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1 /* Return frequency of ticks reported by profil. Generic version. */
2 /*-
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36 #include <sys/types.h>
37 #include <sys/time.h>
39 int
40 __profile_frequency (void)
43 * Discover the tick frequency of the machine if something goes wrong,
44 * we return 0, an impossible hertz.
46 struct itimerval tim;
48 tim.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
49 tim.it_interval.tv_usec = 1;
50 tim.it_value.tv_sec = 0;
51 tim.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
52 setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &tim, 0);
53 setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, 0, &tim);
54 if (tim.it_interval.tv_usec < 2)
55 return 0;
56 return (1000000 / tim.it_interval.tv_usec);