169 lines
4.9 KiB
Groff
169 lines
4.9 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: getitimer.2,v 1.10 1999/03/22 19:45:03 garbled Exp $
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.\" @(#)getitimer.2 8.3 (Berkeley) 5/16/95
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.\"
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.Dd May 16, 1995
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.Dt GETITIMER 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getitimer ,
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.Nm setitimer
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.Nd get/set value of interval timer
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/time.h>
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.Fd #define ITIMER_REAL 0
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.Fd #define ITIMER_VIRTUAL 1
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.Fd #define ITIMER_PROF 2
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.Ft int
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.Fn getitimer "int which" "struct itimerval *value"
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.Ft int
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.Fn setitimer "int which" "const struct itimerval *value" "struct itimerval *ovalue"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The system provides each process with three interval timers,
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defined in
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.Ao Pa sys/time.h Ac .
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The
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.Fn getitimer
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call returns the current value for the timer specified in
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.Fa which
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in the structure at
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.Fa value .
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The
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.Fn setitimer
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call sets a timer to the specified
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.Fa value
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(returning the previous value of the timer if
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.Fa ovalue
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is non-nil).
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.Pp
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A timer value is defined by the
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.Fa itimerval
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structure:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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struct itimerval {
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struct timeval it_interval; /* timer interval */
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struct timeval it_value; /* current value */
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa it_value
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is non-zero, it indicates the time to the next timer expiration.
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If
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.Fa it_interval
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is non-zero, it specifies a value to be used in reloading
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.Fa it_value
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when the timer expires.
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Setting
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.Fa it_value
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to 0 disables a timer. Setting
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.Fa it_interval
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to 0 causes a timer to be disabled after its next expiration (assuming
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.Fa it_value
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is non-zero).
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.Pp
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Time values smaller than the resolution of the
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system clock are rounded up to this resolution
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(typically 10 milliseconds).
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.Pp
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The
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.Dv ITIMER_REAL
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timer decrements in real time. A
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.Dv SIGALRM
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signal is
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delivered when this timer expires.
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.Pp
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The
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.Dv ITIMER_VIRTUAL
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timer decrements in process virtual time.
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It runs only when the process is executing. A
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.Dv SIGVTALRM
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signal
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is delivered when it expires.
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.Pp
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The
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.Dv ITIMER_PROF
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timer decrements both in process virtual time and
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when the system is running on behalf of the process. It is designed
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to be used by interpreters in statistically profiling the execution
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of interpreted programs.
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Each time the
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.Dv ITIMER_PROF
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timer expires, the
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.Dv SIGPROF
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signal is
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delivered. Because this signal may interrupt in-progress
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system calls, programs using this timer must be prepared to
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restart interrupted system calls.
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.Sh NOTES
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Three macros for manipulating time values are defined in
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.Ao Pa sys/time.h Ac .
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.Fa timerclear
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sets a time value to zero,
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.Fa timerisset
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tests if a time value is non-zero, and
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.Fa timercmp
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compares two time values.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If the calls succeed, a value of 0 is returned. If an error occurs,
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the value -1 is returned, and a more precise error code is placed
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in the global variable
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.Va errno .
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn getitimer
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and
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.Fn setitimer
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will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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The
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.Fa value
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parameter specified a bad address.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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A
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.Fa value
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parameter specified a time that was too large
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to be handled.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr poll 2 ,
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.Xr select 2 ,
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.Xr sigaction 2 ,
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.Xr gettimeofday 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn getitimer
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function call appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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