueue_struct *my_workqueue; static struct work_struct Task; static DECLARE_WORK(Task, intrpt_routine, NULL); /* * This function will be called on every timer interrupt. Notice the void* * pointer - task functions can be used for more than one purpose, each time * getting a different parameter. */ static void intrpt_routine(void *irrelevant) { /* * Increment the counter */ TimerIntrpt++; /* * If cleanup wants us to die */ if (die == 0) queue_delayed_work(my_workqueue, &Task, 100); } /* * Put data into the proc fs file. */ ssize_t procfile_read(char *buffer, char **buffer_location, off_t offset, int buffer_length, int *eof, void *data) { int len; /* The number of bytes actually used */ /* * It's static so it will still be in memory * when we leave this function */ static char my_buffer[80]; static int count = 1; /* * We give all of our information in one go, so if the anybody asks us * if we have more information the answer should always be no. */ if (offset > 0) return 0; /* * Fill the buffer and get its length */ len = sprintf(my_buffer, "Timer called %d times so far\n", TimerIntrpt); count++; /* * Tell the function which called us where the buffer is */ *buffer_location = my_buffer; /* * Return the length */ return len; } /* * Initialize the module - register the proc file */ int __init init_module() { int rv = 0; /* * Put the task in the work_timer task queue, so it will be executed at * next timer interrupt */ my_workqueue = create_workqueue(MY_WORK_QUEUE_NAME); queue_delayed_work(my_workqueue, &Task, 100); Our_Proc_File = create_proc_entry(PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME, 0644, NULL); if (Our_Proc_File == NULL) { rv = -ENOMEM; remove_proc_entry(PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME, &proc_root); printk(KERN_INFO "Error: Could not initialize /proc/%s\n", PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME); } Our_Proc_File->read_proc = procfile_read; Our_Proc_File->owner = THIS_MODULE; Our_Proc_File->mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUGO; Our_Proc_File->uid = 0; Our_Proc_File->gid = 0; Our_Proc_File->size = 80; return rv; } /* * Cleanup */ void __exit cleanup_module() { /* * Unregister our /proc file */ remove_proc_entry(PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME, &proc_root); printk(KERN_INFO "/proc/%s removed\n", PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME); die = 1; /* keep intrp_routine from queueing itself */ cancel_delayed_work(&Task); /* no "new ones" */ flush_workqueue(my_workqueue); /* wait till all "old ones" finished */ destroy_workqueue(my_workqueue); /* * Sleep until intrpt_routine is called one last time. This is * necessary, because otherwise we'll deallocate the memory holding * intrpt_routine and Task while work_timer still references them. * Notice that here we don't allow signals to interrupt us. * * Since WaitQ is now not NULL, this automatically tells the interrupt * routine it's time to die. */ } /* * some work_queue related functions * are just available to GPL licensed Modules */ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");