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CPUTIME(2)                    System Calls Manual                   CPUTIME(2)



NAME
       cputime, times, cycles - cpu time in this process and children

SYNOPSIS
       #include <u.h>
       #include <libc.h>

       long   times(long t[4])

       double cputime(void)

       void   cycles(uvlong *cyclep)

DESCRIPTION
       If  t  is  non-null,  times fills it in with the number of milliseconds
       spent in user code, system calls, child processes  in  user  code,  and
       child processes in system calls.  Cputime returns the sum of those same
       times, converted to seconds.  Times returns the elapsed real  time,  in
       milliseconds, that the process has been running.

       These  functions  read  /dev/cputime,  opening  that file when they are
       first called.

       Cycles reads the processor's timestamp counter of cycles  since  reset,
       if  any,  and  stores it via cyclep.  Currently supported architectures
       are 386, amd64, and power; on all others, cycles will store zero.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/libc/9sys
       /sys/src/libc/*/cycles.[cs]

SEE ALSO
       exec(2), cons(3)

BUGS
       Only 386 processors starting with the Pentium have timestamp  counters;
       calling  cycles  on  earlier processors may execute an illegal instrucā€
       tion.



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