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Diffstat (limited to 'man2/getitimer.2')
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diff --git a/man2/getitimer.2 b/man2/getitimer.2 index b0a97c68f..b54b7cf54 100644 --- a/man2/getitimer.2 +++ b/man2/getitimer.2 @@ -191,33 +191,34 @@ POSIX.1-2008 marks and .BR setitimer () obsolete, recommending the use of the POSIX timers API -.RB ( timer_gettime (2), -.BR timer_settime (2), +\%(\c +.MR timer_gettime 2 , +.MR timer_settime 2 , etc.) instead. .SH NOTES Timers will never expire before the requested time, but may expire some (short) time afterward, which depends on the system timer resolution and on the system load; see -.BR time (7). +.MR time 7 . (But see BUGS below.) If the timer expires while the process is active (always true for .BR ITIMER_VIRTUAL ), the signal will be delivered immediately when generated. .P A child created via -.BR fork (2) +.MR fork 2 does not inherit its parent's interval timers. Interval timers are preserved across an -.BR execve (2). +.MR execve 2 . .P POSIX.1 leaves the interaction between .BR setitimer () and the three interfaces -.BR alarm (2), -.BR sleep (3), +.MR alarm 2 , +.MR sleep 3 , and -.BR usleep (3) +.MR usleep 3 unspecified. .SH BUGS The generation and delivery of a signal are distinct, and @@ -270,9 +271,9 @@ error. .\" http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6443 .\" "setitimer() should reject noncanonical arguments" .SH SEE ALSO -.BR gettimeofday (2), -.BR sigaction (2), -.BR signal (2), -.BR timer_create (2), -.BR timerfd_create (2), -.BR time (7) +.MR gettimeofday 2 , +.MR sigaction 2 , +.MR signal 2 , +.MR timer_create 2 , +.MR timerfd_create 2 , +.MR time 7 |