1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
3 * pps_gen_parport.c -- kernel parallel port PPS signal generator
5 * Copyright (C) 2009 Alexander Gordeev <lasaine@lvk.cs.msu.su>
11 * fix issues when realtime clock is adjusted in a leap
14 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
16 #include <linux/kernel.h>
17 #include <linux/module.h>
18 #include <linux/init.h>
19 #include <linux/time.h>
20 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
21 #include <linux/parport.h>
24 #define NO_SIGNAL PARPORT_CONTROL_STROBE
26 /* module parameters */
28 #define SEND_DELAY_MAX 100000
30 static unsigned int send_delay
= 30000;
31 MODULE_PARM_DESC(delay
,
32 "Delay between setting and dropping the signal (ns)");
33 module_param_named(delay
, send_delay
, uint
, 0);
36 #define SAFETY_INTERVAL 3000 /* set the hrtimer earlier for safety (ns) */
38 /* internal per port structure */
39 struct pps_generator_pp
{
40 struct pardevice
*pardev
; /* parport device */
42 long port_write_time
; /* calibrated port write time (ns) */
45 static struct pps_generator_pp device
= {
51 /* calibrated time between a hrtimer event and the reaction */
52 static long hrtimer_error
= SAFETY_INTERVAL
;
54 /* the kernel hrtimer event */
55 static enum hrtimer_restart
hrtimer_event(struct hrtimer
*timer
)
57 struct timespec64 expire_time
, ts1
, ts2
, ts3
, dts
;
58 struct pps_generator_pp
*dev
;
63 /* We have to disable interrupts here. The idea is to prevent
64 * other interrupts on the same processor to introduce random
65 * lags while polling the clock. ktime_get_real_ts64() takes <1us on
66 * most machines while other interrupt handlers can take much
69 * NB: approx time with blocked interrupts =
70 * send_delay + 3 * SAFETY_INTERVAL
72 local_irq_save(flags
);
74 /* first of all we get the time stamp... */
75 ktime_get_real_ts64(&ts1
);
76 expire_time
= ktime_to_timespec64(hrtimer_get_softexpires(timer
));
77 dev
= container_of(timer
, struct pps_generator_pp
, timer
);
78 lim
= NSEC_PER_SEC
- send_delay
- dev
->port_write_time
;
80 /* check if we are late */
81 if (expire_time
.tv_sec
!= ts1
.tv_sec
|| ts1
.tv_nsec
> lim
) {
82 local_irq_restore(flags
);
83 pr_err("we are late this time %lld.%09ld\n",
84 (s64
)ts1
.tv_sec
, ts1
.tv_nsec
);
88 /* busy loop until the time is right for an assert edge */
90 ktime_get_real_ts64(&ts2
);
91 } while (expire_time
.tv_sec
== ts2
.tv_sec
&& ts2
.tv_nsec
< lim
);
94 port
= dev
->pardev
->port
;
95 port
->ops
->write_control(port
, SIGNAL
);
97 /* busy loop until the time is right for a clear edge */
98 lim
= NSEC_PER_SEC
- dev
->port_write_time
;
100 ktime_get_real_ts64(&ts2
);
101 } while (expire_time
.tv_sec
== ts2
.tv_sec
&& ts2
.tv_nsec
< lim
);
103 /* unset the signal */
104 port
->ops
->write_control(port
, NO_SIGNAL
);
106 ktime_get_real_ts64(&ts3
);
108 local_irq_restore(flags
);
110 /* update calibrated port write time */
111 dts
= timespec64_sub(ts3
, ts2
);
112 dev
->port_write_time
=
113 (dev
->port_write_time
+ timespec64_to_ns(&dts
)) >> 1;
116 /* update calibrated hrtimer error */
117 dts
= timespec64_sub(ts1
, expire_time
);
118 delta
= timespec64_to_ns(&dts
);
