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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man2/timer_settime.2 b/static/netbsd/man2/timer_settime.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be481332 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man2/timer_settime.2 @@ -0,0 +1,173 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: timer_settime.2,v 1.10 2021/09/23 13:49:59 uwe Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Christos Zoulas. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd May 17, 2010 +.Dt TIMER_SETTIME 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm timer_settime , +.Nm timer_gettime , +.Nm timer_getoverrun +.Nd process timer manipulation +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In time.h +.Ft int +.Fn timer_settime "timer_t timerid" "int flags" "const struct itimerspec * restrict tim" "struct itimerspec * restrict otim" +.Ft int +.Fn timer_gettime "timer_t timerid" "struct itimerspec *tim" +.Ft int +.Fn timer_getoverrun "timer_t timerid" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn timer_settime +sets the next expiration time of the timer with ID +.Ar timerid +to the +.Fa it_value +(see +.Xr itimerspec 3 ) +specified in the +.Ar tim +argument. +If the value is 0, the timer is disarmed. +If the argument +.Ar otim +is not +.Dv NULL +the old timer settings are returned. +.Pp +If the +.Ar flags +argument is set to +.Dv TIMER_RELTIME +then the expiration time is set to the value in nanoseconds specified +in the +.Ar tim +argument from the time the call to +.Fn timer_settime +was made. +If the +.Ar flags +argument is set to +.Dv TIMER_ABSTIME +then the expiration time is set to be equal to the difference between the +clock associated with this timer, and the value specified in the +.Ar tim +argument. +If that time has already passed, then the call succeeds, and the +expiration notification occurs. +.Pp +If the +.Fa it_interval +of the +.Ar tim +argument is non-zero, then the timer reloads upon expiration. +.Pp +The +.Fn timer_gettime +function returns the current settings of the timer +specified by the +.Ar timerid +argument in the +.Ar tim +argument. +.Pp +Only one notification event (signal) can be pending for a given timer +and process. +If a timer expires while the signal is still queued for delivery, then +the overrun counter for that timer is increased. +The counter can store values up to +.Dv DELAYTIMER_MAX . +When the signal is finally delivered to the process, then the +.Fn timer_getoverrun +function can be used to retrieve the overrun counter for the timer +specified in the +.Ar timerid +argument. +.Sh NOTES +Expiration time values are always rounded up to the resolution of the timer, +so a notification will never be sent before the requested time. +Values returned in the +.Ar otim +argument of +.Fn timer_settime +or in the +.Ar tim +argument of +.Fn timer_gettime +are subject to the above rounding effect and might not exactly match the +requested values by the user. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If successful, the +.Fn timer_gettime +and +.Fn timer_settime +functions return 0, and the +.Fn timer_getoverrun +function returns the expiration overrun count for the specified timer. +Otherwise, the functions return \-1, and set +.Dv errno +to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn timer_gettime , +.Fn timer_getoverrun , +and +.Fn timer_settime +functions will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The argument +.Ar timerid +does not correspond to a valid timer id as returned by +.Fn timer_create +or that timer id has been deleted by +.Fn timer_delete . +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn timer_settime +function will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +A nanosecond field in the +.Ar tim +structure specified a value less than zero or greater than or equal +to\~10^9. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr clock_gettime 2 , +.Xr timer_create 2 , +.Xr timer_delete 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +.St -p1003.1b-93 , +.St -p1003.1i-95 +.\" LocalWords: gettime settime |
