NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     tvtohz - translate time period to timeout delay

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/time.h>
     #include <sys/systm.h>

     int
     tvtohz(struct timeval *tv);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The tvtohz() function computes the number of hz in the specified amount
     of  time.  This is mainly used to translate a timeval into a
suitable argument
 for timeout(9).

CODE REFERENCES    [Toc]    [Back]

     This    function    is    implemented    in     the     file
sys/kern/kern_clock.c.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     hz(9), hzto(9), timeout(9)

OpenBSD      3.6                        February     15,     2002