timerfd: introduce a new hrtimer_forward_now() function

I think that advancing the timer against the timer's current "now" can be a
pretty common usage, so, w/out exposing hrtimer's internals, we add a new
hrtimer_forward_now() function.

Signed-off-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@gmx.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index f79dcba4b2c1861e4ab3148f0b9bcb2c5feb613b..3fed27c88c0134d66df6d4fc80da2a4537d1cd08 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -304,6 +304,13 @@ static inline int hrtimer_is_queued(struct hrtimer *timer)
 extern unsigned long
 hrtimer_forward(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval);
 
+/* Forward a hrtimer so it expires after the hrtimer's current now */
+static inline unsigned long hrtimer_forward_now(struct hrtimer *timer,
+                                               ktime_t interval)
+{
+       return hrtimer_forward(timer, timer->base->get_time(), interval);
+}
+
 /* Precise sleep: */
 extern long hrtimer_nanosleep(struct timespec *rqtp,
                              struct timespec *rmtp,