xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/gen/ualarm.c (revision c3e32dec)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1985, 1993
3  *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
4  *
5  * %sccs.include.redist.c%
6  */
7 
8 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
9 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ualarm.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 06/04/93";
10 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
11 
12 #include <sys/time.h>
13 #include <unistd.h>
14 
15 #define	USPS	1000000		/* # of microseconds in a second */
16 
17 /*
18  * Generate a SIGALRM signal in ``usecs'' microseconds.
19  * If ``reload'' is non-zero, keep generating SIGALRM
20  * every ``reload'' microseconds after the first signal.
21  */
22 unsigned
23 ualarm(usecs, reload)
24 	register unsigned usecs;
25 	register unsigned reload;
26 {
27 	struct itimerval new, old;
28 
29 	new.it_interval.tv_usec = reload % USPS;
30 	new.it_interval.tv_sec = reload / USPS;
31 
32 	new.it_value.tv_usec = usecs % USPS;
33 	new.it_value.tv_sec = usecs / USPS;
34 
35 	if (setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &new, &old) == 0)
36 		return (old.it_value.tv_sec * USPS + old.it_value.tv_usec);
37 	/* else */
38 		return (-1);
39 }
40