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+/*
+ * PTP 1588 clock support - private declarations for the core module.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 OMICRON electronics GmbH
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+#ifndef _PTP_PRIVATE_H_
+#define _PTP_PRIVATE_H_
+
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/posix-clock.h>
+#include <linux/ptp_clock.h>
+#include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+
+#define PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS 128
+#define PTP_BUF_TIMESTAMPS 30
+
+struct timestamp_event_queue {
+	struct ptp_extts_event buf[PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS];
+	int head;
+	int tail;
+	spinlock_t lock;
+};
+
+struct ptp_clock {
+	struct posix_clock clock;
+	struct device *dev;
+	struct ptp_clock_info *info;
+	dev_t devid;
+	int index; /* index into clocks.map */
+	struct pps_device *pps_source;
+	struct timestamp_event_queue tsevq; /* simple fifo for time stamps */
+	struct mutex tsevq_mux; /* one process at a time reading the fifo */
+	wait_queue_head_t tsev_wq;
+	int defunct; /* tells readers to go away when clock is being removed */
+};
+
+/*
+ * The function queue_cnt() is safe for readers to call without
+ * holding q->lock. Readers use this function to verify that the queue
+ * is nonempty before proceeding with a dequeue operation. The fact
+ * that a writer might concurrently increment the tail does not
+ * matter, since the queue remains nonempty nonetheless.
+ */
+static inline int queue_cnt(struct timestamp_event_queue *q)
+{
+	int cnt = q->tail - q->head;
+	return cnt < 0 ? PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS + cnt : cnt;
+}
+
+/*
+ * see ptp_chardev.c
+ */
+
+long ptp_ioctl(struct posix_clock *pc,
+	       unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
+
+int ptp_open(struct posix_clock *pc, fmode_t fmode);
+
+ssize_t ptp_read(struct posix_clock *pc,
+		 uint flags, char __user *buf, size_t cnt);
+
+uint ptp_poll(struct posix_clock *pc,
+	      struct file *fp, poll_table *wait);
+
+/*
+ * see ptp_sysfs.c
+ */
+
+extern struct device_attribute ptp_dev_attrs[];
+
+int ptp_cleanup_sysfs(struct ptp_clock *ptp);
+
+int ptp_populate_sysfs(struct ptp_clock *ptp);
+
+#endif