Messages in this thread | | | From | "David Engraf" <> | Subject | AW: [PATCH] Win32 equivalent to GetTickCount systemcall (i386) | Date | Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:25:59 +0100 |
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> "David Engraf" <engraf.david@netcom-sicherheitstechnik.de> writes: > > > This patch adds a new systemcall on i386 architectures returning the > jiffies > > value to the application. > > As a kernel developer you can use jiffies but from the user space there > is > > no equivalent function which counts every millisecond like the Win32 > > GetTickCount. > > You want a timer that never go backwards, right? > > Use clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC). It's the POSIX way to do this. > > -Andi
Yes, clock_gettime works(CLOCK_MONOTONIC), thanks.
David
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