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authorakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2013-08-24 02:01:07 +0000
committerakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2013-08-24 02:01:07 +0000
commit8eb27cb16f513be6ef52e8b540ea5ce9282029c6 (patch)
treedad32e97aa8783e9842162a38835fd4bff0d8851 /process.c
parent46dbe3f3b71559d93f9a28b80934a7ca533d383c (diff)
[DOC]
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@42677 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
Diffstat (limited to 'process.c')
-rw-r--r--process.c29
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/process.c b/process.c
index 8cb8d5791b..02fe0ba5c1 100644
--- a/process.c
+++ b/process.c
@@ -6836,6 +6836,9 @@ make_clock_result(struct timetick *ttp,
*
* Returns a time returned by POSIX clock_gettime() function.
*
+ * p Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
+ * #=> 896053.968060096
+ *
* +clock_id+ specifies a kind of clock.
* It is specifed as a constant which begins with <code>Process::CLOCK_</code>
* such as Process::CLOCK_REALTIME and Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC.
@@ -6872,26 +6875,29 @@ make_clock_result(struct timetick *ttp,
*
* Emulations for +CLOCK_REALTIME+:
* [:GETTIMEOFDAY_BASED_CLOCK_REALTIME]
- * Use gettimeofday().
+ * Use gettimeofday() defined by Single Unix Specification.
+ * (SUSv4 obsoleted it, though.)
* The resolution is 1 micro second.
* [:TIME_BASED_CLOCK_REALTIME]
- * Use time().
+ * Use time() defined by ISO C.
* The resolution is 1 second.
*
* Emulations for +CLOCK_MONOTONIC+:
- * [:MACH_ABSOLUTE_TIME_BASED_CLOCK_MONOTONIC] Use mach_absolute_time(), available on Darwin.
- * The resolution is CPU dependent.
+ * [:MACH_ABSOLUTE_TIME_BASED_CLOCK_MONOTONIC]
+ * Use mach_absolute_time(), available on Darwin.
+ * The resolution is CPU dependent.
*
* Emulations for +CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID+:
* [:GETRUSAGE_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID]
- * Use getrusage() with RUSAGE_SELF.
- * getrusage() is defined by Single Unix Specification.
- * The result is addition of ru_utime and ru_stime.
+ * Use getrusage() defined by Single Unix Specification.
+ * getrusage() is used with RUSAGE_SELF to obtain the time only for
+ * the calling process (excluding the time for child processes).
+ * The result is addition of user time (ru_utime) and system time (ru_stime).
* The resolution is 1 micro second.
* [:TIMES_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID]
* Use times() defined by POSIX.
- * The result is addition of tms_utime and tms_stime.
- * tms_cutime and tms_cstime are ignored.
+ * The result is addition of user time (tms_utime) and system time (tms_stime).
+ * tms_cutime and tms_cstime are ignored to exclude the time for child processes.
* The resolution is the clock tick.
* "getconf CLK_TCK" command shows the clock ticks per second.
* (The clock ticks per second is defined by HZ macro in older systems.)
@@ -6903,6 +6909,7 @@ make_clock_result(struct timetick *ttp,
* Single Unix Specification defines CLOCKS_PER_SEC is 1000000.
* Non-Unix systems may define it a different value, though.
* If CLOCKS_PER_SEC is 1000000 as SUS, the resolution is 1 micro second.
+ * If clock_t is 32 bit and CLOCKS_PER_SEC is 1000000, it overflows for each 72 minutes.
*
* If the given +clock_id+ is not supported, Errno::EINVAL is raised.
*
@@ -6928,10 +6935,6 @@ make_clock_result(struct timetick *ttp,
* But some systems count leap seconds and others doesn't.
* So the result can be interpreted differently across systems.
* Time.now is recommended over CLOCK_REALTIME.
- *
- * p Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
- * #=> 896053.968060096
- *
*/
VALUE
rb_clock_gettime(int argc, VALUE *argv)