MSTOHZ(9) BSD Kernel Developer's Manual MSTOHZ(9)NAME
mstohz, hztoms -- convert between milliseconds and system clock ticks
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h>
int
mstohz(int ms);
int
hztoms(int hz);
DESCRIPTION
The mstohz() macro can be used to convert time in milliseconds to system clock ticks, as used by the callout(9) facility, in an integer-over-
flow safe way. Conversely, hztoms() converts system clock ticks to milliseconds.
These macros are defined in the <sys/param.h> header. Individual ports can have a processor-specific, more efficient version implemented in
their <machine/param.h> header as a define.
RETURN VALUES
The return value is either the number of clock ticks or milliseconds for the specified value.
SEE ALSO param(3), callout(9), tvtohz(9)BUGS
Neither mstohz() nor hztoms() make use of expensive 64-bit integer arithmetic. The result from mstohz() will be rounded down to one second
if the parameter is larger than 131072 milliseconds.
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timeout(9r)timeout(9r)NAME
timeout - General: Initializes a callout queue element
SYNOPSIS
void timeout(
int (*function) (),
caddr_t argument,
register int time );
ARGUMENTS
Specifies a pointer to the routine to be called. Specifies a single argument to be passed to the called routine. Specifies the amount of
time to delay before calling the specified routine. You express time as time (in seconds) * hz.
DESCRIPTION
The timeout routine initializes a callout queue element to make it easy to execute the specified routine at the time specified in the time
argument. You often use callout routines for infrequent polling or error handling. The routine you specify will be called on the interrupt
stack (not in processor context) as dispatched from the softclock routine.
The global variable hz contains the number of clock ticks per second. This variable is a second's worth of clock ticks.
Thus, if you wanted a 4-minute timeout, you would pass 4 * 60 * hz as the third argument to the timeout routine as follows:
/* A 4-minute timeout */
.
.
.
timeout(lptout, (caddr_t)dev, 4 * 60 * hz);
NOTES
The granularity of the time delay is dependent on the hardware. For example, the granularity of some Alpha CPUs is 1024 clock ticks per
second. Other Alpha CPUs have a granularity of 1200 clock ticks per second. Still other Alpha CPUs exhibit a granularity of 128 clock
ticks per second. Because the granularity of the time delay is dependent on the hardware, the operating system provides the hz and lbolt
global variables. Use the hz global variable to determine the number of clock ticks per second for a specific Alpha CPU. Use the lbolt
global variable as a periodic wakeup mechanism.
RETURN VALUES
None
SEE ALSO
Routines: untimeout(9r)timeout(9r)
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