#![no_std] #![doc = include_str!("../README.md")] #![warn(missing_docs)] //! ## Implementing a driver //! //! - Define a struct `MyDriver` //! - Implement [`Driver`] for it //! - Register it as the global driver with [`time_driver_impl`](crate::time_driver_impl). //! //! If your driver has a single set tick rate, enable the corresponding [`tick-hz-*`](crate#tick-rate) feature, //! which will prevent users from needing to configure it themselves (or selecting an incorrect configuration). //! //! If your driver supports a small number of set tick rates, expose your own cargo features and have each one //! enable the corresponding `embassy-time-driver/tick-*`. //! //! Otherwise, don’t enable any `tick-hz-*` feature to let the user configure the tick rate themselves by //! enabling a feature on `embassy-time`. //! //! # Linkage details //! //! Instead of the usual "trait + generic params" approach, calls from embassy to the driver are done via `extern` functions. //! //! `embassy` internally defines the driver functions as `extern "Rust" { fn _embassy_time_now() -> u64; }` and calls them. //! The driver crate defines the functions as `#[no_mangle] fn _embassy_time_now() -> u64`. The linker will resolve the //! calls from the `embassy` crate to call into the driver crate. //! //! If there is none or multiple drivers in the crate tree, linking will fail. //! //! This method has a few key advantages for something as foundational as timekeeping: //! //! - The time driver is available everywhere easily, without having to thread the implementation //! through generic parameters. This is especially helpful for libraries. //! - It means comparing `Instant`s will always make sense: if there were multiple drivers //! active, one could compare an `Instant` from driver A to an `Instant` from driver B, which //! would yield incorrect results. //! //! # Example //! //! ``` //! use embassy_time_driver::{Driver, AlarmHandle}; //! //! struct MyDriver{} // not public! //! //! impl Driver for MyDriver { //! fn now(&self) -> u64 { //! todo!() //! } //! unsafe fn allocate_alarm(&self) -> Option { //! todo!() //! } //! fn set_alarm_callback(&self, alarm: AlarmHandle, callback: fn(*mut ()), ctx: *mut ()) { //! todo!() //! } //! fn set_alarm(&self, alarm: AlarmHandle, timestamp: u64) -> bool { //! todo!() //! } //! } //! //! embassy_time_driver::time_driver_impl!(static DRIVER: MyDriver = MyDriver{}); //! ``` //! ## Feature flags #![doc = document_features::document_features!(feature_label = r#"{feature}"#)] mod tick; /// Ticks per second of the global timebase. /// /// This value is specified by the [`tick-*` Cargo features](crate#tick-rate) pub const TICK_HZ: u64 = tick::TICK_HZ; /// Alarm handle, assigned by the driver. #[derive(Clone, Copy)] pub struct AlarmHandle { id: u8, } impl AlarmHandle { /// Create an AlarmHandle /// /// Safety: May only be called by the current global Driver impl. /// The impl is allowed to rely on the fact that all `AlarmHandle` instances /// are created by itself in unsafe code (e.g. indexing operations) pub unsafe fn new(id: u8) -> Self { Self { id } } /// Get the ID of the AlarmHandle. pub fn id(&self) -> u8 { self.id } } /// Time driver pub trait Driver: Send + Sync + 'static { /// Return the current timestamp in ticks. /// /// Implementations MUST ensure that: /// - This is guaranteed to be monotonic, i.e. a call to now() will always return /// a greater or equal value than earlier calls. Time can't "roll backwards". /// - It "never" overflows. It must not overflow in a sufficiently long time frame, say /// in 10_000 years (Human civilization is likely to already have self-destructed /// 10_000 years from now.). This means if your hardware only has 16bit/32bit timers /// you MUST extend them to 64-bit, for example by counting overflows in software, /// or chaining multiple timers together. fn now(&self) -> u64; /// Try allocating an alarm handle. Returns None if no alarms left. /// Initially the alarm has no callback set, and a null `ctx` pointer. /// /// # Safety /// It is UB to make the alarm fire before setting a callback. unsafe fn