2 files changed, 89 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 2721f07e9354..fd4c9c63c757 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
@@ -517,6 +518,31 @@ extern void tasklet_kill_immediate(struct tasklet_struct *t, unsigned int cpu);
 extern void tasklet_init(struct tasklet_struct *t,
 			 void (*func)(unsigned long), unsigned long data);
 
+struct tasklet_hrtimer {
+	struct hrtimer		timer;
+	struct tasklet_struct	tasklet;
+	enum hrtimer_restart	(*function)(struct hrtimer *);
+};
+
+extern void
+tasklet_hrtimer_init(struct tasklet_hrtimer *ttimer,
+		     enum hrtimer_restart (*function)(struct hrtimer *),
+		     clockid_t which_clock, enum hrtimer_mode mode);
+
+static inline
+int tasklet_hrtimer_start(struct tasklet_hrtimer *ttimer, ktime_t time,
+			  const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
+{
+	return hrtimer_start(&ttimer->timer, time, mode);
+}
+
+static inline
+void tasklet_hrtimer_cancel(struct tasklet_hrtimer *ttimer)
+{
+	hrtimer_cancel(&ttimer->timer);
+	tasklet_kill(&ttimer->tasklet);
+}
+
 /*
  * Autoprobing for irqs:
  *
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 3a94905fa5d2..eb5e131a0485 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -345,7 +345,9 @@ void open_softirq(int nr, void (*action)(struct softirq_action *))
 	softirq_vec[nr].action = action;
 }
 
-/* Tasklets */
+/*
+ * Tasklets
+ */
 struct tasklet_head
 {
 	struct tasklet_struct *head;
@@ -493,6 +495,66 @@ void tasklet_kill(struct tasklet_struct *t)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklet_kill);
 
+/*
+ * tasklet_hrtimer
+ */
+
+/*
+ * The trampoline is called when the hrtimer expires. If this is
+ * called from the hrtimer interrupt then we schedule the tasklet as
+ * the timer callback function expects to run in softirq context. If
+ * it's called in softirq context anyway (i.e. high resolution timers
+ * disabled) then the hrtimer callback is called right away.
+ */
+static enum hrtimer_restart __hrtimer_tasklet_trampoline(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+	struct tasklet_hrtimer *ttimer =
+		container_of(timer, struct tasklet_hrtimer, timer);
+
+	if (hrtimer_is_hres_active(timer)) {
+		tasklet_hi_schedule(&ttimer->tasklet);
+		return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+	}
+	return ttimer->function(timer);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Helper function which calls the hrtimer callback from
+ * tasklet/softirq context
+ */
+static void __tasklet_hrtimer_trampoline(unsigned long data)
+{
+	struct tasklet_hrtimer *ttimer = (void *)data;
+	enum hrtimer_restart restart;
+
+	restart = ttimer->function(&ttimer->timer);
+	if (restart != HRTIMER_NORESTART)
+		hrtimer_restart(&ttimer->timer);
+}
+
+/**
+ * tasklet_hrtimer_init - Init a tasklet/hrtimer combo for softirq callbacks
+ * @ttimer:	 tasklet_hrtimer which is initialized
+ * @function:	 hrtimer callback funtion which gets called from softirq context
+ * @which_clock: clock id (CLOCK_MONOTONIC/CLOCK_REALTIME)
+ * @mode:	 hrtimer mode (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS/HRTIMER_MODE_REL)
+ */
+void tasklet_hrtimer_init(struct tasklet_hrtimer *ttimer,
+			  enum hrtimer_restart (*function)(struct hrtimer *),
+			  clockid_t which_clock, enum hrtimer_mode mode)
+{
+	hrtimer_init(&ttimer->timer, which_clock, mode);
+	ttimer->timer.function = __hrtimer_tasklet_trampoline;
+	tasklet_init(&ttimer->tasklet, __tasklet_hrtimer_trampoline,
+		     (unsigned long)ttimer);
+	ttimer->function = function;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tasklet_hrtimer_init);
+
+/*
+ * Remote softirq bits
+ */
+
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct list_head [NR_SOFTIRQS], softirq_work_list);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(softirq_work_list);