TIMEOUT(9)

NAME
timeout_set, timeout_add, timeout_add_sec, timeout_add_msec, timeout_add_nsec, timeout_add_usec, timeout_add_tv, timeout_add_ts, timeout_add_bt, timeout_del, timeout_pending, timeout_initialized, timeout_triggered - execute a function after a specified period of time

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/timeout.h>
void
timeout_set(struct timeout *to, void (*fn)(void *), void *arg);
void
timeout_add(struct timeout *to, int ticks);
int
timeout_del(struct timeout *to);
int
timeout_pending(struct timeout *to);
int
timeout_initialized(struct timeout *to);
int
timeout_triggered(struct timeout *to);
void
timeout_add_tv(struct timeout *to, struct timeval *);
void
timeout_add_ts(struct timeout *to, struct timespec *);
void
timeout_add_bt(struct timeout *to, struct bintime *);
void
timeout_add_sec(struct timeout *to, int sec);
void
timeout_add_msec(struct timeout *to, int msec);
void
timeout_add_usec(struct timeout *to, int usec);
void
timeout_add_nsec(struct timeout *to, int nsec);

DESCRIPTION
The timeout API provides a mechanism to execute a function at a given time. The granularity of the time is limited by the granularity of the hardclock(9) timer which executes hz(9) times a second. The function will be called at softclock interrupt level.

It is the responsibility of the caller to provide these functions with pre-allocated timeout structures. All functions in this API may be used in interrupt context below splclock().

The function timeout_set() prepares the timeout structure to to be used in future calls to timeout_add() and timeout_del(). The timeout will be prepared to call the function specified by the fn argument with a void * argument given in the arg argument. Once initialized, the to structure can be used repeatedly in timeout_add() and timeout_del() and does not need to be reinitialized unless the function called and/or its argument must change.

The function timeout_add() schedules the execution of the to timeout in at least ticks/hz seconds. Negative values of ticks are illegal. If the value is ‘0’ it will, in the current implementation, be treated as ‘1’, but in the future it might cause an immediate timeout. The timeout in the to argument must be already initialized by timeout_set() and may not be used in calls to timeout_set() until it has timed out or been removed with timeout_del(). If the timeout in the to argument is already scheduled, the old execution time will be replaced by the new one.

The function timeout_del() will cancel the timeout in the argument to. If the timeout has already executed or has never been added the call will have no effect. If the timeout was actually removed by timeout_del() it will return 1.

The timeout_pending() macro can be used to check if a timeout is scheduled to run.

The timeout_initialized() macro can be used to check if a timeout has been initialized.

The timeout_triggered() macro can be used to check if a timeout is running or has been run. The timeout_add() and timeout_del() functions clear the triggered state for that timeout.

When possible, use the timeout_add_tv(), timeout_add_ts(), timeout_add_bt(), timeout_add_sec(), timeout_add_msec(), timeout_add_usec(), and timeout_add_nsec() functions instead of timeout_add(). Those functions add a timeout whilst converting the time specified by the respective types.

CODE REFERENCES
These functions are implemented in the file sys/kern/kern_timeout.c.

SEE ALSO
hz(9), hzto(9), splclock(9), tsleep(9), tvtohz(9)