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/****************************************************************************
 * Included Files
 ****************************************************************************/

#include <nuttx/config.h>

#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Functions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: alarm
 *
 * Description:
 *   The alarm() function will arranges for a SIGALRM signal to be delivered
 *   to the calling process in seconds seconds.
 *
 *   Interactions between alarm() and any of setitimer() are unspecified.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   seconds - The number of seconds to alarm
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   alarm() returns the number of seconds remaining until any previously
 *   scheduled alarm was due to be delivered, or zero if there was no
 *   previously scheduled alarm.
 *
 * Assumptions:
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

unsigned int alarm(unsigned int seconds)
{
  struct itimerval value =
  {
    {0, 0},
    {0, 0}
  };

  struct itimerval ovalue =
  {
    {0, 0},
    {0, 0}
  };

  value.it_value.tv_sec = seconds;
  setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &value, &ovalue);

  return ovalue.it_value.tv_sec;
}
