Allocates a timer request block before starting a timer request.
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/errno.h> #include <sys/timer.h>
struct trb *talloc()
The talloc kernel service allocates a timer request block. The user must call it before starting a timer request with the tstart kernel service. If successful, the talloc service returns a pointer to a pinned timer request block.
The talloc kernel service can be called from the process environment only.
The talloc service returns a pointer to a timer request block upon successful allocation of a trb structure. Upon failure, a null value is returned.
The tfree kernel service, tstart kernel service, tstop kernel service.
Timer and Time-of-Day Kernel Services and Using Fine Granularity Timer Services and Structures in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts.