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[media] v4l: Helper function for obtaining timestamps

v4l2_get_timestamp() produces a monotonic timestamp but unlike
ktime_get_ts(), it uses struct timeval instead of struct timespec, saving
the drivers the conversion job when getting timestamps for v4l2_buffer's
timestamp field.

Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Sakari Ailus 12 years ago
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2 changed files with 12 additions and 0 deletions
  1. 10 0
      drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c
  2. 2 0
      include/media/v4l2-common.h

+ 10 - 0
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c

@@ -978,3 +978,13 @@ const struct v4l2_frmsize_discrete *v4l2_find_nearest_format(
 	return best;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_find_nearest_format);
+
+void v4l2_get_timestamp(struct timeval *tv)
+{
+	struct timespec ts;
+
+	ktime_get_ts(&ts);
+	tv->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
+	tv->tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_get_timestamp);

+ 2 - 0
include/media/v4l2-common.h

@@ -225,4 +225,6 @@ bool v4l2_detect_gtf(unsigned frame_height, unsigned hfreq, unsigned vsync,
 
 struct v4l2_fract v4l2_calc_aspect_ratio(u8 hor_landscape, u8 vert_portrait);
 
+void v4l2_get_timestamp(struct timeval *tv);
+
 #endif /* V4L2_COMMON_H_ */