+ struct sigaction sa;
+ struct itimerval tv;
+ struct itimerval tv_out;
+ int rc;
+
+ tv.it_interval.tv_sec = value->it_interval.tv_sec;
+ tv.it_interval.tv_usec = value->it_interval.tv_nsec / 1000;
+
+ tv.it_value.tv_sec = value->it_value.tv_sec;
+ tv.it_value.tv_usec = value->it_value.tv_nsec / 1000;
+
+ sa.sa_handler = sig_alrm;
+ sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+ sa.sa_flags = 0;
+
+ rc = sigaction(SIGALRM, &sa, NULL);
+
+ if (!rc)
+ rc = setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &tv, &tv_out);
+
+ if (!rc && ovalue != NULL) {
+ ovalue->it_interval.tv_sec = tv_out.it_interval.tv_sec;
+ ovalue->it_interval.tv_nsec = tv_out.it_interval.tv_usec * 1000;
+ ovalue->it_value.tv_sec = tv_out.it_value.tv_sec;
+ ovalue->it_value.tv_nsec = tv_out.it_value.tv_usec * 1000;
+ }
+
+ return rc;