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diff --git a/man/man5/proc_pid_timers.5 b/man/man5/proc_pid_timers.5 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..53f6339dc --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man5/proc_pid_timers.5 @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@yggdrasil.com> +.\" Copyright (C) 2002-2008, 2017, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" Copyright (C) 2023, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later +.\" +.TH proc_pid_timers 5 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +/proc/pid/timers \- POSIX timers +.SH DESCRIPTION +.TP +.IR /proc/ pid /timers " (since Linux 3.10)" +.\" commit 5ed67f05f66c41e39880a6d61358438a25f9fee5 +.\" commit 48f6a7a511ef8823fdff39afee0320092d43a8a0 +A list of the POSIX timers for this process. +Each timer is listed with a line that starts with the string "ID:". +For example: +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +ID: 1 +signal: 60/00007fff86e452a8 +notify: signal/pid.2634 +ClockID: 0 +ID: 0 +signal: 60/00007fff86e452a8 +notify: signal/pid.2634 +ClockID: 1 +.EE +.in +.IP +The lines shown for each timer have the following meanings: +.RS +.TP +.I ID +The ID for this timer. +This is not the same as the timer ID returned by +.BR timer_create (2); +rather, it is the same kernel-internal ID that is available via the +.I si_timerid +field of the +.I siginfo_t +structure (see +.BR sigaction (2)). +.TP +.I signal +This is the signal number that this timer uses to deliver notifications +followed by a slash, and then the +.I sigev_value +value supplied to the signal handler. +Valid only for timers that notify via a signal. +.TP +.I notify +The part before the slash specifies the mechanism +that this timer uses to deliver notifications, +and is one of "thread", "signal", or "none". +Immediately following the slash is either the string "tid" for timers +with +.B SIGEV_THREAD_ID +notification, or "pid" for timers that notify by other mechanisms. +Following the "." is the PID of the process +(or the kernel thread ID of the thread) that will be delivered +a signal if the timer delivers notifications via a signal. +.TP +.I ClockID +This field identifies the clock that the timer uses for measuring time. +For most clocks, this is a number that matches one of the user-space +.B CLOCK_* +constants exposed via +.IR <time.h> . +.B CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID +timers display with a value of \-6 +in this field. +.B CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID +timers display with a value of \-2 +in this field. +.RE +.IP +This file is available only when the kernel was configured with +.BR CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE . +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR proc (5) |