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#include <time.h>
The clock_id argument can be a value obtained from clock_getcpuclockid(3) or pthread_getcpuclockid(3) as well as the following values:
CLOCK_REALTIME
CLOCK_REALTIME_PRECISE CLOCK_REALTIME_FAST | |
Increments as a wall clock should. | |
CLOCK_MONOTONIC
CLOCK_MONOTONIC_PRECISE CLOCK_MONOTONIC_FAST | |
Increments in SI seconds. | |
CLOCK_UPTIME
CLOCK_UPTIME_PRECISE CLOCK_UPTIME_FAST | |
Starts at zero when the kernel boots and increments monotonically in SI seconds while the machine is running. | |
CLOCK_VIRTUAL | |
Increments only when the CPU is running in user mode on behalf of the calling process. | |
CLOCK_PROF | |
Increments when the CPU is running in user or kernel mode. | |
CLOCK_SECOND | |
Returns the current second without performing a full time counter query, using an in-kernel cached value of the current second. | |
CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID | |
Returns the execution time of the calling process. | |
CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID | |
Returns the execution time of the calling thread. | |
The clock IDs CLOCK_REALTIME_FAST, CLOCK_MONOTONIC_FAST, CLOCK_UPTIME_FAST are analogs of corresponding IDs without _FAST suffix but do not perform a full time counter query, so their accuracy is one timer tick. Similarly, CLOCK_REALTIME_PRECISE, CLOCK_MONOTONIC_PRECISE, CLOCK_UPTIME_PRECISE are used to get the most exact value as possible, at the expense of execution time.
The structure pointed to by tp is defined in <sys/timespec.h> as:
struct timespec { time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */ long tv_nsec; /* and nanoseconds */ };
Only the super-user may set the time of day, using only CLOCK_REALTIME. If the system securelevel is greater than 1 (see init(8)), the time may only be advanced. This limitation is imposed to prevent a malicious super-user from setting arbitrary time stamps on files. The system time can still be adjusted backwards using the adjtime(2) system call even when the system is secure.
The resolution (granularity) of a clock is returned by the clock_getres() system call. This value is placed in a (non-NULL) *tp.
[EINVAL] | |
The clock_id or timespec argument was not a valid value. | |
[EPERM] | |
A user other than the super-user attempted to set the time. | |
CLOCK_GETTIME (2) | December 7, 2019 |
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