jeffbuttars/timerfd

Python module with timerfd wrapper functions and a Timerfd class for encapsulated timerfd objects

timerfd

Python module with timerfd wrapper functions and a Timerfd class for encapsulated timerfd objects

timerfd's Issues

Tornado IOLoop with timerfd

Add a tornado ready IOLoop that uses timerfd for timers instead of tornado's home grown timers.

• timerfd IOLoop should inherit as much existing IOLoop functianality as possible.
• It `should inherit from the most top level tornado IOLoop class as possible
• It should gracefully fallback to tornado's preferred loop for the system if the timerfd module is not installed. But complain with a loud warning.

Add absolute time support

Currently only time offsets are supported, but the system timerfd supports using an absolute time. It's very possible to use an absolute time with the python timerfd module, so we should support it.

Add nanosecond support

The system timerfd supports nanoseconds, so should the timerfd python module. Currently the python timedelta only goes to microsecond percision. We should add an argument that allows a nanosecond time slice to be added. The argument would support a numeric value between 1 and 1000000000, to support up a seconds worth of nano seconds.