[uml-devel] [PATCH] um: Switch clocksource to hrtimers

[Thomas M. <th...@m3...>]

Switch the UML clocksource from interval timers to posix interval timers
and move to a monotonic timer.

This fixes suspend&resume related timer issues and improves network
performance as TCP state machines are now fed with the correct time;
also correct QoS and traffic shaping.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <th...@m3...>
---

diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index e4b1a96..43ef190 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export LDS_ELF_FORMAT := $(ELF_FORMAT)
 # The wrappers will select whether using "malloc" or the kernel allocator.
 LINK_WRAPS = -Wl,--wrap,malloc -Wl,--wrap,free -Wl,--wrap,calloc
 
-LD_FLAGS_CMDLINE = $(foreach opt,$(LDFLAGS),-Wl,$(opt))
+LD_FLAGS_CMDLINE = $(foreach opt,$(LDFLAGS),-Wl,$(opt)) -lrt
 
 # Used by link-vmlinux.sh which has special support for um link
 export CFLAGS_vmlinux := $(LINK-y) $(LINK_WRAPS) $(LD_FLAGS_CMDLINE)
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
index 08eec0b..5949cae 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ extern int set_umid(char *name);
 extern char *get_umid(void);
 
 /* signal.c */
-extern void timer_init(void);
+extern void timer_set_signal_handler(void);
 extern void set_sigstack(void *sig_stack, int size);
 extern void remove_sigstack(void);
 extern void set_handler(int sig);
@@ -240,12 +240,16 @@ extern void um_early_printk(const char *s, unsigned int n);
 extern void os_fix_helper_signals(void);
 
 /* time.c */
-extern void idle_sleep(unsigned long long nsecs);
-extern int set_interval(void);
-extern int timer_one_shot(int ticks);
-extern long long disable_timer(void);
+extern void os_idle_sleep(unsigned long long nsecs);
+extern int os_timer_create(void* timer);
+extern int os_timer_set_interval(void* timer, void* its);
+extern int os_timer_one_shot(int ticks);
+extern long long os_timer_disable(void);
+extern long os_timer_remain(void* timer);
 extern void uml_idle_timer(void);
+extern long long os_persistent_clock_emulation(void);
 extern long long os_nsecs(void);
+extern long long os_vnsecs(void);
 
 /* skas/mem.c */
 extern long run_syscall_stub(struct mm_id * mm_idp,
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/skas/stub-data.h b/arch/um/include/shared/skas/stub-data.h
index f6ed92c..f98b9e2 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/skas/stub-data.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/skas/stub-data.h
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 #ifndef __STUB_DATA_H
 #define __STUB_DATA_H
 
-#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 struct stub_data {
-	long offset;
+	unsigned long offset;
 	int fd;
-	struct itimerval timer;
+	struct itimerspec timer;
 	long err;
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/timer-internal.h b/arch/um/include/shared/timer-internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03e6f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/timer-internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 - 2014 Cisco Systems
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007 Jeff Dike (jdike@{addtoit,linux.intel}.com)
+ * Licensed under the GPL
+ */
+
+#ifndef __TIMER_INTERNAL_H__
+#define __TIMER_INTERNAL_H__
+
+#define TIMER_MULTIPLIER 256
+#define TIMER_MIN_DELTA  500
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/process.c b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
index f17bca8..d0bbd01 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <kern_util.h>
 #include <os.h>
 #include <skas.h>
+#include <timer-internal.h>
 