allocate_alarm(&self) -> Option; /// Set the callback function to be called when the alarm triggers. /// The callback may be called from any context (interrupt or thread mode). fn set_alarm_callback(&self, alarm: AlarmHandle, callback: fn(*mut ()), ctx: *mut ()); /// Set an alarm at the given timestamp. /// /// ## Behavior /// /// If `timestamp` is in the future, `set_alarm` schedules calling the callback function /// at that time, and returns `true`. /// /// If `timestamp` is in the past, `set_alarm` has two allowed behaviors. Implementations can pick whether to: /// /// - Schedule calling the callback function "immediately", as if the requested timestamp was "now+epsilon" and return `true`, or /// - Not schedule the callback, and return `false`. /// /// Callers must ensure to behave correctly with either behavior. /// /// When callback is called, it is guaranteed that `now()` will return a value greater than or equal to `timestamp`. /// /// ## Reentrancy /// /// Calling the callback from `set_alarm` synchronously is not allowed. If the implementation chooses the first option above, /// it must still call the callback from another context (i.e. an interrupt handler or background thread), it's not allowed /// to call it synchronously in the context `set_alarm` is running. /// /// The reason for the above is callers are explicitly permitted to do both of: /// - Lock a mutex in the alarm callback. /// - Call `set_alarm` while having that mutex locked. /// /// If `set_alarm` called the callback synchronously, it'd cause a deadlock or panic because it'd cause the /// mutex to be locked twice reentrantly in the same context. /// /// ## Overwriting alarms /// /// Only one alarm can be active at a time for each `AlarmHandle`. This overwrites any previously-set alarm if any. /// /// ## Unsetting the alarm /// /// There is no `unset_alarm` API. Instead, callers can call `set_alarm` with `timestamp` set to `u64::MAX`. /// /// This allows for more efficient implementations, since they don't need to distinguish between the "alarm set" and /// "alarm not set" cases, thanks to the fact "Alarm set for u64::MAX" is effectively equivalent for "alarm not set". /// /// This means implementations need to be careful to avoid timestamp overflows. The recommendation is to make `timestamp` /// be in the same units as hardware ticks to avoid any conversions, which makes avoiding overflow easier. fn set_alarm(&self, alarm: AlarmHandle, timestamp: u64) -> bool; } extern "Rust" { fn _embassy_time_now() -> u64; fn _embassy_time_allocate_alarm() -> Option; fn _embassy_time_set_alarm_callback(alarm: AlarmHandle, callback: fn(*mut ()), ctx: *mut ()); fn _embassy_time_set_alarm(alarm: AlarmHandle, timestamp: u64) -> bool; } /// See [`Driver::now`] pub fn now() -> u64 { unsafe { _embassy_time_now() } } /// See [`Driver::allocate_alarm`] /// /// Safety: it is UB to make the alarm fire before setting a callback. pub unsafe fn allocate_alarm() -> Option { _embassy_time_allocate_alarm() } /// See [`Driver::set_alarm_callback`] pub fn set_alarm_callback(alarm: AlarmHandle, callback: fn(*mut ()), ctx: *mut ()) { unsafe { _embassy_time_set_alarm_callback(alarm, callback, ctx) } } /// See [`Driver::set_alarm`] pub fn set_alarm(alarm: AlarmHandle, timestamp: u64) -> bool { unsafe { _embassy_time_set_alarm(alarm, timestamp) } } /// Set the time Driver implementation. /// /// See the module documentation for an example. #[macro_export] macro_rules! time_driver_impl { (static $name:ident: $t: ty = $val:expr) => { static $name: $t = $val; #[no_mangle] fn _embassy_time_now() -> u64 { <$t as $crate::Driver>::now(&$name) } #[no_mangle] unsafe fn _embassy_time_allocate_alarm() -> Option<$crate::AlarmHandle> { <$t as $crate::Driver>::allocate_alarm(&$name) } #[no_mangle] fn _embassy_time_set_alarm_callback(alarm: $crate::AlarmHandle, callback: fn(*mut ()), ctx: *mut ()) { <$t as $crate::Driver>::set_alarm_callback(&$name, alarm, callback, ctx) } #[no_mangle] fn _embassy_time_set_alarm(alarm: $crate::AlarmHandle, timestamp: u64) -> bool { <$t as $crate::Driver>::set_alarm(&$name, alarm, timestamp) } }; }