1 /* $NetBSD: alarm.c,v 1.11 2012/06/25 22:32:43 abs Exp $ */
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32 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
33 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
35 static char sccsid
[] = "@(#)alarm.c 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
37 __RCSID("$NetBSD: alarm.c,v 1.11 2012/06/25 22:32:43 abs Exp $");
39 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
42 * Backwards compatible alarm.
44 #include "namespace.h"
49 __weak_alias(alarm
,_alarm
)
53 alarm(unsigned int secs
)
55 struct itimerval it
, oitv
;
56 struct itimerval
*itp
= &it
;
58 timerclear(&itp
->it_interval
);
59 itp
->it_value
.tv_sec
= secs
;
60 itp
->it_value
.tv_usec
= 0;
61 if (setitimer(ITIMER_REAL
, itp
, &oitv
) == -1)
62 return (unsigned int) -1;
63 if (oitv
.it_value
.tv_usec
)
64 oitv
.it_value
.tv_sec
++;
65 return (unsigned int)oitv
.it_value
.tv_sec
;