LinuxPPS: core support

This patch adds the kernel side of the PPS support currently named
"LinuxPPS".

PPS means "pulse per second" and a PPS source is just a device which
provides a high precision signal each second so that an application can
use it to adjust system clock time.

Common use is the combination of the NTPD as userland program with a GPS
receiver as PPS source to obtain a wallclock-time with sub-millisecond
synchronisation to UTC.

To obtain this goal the userland programs shoud use the PPS API
specification (RFC 2783 - Pulse-Per-Second API for UNIX-like Operating
Systems, Version 1.0) which in part is implemented by this patch.  It
provides a set of chars devices, one per PPS source, which can be used to
get the time signal.  The RFC's functions can be implemented by accessing
to these char devices.

Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

include/linux/pps_kernel.h

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+/*
+ * PPS API kernel header
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009   Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/pps.h>
+
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+
+/*
+ * Global defines
+ */
+
+/* The specific PPS source info */
+struct pps_source_info {
+	char name[PPS_MAX_NAME_LEN];		/* simbolic name */
+	char path[PPS_MAX_NAME_LEN];		/* path of connected device */
+	int mode;				/* PPS's allowed mode */
+
+	void (*echo)(int source, int event, void *data); /* PPS echo function */
+
+	struct module *owner;
+	struct device *dev;
+};
+
+/* The main struct */
+struct pps_device {
+	struct pps_source_info info;		/* PSS source info */
+
+	struct pps_kparams params;		/* PPS's current params */
+
+	__u32 assert_sequence;			/* PPS' assert event seq # */
+	__u32 clear_sequence;			/* PPS' clear event seq # */
+	struct pps_ktime assert_tu;
+	struct pps_ktime clear_tu;
+	int current_mode;			/* PPS mode at event time */
+
+	int go;					/* PPS event is arrived? */
+	wait_queue_head_t queue;		/* PPS event queue */
+
+	unsigned int id;			/* PPS source unique ID */
+	struct cdev cdev;
+	struct device *dev;
+	int devno;
+	struct fasync_struct *async_queue;	/* fasync method */
+	spinlock_t lock;
+
+	atomic_t usage;				/* usage count */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Global variables
+ */
+
+extern spinlock_t pps_idr_lock;
+extern struct idr pps_idr;
+extern struct timespec pps_irq_ts[];
+
+extern struct device_attribute pps_attrs[];
+
+/*
+ * Exported functions
+ */
+
+struct pps_device *pps_get_source(int source);
+extern void pps_put_source(struct pps_device *pps);
+extern int pps_register_source(struct pps_source_info *info,
+				int default_params);
+extern void pps_unregister_source(int source);
+extern int pps_register_cdev(struct pps_device *pps);
+extern void pps_unregister_cdev(struct pps_device *pps);
+extern void pps_event(int source, struct pps_ktime *ts, int event, void *data);