 /*
  * This is a per-cpu array.  A processor only modifies its entry and it only
@@ -201,11 +202,8 @@ void initial_thread_cb(void (*proc)(void *), void *arg)
 
 void arch_cpu_idle(void)
 {
-	unsigned long long nsecs;
-
 	cpu_tasks[current_thread_info()->cpu].pid = os_getpid();
-	nsecs = disable_timer();
-	idle_sleep(nsecs);
+	os_idle_sleep(UM_NSEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ);
 	local_irq_enable();
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c b/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
index 289771d..814ec8b 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ void __attribute__ ((__section__ (".__syscall_stub")))
 stub_clone_handler(void)
 {
 	struct stub_data *data = (struct stub_data *) STUB_DATA;
+	timer_t timerid;
 	long err;
 
 	err = stub_syscall2(__NR_clone, CLONE_PARENT | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD,
@@ -35,8 +36,14 @@ stub_clone_handler(void)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	err = stub_syscall3(__NR_setitimer, ITIMER_VIRTUAL,
-			    (long) &data->timer, 0);
+	/* create posix interval timer */
+	err = stub_syscall3(__NR_timer_create, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, 0l, (long) &timerid);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* set interval to the given value from copy_context_skas0() */
+	err = stub_syscall4(__NR_timer_settime, (long) timerid, 0l,
+						(long) &data->timer, 0l);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/time.c b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
index 117568d..d15966c 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Cisco Systems
  * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007 Jeff Dike (jdike@{addtoit,linux.intel}.com)
  * Licensed under the GPL
  */
@@ -8,10 +9,12 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/threads.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 #include <asm/param.h>
 #include <kern_util.h>
 #include <os.h>
+#include <timer-internal.h>
 
 void timer_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -22,18 +25,20 @@ void timer_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-static void itimer_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
+static void timer_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 			    struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
 	switch (mode) {
 	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_PERIODIC:
-		set_interval();
+		os_timer_set_interval(NULL, NULL);
 		break;
 
+	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT:
+		os_timer_one_shot(1);
+
 	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN:
 	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED:
-	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT:
-		disable_timer();
+		os_timer_disable();
 		break;
 
 	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_RESUME:
@@ -41,68 +46,74 @@ static void itimer_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 	}
 }
 
-static int itimer_next_event(unsigned long delta,
+static int timer_next_event(unsigned long delta,
 			     struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
-	return timer_one_shot(delta + 1);
+	return os_timer_one_shot(delta);
 }
 
-static struct clock_event_device itimer_clockevent = {
-	.name		= "itimer",
+static struct clock_event_device timer_clockevent = {
+	.name		= "posix-timer",
 	.rating		= 250,
 	.cpumask	= cpu_all_mask,
 	.features	= CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERIODIC | CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT,
-	.set_mode	= itimer_set_mode,
-	.set_next_event = itimer_next_event,
-	.shift		= 32,
+	.set_mode	= timer_set_mode,
+	.set_next_event = timer_next_event,
+	.shift		= 0,
+	.max_delta_ns	= 0xffffffff,
+	.min_delta_ns	= TIMER_MIN_DELTA, //microsecond resolution should be enough for anyone, same as 640K RAM
 	.irq		= 0,
+	.mult		= 1,
 };
 
-static irqreturn_t um_timer(int irq, void *dev)
+static irqreturn_t um_timer_irq(int irq, void *dev)
 {
-	(*itimer_clockevent.event_handler)(&itimer_clockevent);
+	(*timer_clockevent.event_handler)(&timer_clockevent);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static cycle_t itimer_read(struct clocksource *cs)
+static cycle_t timer_read(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
-	return os_nsecs() / 1000;
+	return os_nsecs() / TIMER_MULTIPLIER;
 }
 
-static struct clocksource itimer_clocksource = {
-	.name		= "itimer",
+static struct clocksource timer_clocksource = {
+	.name		= "timer",
 	.rating		= 300,
-	.read		= itimer_read,
+	.read		= timer_read,
 	.mask		= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(64),
 	.flags		= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
 };
 
