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126 lines
3.8 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: timer_create.2,v 1.7 2004/03/14 10:36:09 snj Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Christos Zoulas.
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.Dd September 13, 2003
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.Dt TIMER_CREATE 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm timer_create
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.Nd create a per-process timer
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In time.h
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.In signal.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn timer_create "clockid_t clockid" "struct sigevent * restrict evp" "timer_t * restrict timerid"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn timer_create
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function creates a per-process timer using the clock specified in the
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.Ar clockid
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argument.
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If it succeeds, the
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.Fn timer_create
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function fills in the
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.Ar timerid
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argument with an id associated with the timer created that can be used by
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other timer related calls.
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The
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.Ar clockid
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must be a valid clock id as defined in
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.Aq Pa time.h .
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The timer is created in a disarmed state.
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.Pp
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An optional
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.Pq non- Ns Dv NULL
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sigevent argument can be specified by the
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.Ar evp
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argument.
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If the
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.Ar evp
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argument is
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.Dv NULL ,
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then it defaults to
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.Fa sigev_notify
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set to
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.Dv SIGEV_SIGVAL
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and
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.Fa sigev_value
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set to
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.Ar timerid .
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See
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.Xr siginfo 2
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for accessing those values from a signal handler.
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.Sh NOTES
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Timers are not inherited after a
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.Xr fork 2
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and are disarmed and deleted by an
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.Xr exec 3 .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If successful, the
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.Fn timer_create
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function returns 0, and fills in the
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.Ar timerid
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argument with the id of the new timer that was created.
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Otherwise, it returns \-1, and sets
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.Dv errno
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to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn timer_create
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function will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EAGAIN
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The system is out of resources to satisfy this request, or the process has
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created all the timers it is allowed.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The argument
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.Ar clockid
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is not a valid clock id.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr clock_getres 2 ,
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.Xr clock_gettime 2 ,
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.Xr clock_settime 2 ,
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.Xr timer_delete 2 ,
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.Xr timer_getoverrun 2 ,
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.Xr timer_gettime 2 ,
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.Xr timer_settime 2
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.Sh STANDARDS
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.St -p1003.1b-93 ,
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.St -p1003.1i-95
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