TVTOHZ(9)

TVTOHZ(9) | Kernel Developer's Manual | TVTOHZ(9)

# NAME

`tvtohz` —
convert time interval to tick count

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <sys/time.h>`

int
`tvtohz`(struct timeval *tv);

# DESCRIPTION

The `tvtohz`() function accepts a single argument tv which specifies the time interval over which to calculate the number of system ticks that would elapse.

# RETURN VALUES

Returns the integral number of system ticks expected to elapse in the given interval, including the current tick.

# SEE ALSO

timeval(3), callout(9), microtime(9), microuptime(9), mstohz(9)

# HISTORY

The `tvtohz` function first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0 and was ported to NetBSD 4.0 as a part of timecounter(9) framework.

# AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>.

October 20, 2011 | NetBSD 10.0