Re: regarding timeout/untimeout kernel functions

From: Peter Jeremy (PeterJeremy_at_optushome.com.au)
Date: 07/23/04

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To: pradeep reddy punnam <prady_p@yahoo.com>

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    On Thu, 2004-Jul-22 17:59:40 -0700, pradeep reddy punnam wrote:
    > i am working on a project , where i came across a
    >situation where i need to execute a function when a timer expires
    >,exactly similar to functionality of the timeout() kernel function

    How about setitimer(2) and a SIGALRM handler?

    >but i need this in userland(application), and the execution of the
    >function is time sensitive, it should be run immediately when timer
    >expires.

    What is your definition of "immediately"? Timeouts are rounded to
    ticks (and FreeBSD has a 1-2 tick slop for various reasons). Once the
    (rounded) timeout expires, then it's up to the scheduler to actually
    invoke your timer handler function in line with normal scheduling
    rules. Overall, it's unlikely that your handler will get called early
    but it will typically be called about 1 tick late (and there's no
    upper bound on how late your handler will be invoked if the system is
    heavily loaded). 

    -- 
Peter Jeremy
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