Adding an implementation and some basic tests for timerfd.

Removed support for timerfd on Android as it seems to have been deprecated? See https://android.googlesource.com/platform/development/+/73a5a3b/ndk/platforms/android-20/include/sys/timerfd.h or rust-lang/libc#1589

Removed the public status of `TimerSpec`, as it should not be exposed to the user.

Implemented `FromRawFd` for `TimerFd` as it already implements `AsRawFd`.

Addressed comments from the latest code review:
  - Removed upper bound assertions on timer expirations in tests.
  - Made the main example runnable and added code to show how to wait for the timer.
  - Refactored `ClockId` to use `libc_enum`.
  - Added comments for all public parts of the module.
  - Wrapped to 80 cols.
  - Changed the size of the buffer in the tests to the minimum required.

* Ran rustfmt.
* Added a `From` implementation for `libc::timespec` -> `TimeSpec`.
* Reworked the example with the new changes and changed the timer from 5 to 1 second.
* Added a constructor for a 0-initialized `TimerSpec`.
* Added a new method to get the timer configured expiration (based on timerfd_gettime).
* Added an helper method to unset the expiration of the timer.
* Added a `wait` method to actually read from the timer.
* Renamed `settime` into just `set`.
* Refactored the tests and added a new one that tests both the `unset` and the `get` method.

Modified CHANGELOG.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
   (#[1252](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1252))
 - Added support for `Ipv4PacketInfo` and `Ipv6PacketInfo` to `ControlMessage`.
   (#[1222](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1222))
+- Added support for `TimerFd`.
+  (#[1261](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1261))
 
 ### Changed
 - Changed `fallocate` return type from `c_int` to `()` (#[1201](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1201))

src/sys/mod.rs

@@ -102,3 +102,6 @@ pub mod wait;
 
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
 pub mod inotify;
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub mod timerfd;

src/sys/time.rs

@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ const TS_MAX_SECONDS: i64 = ::std::isize::MAX as i64;
 
 const TS_MIN_SECONDS: i64 = -TS_MAX_SECONDS;
 
+impl From<timespec> for TimeSpec {
+    fn from(ts: timespec) -> Self {
+        Self(ts)
+    }
+}
 