-static void __init setup_itimer(void)
+static void __init timer_setup(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = request_irq(TIMER_IRQ, um_timer, 0, "timer", NULL);
-	if (err != 0)
+	err = request_irq(TIMER_IRQ, um_timer_irq, IRQF_TIMER, "hr timer", NULL);
+	if (err != 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "register_timer : request_irq failed - "
 		       "errno = %d\n", -err);
+		return;
+    }
+
+    err = os_timer_create(NULL);
+    if (err != 0) {
+        printk(KERN_ERR "creation of timer failed - errno = %d\n", -err);
+        return;
+    }
 
-	itimer_clockevent.mult = div_sc(HZ, NSEC_PER_SEC, 32);
-	itimer_clockevent.max_delta_ns =
-		clockevent_delta2ns(60 * HZ, &itimer_clockevent);
-	itimer_clockevent.min_delta_ns =
-		clockevent_delta2ns(1, &itimer_clockevent);
-	err = clocksource_register_hz(&itimer_clocksource, USEC_PER_SEC);
+	err = clocksource_register_hz(&timer_clocksource, NSEC_PER_SEC/TIMER_MULTIPLIER);
 	if (err) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "clocksource_register_hz returned %d\n", err);
 		return;
 	}
-	clockevents_register_device(&itimer_clockevent);
+	clockevents_register_device(&timer_clockevent);
 }
 
 void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
 {
-	long long nsecs = os_nsecs();
+	long long nsecs = os_persistent_clock_emulation();
 
 	set_normalized_timespec(ts, nsecs / NSEC_PER_SEC,
 				nsecs % NSEC_PER_SEC);
@@ -110,6 +121,6 @@ void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
 
 void __init time_init(void)
 {
-	timer_init();
-	late_time_init = setup_itimer;
+	timer_set_signal_handler();
+	late_time_init = timer_setup;
 }
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/internal.h b/arch/um/os-Linux/internal.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dc2c9f..0000000
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/internal.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-void alarm_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, mcontext_t *mc);
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c
index df9191a..6e36f0f 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ int __init main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
 	/*
 	 * This signal stuff used to be in the reboot case.  However,
-	 * sometimes a SIGVTALRM can come in when we're halting (reproducably
+	 * sometimes a timer signal can come in when we're halting (reproducably
 	 * when writing out gcov information, presumably because that takes
 	 * some time) and cause a segfault.
 	 */
 
-	/* stop timers and set SIGVTALRM to be ignored */
-	disable_timer();
+	/* stop timers and set timer signal to be ignored */
+	os_timer_disable();
 
 	/* disable SIGIO for the fds and set SIGIO to be ignored */
 	err = deactivate_all_fds();
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
index 7b605e4..4a9be55 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <kern_util.h>
 #include <os.h>
 #include <sysdep/mcontext.h>
-#include "internal.h"
 
 void (*sig_info[NSIG])(int, struct siginfo *, struct uml_pt_regs *) = {
 	[SIGTRAP]	= relay_signal,
@@ -23,7 +22,8 @@ void (*sig_info[NSIG])(int, struct siginfo *, struct uml_pt_regs *) = {
 	[SIGBUS]	= bus_handler,
 	[SIGSEGV]	= segv_handler,
 	[SIGIO]		= sigio_handler,
-	[SIGVTALRM]	= timer_handler };
+	[SIGALRM]	= timer_handler
+};
 
 static void sig_handler_common(int sig, struct siginfo *si, mcontext_t *mc)
 {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static void sig_handler_common(int sig, struct siginfo *si, mcontext_t *mc)
 	}
 
 	/* enable signals if sig isn't IRQ signal */
-	if ((sig != SIGIO) && (sig != SIGWINCH) && (sig != SIGVTALRM))
+	if ((sig != SIGIO) && (sig != SIGWINCH) && (sig != SIGALRM))
 		unblock_signals();
 
 	(*sig_info[sig])(sig, si, &r);
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ static void sig_handler_common(int sig, struct siginfo *si, mcontext_t *mc)
 #define SIGIO_BIT 0
 #define SIGIO_MASK (1 << SIGIO_BIT)
 
-#define SIGVTALRM_BIT 1
-#define SIGVTALRM_MASK (1 << SIGVTALRM_BIT)
+#define SIGALRM_BIT 1
+#define SIGALRM_MASK (1 << SIGALRM_BIT)
 
 static int signals_enabled;
 static unsigned int signals_pending;
@@ -78,46 +78,47 @@ void sig_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *si, mcontext_t *mc)
 	set_signals(enabled);
 }
 
-static void real_alarm_handler(mcontext_t *mc)
+static void timer_real_alarm_handler(mcontext_t *mc)
 {
 	struct uml_pt_regs regs;
 
 	if (mc != NULL)
 		get_regs_from_mc(&regs, mc);
 	regs.is_user = 0;
-	unblock_signals();
-	timer_handler(SIGVTALRM, NULL, &regs);
+	timer_handler(SIGALRM, NULL, &regs);
 }
 
-void alarm_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, mcontext_t *mc)
+void timer_alarm_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, mcontext_t *mc)
 {
 	int enabled;
 
 	enabled = signals_enabled;
 	if (!signals_enabled) {
-		signals_pending |= SIGVTALRM_MASK;
+		signals_pending |= SIGALRM_MASK;
 		return;
 	}
 
 	block_signals();
-
-	real_alarm_handler(mc);
+	timer_real_alarm_handler(mc);
 	set_signals(enabled);
 }
 
-void timer_init(void)
+void timer_set_signal_handler(void)
 {
-	set_handler(SIGVTALRM);
+	set_handler(SIGALRM);
 }
 
 void set_sigstack(void *sig_stack, int size)
 {
-	stack_t stack = ((stack_t) { .ss_flags	= 0,
-				     .ss_sp	= (__ptr_t) sig_stack,
-				     .ss_size 	= size - sizeof(void *) });
+	stack_t stack = ((stack_t) {
+	            .ss_flags = 0,
+				.ss_sp    = (__ptr_t) sig_stack,
+				.ss_size  = size - sizeof(void *)
+	});
 
-	if (sigaltstack(&stack, NULL) != 0)
+	if (sigaltstack(&stack, NULL) != 0) {
 		panic("enabling signal stack failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
+	}
 }
 
 static void (*handlers[_NSIG])(int sig, struct siginfo *si, mcontext_t *mc) = {
@@ -129,10 +130,9 @@ static void (*handlers[_NSIG])(int sig, struct siginfo *si, mcontext_t *mc) = {
 
 	[SIGIO] = sig_handler,
 	[SIGWINCH] = sig_handler,
-	[SIGVTALRM] = alarm_handler
+	[SIGALRM] = timer_alarm_handler
 };
 
-
 static void hard_handler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *p)
 {
 	struct ucontext *uc = p;
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ void set_handler(int sig)
 
 	/* block irq ones */
 	sigemptyset(&action.sa_mask);
-	sigaddset(&action.sa_mask, SIGVTALRM);
 	sigaddset(&action.sa_mask, SIGIO);
 	sigaddset(&action.sa_mask, SIGWINCH);
+	sigaddset(&action.sa_mask, SIGALRM);
 
 	if (sig == SIGSEGV)
 		flags |= SA_NODEFER;
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ void unblock_signals(void)
 		if (save_pending & SIGIO_MASK)
 			sig_handler_common(SIGIO, NULL, NULL);
 
-		if (save_pending & SIGVTALRM_MASK)
-			real_alarm_handler(NULL);
+		if (save_pending & SIGALRM_MASK)
+			timer_real_alarm_handler(NULL);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
index 908579f..f669f9d 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int ptrace_dump_regs(int pid)
  * Signals that are OK to receive in the stub - we'll just continue it.
  * SIGWINCH will happen when UML is inside a detached screen.
  */
-#define STUB_SIG_MASK ((1 << SIGVTALRM) | (1 << SIGWINCH))
+#define STUB_SIG_MASK ((1 << SIGALRM) | (1 << SIGWINCH))
 
