llvm-6502/include/llvm/System/Alarm.h

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//===- llvm/System/Alarm.h - Alarm Generation support ----------*- C++ -*-===//
//
// The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file was developed by Reid Spencer and is distributed under the
// University of Illinois Open Source License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// This file provides an operating system independent interface to alarm(2)
// type functionality. The Alarm class allows a one-shot alarm to be set up
// at some number of seconds in the future. When the alarm triggers, a method
// is called to process the event
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#ifndef LLVM_SYSTEM_ALARM_H
#define LLVM_SYSTEM_ALARM_H
namespace llvm {
namespace sys {
/// This function registers an alarm to trigger some number of \p seconds in
/// the future. When that time arrives, the AlarmStatus function will begin
/// to return 1 instead of 0. The user must poll the status of the alarm by
/// making occasional calls to AlarmStatus. If the user sends an interrupt
/// signal, AlarmStatus will begin returning -1, even if the alarm event
/// occurred.
/// @returns nothing
void SetupAlarm(
unsigned seconds ///< Number of seconds in future when alarm arrives
);
/// This function terminates the alarm previously set up
/// @returns nothing
void TerminateAlarm();
/// This function acquires the status of the alarm.
/// @returns -1=cancelled, 0=untriggered, 1=triggered
int AlarmStatus();
} // End sys namespace
} // End llvm namespace
#endif