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+#ifndef _IPXE_RETRY_H
+#define _IPXE_RETRY_H
+
+/** @file
+ *
+ * Retry timers
+ *
+ */
+
+FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );
+
+#include <ipxe/list.h>
+
+/** Default timeout value */
+#define DEFAULT_MIN_TIMEOUT ( TICKS_PER_SEC / 4 )
+
+/** Limit after which the timeout will be deemed permanent */
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_TIMEOUT ( 10 * TICKS_PER_SEC )
+
+/** A retry timer */
+struct retry_timer {
+ /** List of active timers */
+ struct list_head list;
+ /** Timer is currently running */
+ unsigned int running;
+ /** Timeout value (in ticks) */
+ unsigned long timeout;
+ /** Minimum timeout value (in ticks)
+ *
+ * A value of zero means "use default timeout."
+ */
+ unsigned long min_timeout;
+ /** Maximum timeout value before failure (in ticks)
+ *
+ * A value of zero means "use default timeout."
+ */
+ unsigned long max_timeout;
+ /** Start time (in ticks) */
+ unsigned long start;
+ /** Retry count */
+ unsigned int count;
+ /** Timer expired callback
+ *
+ * @v timer Retry timer
+ * @v fail Failure indicator
+ *
+ * The timer will already be stopped when this method is
+ * called. The failure indicator will be True if the retry
+ * timeout has already exceeded @c MAX_TIMEOUT.
+ */
+ void ( * expired ) ( struct retry_timer *timer, int over );
+ /** Reference counter
+ *
+ * If this interface is not part of a reference-counted
+ * object, this field may be NULL.
+ */
+ struct refcnt *refcnt;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Initialise a timer
+ *
+ * @v timer Retry timer
+ * @v expired Timer expired callback
+ * @v refcnt Reference counter, or NULL
+ */
+static inline __attribute__ (( always_inline )) void
+timer_init ( struct retry_timer *timer,
+ void ( * expired ) ( struct retry_timer *timer, int over ),
+ struct refcnt *refcnt ) {
+ timer->expired = expired;
+ timer->refcnt = refcnt;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Initialise a static timer
+ *
+ * @v expired_fn Timer expired callback
+ */
+#define TIMER_INIT( expired_fn ) { \
+ .expired = (expired_fn), \
+ }
+
+extern void start_timer ( struct retry_timer *timer );
+extern void start_timer_fixed ( struct retry_timer *timer,
+ unsigned long timeout );
+extern void stop_timer ( struct retry_timer *timer );
+extern void retry_poll ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Start timer with no delay
+ *
+ * @v timer Retry timer
+ *
+ * This starts the timer running with a zero timeout value.
+ */
+static inline void start_timer_nodelay ( struct retry_timer *timer ) {
+ start_timer_fixed ( timer, 0 );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Test to see if timer is currently running
+ *
+ * @v timer Retry timer
+ * @ret running Non-zero if timer is running
+ */
+static inline __attribute__ (( always_inline )) unsigned long
+timer_running ( struct retry_timer *timer ) {
+ return ( timer->running );
+}
+
+#endif /* _IPXE_RETRY_H */