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RIOT/sys/include/vtimer.h
2013-12-23 23:36:03 +01:00

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/**
* @defgroup sys_vtimer Virtual (Software) Timer library
* @ingroup sys
* @brief Virtual software timer for general timer functionality in applications
* @{
*
* @file vtimer.h
* @brief VTimer API
*
* The vtimer library provides functions for setting, resetting and restarting
* software timers, and for checking if a vtimer has expired.
*
* (As of now, not resetting, restarting, removing and checking are not implemented)
*
* @author unknown
*/
#ifndef __VTIMER_H
#define __VTIMER_H
#include <time.h>
#include "queue.h"
#include "timex.h"
#include "msg.h"
#define MSG_TIMER 12345
/**
* A vtimer object.
*
* This structure is used for declaring a vtimer. This should not be used by programmers, use the vtimer_set_*-functions instead.
*
* \hideinitializer
*/
typedef struct vtimer_t {
queue_node_t queue_entry;
timex_t absolute;
void(*action)(void *);
void *arg;
unsigned int pid;
} vtimer_t;
/**
* @brief Current system time
* @return Time as timex_t since system boot
*/
void vtimer_now(timex_t *out);
/**
* @brief Returns the current time in broken down format
* @param[out] localt Pointer to structure to receive time
*/
void vtimer_get_localtime(struct tm *localt);
/**
* @brief Initializes the vtimer subsystem. To be called once at system initialization. Will be initialized by auto_init.
*
* @return always 0
*/
int vtimer_init(void);
/**
* @brief will cause the calling thread to be suspended from excecution until the number of microseconds has elapsed
* @param[in] us number of microseconds
* @return 0 on success, < 0 on error
*/
int vtimer_usleep(uint32_t us);
/**
* @brief will cause the calling thread to be suspended from excecution until the time specified by time has elapsed
* @param[in] time timex_t with time to suspend execution
* @return 0 on success, < 0 on error
*/
int vtimer_sleep(timex_t time);
/**
* @brief set a vtimer with msg event handler
* @param[in] t pointer to preinitialised vtimer_t
* @param[in] interval vtimer timex_t interval
* @param[in] pid process id
* @param[in] ptr message value
* @return 0 on success, < 0 on error
*/
int vtimer_set_msg(vtimer_t *t, timex_t interval, unsigned int pid, void *ptr);
/**
* @brief set a vtimer with wakeup event
* @param[in] t pointer to preinitialised vtimer_t
* @param[in] pid process id
* @return 0 on success, < 0 on error
*/
int vtimer_set_wakeup(vtimer_t *t, timex_t interval, int pid);
/**
* @brief remove a vtimer
* @param[in] t pointer to preinitialised vtimer_t
* @return 0 on success, < 0 on error
*/
int vtimer_remove(vtimer_t *t);
/**
* @brief receive a message but return in case of timeout time is passed by without a new message
* @param[out] m pointer to a msg_t which will be filled in case of no timeout
* @param[in] timeout timex_t containing the relative time to fire the timeout
* @return < 0 on error, other value otherwise
*/
int vtimer_msg_receive_timeout(msg_t *m, timex_t timeout);
#if ENABLE_DEBUG
/**
* @brief Prints a vtimer_t
*/
void vtimer_print(vtimer_t *t);
/**
* @brief Prints the vtimer shortterm queue (use for debug purposes)
*/
void vtimer_print_short_queue(void);
/**
* @brief Prints the vtimer longterm queue (use for debug purposes)
*/
void vtimer_print_long_queue(void);
#endif
/** @} */
#endif /* __VTIMER_H */