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+/* Timeout API for single-threaded programs that use blocking
+ * syscalls (read/write/send/recv/connect/accept).
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Author: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
+ * of the License.
+ */
+
+/* Use the following pattern:
+ *
+ *   timeout_begin(TIMEOUT);
+ *   do {
+ *       ret = accept(...);
+ *       timeout_check("accept");
+ *   } while (ret < 0 && ret == EINTR);
+ *   timeout_end();
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "timeout.h"
+
+static volatile bool timeout;
+
+/* SIGALRM handler function.  Do not use sleep(2), alarm(2), or
+ * setitimer(2) while using this API - they may interfere with each
+ * other.
+ */
+void sigalrm(int signo)
+{
+	timeout = true;
+}
+
+/* Start a timeout.  Call timeout_check() to verify that the timeout hasn't
+ * expired.  timeout_end() must be called to stop the timeout.  Timeouts cannot
+ * be nested.
+ */
+void timeout_begin(unsigned int seconds)
+{
+	alarm(seconds);
+}
+
+/* Exit with an error message if the timeout has expired */
+void timeout_check(const char *operation)
+{
+	if (timeout) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s timed out\n", operation);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+}
+
+/* Stop a timeout */
+void timeout_end(void)
+{
+	alarm(0);
+	timeout = false;
+}