 /* Signals that the stub will finish with - anything else is an error */
 #define STUB_DONE_MASK (1 << SIGTRAP)
@@ -199,12 +199,23 @@ static int userspace_tramp(void *stack)
 {
 	void *addr;
 	int err;
+	timer_t timer;
+
+	struct stub_data *data = (struct stub_data *) stack;
 
 	ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, 0, 0);
 
 	signal(SIGTERM, SIG_DFL);
 	signal(SIGWINCH, SIG_IGN);
-	err = set_interval();
+
+	err = os_timer_create(&timer);
+	if (err) {
+		printk(UM_KERN_ERR "userspace_tramp - creation of timer failed, "
+		       "errno = %d\n", err);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	err = os_timer_set_interval(&timer, &data->timer);
 	if (err) {
 		printk(UM_KERN_ERR "userspace_tramp - setting timer failed, "
 		       "errno = %d\n", err);
@@ -271,8 +282,9 @@ int userspace_pid[NR_CPUS];
 int start_userspace(unsigned long stub_stack)
 {
 	void *stack;
-	unsigned long sp;
+	unsigned long sp, remain;
 	int pid, status, n, flags, err;
+	struct stub_data *data = (struct stub_data *) stub_stack;
 
 	stack = mmap(NULL, UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE,
 		     PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
@@ -292,6 +304,18 @@ int start_userspace(unsigned long stub_stack)
 	else
 		flags |= SIGCHLD;
 
+	remain = os_timer_remain(NULL);
+	if (remain == 0)
+		remain = UM_NSEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ;
+
+	*data = ((struct stub_data) { 
+			.timer  = ((struct itimerspec)
+				{ .it_value.tv_sec  = 0,
+				  .it_value.tv_nsec = remain,
+				  .it_interval.tv_sec  = 0,
+				  .it_interval.tv_nsec = UM_NSEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ })
+	});
+
 	pid = clone(userspace_tramp, (void *) sp, flags, (void *) stub_stack);
 	if (pid < 0) {
 		err = -errno;
@@ -308,7 +332,7 @@ int start_userspace(unsigned long stub_stack)
 			       "errno = %d\n", errno);
 			goto out_kill;
 		}
-	} while (WIFSTOPPED(status) && (WSTOPSIG(status) == SIGVTALRM));
+	} while (WIFSTOPPED(status) && (WSTOPSIG(status) == SIGALRM));
 
 	if (!WIFSTOPPED(status) || (WSTOPSIG(status) != SIGSTOP)) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
@@ -341,8 +365,6 @@ int start_userspace(unsigned long stub_stack)
 
 void userspace(struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	struct itimerval timer;
-	unsigned long long nsecs, now;
 	int err, status, op, pid = userspace_pid[0];
 	/* To prevent races if using_sysemu changes under us.*/
 	int local_using_sysemu;
@@ -351,13 +373,8 @@ void userspace(struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
 	/* Handle any immediate reschedules or signals */
 	interrupt_end();
 
-	if (getitimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL, &timer))
-		printk(UM_KERN_ERR "Failed to get itimer, errno = %d\n", errno);
-	nsecs = timer.it_value.tv_sec * UM_NSEC_PER_SEC +
-		timer.it_value.tv_usec * UM_NSEC_PER_USEC;
-	nsecs += os_nsecs();
-
 	while (1) {
+
 		/*
 		 * This can legitimately fail if the process loads a
 		 * bogus value into a segment register.  It will
@@ -428,19 +445,7 @@ void userspace(struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
 			case SIGTRAP:
 				relay_signal(SIGTRAP, (struct siginfo *)&si, regs);
 				break;
-			case SIGVTALRM:
-				now = os_nsecs();
-				if (now < nsecs)
-					break;
-				block_signals();
-				(*sig_info[sig])(sig, (struct siginfo *)&si, regs);
-				unblock_signals();
-				nsecs = timer.it_value.tv_sec *
-					UM_NSEC_PER_SEC +
-					timer.it_value.tv_usec *
-					UM_NSEC_PER_USEC;
-				nsecs += os_nsecs();
-				break;
+			case SIGALRM:
 			case SIGIO:
 			case SIGILL:
 			case SIGBUS:
@@ -487,8 +492,8 @@ __initcall(init_thread_regs);
 
