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[PATCH] Add getnstimestamp function

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There are several functions that might seem appropriate for a timestamp:

get_cycles()
current_kernel_time()
do_gettimeofday()
<read jiffies/jiffies_64>

Each has problems with combinations of SMP-safety, low resolution, and
monotonicity. This patch adds a new function that returns a monotonic SMP-safe
timestamp with nanosecond resolution where available.

Changes:
	Split timestamp into separate patch
	Moved to kernel/time.c
	Renamed to getnstimestamp
	Fixed unintended-pointer-arithmetic bug

Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Matt Helsley
2005-12-12 00:37:09 -08:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 894ec8707c
commit 64123fd42c
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@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ struct itimerval;
extern int do_setitimer(int which, struct itimerval *value, struct itimerval *ovalue);
extern int do_getitimer(int which, struct itimerval *value);
extern void getnstimeofday (struct timespec *tv);
extern void getnstimestamp(struct timespec *ts);
extern struct timespec timespec_trunc(struct timespec t, unsigned gran);