119 /* If the new error value is bigger then the old, use the new
120 * value, if not then slowly move towards the new value. This
121 * way it should be safe in bad conditions and efficient in
124 if (delta
>= hrtimer_error
)
125 hrtimer_error
= delta
;
127 hrtimer_error
= (3 * hrtimer_error
+ delta
) >> 2;
129 /* update the hrtimer expire time */
130 hrtimer_set_expires(timer
,
131 ktime_set(expire_time
.tv_sec
+ 1,
132 NSEC_PER_SEC
- (send_delay
+
133 dev
->port_write_time
+ SAFETY_INTERVAL
+
134 2 * hrtimer_error
)));
136 return HRTIMER_RESTART
;
139 /* calibrate port write time */
140 #define PORT_NTESTS_SHIFT 5
141 static void calibrate_port(struct pps_generator_pp
*dev
)
143 struct parport
*port
= dev
->pardev
->port
;
147 for (i
= 0; i
< (1 << PORT_NTESTS_SHIFT
); i
++) {
148 struct timespec64 a
, b
;
149 unsigned long irq_flags
;
151 local_irq_save(irq_flags
);
152 ktime_get_real_ts64(&a
);
153 port
->ops
->write_control(port
, NO_SIGNAL
);
154 ktime_get_real_ts64(&b
);
155 local_irq_restore(irq_flags
);
157 b
= timespec64_sub(b
, a
);
158 acc
+= timespec64_to_ns(&b
);
161 dev
->port_write_time
= acc
>> PORT_NTESTS_SHIFT
;
162 pr_info("port write takes %ldns\n", dev
->port_write_time
);
165 static inline ktime_t
next_intr_time(struct pps_generator_pp
*dev
)
167 struct timespec64 ts
;
169 ktime_get_real_ts64(&ts
);
171 return ktime_set(ts
.tv_sec
+
172 ((ts
.tv_nsec
> 990 * NSEC_PER_MSEC
) ? 1 : 0),
173 NSEC_PER_SEC
- (send_delay
+
174 dev
->port_write_time
+ 3 * SAFETY_INTERVAL
));
177 static void parport_attach(struct parport
*port
)
179 struct pardev_cb pps_cb
;
181 if (send_delay
> SEND_DELAY_MAX
) {
182 pr_err("delay value should be not greater then %d\n", SEND_DELAY_MAX
);
187 /* we already have a port */
191 memset(&pps_cb
, 0, sizeof(pps_cb
));
192 pps_cb
.private = &device
;
193 pps_cb
.flags
= PARPORT_FLAG_EXCL
;
194 device
.pardev
= parport_register_dev_model(port
, KBUILD_MODNAME
,
196 if (!device
.pardev
) {
197 pr_err("couldn't register with %s\n", port
->name
);
201 if (parport_claim_or_block(device
.pardev
) < 0) {
202 pr_err("couldn't claim %s\n", port
->name
);
203 goto err_unregister_dev
;
206 pr_info("attached to %s\n", port
->name
);
209 calibrate_port(&device
);
211 hrtimer_init(&device
.timer
, CLOCK_REALTIME
, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS
);
212 device
.timer
.function
= hrtimer_event
;
213 hrtimer_start(&device
.timer
, next_intr_time(&device
), HRTIMER_MODE_ABS
);
218 parport_unregister_device(device
.pardev
);
221 static void parport_detach(struct parport
*port
)
223 if (port
->cad
!= device
.pardev
)
224 return; /* not our port */
226 hrtimer_cancel(&device
.timer
);
227 parport_release(device
.pardev
);
228 parport_unregister_device(device
.pardev
);
231 static struct parport_driver pps_gen_parport_driver
= {
232 .name
= KBUILD_MODNAME
,
233 .match_port
= parport_attach
,
234 .detach
= parport_detach
,
236 module_parport_driver(pps_gen_parport_driver
);
238 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alexander Gordeev <lasaine@lvk.cs.msu.su>");
239 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("parallel port PPS signal generator");
240 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");