libexplain/timerfd_create_or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/output.h>
#include <libexplain/timerfd_create.h>

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Functions
int	explain_timerfd_create_or_die (int clockid, int flags)

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Function Documentation

int explain_timerfd_create_or_die	(	int	clockid,
		int	flags
	)

The explain_timerfd_create_or_die function is used to call the timerfd_create(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_timerfd_create(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

Parameters:

clockid	The clockid, exactly as to be passed to the timerfd_create(2) system call.
flags	The flags, exactly as to be passed to the timerfd_create(2) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see timerfd_create(2) for more information. On failure, prints an explanation and exits, it does not return.

Example:

This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

 int result = explain_timerfd_create_or_die(clockid, flags);

Definition at line 24 of file timerfd_create_or_die.c.