 impl AsRef<timespec> for TimeSpec {
     fn as_ref(&self) -> &timespec {

src/sys/timerfd.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+//! Timer API via file descriptors.
+//!
+//! Timer FD is a Linux-only API to create timers and get expiration
+//! notifications through file descriptors.
+//!
+//! For more documentation, please read [timerfd_create(2)](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/timerfd_create.2.html).
+//!
+//! # Examples
+//!
+//! Create a new one-shot timer that expires after 1 second.
+//! ```
+//! # use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
+//! # use nix::sys::timerfd::{TimerFd, ClockId, TimerFlags, TimerSetTimeFlags,
+//! #    Expiration};
+//! # use nix::sys::time::{TimeSpec, TimeValLike};
+//! # use nix::unistd::read;
+//! #
+//! // We create a new monotonic timer.
+//! let timer = TimerFd::new(ClockId::CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TimerFlags::empty())
+//!     .unwrap();
+//!
+//! // We set a new one-shot timer in 1 seconds.
+//! timer.set(
+//!     Expiration::OneShot(TimeSpec::seconds(1)),
+//!     TimerSetTimeFlags::empty()
+//! ).unwrap();
+//!
+//! // We wait for the timer to expire.
+//! timer.wait().unwrap();
+//! ```
+use crate::sys::time::TimeSpec;
+use crate::unistd::read;
+use crate::{errno::Errno, Error, Result};
+use bitflags::bitflags;
+use libc::c_int;
+use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd, RawFd};
+
+/// A timerfd instance. This is also a file descriptor, you can feed it to
+/// other interfaces consuming file descriptors, epoll for example.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct TimerFd {
+    fd: RawFd,
+}
+
+impl AsRawFd for TimerFd {
+    fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
+        self.fd
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromRawFd for TimerFd {
+    unsafe fn from_raw_fd(fd: RawFd) -> Self {
+        TimerFd { fd }
+    }
+}
+
+libc_enum! {
+    /// The type of the clock used to mark the progress of the timer. For more
+    /// details on each kind of clock, please refer to [timerfd_create(2)](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/timerfd_create.2.html).
+    #[repr(i32)]
+    pub enum ClockId {
+        CLOCK_REALTIME,
+        CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
+        CLOCK_BOOTTIME,
+        CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM,
+        CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM,
+    }
+}
+
+libc_bitflags! {
+    /// Additional flags to change the behaviour of the file descriptor at the
+    /// time of creation.
+    pub struct TimerFlags: c_int {
+        TFD_NONBLOCK;
+        TFD_CLOEXEC;
+    }
+}
+
+bitflags! {
+    /// Flags that are used for arming the timer.
+    pub struct TimerSetTimeFlags: libc::c_int {
+        const TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME = libc::TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME;
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+struct TimerSpec(libc::itimerspec);
+
+impl TimerSpec {
+    pub fn none() -> Self {
+        Self(libc::itimerspec {
+            it_interval: libc::timespec {
+                tv_sec: 0,
+                tv_nsec: 0,
+            },
+            it_value: libc::timespec {
+                tv_sec: 0,
+                tv_nsec: 0,
+            },
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<libc::itimerspec> for TimerSpec {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &libc::itimerspec {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Expiration> for TimerSpec {
+    fn from(expiration: Expiration) -> TimerSpec {
+        match expiration {
+            Expiration::OneShot(t) => TimerSpec(libc::itimerspec {
+                it_interval: libc::timespec {
+                    tv_sec: 0,
+                    tv_nsec: 0,
+                },
+                it_value: *t.as_ref(),
+            }),
+            Expiration::IntervalDelayed(start, interval) => TimerSpec(libc::itimerspec {
+                it_interval: *interval.as_ref(),
+                it_value: *start.as_ref(),
+            }),
+            Expiration::Interval(t) => TimerSpec(libc::itimerspec {
+                it_interval: *t.as_ref(),
+                it_value: *t.as_ref(),
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<TimerSpec> for Expiration {
+    fn from(timerspec: TimerSpec) -> Expiration {
+        match timerspec {
+            TimerSpec(libc::itimerspec {
+                it_interval:
+                    libc::timespec {
+                        tv_sec: 0,
+                        tv_nsec: 0,
+                    },
+                it_value: ts,
+            }) => Expiration::OneShot(ts.into()),
+            TimerSpec(libc::itimerspec {
+                it_interval: int_ts,
+                it_value: val_ts,
+            }) => {
+                if (int_ts.tv_sec == val_ts.tv_sec) && (int_ts.tv_nsec == val_ts.tv_nsec) {
+                    Expiration::Interval(int_ts.into())
+                } else {
+                    Expiration::IntervalDelayed(val_ts.into(), int_ts.into())
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// An enumeration allowing the definition of the expiration time of an alarm,
+/// recurring or not.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
+pub enum Expiration {
+    OneShot(TimeSpec),
+    IntervalDelayed(TimeSpec, TimeSpec),
+    Interval(TimeSpec),
+}
+
+impl TimerFd {
+    /// Creates a new timer based on the clock defined by `clockid`. The
+    /// underlying fd can be assigned specific flags with `flags` (CLOEXEC,
+    /// NONBLOCK).
+    pub fn new(clockid: ClockId, flags: TimerFlags) -> Result<Self> {
+        Errno::result(unsafe { libc::timerfd_create(clockid as i32, flags.bits()) })
+            .map(|fd| Self { fd })
+    }
+
+    /// Sets a new alarm on the timer.
+    ///
+    /// # Types of alarm
+    ///
+    /// There are 3 types of alarms you can set:
+    ///
+    ///   - one shot: the alarm will trigger once after the specified amount of
+    /// time.
+    ///     Example: I want an alarm to go off in 60s and then disables itself.
+    ///
+    ///   - interval: the alarm will trigger every specified interval of time.
+    ///     Example: I want an alarm to go off every 60s. The alarm will first
+    ///     go off 60s after I set it and every 60s after that. The alarm will
+    ///     not disable itself.
+    ///
+    ///   - interval delayed: the alarm will trigger after a certain amount of
+    ///     time and then trigger at a specified interval.
+    ///     Example: I want an alarm to go off every 60s but only start in 1h.
+    ///     The alarm will first trigger 1h after I set it and then every 60s
+    ///     after that. The alarm will not disable itself.
+    ///
+    /// # Relative vs absolute alarm
+    ///
+    /// If you do not set any `TimerSetTimeFlags`, then the `TimeSpec` you pass
+    /// to the `Expiration` you want is relative. If however you want an alarm
+    /// to go off at a certain point in time, you can set `TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME`.
+    /// Then the one shot TimeSpec and the delay TimeSpec of the delayed
+    /// interval are going to be interpreted as absolute.
+    ///
+    /// # Disabling alarms
+    ///
+    /// Note: Only one alarm can be set for any given timer. Setting a new alarm
+    /// actually removes the previous one.
+    ///
+    /// Note: Setting a one shot alarm with a 0s TimeSpec disables the alarm
+    /// altogether.
+    pub fn set(&self, expiration: Expiration, flags: TimerSetTimeFlags) -> Result<()> {
+        let timerspec: TimerSpec = expiration.into();
+        Errno::result(unsafe {
+            libc::timerfd_settime(
+                self.fd,
+                flags.bits(),
+                timerspec.as_ref(),
+                std::ptr::null_mut(),
+            )
+        })
+        .map(drop)
+    }
+
+    /// Get the parameters for the alarm currently set, if any.
+    pub fn get(&self) -> Result<Option<Expiration>> {
+        let mut timerspec = TimerSpec::none();
+        let timerspec_ptr: *mut libc::itimerspec = &mut timerspec.0;
+
+        Errno::result(unsafe { libc::timerfd_gettime(self.fd, timerspec_ptr) }).map(|_| {
+            if timerspec.0.it_interval.tv_sec == 0
+                && timerspec.0.it_interval.tv_nsec == 0
+                && timerspec.0.it_value.tv_sec == 0
+                && timerspec.0.it_value.tv_nsec == 0
+            {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(timerspec.into())
+            }
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Remove the alarm if any is set.
+    pub fn unset(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        Errno::result(unsafe {
+            libc::timerfd_settime(
+                self.fd,
+                TimerSetTimeFlags::empty().bits(),
+                TimerSpec::none().as_ref(),
+                std::ptr::null_mut(),
+            )
+        })
+        .map(drop)
+    }
+
+    /// Wait for the configured alarm to expire.
+    ///
+    /// Note: If the alarm is unset, then you will wait forever.
+    pub fn wait(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        loop {
+            if let Err(e) = read(self.fd, &mut [0u8; 8]) {
+                match e {
+                    Error::Sys(Errno::EINTR) => continue,
+                    _ => return Err(e),
+                }
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}

