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       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       clock_getres, clock_gettime, clock_settime — clock and timer functions

SYNOPSIS

       #include <time.h>

       int clock_getres(clockid_t clock_id, struct timespec *res);
       int clock_gettime(clockid_t clock_id, struct timespec *tp);
       int clock_settime(clockid_t clock_id, const struct timespec *tp);

DESCRIPTION

       The  clock_getres()  function  shall return the resolution of any clock. Clock resolutions
       are implementation-defined and cannot be set by a process. If  the  argument  res  is  not
       NULL,  the resolution of the specified clock shall be stored in the location pointed to by
       res.  If res is NULL, the clock resolution is  not  returned.  If  the  time  argument  of
       clock_settime()  is  not  a  multiple of res, then the value is truncated to a multiple of
       res.

       The clock_gettime() function shall return the current value tp for  the  specified  clock,
       clock_id.

       The  clock_settime()  function  shall  set  the  specified  clock,  clock_id, to the value
       specified by tp.  Time values  that  are  between  two  consecutive  non-negative  integer
       multiples  of the resolution of the specified clock shall be truncated down to the smaller
       multiple of the resolution.

       A clock may be system-wide (that is, visible to all processes) or  per-process  (measuring
       time  that  is  meaningful  only  within  a process).  All implementations shall support a
       clock_id of CLOCK_REALTIME as defined  in  <time.h>.   This  clock  represents  the  clock
       measuring   real   time   for  the  system.   For  this  clock,  the  values  returned  by
       clock_gettime() and specified by clock_settime() represent the amount of time (in  seconds
       and  nanoseconds)  since  the Epoch. An implementation may also support additional clocks.
       The interpretation of time values for these clocks is unspecified.

       If the value of the CLOCK_REALTIME clock is set via clock_settime(), the new value of  the
       clock  shall  be used to determine the time of expiration for absolute time services based
       upon the CLOCK_REALTIME clock. This applies to the time at  which  armed  absolute  timers
       expire.  If the absolute time requested at the invocation of such a time service is before
       the new value of the clock, the time service shall expire immediately as if the clock  had
       reached the requested time normally.

       Setting  the value of the CLOCK_REALTIME clock via clock_settime() shall have no effect on
       threads that are blocked waiting for a  relative  time  service  based  upon  this  clock,
       including  the  nanosleep()  function; nor on the expiration of relative timers based upon
       this clock. Consequently, these time services shall expire  when  the  requested  relative
       interval elapses, independently of the new or old value of the clock.

       If  the  Monotonic Clock option is supported, all implementations shall support a clock_id
       of CLOCK_MONOTONIC defined in <time.h>.  This clock represents the monotonic clock for the
       system.  For  this  clock,  the value returned by clock_gettime() represents the amount of
       time (in seconds and nanoseconds) since an unspecified point in  the  past  (for  example,
       system  start-up  time,  or  the  Epoch). This point does not change after system start-up
       time. The value of the CLOCK_MONOTONIC clock cannot  be  set  via  clock_settime().   This
       function shall fail if it is invoked with a clock_id argument of CLOCK_MONOTONIC.

       The  effect  of setting a clock via clock_settime() on armed per-process timers associated
       with a clock other than CLOCK_REALTIME is implementation-defined.

       If the value of the CLOCK_REALTIME clock is set via clock_settime(), the new value of  the
       clock  shall  be  used  to  determine  the  time at which the system shall awaken a thread
       blocked on an absolute clock_nanosleep() call based upon the CLOCK_REALTIME clock. If  the
       absolute  time  requested at the invocation of such a time service is before the new value
       of the clock, the call shall return immediately as if the clock had reached the  requested
       time normally.

       Setting  the value of the CLOCK_REALTIME clock via clock_settime() shall have no effect on
       any thread that is blocked on a relative clock_nanosleep() call.  Consequently,  the  call
       shall return when the requested relative interval elapses, independently of the new or old
       value of the clock.

       Appropriate privileges to set a particular clock are implementation-defined.

       If _POSIX_CPUTIME is defined, implementations shall support clock ID  values  obtained  by
       invoking  clock_getcpuclockid(),  which  represent  the CPU-time clock of a given process.
       Implementations shall also support the special clockid_t  value  CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID,
       which  represents  the  CPU-time  clock  of  the  calling process when invoking one of the
       clock_*()  or  timer_*()  functions.  For  these  clock  IDs,  the  values   returned   by
       clock_gettime() and specified by clock_settime() represent the amount of execution time of
       the process associated with the  clock.  Changing  the  value  of  a  CPU-time  clock  via
       clock_settime()  shall  have  no  effect on the behavior of the sporadic server scheduling
       policy (see Scheduling Policies).

       If _POSIX_THREAD_CPUTIME  is  defined,  implementations  shall  support  clock  ID  values
       obtained  by  invoking  pthread_getcpuclockid(),  which  represent the CPU-time clock of a
       given  thread.  Implementations  shall  also   support   the   special   clockid_t   value
       CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID,  which  represents  the CPU-time clock of the calling thread when
       invoking one of the clock_*() or timer_*() functions. For  these  clock  IDs,  the  values
       returned by clock_gettime() and specified by clock_settime() shall represent the amount of
       execution time of the thread associated with the clock. Changing the value of  a  CPU-time
       clock  via  clock_settime()  shall  have  no effect on the behavior of the sporadic server
       scheduling policy (see Scheduling Policies).

RETURN VALUE

       A return value of 0 shall indicate that the call succeeded. A return  value  of  −1  shall
       indicate that an error occurred, and errno shall be set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The clock_getres(), clock_gettime(), and clock_settime() functions shall fail if:

       EINVAL The clock_id argument does not specify a known clock.

       The clock_gettime() function shall fail if:

       EOVERFLOW
              The number of seconds will not fit in an object of type time_t.

       The clock_settime() function shall fail if:

       EINVAL The tp argument to clock_settime() is outside the range for the given clock ID.

       EINVAL The  tp  argument  specified  a  nanosecond value less than zero or greater than or
              equal to 1000 million.

       EINVAL The value of the clock_id argument is CLOCK_MONOTONIC.

       The clock_settime() function may fail if:

       EPERM  The requesting process does not have appropriate privileges to  set  the  specified
              clock.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       Note  that the absolute value of the monotonic clock is meaningless (because its origin is
       arbitrary), and thus there is no need to set it.  Furthermore, realtime  applications  can
       rely  on  the  fact  that  the  value of this clock is never set and, therefore, that time
       intervals measured with this clock will not be affected by calls to clock_settime().

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       Scheduling Policies, clock_getcpuclockid(), clock_nanosleep(), ctime(), mq_receive(),
       mq_send(), nanosleep(), pthread_mutex_timedlock(), sem_timedwait(), time(),
       timer_create(), timer_getoverrun()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <time.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2013  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013  by  the
       Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc and The Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the  event  of  any
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