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46 .Nm callout_handle_init ,
50 .Nd execute a function after a specified length of time
56 typedef void timeout_t (void *);
58 .Ft struct callout_handle
59 .Fn timeout "timeout_t *func" "void *arg" "int ticks"
61 .Fn callout_handle_init "struct callout_handle *handle"
64 struct callout_handle handle = CALLOUT_HANDLE_INITIALIZER(&handle)
67 .Fn untimeout "timeout_t *func" "void *arg" "struct callout_handle handle"
69 .Fn callout_init "struct callout *c"
71 .Fn callout_stop "struct callout *c"
73 .Fn callout_reset "struct callout *c" "int ticks" "timeout_t *func" "void *arg"
77 schedules a call to the function given by the argument
82 Non-positive values of
84 are silently converted to the value
87 should be a pointer to a function that takes a
98 .Ft struct callout_handle
99 which can be used in conjunction with the
101 function to request that a scheduled timeout be canceled.
104 .Fn callout_handle_init
105 can be used to initialize a handle to a state which will cause
108 with that handle to return with no side
111 Assigning a callout handle the value of
112 .Fn CALLOUT_HANDLE_INITIALIZER
113 performs the same function as
114 .Fn callout_handle_init
115 and is provided for use on statically declared or global callout handles.
119 cancels the timeout associated with
125 arguments to validate the handle.
126 If the handle does not correspond to a timeout with
133 must be initialized by a previous call to
135 .Fn callout_handle_init ,
136 or assigned the value of
137 .Fn CALLOUT_HANDLE_INITIALIZER "&handle"
138 before being passed to
140 The behavior of calling
142 without a previously initialized handle
145 As handles are recycled by the system, it is possible (although unlikely)
146 that a handle from one invocation of
148 may match the handle of another invocation of
150 if both calls used the same function pointer and argument, and the first
151 timeout is expired or canceled before the second call.
152 The timeout facility offers O(1) running time for
156 Timeouts are executed from
158 inside a critical section.
159 Thus they are protected from re-entrancy.
166 are low-level routines for clients who wish to allocate their own
171 initializes a callout so it can be passed to
175 without any side effects.
179 cancels a callout if it is currently pending.
180 If the callout is pending, then
182 will return a non-zero value.
183 If the callout has already been serviced or is currently being serviced,
184 then zero will be returned.
190 to disestablish the callout, and then establishes a new callout in the
197 .Ft struct callout_handle
198 that can be passed to
202 function returns non-zero if the callout is still pending or zero otherwise.
204 The current timeout and untimeout routines are based on the work of
207 .An George Varghese ,
208 published in a technical report entitled
209 .%T "Redesigning the BSD Callout and Timer Facilities"
210 and modified slightly for inclusion in
213 .An Justin T. Gibbs .
214 The original work on the data structures used in this implementation
220 .%T "Hashed and Hierarchical Timing Wheels: Data Structures for the Efficient Implementation of a Timer Facility"
222 .%B "Proceedings of the 11th ACM Annual Symposium on Operating Systems Principles" .
223 The current implementation replaces the long standing
226 callout mechanism which offered O(n) insertion and removal running time
227 but did not generate or require handles for untimeout operations.