xref: /freebsd/lib/libc/gen/ualarm.c (revision fed1ca4b719c56c930f2259d80663cd34be812bb)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1985, 1993
3  *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
4  *
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17  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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19  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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27  * SUCH DAMAGE.
28  */
29 
30 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
31 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ualarm.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
32 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
33 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
34 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
35 
36 #include <sys/time.h>
37 #include <unistd.h>
38 
39 #define	USPS	1000000		/* # of microseconds in a second */
40 
41 /*
42  * Generate a SIGALRM signal in ``usecs'' microseconds.
43  * If ``reload'' is non-zero, keep generating SIGALRM
44  * every ``reload'' microseconds after the first signal.
45  */
46 useconds_t
47 ualarm(useconds_t usecs, useconds_t reload)
48 {
49 	struct itimerval new, old;
50 
51 	new.it_interval.tv_usec = reload % USPS;
52 	new.it_interval.tv_sec = reload / USPS;
53 
54 	new.it_value.tv_usec = usecs % USPS;
55 	new.it_value.tv_sec = usecs / USPS;
56 
57 	if (setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &new, &old) == 0)
58 		return (old.it_value.tv_sec * USPS + old.it_value.tv_usec);
59 	/* else */
60 		return (-1);
61 }
62