 int copy_context_skas0(unsigned long new_stack, int pid)
 {
-	struct timeval tv = { .tv_sec = 0, .tv_usec = UM_USEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ };
 	int err;
+	unsigned long remain;
 	unsigned long current_stack = current_stub_stack();
 	struct stub_data *data = (struct stub_data *) current_stack;
 	struct stub_data *child_data = (struct stub_data *) new_stack;
@@ -499,11 +504,19 @@ int copy_context_skas0(unsigned long new_stack, int pid)
 	 * prepare offset and fd of child's stack as argument for parent's
 	 * and child's mmap2 calls
 	 */
-	*data = ((struct stub_data) { .offset	= MMAP_OFFSET(new_offset),
-				      .fd	= new_fd,
-				      .timer    = ((struct itimerval)
-					           { .it_value = tv,
-						     .it_interval = tv }) });
+	remain = os_timer_remain(NULL);
+	if (remain == 0)
+		remain = UM_NSEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ;
+
+	*data = ((struct stub_data) { 
+			.offset	= MMAP_OFFSET(new_offset),
+			.fd     = new_fd,
+			.timer  = ((struct itimerspec)
+					     { .it_value.tv_sec  = 0,
+					       .it_value.tv_nsec = remain,
+					       .it_interval.tv_sec  = 0,
+					       .it_interval.tv_nsec = UM_NSEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ })
+	});
 
 	err = ptrace_setregs(pid, thread_regs);
 	if (err < 0) {
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
index e9824d5..0e2bb7d 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Cisco Systems
  * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007 Jeff Dike (jdike{addtoit,linux.intel}.com)
  * Licensed under the GPL
  */
@@ -10,177 +11,172 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <kern_util.h>
 #include <os.h>
-#include "internal.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include <timer-internal.h>
 
-int set_interval(void)
-{
-	int usec = UM_USEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ;
-	struct itimerval interval = ((struct itimerval) { { 0, usec },
-							  { 0, usec } });
-
-	if (setitimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL, &interval, NULL) == -1)
-		return -errno;
+static timer_t event_high_res_timer = 0;
 
-	return 0;
+static inline long long timeval_to_ns(const struct timeval *tv)
+{
+	return ((long long) tv->tv_sec * UM_NSEC_PER_SEC) +
+		tv->tv_usec * UM_NSEC_PER_USEC;
 }
 
-int timer_one_shot(int ticks)
+static inline long long timespec_to_ns(const struct timespec *ts)
 {
-	unsigned long usec = ticks * UM_USEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ;
-	unsigned long sec = usec / UM_USEC_PER_SEC;
-	struct itimerval interval;
-
-	usec %= UM_USEC_PER_SEC;
-	interval = ((struct itimerval) { { 0, 0 }, { sec, usec } });
+	return ((long long) ts->tv_sec * UM_NSEC_PER_SEC) +
+		ts->tv_nsec;
+}
 
-	if (setitimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL, &interval, NULL) == -1)
-		return -errno;
+long long os_persistent_clock_emulation (void) {
+	struct timespec realtime_tp;
 
-	return 0;
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &realtime_tp);
+	return timespec_to_ns(&realtime_tp);
 }
 
