80 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
80 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: timeout.9,v 1.2 1996/06/23 22:32:34 pk Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 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 Paul Kranenburg.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
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.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
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.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
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.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd June 23, 1996
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.Dt TIMEOUT 9
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.Os NetBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm timeout
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.Nd execute a function after a specified length of time
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Ft void
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.Fn "timeout" "void (*fnt)(void *)" "void *arg" "int ticks"
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.Ft void
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.Fn "untimeout" "void (*fnt)(void *)" "void *arg"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The function
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.Fn timeout
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schedules a call to the function given by the argument
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.Fa fnt
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to take place after
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.Fa ticks Ns No /hz
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seconds. Non-positive values of
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.Fa ticks
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are silently converted to the value
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.Sq 1 .
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.Fa fnt
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should be a pointer to a function that takes a
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.Fa void *
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argument, in which the
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.Fn timeout
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argument
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.Fa arg
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will be passed.
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.Pp
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The function
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.Fn untimeout
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cancels the first scheduled call
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.Pq i.e. the one with the shortest delay left
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that matches the
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.Aq Fa fnt , Ns Fa arg
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pair. If a match can not be found in the callout queue, nothing happens.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr hz 9
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.Sh BUGS
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.Fn untimeout
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should probably remove all matches from the queue..
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