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.TH TIMER_SETTIME 3C "Feb 5, 2008"
.SH NAME
timer_settime, timer_gettime, timer_getoverrun \- per-process timers
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <time.h>

\fBint\fR \fBtimer_settime\fR(\fBtimer_t\fR \fItimerid\fR, \fBint\fR \fIflags\fR,
     \fBconst struct itimerspec *restrict\fR \fIvalue\fR,
     \fBstruct itimerspec *restrict\fR \fIovalue\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBtimer_gettime\fR(\fBtimer_t\fR \fItimerid\fR, \fBstruct itimerspec *\fR\fIvalue\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBtimer_getoverrun\fR(\fBtimer_t\fR \fItimerid\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBtimer_settime()\fR function sets the time until the next expiration of
the timer specified by \fItimerid\fR from the \fBit_value\fR member of the
\fIvalue\fR argument and arm the timer if the \fBit_value\fR member of
\fIvalue\fR is non-zero. If the specified timer was already armed when
\fBtimer_settime()\fR is called, this call resets the time until next
expiration to the \fIvalue\fR specified. If the \fBit_value\fR member of
\fIvalue\fR is 0, the timer is disarmed. The effect of disarming or resetting a
timer on pending expiration notifications is unspecified.
.sp
.LP
If the flag \fBTIMER_ABSTIME\fR is not set in the argument \fIflags\fR,
\fBtimer_settime()\fR behaves as if the time until next expiration is set to be
equal to the interval specified by the \fBit_value\fR member of \fIvalue\fR.
That is, the timer expires in \fBit_value\fR nanoseconds from when the call is
made. If the flag \fBTIMER_ABSTIME\fR is set in the argument \fIflags\fR,
\fBtimer_settime()\fR behaves as if the time until next expiration is set to be
equal to the difference between the absolute time specified by the
\fBit_value\fR member of \fIvalue\fR and the current value of the clock
associated with \fItimerid\fR. That is, the timer expires when the clock
reaches the value specified by the \fBit_value\fR member of \fIvalue\fR. If the
specified time has already passed, the function succeeds and the expiration
notification is made.
.sp
.LP
The reload value of the timer is set to the value specified by the
\fBit_interval\fR member of \fIvalue\fR. When a timer is armed with a non-zero
\fBit_interval\fR, a periodic (or repetitive) timer is specified.
.sp
.LP
Time values that are between two consecutive non-negative integer multiples of
the resolution of the specified timer will be rounded up to the larger multiple
of the resolution. Quantization error will not cause the timer to expire
earlier than the rounded time value.
.sp
.LP
If the argument \fIovalue\fR is not \fINULL\fR, the function
\fBtimer_settime()\fR stores, in the location referenced by \fIovalue\fR, a
value representing the previous amount of time before the timer would have
expired or 0 if the timer was disarmed, together with the previous timer reload
value. The members of \fIovalue\fR are subject to the resolution of the timer,
and they are the same values that would be returned by a \fBtimer_gettime()\fR
call at that point in time.
.sp
.LP
The \fBtimer_gettime()\fR function stores the amount of time until the
specified timer, \fItimerid\fR, expires and the reload value of the timer into
the space pointed to by the \fIvalue\fR argument. The \fBit_value\fR member of
this structure contains the amount of time before the timer expires, or 0 if
the timer is disarmed. This value is returned as the interval until timer
expiration, even if the timer was armed with absolute time. The
\fBit_interval\fR member of \fIvalue\fR contains the reload value last set by
\fBtimer_settime()\fR.
.sp
.LP
Only a single signal will be queued to the process for a given timer at any
point in time. When a timer for which a signal is still pending expires, no
signal will be queued, and a timer overrun occurs. When a timer expiration
signal is delivered to or accepted by a process, the \fBtimer_getoverrun()\fR
function returns the timer expiration overrun count for the specified timer.
The overrun count returned contains the number of extra timer expirations that
occurred between the time the signal was generated (queued) and when it was
delivered or accepted, up to but not including an implementation-dependent
maximum of \fBDELAYTIMER_MAX\fR. If the number of such extra expirations is
greater than or equal to \fBDELAYTIMER_MAX\fR, then the overrun count will be
set to \fBDELAYTIMER_MAX\fR. The value returned by \fBtimer_getoverrun()\fR
applies to the most recent expiration signal delivery or acceptance for the
timer. If no expiration signal has been delivered for the timer, the meaning of
the overrun count returned is undefined.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
If the \fBtimer_settime()\fR or \fBtimer_gettime()\fR functions succeed,
\fB0\fR is returned. If an error occurs for either of these functions,
\fB\(mi1\fR is returned, and \fBerrno\fR is set to indicate the error. If the
\fBtimer_getoverrun()\fR function succeeds, it returns the timer expiration
overrun count as explained above.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
The \fBtimer_settime()\fR, \fBtimer_gettime()\fR and \fBtimer_getoverrun()\fR
functions will fail if:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEINVAL\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 11n
The \fItimerid\fR argument does not correspond to a timer returned by
\fBtimer_create\fR(3C) but not yet deleted by \fBtimer_delete\fR(3C).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBENOSYS\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 11n
The \fBtimer_settime()\fR, \fBtimer_gettime()\fR, and \fBtimer_getoverrun()\fR
functions are not supported by the system. The \fBtimer_settime()\fR function
will fail if:
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEINVAL\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 11n
A \fIvalue\fR structure specified a nanosecond value less than zero or greater
than or equal to 1000 million.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
l | l
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Committed
_
MT-Level	Async-Signal-Safe
_
Standard	See \fBstandards\fR(5).
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBtime.h\fR(3HEAD), \fBclock_settime\fR(3C), \fBtimer_create\fR(3C),
\fBtimer_delete\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)