nc 0.8.13

Access system calls directly
Documentation
/// Set value of an interval timer.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```
/// use core::mem::size_of;
///
/// fn handle_alarm(signum: i32) {
///     assert_eq!(signum, nc::SIGALRM);
///     let msg = "Hello alarm";
///     let _ = unsafe { nc::write(2, msg.as_ptr() as usize, msg.len()) };
/// }
///
/// let sa = nc::sigaction_t {
///     sa_handler: handle_alarm as nc::sighandler_t,
///     sa_flags: 0,
///     ..nc::sigaction_t::default()
/// };
/// let mut old_sa = nc::sigaction_t::default();
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::rt_sigaction(nc::SIGALRM, &sa, &mut old_sa, size_of::<nc::sigset_t>()) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
///
/// // Single shot timer, actived after 1 second.
/// let itv = nc::itimerval_t {
///     it_value: nc::timeval_t {
///         tv_sec: 1,
///         tv_usec: 0,
///     },
///     it_interval: nc::timeval_t {
///         tv_sec: 0,
///         tv_usec: 0,
///     },
/// };
/// let mut prev_itv = nc::itimerval_t::default();
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::setitimer(nc::ITIMER_REAL, &itv, &mut prev_itv) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
///
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::getitimer(nc::ITIMER_REAL, &mut prev_itv) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// assert!(prev_itv.it_value.tv_sec <= itv.it_value.tv_sec);
///
/// let mask = nc::sigset_t::default();
/// let _ret = unsafe { nc::rt_sigsuspend(&mask, size_of::<nc::sigset_t>()) };
///
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::getitimer(nc::ITIMER_REAL, &mut prev_itv) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// assert_eq!(prev_itv.it_value.tv_sec, 0);
/// assert_eq!(prev_itv.it_value.tv_usec, 0);
/// ```
pub unsafe fn setitimer(
    which: i32,
    new_val: &itimerval_t,
    old_val: &mut itimerval_t,
) -> Result<(), Errno> {
    let which = which as usize;
    let new_val_ptr = new_val as *const itimerval_t as usize;
    let old_val_ptr = old_val as *mut itimerval_t as usize;
    syscall3(SYS_SETITIMER, which, new_val_ptr, old_val_ptr).map(drop)
}