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sia_timed_action(3) Library Functions Manual sia_timed_action(3) NAME sia_timed_action - Time limit routine - SIA (Security Integration Ar- chitecture) LIBRARY Standard C library (libc.so and libc.a) SYNOPSIS #include <siad.h> int sia_timed_action( int *(action)(), void *params, time_t timeout); PARAMETERS action() This parameter is a function pointer to the action being timed. params The parameters to the function specified with the action() parameter. timeout The maximum time in seconds allowed for the action. DESCRIPTION The sia_timed_action() routine provides a way to call a function with a time limit and signal protection. If SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, SIGTERM, or SIGALRM is received, sia_timed_action() fails. RETURN VALUES The sia_timed_action() routine returns SIAFAIL if a SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, SIGTERM, or SIGALRM signal is received or if a timeout occurs. Otherwise, the return value from the action() call is returned. ERRORS The errno value is not (normally) set explicitly by sia_* routines. The errno values are those returned from the dynamic loader interface, from dependent (siad_*) routines, or from malloc. Possible errors in- clude resource constraints (no memory) and various authentication fail- ures. FILES /etc/passwd /etc/sia/matrix.conf RELATED INFORMATION sigaction(2), sigprocmask(2), siglongjmp(3), sigsetjmp(3) Security delim off sia_timed_action(3)