At this point, we probably need to see some more code. I can't piece
together what you've done from the scattered emails here. Hopefully,
the use of the helper methods fixes the previous concern I had.
On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 9:20 AM zack_on_the_speed_chanel
<zack_on_the_speed_cha...@protonmail.ch> wrote:
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> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>
> On Saturday, May 15th, 2021 at 9:22 PM, zack_on_the_speed_chanel
> <zack_on_the_speed_cha...@protonmail.ch> wrote:
>
> > Use helper functions in rtems/timespec.h or score/timespec.h
> >
> > > (depending where you implement your code, in this case, you probably
> > >
> > > use the score services).
> >
> > I did it using rtems subtract function.
> >
> > rtems_timespec_subtract (now, expire, result);
> >
> > where now expire and result are all timespec
> >
> > _TOD_Get(now); or _Timecounter_Nanouptime(now );
> >
> > and expire is
> >
> > rtems_timespec_from_ticks (ptimer->Timer.expire,expire );
> >
> > also i'm getting this compiler warning I don't know if i have to resolve
> > it, I get that my timespec variable may not be initialized.
> >
> > warning: 'result' may be used uninitialized in this function
> > [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> >
> > > The monotonic clock cannot be set.
> >
> > Were you talking about the fact that the monotonic clock only can go up in
> > time?
> >
> > Yes, settime is an important function to distinguish between MONOTONIC
> >
> > > > > and REALTIME cases. That is going to be tricky to think through.
> >
> > i don't understand what you mean since i have added a clock type field to
> > the POSIX_TIMER_CONTROL
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Zack
> >
> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> >
> > On Thursday, May 13, 2021 3:05 PM, Gedare Bloom ged...@rtems.org wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 2:42 PM zack_on_the_speed_chanel
> > >
> > > zack_on_the_speed_cha...@protonmail.ch wrote:
> > >
> > > > > This ticket mostly references the need for a test. Have you tried to
> > > > >
> > > > > write a test for the missing functionality?
> > > >
> > > > How I made a test for it was to create the timer using timer_create() .
> > > > It also said to use a previous test with timer_realtime and i tested it
> > > > with sometime similar to PSXtimer02 test. I got a invalid argument
> > > > error when I tried it. Joel told me i also have to impliment the
> > > > monotonic clock
> > > >
> > > > > his math doesn't make sense to me. explain what you're trying to do?
> > > >
> > > > I wanted calculate the remaining time with the timespec. I assumed that
> > > > the timespec contained the total time seconds+miliseconds. I knew that
> > > > a cpu tick is an uint32. So i converted to timspec
> > > >
> > > > remaining = (uint32_t) ( ptimer->Timer.expire - now );
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > to something like
> > > >
> > > > expire->tv.nsec+expire->tv.sec - spec->tv.nsec+spec->tv.sec);
> > >
> > > This doesn't work. Example:
> > >
> > > now = 0s 999999999ns
> > >
> > > expire = 1s 0ns
> > >
> > > expire - now = 1ns
> > >
> > > expire.nsec + expire.sec - now.nsec + now.sec = -999999999 cast to
> > >
> > > uint32_t is 3294967297ns or so.
> > >
> > > Use helper functions in rtems/timespec.h or score/timespec.h
> > >
> > > (depending where you implement your code, in this case, you probably
> > >
> > > use the score services).
> > >
> > > > > > Yes, settime is an important function to distinguish between
> > > > > > MONOTONIC
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and REALTIME cases. That is going to be tricky to think through.
> > > >
> > > > Where do you want to check the clock type. I though I only need to
> > > > distinguish between both when getting the value of the clock. I don't
> > > > exactly know what needs to be done me being really new to posix and
> > > > operating system development.
> > >
> > > The monotonic clock cannot be set.
> > >
> > > > Zack
> > > >
> > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> > > >
> > > > On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 6:23 AM, Gedare Bloom ged...@rtems.org wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 12:53 PM zack_on_the_speed_chanel
> > > > >
> > > > > zack_on_the_speed_cha...@protonmail.ch wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > hello,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Currenttly i'm trying to implement the clock_monotonic which was
> > > > > > part of ticket #3889. So far these are the changes are as follows
> > > > >
> > > > > This ticket mostly references the need for a test. Have you tried to
> > > > >
> > > > > write a test for the missing functionality?
> > > > >
> > > > > > ptimer->clock_type= &clock_id;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > in the timer create i added a field for the timer id and saved it
> > > > > > when the timer was made. Then in getttime I used the appropriate
> > > > > > timers to get the time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > for example.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > if (ptimer->clock_type ==CLOCK_REALTIME) {
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Per_CPU_Control *cpu;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > struct timespec spec;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > struct timespec expire;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > cpu = _POSIX_Timer_Acquire_critical( ptimer, &lock_context );
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Maybe move the clock_type check to here?
> > > > >
> > > > > > _TOD_Get(spec);
> > > > > > _Timespec_From_ticks( expire, &ptimer->Timer.expire);
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > if (spec->tv.nsec+spec->tv.sec > expire->tv.nsec+expire->tv.sec
> > > > > > ) {
> > > > > >
> > > > > > remaining = (uint32_t) (expire->tv.nsec+expire->tv.sec -
> > > > > > spec->tv.nsec+spec->tv.sec);
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > this math doesn't make sense to me. explain what you're trying to do?
> > > > >
> > > > > > } else {
> > > > > > remaining = 0;
> > > > > > }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > _Timespec_From_ticks( remaining, &value->it_value );
> > > > > > value->it_interval = ptimer->timer_data.it_interval;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > _POSIX_Timer_Release( cpu, &lock_context );
> > > > > > return 0;
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Here i made two separate cases for getting the time. Also joel told
> > > > > > me to I feel that it is a bit redundant to call everything using
> > > > > > timespec to calculating remaining time and then just use
> > > > > > timespec_From_ticks to get the time. It was a recommendation from
> > > > > > Joel. Did I make the correct change. Also I assume that Delete does
> > > > > > not need any changes because It does not require any measuring of
> > > > > > time. Is there anything i need to change for timer_settime?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, settime is an important function to distinguish between MONOTONIC
> > > > >
> > > > > and REALTIME cases. That is going to be tricky to think through.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Zack
> > > > > >
> > > > > > devel mailing list
> > > > > >
> > > > > > devel@rtems.org
> > > > > >
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