ovs/lib/timeval.h

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Nicira Networks.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
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 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

#ifndef TIMEVAL_H
#define TIMEVAL_H 1

#include <time.h>
#include "type-props.h"
#include "util.h"

struct pollfd;
struct timeval;

/* POSIX allows floating-point time_t, but we don't support it. */
BUILD_ASSERT_DECL(TYPE_IS_INTEGER(time_t));

/* We do try to cater to unsigned time_t, but I want to know about it if we
 * ever encounter such a platform. */
BUILD_ASSERT_DECL(TYPE_IS_SIGNED(time_t));

#define TIME_MAX TYPE_MAXIMUM(time_t)
#define TIME_MIN TYPE_MINIMUM(time_t)

/* Interval between updates to the time reported by time_gettimeofday(), in ms.
 * This should not be adjusted much below 10 ms or so with the current
 * implementation, or too much time will be wasted in signal handlers and calls
 * to time(0). */
#define TIME_UPDATE_INTERVAL 100

void time_init(void);
void time_postfork(void);
void time_refresh(void);
time_t time_now(void);
long long int time_msec(void);
void time_timeval(struct timeval *);
void time_alarm(unsigned int secs);
int time_poll(struct pollfd *, int n_pollfds, int timeout);

#endif /* timeval.h */