test/sys/mod.rs

@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@ mod test_pthread;
           target_os = "netbsd",
           target_os = "openbsd"))]
 mod test_ptrace;
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
+mod test_timerfd;

test/sys/test_timerfd.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+use nix::sys::time::{TimeSpec, TimeValLike};
+use nix::sys::timerfd::{ClockId, Expiration, TimerFd, TimerFlags, TimerSetTimeFlags};
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+#[test]
+pub fn test_timerfd_oneshot() {
+    let timer = TimerFd::new(ClockId::CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TimerFlags::empty()).unwrap();
+
+    let before = Instant::now();
+
+    timer
+        .set(
+            Expiration::OneShot(TimeSpec::seconds(1)),
+            TimerSetTimeFlags::empty(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+    timer.wait().unwrap();
+
+    let millis = before.elapsed().as_millis();
+    assert!(millis > 900);
+}
+
+#[test]
+pub fn test_timerfd_interval() {
+    let timer = TimerFd::new(ClockId::CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TimerFlags::empty()).unwrap();
+
+    let before = Instant::now();
+    timer
+        .set(
+            Expiration::IntervalDelayed(TimeSpec::seconds(1), TimeSpec::seconds(2)),
+            TimerSetTimeFlags::empty(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+    timer.wait().unwrap();
+
+    let start_delay = before.elapsed().as_millis();
+    assert!(start_delay > 900);
+
+    timer.wait().unwrap();
+
+    let interval_delay = before.elapsed().as_millis();
+    assert!(interval_delay > 2900);
+}
+
+#[test]
+pub fn test_timerfd_unset() {
+    let timer = TimerFd::new(ClockId::CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TimerFlags::empty()).unwrap();
+
+    timer
+        .set(
+            Expiration::OneShot(TimeSpec::seconds(1)),
+            TimerSetTimeFlags::empty(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+    timer.unset().unwrap();
+
+    assert!(timer.get().unwrap() == None);
+}