glibc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/aix/setitimer.c

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   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#include <stddef.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>

extern int __libc_nanosleep (const struct timespec *requested_time,
			     struct timespec *remaining);
int
__setitimer (which, new, old)
     enum __itimer_which which;
     const struct itimerval *new;
     struct itimerval *old;
{
  if (new == NULL)
    {
      __set_errno (EINVAL);
      return -1;
    }

  switch (which)
   {
    default:
      __set_errno (EINVAL);
      return -1;

    case ITIMER_VIRTUAL:
    case ITIMER_PROF:
      __set_errno (ENOSYS);
      return -1;

    case ITIMER_REAL:
      break;
   }

  switch (__fork())
   {
    case -1: exit(-1);
    case  0:
       {
        struct timespec ts ={tv_sec:(long int)new->it_value.tv_sec,tv_nsec:0};
        __libc_nanosleep(&ts,&ts);
	__kill(getppid(), SIGALRM);
	exit(0);
       }
    default:
   }
  return 0;
}
weak_alias (__setitimer, setitimer)