TIMER_GETOVERRUN

Section: Linux Programmer's Guide (2)
Updated: 2004-March-12
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NAME

timer_getoverrun - Get the number of overruns of a POSIX.1b interval timer  

SYNOPSIS

long sys_timer_getoverrun (timer_t timer_id);
 

DESCRIPTION

timer_getoverrun gets the number of overruns of a POSIX.1b interval timer, timer_id.  

RETURN VALUE

timer_getoverrun returns the number of overruns on success; otherwise, timer_getoverrun returns the error listed in the "Errors" section.  

ERRORS

-EINVAL
An invalid timer_id value was specified.
 

SEE ALSO

timer_create(2), timer_delete(2), timer_gettime(2), timer_settime(2)  

AUTHOR

Niki Rahimi