On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:09:25 +0000 "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2016-02-27 at 07:44 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > #define INTERVAL 1 /* number of milliseconds to go off */ > > > > int main() { > > double sum = 0; > > struct itimerval initial, updated; > > > > initial.it_value.tv_sec = INTERVAL/1000000; > > initial.it_value.tv_usec = (INTERVAL/1000000) * 1000000; > > To start with, these are both integer values, so you're initializing > them to 0. There may be other bugs but I stopped looking when I saw > this. > > poc > -- OK, thanks! So, I tried this: #include <sys/time.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <limits.h> #define INTERVAL 1 /* number of milliseconds to go off */ int main() { double sum = 0; struct itimerval initial, updated; initial.it_value.tv_sec = INTERVAL; initial.it_value.tv_usec = INT_MAX; initial.it_interval = initial.it_value; printf("%ld\n", initial.it_value.tv_usec); if (setitimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL, &initial, NULL) == -1) { perror("error calling setitimer()"); exit(1); } for (unsigned int i; i < 100000; i++) sum += 1./i; if (getitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &updated) == -1) { perror("error calling getitimer()"); exit(1); } printf("Time started = %ld\n; Time taken = %ld\n: Time taken = %ld\n", initial.it_value.tv_usec, updated.it_value.tv_usec, initial.it_value.tv_usec - updated.it_value.tv_usec); return 0; } But now setitimer does not execute:-( $gcc -o timer -std=c99 -Wall -pedantic getitimer.c -lrt -O3 $./timer 2147483647 error calling setitimer(): Invalid argument Thanks! Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org