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1 /* gethrxtime -- get high resolution real time
3 Copyright (C) 2005-2007, 2009-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
8 (at your option) any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18 /* Written by Paul Eggert. */
20 #include <config.h>
22 #define GETHRXTIME_INLINE _GL_EXTERN_INLINE
23 #include "gethrxtime.h"
25 #if ! (HAVE_ARITHMETIC_HRTIME_T && HAVE_DECL_GETHRTIME)
27 #include <sys/time.h>
28 #include "timespec.h"
30 /* Get the current time, as a count of the number of nanoseconds since
31 an arbitrary epoch (e.g., the system boot time). Prefer a
32 high-resolution clock that is not subject to resetting or
33 drifting. */
35 xtime_t
36 gethrxtime (void)
38 # if HAVE_NANOUPTIME
40 struct timespec ts;
41 nanouptime (&ts);
42 return xtime_make (ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec);
44 # else
46 # if defined CLOCK_MONOTONIC && HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
48 struct timespec ts;
49 if (clock_gettime (CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) == 0)
50 return xtime_make (ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec);
52 # endif
54 # if HAVE_MICROUPTIME
56 struct timeval tv;
57 microuptime (&tv);
58 return xtime_make (tv.tv_sec, 1000 * tv.tv_usec);
61 # else
62 /* No monotonically increasing clocks are available; fall back on a
63 clock that might jump backwards, since it's the best we can do. */
65 struct timespec ts;
66 gettime (&ts);
67 return xtime_make (ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec);
69 # endif
70 # endif
73 #endif