Header for timerfd interfaces.

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+/* Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+   02111-1307 USA.  */
+
+#ifndef	_SYS_TIMERFD_H
+#define	_SYS_TIMERFD_H	1
+
+#include <time.h>
+
+
+/* Bits to be set in the FLAGS parameter of `timerfd_settime'.  */
+enum
+  {
+    TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME = 1 << 0
+#define TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME
+  };
+
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Return file descriptor for new interval timer source.  */
+extern int timerfd_create (clockid_t __clock_id, int __flags) __THROW;
+
+/* Set next expiration time of interval timer source UFD to UTMR.  If
+   FLAGS has the TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME flag set the timeout value is
+   absolute.  Optionally return the old expiration time in OTMR.  */
+extern int timerfd_settime (int __ufd, int __flags,
+			    __const struct itimerspec *__utmr,
+			    struct itimerspec *__otmr) __THROW;
+
+/* Return the next expiration time of UFD.  */
+extern int timerfd_gettime (int __ufd, struct itimerspec *__otmr) __THROW;
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* sys/timerfd.h */