git: 85c0f1a87da1 - main - timerfd: Fix interval callout scheduling
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Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:16:14 UTC
The branch main has been updated by jfree:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=85c0f1a87da1fd1eb3e646e86f70e630c48da91a
commit 85c0f1a87da1fd1eb3e646e86f70e630c48da91a
Author: Jake Freeland <jfree@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-03-20 06:33:03 +0000
Commit: Jake Freeland <jfree@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-03-20 07:15:08 +0000
timerfd: Fix interval callout scheduling
When a timerfd interval callout misses its scheduled activation time, a
differential is calculated based on the actual activation time and the
scheduled activation time. This differential is divided by the timerfd's
interval time and the quotient is added to the timerfd's counter.
Before this change, the next callout was scheduled to activate at:
scheduled activation time + timerfd interval.
This change fixes the scheduling of the next callout to activate at:
actual activation time + timerfd interval - remainder.
Reviewed by: markj
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55790
MFC after: 2 weeks
---
sys/kern/sys_timerfd.c | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
tests/sys/kern/timerfd.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sys/kern/sys_timerfd.c b/sys/kern/sys_timerfd.c
index 565ab3ad6ee6..236dfe8bb96a 100644
--- a/sys/kern/sys_timerfd.c
+++ b/sys/kern/sys_timerfd.c
@@ -393,23 +393,25 @@ static void
timerfd_expire(void *arg)
{
struct timerfd *tfd = (struct timerfd *)arg;
- struct timespec uptime;
+ sbintime_t exp, interval, now, next, diff;
++tfd->tfd_count;
tfd->tfd_expired = true;
if (timespecisset(&tfd->tfd_time.it_interval)) {
+ exp = tstosbt(tfd->tfd_time.it_value);
+ interval = tstosbt(tfd->tfd_time.it_interval);
+ now = sbinuptime();
+ next = now + interval;
+
/* Count missed events. */
- nanouptime(&uptime);
- if (timespeccmp(&uptime, &tfd->tfd_time.it_value, >)) {
- timespecsub(&uptime, &tfd->tfd_time.it_value, &uptime);
- tfd->tfd_count += tstosbt(uptime) /
- tstosbt(tfd->tfd_time.it_interval);
+ if (now > exp) {
+ diff = now - exp;
+ tfd->tfd_count += diff / interval;
+ next -= diff % interval;
}
- timespecadd(&tfd->tfd_time.it_value,
- &tfd->tfd_time.it_interval, &tfd->tfd_time.it_value);
- callout_schedule_sbt(&tfd->tfd_callout,
- tstosbt(tfd->tfd_time.it_value),
- 0, C_ABSOLUTE);
+
+ callout_schedule_sbt(&tfd->tfd_callout, next, 0, C_ABSOLUTE);
+ tfd->tfd_time.it_value = sbttots(next);
} else {
/* Single shot timer. */
callout_deactivate(&tfd->tfd_callout);
diff --git a/tests/sys/kern/timerfd.c b/tests/sys/kern/timerfd.c
index 37cb4924faf1..b24d093b346e 100644
--- a/tests/sys/kern/timerfd.c
+++ b/tests/sys/kern/timerfd.c
@@ -949,6 +949,34 @@ ATF_TC_BODY(timerfd__reset_to_very_long, tc)
ATF_REQUIRE(errno == EAGAIN);
}
+ATF_TC_WITHOUT_HEAD(timerfd__missed_events);
+ATF_TC_BODY(timerfd__missed_events, tc)
+{
+ struct itimerspec its = { };
+ uint64_t timeouts;
+ int timerfd;
+
+ timerfd = timerfd_create(CLOCK_REALTIME, TFD_CLOEXEC);
+ ATF_REQUIRE(timerfd >= 0);
+
+ ATF_REQUIRE(clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &its.it_value) == 0);
+ its.it_value.tv_sec -= 1000;
+ its.it_interval.tv_sec = 1;
+
+ ATF_REQUIRE(timerfd_settime(timerfd, TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME, &its,
+ NULL) == 0);
+
+ ATF_REQUIRE(read(timerfd, &timeouts, sizeof(timeouts)) ==
+ sizeof(timeouts));
+ ATF_REQUIRE_MSG(timeouts == 1001, "%ld", (long)timeouts);
+
+ ATF_REQUIRE(read(timerfd, &timeouts, sizeof(timeouts)) ==
+ sizeof(timeouts));
+ ATF_REQUIRE_MSG(timeouts == 1, "%ld", (long)timeouts);
+
+ ATF_REQUIRE(close(timerfd) == 0);
+}
+
/*
* Tests requiring root (clock_settime on CLOCK_REALTIME).
* Tests gracefully skip if not running as root.
@@ -1306,6 +1334,7 @@ ATF_TP_ADD_TCS(tp)
ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, timerfd__short_evfilt_timer_timeout);
ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, timerfd__unmodified_errno);
ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, timerfd__reset_to_very_long);
+ ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, timerfd__missed_events);
ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, timerfd_root__zero_read_on_abs_realtime);
ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, timerfd_root__read_on_abs_realtime_no_interval);