sysdeps/unix/alarm.c

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  18
  19 #include <unistd.h>
  20 #include <sys/time.h>
  21
  22 /* Schedule an alarm.  In SECONDS seconds, the process will get a SIGALRM.
  23    If SECONDS is zero, any currently scheduled alarm will be cancelled.
  24    The function returns the number of seconds remaining until the last
  25    alarm scheduled would have signaled, or zero if there wasn't one.
  26    There is no return value to indicate an error, but you can set `errno'
  27    to 0 and check its value after calling `alarm', and this might tell you.
  28    The signal may come late due to processor scheduling.  */
  29 unsigned int
  30 alarm (seconds)
  31      unsigned int seconds;
  32 {
  33   struct itimerval old, new;
  34   unsigned int retval;
  35
  36   new.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
  37   new.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
  38   new.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
  39   new.it_value.tv_sec = (long int) seconds;
  40   if (__setitimer (ITIMER_REAL, &new, &old) < 0)
  41     return 0;
  42
  43   retval = old.it_value.tv_sec;
  44   /* Round to the nearest second, but never report zero seconds when
  45      the alarm is still set.  */
  46   if (old.it_value.tv_usec >= 500000
  47       || (retval == 0 && old.it_value.tv_usec > 0))
  48     ++retval;
  49   return retval;
  50 }
  51 libc_hidden_def (alarm)