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diff --git a/man/sd_event_now.xml b/man/sd_event_now.xml index 58d7375eac..054aff3ac6 100644 --- a/man/sd_event_now.xml +++ b/man/sd_event_now.xml @@ -65,45 +65,44 @@ <refsect1> <title>Description</title> - <para><function>sd_event_now()</function> returns the timestamp - the most recent event loop iteration began. This timestamp is - taken right after returning from the event sleep, and before + <para><function>sd_event_now()</function> returns the time when + the most recent event loop iteration began. A timestamp + is taken right after returning from the event sleep, and before dispatching any event sources. The <parameter>event</parameter> - parameter takes the even loop object to retrieve the timestamp + parameter specifies the event loop object to retrieve the timestamp from. The <parameter>clock</parameter> parameter specifies the clock to retrieve the timestamp for, and is one of - <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME</constant> (or its equivalent + <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME</constant> (or equivalently <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM</constant>), - <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant> or - <constant>CLOCK_BOOTTIME</constant> (or its equivalent - <constant>CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM</constant>), see <citerefentry - project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>clock_gettime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> + <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant>, or + <constant>CLOCK_BOOTTIME</constant> (or equivalently + <constant>CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM</constant>), see + <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>clock_gettime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information on the various clocks. The retrieved timestamp is stored in the <parameter>usec</parameter> parameter, in µs since the clock's epoch. If this function is invoked before - the first event loop iteration the current time is returned, as + the first event loop iteration, the current time is returned, as reported by <function>clock_gettime()</function>. To distinguish this case from a regular invocation the return value will be - positive non-zero in this case, while it is zero when the returned - timestamp refers to the actual event loop iteration.</para> + positive, and zero when the returned timestamp refers to an actual + event loop iteration.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Return Value</title> <para>If the first event loop iteration has not run yet - <function>sd_event_now()</function> returns the requested - timestamp in <parameter>usec</parameter> and returns a positive, - non-zero return value. Otherwise, on success it will return the - iteration's timestamp in <parameter>usec</parameter> and 0 as - return value. On failure, the call returns a negative errno-style + <function>sd_event_now()</function> writes current time to + <parameter>usec</parameter> and returns a positive return value. + Otherwise, it will write the requested timestamp to <parameter>usec</parameter> + and return 0. On failure, the call returns a negative errno-style error code.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Errors</title> - <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para> + <para>Returned values may indicate the following problems:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> |