Thread: setitimer() memory leaks

Hey I wanted to know since i used this test portion of code to continously have a repetitive timer.

Code:

void alarm_wakeup (int i)
{
   struct itimerval tout_val;
   signal(SIGALRM,alarm_wakeup);
   howmany += INTERVAL;
   printf("\n%d sec up partner, Wakeup!!!\n",howmany);
   tout_val.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
   tout_val.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
   tout_val.it_value.tv_sec = INTERVAL; /* 10 seconds timer */
   tout_val.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
   setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &tout_val,0);
}

That will constanly wake up at every interval does settimer() delete the struct tout_val after it goes off or do i need to free the struct somewhere? I know theres no malloc anywhere in the code but since im declaring the struct over and over everytime does that mean I need to free it?

If you didn't malloc it, you can't free it. The struct is on the stack, and will be removed when the stack goes away (when the function ends).