 /**
- * timeval_to_ns - Convert timeval to nanoseconds
- * @ts:		pointer to the timeval variable to be converted
- *
- * Returns the scalar nanosecond representation of the timeval
- * parameter.
- *
- * Ripped from linux/time.h because it's a kernel header, and thus
- * unusable from here.
+ * os_timer_create() - create an new posix (interval) timer
  */
-static inline long long timeval_to_ns(const struct timeval *tv)
-{
-	return ((long long) tv->tv_sec * UM_NSEC_PER_SEC) +
-		tv->tv_usec * UM_NSEC_PER_USEC;
+int os_timer_create(void* timer) {
+
+	timer_t* t = timer;
+
+	if(t == NULL) {
+		t = &event_high_res_timer;
+	}
+
+	if (timer_create(
+		CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
+		NULL,
+		t) == -1) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
-long long disable_timer(void)
+int os_timer_set_interval(void* timer, void* i)
 {
-	struct itimerval time = ((struct itimerval) { { 0, 0 }, { 0, 0 } });
-	long long remain, max = UM_NSEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ;
+	struct itimerspec its;
+	unsigned long long nsec;
+	timer_t* t = timer;
+	struct itimerspec* its_in = i;
 
-	if (setitimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL, &time, &time) < 0)
-		printk(UM_KERN_ERR "disable_timer - setitimer failed, "
-		       "errno = %d\n", errno);
+	if(t == NULL) {
+		t = &event_high_res_timer;
+	}
 
-	remain = timeval_to_ns(&time.it_value);
-	if (remain > max)
-		remain = max;
+	nsec = UM_NSEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ;
 
-	return remain;
-}
+	if(its_in != NULL) {
+		its.it_value.tv_sec = its_in->it_value.tv_sec;
+		its.it_value.tv_nsec = its_in->it_value.tv_nsec;
+	} else {
+		its.it_value.tv_sec = 0;
+		its.it_value.tv_nsec = nsec;
+	}
 
-long long os_nsecs(void)
-{
-	struct timeval tv;
+	its.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
+	its.it_interval.tv_nsec = nsec;
 
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-	return timeval_to_ns(&tv);
-}
+	if(timer_settime(*t, 0, &its, NULL) == -1) {
+		return -errno;
+	}
 
-#ifdef UML_CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
-static int after_sleep_interval(struct timespec *ts)
-{
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void deliver_alarm(void)
+/**
+ * os_timer_remain() - returns the remaining nano seconds of the given interval
+ *                     timer
+ * Because this is the remaining time of an interval timer, which correspondends
+ * to HZ, this value can never be bigger than one second. Just
+ * the nanosecond part of the timer is returned.
+ * The returned time is relative to the start time of the interval timer.
+ * Return an negative value in an error case.
+ */
+long os_timer_remain(void* timer)
 {
-	alarm_handler(SIGVTALRM, NULL, NULL);
-}
+	struct itimerspec its;
+	timer_t* t = timer;
 
-static unsigned long long sleep_time(unsigned long long nsecs)
-{
-	return nsecs;
-}
+	if(t == NULL) {
+		t = &event_high_res_timer;
+	}
 
-#else
-unsigned long long last_tick;
-unsigned long long skew;
+	if(timer_gettime(t, &its) == -1) {
+		return -errno;
+	}
+
+	return its.it_value.tv_nsec;
+}
 
-static void deliver_alarm(void)
+int os_timer_one_shot(int ticks)
 {
-	unsigned long long this_tick = os_nsecs();
-	int one_tick = UM_NSEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ;
+	struct itimerspec its;
+	unsigned long long nsec;
+	unsigned long sec;
 
-	/* Protection against the host's time going backwards */
-	if ((last_tick != 0) && (this_tick < last_tick))
-		this_tick = last_tick;
+    nsec = (ticks + 1);
+    sec = nsec / UM_NSEC_PER_SEC;
+	nsec = nsec % UM_NSEC_PER_SEC;
 
-	if (last_tick == 0)
-		last_tick = this_tick - one_tick;
+	its.it_value.tv_sec = nsec / UM_NSEC_PER_SEC;
+	its.it_value.tv_nsec = nsec;
 
