[Gllug] Clock( ) function in C

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On 20 Sep 2011, Tethys . outgrape:

> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:43 PM, dudes dudes <akam123 at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I’m trying to use clock() function (time.h) in milliseconds, but not CPU
>> based. For example do something (some codes) for 5 milliseconds and when it
>> is exactly 5 millisecond, then exit();
>
> You can't do that with standard Linux. All you can do is say "this
> will run for at least 5 milliseconds". If you need precise accuracy,
> in that it must be *exactly* 5ms, you need to use one of the realtime
> Linux variants.

And you wouldn't use clock() for that anyway, you'd use getrusage(), or
timer_gettime() on a timer created with CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID or
CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID, possibly passed to a timerfd to enable you to
get interrupt-driven notification of its expiry, or something like that.

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