#include <time.h>
int timer_getoverrun(timer_t timerid);
int timer_gettime(timer_t timerid,
struct itimerspec *value);
int timer_settime(timer_t timerid,
int flags, const struct itimerspec *value,
struct itimerspec *ovalue);
The timer_gettime() function retrieves the amount of time
remaining until the timer specified by timerid expires. If
the timer is disarmed, this value is 0.
stores this value along with the reload value of the timer in the
itimerspec structure pointed to by value.
The retrieved time remaining is stored in the it_value member
of this structure, while the reload value of the timer (as set by
set_time()) is stored in the it_interval
member.
The timer_settime() function sets the time until expiration
for the timer specified by timerid. To do so, it uses
the value of the it_value member of the itimerspec
structure pointed to by value. When it_value is
0, the timer is disarmed; otherwise, it is armed.
The timer_settime() function does not reset overrun counts.
Whether or not the TIMER_ABSTIME is set in flags
determines whether timer_settime() interprets the
value of the it_value as an absolute time (that is, a
specific time) or a relative time (that is, a time interval).
When TIMER_ABSTIME is set, timer_settime()
sets the time until expiration of timerid to the difference
between time specified by it_value and the current time. However,
if the time specified by it_value has already passed, the
function succeed and notification of the timer expiration is made.
When TIMER_ABSTIME is not set, timer_settime()
sets the time until expiration of timerid to the
it_value value.
timer_settime() sets the reload value of
timerid to the value of the it_interval
member of value. When this value is non-zero, it indicates that
the timer is a periodic (or repetitive) timer.
When a time value is not a multiple of the specified timer's resolution, that
time value is rounded up to the nearest multiple.
When ovalue is not a null pointer,
timer_settime() stores, in the location pointed to, the
previous remaining time before expiration for timerid
along with the previous reload value for that timer.
The timer_getoverrun() function returns the timer
expiration overrun count for the timer specified by timerid.
A timer overrun occurs when a timer expires and still has a pending signal.
No additional signal is queued because a given timer may only have one
signal queued to the process.
The timer overrun expiration count is the number of additional timer
expirations that occurred between when the signal was queued and when it
was delivered or accepted. This count has a maximum of
{DELAYTIMER_MAX}. On the NuTCRACKER Platform DELAYTIMER_MAX
is set to INT_MAX, allowing this function to count a fairly
large number of overruns. When the specified timer is uninitialized,
timer_getoverrun() returns 0.
- flags
-
Contains the TIMER_ABSTIME flag which determines whether
it_value member of value is treated as
an absolute or relative time value.
- ovalue
-
Points to an itimerspec structure where
timer_settime() stores the previous time remaining until
expiration and previous reload value.
- timerid
-
Specifies a timer ID.
- value
-
Points to an itimerspec structure which contains the values
retrieved by timer_gettime() or the values to be set by
timer_settime().
When successful, timer_gettime() and
timer_settime() return 0 while
timer_getoverrun() returns the timer expiration overrun
count as described in the DESCRIPTION section.
Otherwise, these functions return -1 and set errno to one of the
following:
- EFAULT
-
The timerid argument to timer_gettime()
or timer_settime() is a bad pointer.
- EINVAL
-
The timerid argument is not a valid timer ID or the
value argument of timer_settime() pointed
to a structure that did not contain a valid time value.
UNIX 03.
MT-Safe.
The flag TIMER_RESUME can be used to configure timer_settime() to wake the system from a suspended power conservation mode when the specified interval expires.
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- Functions:
- _NutConf(), clock_getres(), timer_create()
- Miscellaneous:
- struct itimerspec
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