linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] pps: fix poll support

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Message-ID: <c3c50ad1eb19ef553eca8a57c17f4c006413ab70.camel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 12:57:50 +0200
From: Denis Osterland-Heim <denis.osterland@...il.com>
To: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>, Andrew Morton	
 <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Denis OSTERLAND-HEIM
	 <denis.osterland@...hl.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] pps: fix poll support

From: Denis OSTERLAND-HEIM <denis.osterland@...hl.com>

Because pps_cdev_poll() returns unconditionally EPOLLIN,
a user space program that calls select/poll get always an immediate data
ready-to-read response. As a result the intended use to wait until next
data becomes ready does not work.

User space snippet:

    struct pollfd pollfd = {
      .fd = open("/dev/pps0", O_RDONLY),
      .events = POLLIN|POLLERR,
      .revents = 0 };
    while(1) {
      poll(&pollfd, 1, 2000/*ms*/); // returns immediate, but should wait
      if(revents & EPOLLIN) { // always true
        struct pps_fdata fdata;
        memset(&fdata, 0, sizeof(memdata));
        ioctl(PPS_FETCH, &fdata); // currently fetches data at max speed
      }
    }

Lets remember the last fetch event counter and compare this value
in pps_cdev_poll() with most recent event counter
and return 0 if they are equal.

Signed-off-by: Denis OSTERLAND-HEIM <denis.osterland@...hl.com>
Co-developed-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>
Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>
Fixes: eae9d2ba0cfc ("LinuxPPS: core support")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/f6bed779-6d59-4f0f-8a59-b6312bd83b4e@enneenne.com/
---
 drivers/pps/pps.c          | 11 +++++++++--
 include/linux/pps_kernel.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pps/pps.c b/drivers/pps/pps.c
index 6a02245ea35f..9463232af8d2 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/pps.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/pps.c
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ static __poll_t pps_cdev_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 
 	poll_wait(file, &pps->queue, wait);
 
+	if (pps->last_fetched_ev == pps->last_ev)
+		return 0;
+
 	return EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
 }
 
@@ -186,9 +189,11 @@ static long pps_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file,
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 
-		/* Return the fetched timestamp */
+		/* Return the fetched timestamp and save last fetched event  */
 		spin_lock_irq(&pps->lock);
 
+		pps->last_fetched_ev = pps->last_ev;
+
 		fdata.info.assert_sequence = pps->assert_sequence;
 		fdata.info.clear_sequence = pps->clear_sequence;
 		fdata.info.assert_tu = pps->assert_tu;
@@ -272,9 +277,11 @@ static long pps_cdev_compat_ioctl(struct file *file,
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 
-		/* Return the fetched timestamp */
+		/* Return the fetched timestamp and save last fetched event  */
 		spin_lock_irq(&pps->lock);
 
+		pps->last_fetched_ev = pps->last_ev;
+
 		compat.info.assert_sequence = pps->assert_sequence;
 		compat.info.clear_sequence = pps->clear_sequence;
 		compat.info.current_mode = pps->current_mode;
diff --git a/include/linux/pps_kernel.h b/include/linux/pps_kernel.h
index c7abce28ed29..aab0aebb529e 100644
--- a/include/linux/pps_kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/pps_kernel.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct pps_device {
 	int current_mode;			/* PPS mode at event time */
 
 	unsigned int last_ev;			/* last PPS event id */
+	unsigned int last_fetched_ev;		/* last fetched PPS event id */
 	wait_queue_head_t queue;		/* PPS event queue */
 
 	unsigned int id;			/* PPS source unique ID */
-- 
2.48.1