TVTOHZ(9)                    OpenBSD Kernel Manual                   TVTOHZ(9)

NAME
     tvtohz - translate time period to timeout delay

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/time.h>
     #include <sys/systm.h>

     int
     tvtohz(struct timeval *tv);

DESCRIPTION
     The tvtohz() function computes the number of hz in the specified amount
     of time.  This is mainly used to translate a timeval into a suitable ar-
     gument for timeout(9).

CODE REFERENCES
     This function is implemented in the file sys/kern/kern_clock.c.

SEE ALSO
     hz(9), hzto(9), timeout(9)

OpenBSD 4.1                    February 15, 2002                             1
