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authorAlex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>2024-06-20 16:22:14 +0100
committerAlex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>2024-06-24 10:14:41 +0100
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sysemu: generalise qtest_warp_clock as qemu_clock_advance_virtual_time
Move the key functionality of moving time forward into the clock sub-system itself. This will allow us to plumb in time control into plugins. Signed-off-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> Message-Id: <20240620152220.2192768-7-alex.bennee@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/include/qemu/timer.h b/include/qemu/timer.h
index 9a366e5..5ce83c7 100644
--- a/include/qemu/timer.h
+++ b/include/qemu/timer.h
@@ -245,6 +245,21 @@ bool qemu_clock_run_timers(QEMUClockType type);
*/
bool qemu_clock_run_all_timers(void);
+/**
+ * qemu_clock_advance_virtual_time(): advance the virtual time tick
+ * @target_ns: target time in nanoseconds
+ *
+ * This function is used where the control of the flow of time has
+ * been delegated to outside the clock subsystem (be it qtest, icount
+ * or some other external source). You can ask the clock system to
+ * return @early at the first expired timer.
+ *
+ * Time can only move forward, attempts to reverse time would lead to
+ * an error.
+ *
+ * Returns: new virtual time.
+ */
+int64_t qemu_clock_advance_virtual_time(int64_t target_ns);
/*
* QEMUTimerList