src/helper/time_support_common.c

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   2  *   Copyright (C) 2006 by Dominic Rath                                    *
   3  *   Dominic.Rath@gmx.de                                                   *
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   5  *   Copyright (C) 2007,2008 Øyvind Harboe                                 *
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  26
  27 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
  28 #include "config.h"
  29 #endif
  30
  31 #include "time_support.h"
  32
  33 /* simple and low overhead fetching of ms counter. Use only
  34  * the difference between ms counters returned from this fn.
  35  */
  36 int64_t timeval_ms()
  37 {
  38         struct timeval now;
  39         int retval = gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
  40         if (retval < 0)
  41                 return retval;
  42         return (int64_t)now.tv_sec * 1000 + now.tv_usec / 1000;
  43 }