1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/timer.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/timer.h
index e0338f93c7..d6758f7c3b 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/timer.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/timer.h
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ void grpc_timer_cancel(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_timer *timer);
 
 /* iomgr internal api for dealing with timers */
 
+typedef enum {
+  GRPC_TIMERS_NOT_CHECKED,
+  GRPC_TIMERS_CHECKED_AND_EMPTY,
+  GRPC_TIMERS_FIRED,
+} grpc_timer_check_result;
+
 /* Check for timers to be run, and run them.
    Return true if timer callbacks were executed.
    If next is non-null, TRY to update *next with the next running timer
@@ -96,8 +102,8 @@ void grpc_timer_cancel(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_timer *timer);
    *next is never guaranteed to be updated on any given execution; however,
    with high probability at least one thread in the system will see an update
    at any time slice. */
-bool grpc_timer_check(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, gpr_timespec now,
-                      gpr_timespec *next);
+grpc_timer_check_result grpc_timer_check(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                         gpr_timespec now, gpr_timespec *next);
 void grpc_timer_list_init(gpr_timespec now);
 void grpc_timer_list_shutdown(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx);