xref: /freebsd/lib/libc/gen/ualarm.c (revision 2a4a1db342263067035ce69a4017c645da63455d)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1985, 1993
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32  */
33 
34 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
35 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ualarm.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
36 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
37 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
38 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
39 
40 #include <sys/time.h>
41 #include <unistd.h>
42 
43 #define	USPS	1000000		/* # of microseconds in a second */
44 
45 /*
46  * Generate a SIGALRM signal in ``usecs'' microseconds.
47  * If ``reload'' is non-zero, keep generating SIGALRM
48  * every ``reload'' microseconds after the first signal.
49  */
50 unsigned
51 ualarm(usecs, reload)
52 	unsigned usecs;
53 	unsigned reload;
54 {
55 	struct itimerval new, old;
56 
57 	new.it_interval.tv_usec = reload % USPS;
58 	new.it_interval.tv_sec = reload / USPS;
59 
60 	new.it_value.tv_usec = usecs % USPS;
61 	new.it_value.tv_sec = usecs / USPS;
62 
63 	if (setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &new, &old) == 0)
64 		return (old.it_value.tv_sec * USPS + old.it_value.tv_usec);
65 	/* else */
66 		return (-1);
67 }
68