glibc/sysdeps/unix/bsd/ualarm.c
Andreas Jaeger 41bdb6e20c Update to LGPL v2.1.
2001-07-06  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>

	* manual/argp.texi: Remove ignored LGPL copyright notice; it's
	not appropriate for documentation anyway.
	* manual/libc-texinfo.sh: "Library General Public License" ->
	"Lesser General Public License".

2001-07-06  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

	* All files under GPL/LGPL version 2: Place under LGPL version
	2.1.
2001-07-06 04:58:11 +00:00

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/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA. */
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
/* Set an alarm to go off (generating a SIGALRM signal) in VALUE microseconds.
If INTERVAL is nonzero, when the alarm goes off, the timer is reset to go
off every INTERVAL microseconds thereafter.
Returns the number of microseconds remaining before the alarm. */
useconds_t
ualarm (value, interval)
useconds_t value;
useconds_t interval;
{
struct itimerval timer, otimer;
timer.it_value.tv_sec = 0;
timer.it_value.tv_usec = value;
timer.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
timer.it_interval.tv_usec = interval;
if (__setitimer (ITIMER_REAL, &timer, &otimer) < 0)
return -1;
return (otimer.it_value.tv_sec * 1000000) + otimer.it_value.tv_usec;
}