-	skew += this_tick - last_tick;
+	its.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
+	its.it_interval.tv_nsec = 0; // we cheat here
 
-	while (skew >= one_tick) {
-		alarm_handler(SIGVTALRM, NULL, NULL);
-		skew -= one_tick;
-	}
-
-	last_tick = this_tick;
+	timer_settime(event_high_res_timer, 0, &its, NULL);
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static unsigned long long sleep_time(unsigned long long nsecs)
+/**
+ * os_timer_disable() - disable the posix (interval) timer
+ * Returns the remaining interval timer time in nanoseconds
+ */
+long long os_timer_disable(void)
 {
-	return nsecs > skew ? nsecs - skew : 0;
+	struct itimerspec its;
+
+	memset(&its, 0, sizeof(struct itimerspec));
+	timer_settime(event_high_res_timer, 0, &its, &its);
+
+	return its.it_value.tv_sec * UM_NSEC_PER_SEC + its.it_value.tv_nsec;
 }
 
-static inline long long timespec_to_us(const struct timespec *ts)
+long long os_vnsecs(void)
 {
-	return ((long long) ts->tv_sec * UM_USEC_PER_SEC) +
-		ts->tv_nsec / UM_NSEC_PER_USEC;
+	struct timespec ts;
+
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID,&ts);
+	return timespec_to_ns(&ts);
 }
 
-static int after_sleep_interval(struct timespec *ts)
+long long os_nsecs(void)
 {
-	int usec = UM_USEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ;
-	long long start_usecs = timespec_to_us(ts);
-	struct timeval tv;
-	struct itimerval interval;
-
-	/*
-	 * It seems that rounding can increase the value returned from
-	 * setitimer to larger than the one passed in.  Over time,
-	 * this will cause the remaining time to be greater than the
-	 * tick interval.  If this happens, then just reduce the first
-	 * tick to the interval value.
-	 */
-	if (start_usecs > usec)
-		start_usecs = usec;
-
-	start_usecs -= skew / UM_NSEC_PER_USEC;
-	if (start_usecs < 0)
-		start_usecs = 0;
-
-	tv = ((struct timeval) { .tv_sec  = start_usecs / UM_USEC_PER_SEC,
-				 .tv_usec = start_usecs % UM_USEC_PER_SEC });
-	interval = ((struct itimerval) { { 0, usec }, tv });
-
-	if (setitimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL, &interval, NULL) == -1)
-		return -errno;
+	struct timespec ts;
 
-	return 0;
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC,&ts);
+	return timespec_to_ns(&ts);
 }
-#endif
 
-void idle_sleep(unsigned long long nsecs)
+/**
+ * os_idle_sleep() - sleep for a given time of nsecs
+ * @nsecs: nanoseconds to sleep
+ */
+void os_idle_sleep(unsigned long long nsecs)
 {
 	struct timespec ts;
 
-	/*
-	 * nsecs can come in as zero, in which case, this starts a
-	 * busy loop.  To prevent this, reset nsecs to the tick
-	 * interval if it is zero.
-	 */
-	if (nsecs == 0)
-		nsecs = UM_NSEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ;
-
-	nsecs = sleep_time(nsecs);
-	ts = ((struct timespec) { .tv_sec	= nsecs / UM_NSEC_PER_SEC,
-				  .tv_nsec	= nsecs % UM_NSEC_PER_SEC });
-
-	if (nanosleep(&ts, &ts) == 0)
-		deliver_alarm();
-	after_sleep_interval(&ts);
+	if (nsecs <= 0) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	ts = ((struct timespec) {
+			.tv_sec  = nsecs / UM_NSEC_PER_SEC,
+			.tv_nsec = nsecs % UM_NSEC_PER_SEC
+	});
+
+	clock_nanosleep(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, 0, &ts, NULL);
 }