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48.Dd October 3, 2021
49.Dt CLOCK_SETTIME 3C
50.Os
51.Sh NAME
52.Nm clock_settime ,
53.Nm clock_gettime ,
54.Nm clock_getres
55.Nd high-resolution clock operations
56.Sh SYNOPSIS
57.In time.h
58.Ft int
59.Fo clock_settime
60.Fa "clockid_t clock_id"
61.Fa "const struct timespec *tp"
62.Fc
63.Ft int
64.Fo clock_gettime
65.Fa "clockid_t clock_id"
66.Fa "struct timespec *tp"
67.Fc
68.Ft int
69.Fo clock_getres
70.Fa "clockid_t clock_id"
71.Fa "struct timespec *res"
72.Fc
73.Sh DESCRIPTION
74The
75.Fn clock_settime
76function sets the specified clock,
77.Fa clock_id ,
78to the value specified by
79.Fa tp .
80Time values that are between two consecutive non-negative integer multiples of
81the resolution of the specified clock are truncated down to the smaller multiple
82of the resolution.
83.Pp
84The
85.Fn clock_gettime
86function returns the current value
87.Fa tp
88for the specified clock,
89.Fa clock_id .
90.Pp
91The resolution of any clock can be obtained by calling
92.Fn clock_getres
93Clock resolutions are system-dependent and cannot be set by a process.
94If the argument
95.Fa res
96is not
97.Dv NULL ,
98the resolution of the specified clock is stored in the location pointed to by
99.Fa res .
100If
101.Fa res
102is
103.Dv NULL ,
104the clock resolution is not returned.
105If the time argument of
106.Fn clock_settime
107is not a multiple of
108.Fa res ,
109then the value is truncated to a multiple of
110.Fa res .
111.Pp
112A clock may be system wide
113.Pq that is, visible to all processes
114or per-process
115.Pq measuring time that is meaningful only within a process .
116.Pp
117The following clocks are supported in the system and defined by
118including
119.In time.h :
120.Bl -tag -width Ds
121.It Dv CLOCK_REALTIME
122This clock represents the realtime clock for the system.
123For this clock, the values returned by
124.Fn clock_gettime
125and specified by
126.Fn clock_settime
127represent the amount of time
128.Pq in seconds and nanoseconds
129since the Epoch.
130.It Dv CLOCK_HIGHRES
131This clock represents the non-adjustable, high-resolution clock for the system.
132For this clock, the value returned by
133.Fn clock_gettime
134represents the amount of time (in seconds and nanoseconds) since some arbitrary
135time in the past; it is not correlated in any way to the time of day, and thus
136is not subject to resetting or drifting by way of
137.Xr adjtime 2 ,
138.Xr ntp_adjtime 2 ,
139.Xr settimeofday 3C ,
140or
141.Fn clock_settime .
142The time source for this clock is the same as that for
143.Xr gethrtime 3C .
144.Pp
145It is not possible to set this clock with
146.Fn clock_settime .
147.Pp
148.Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC
149is an alias for this clock.
150Other systems define a
151.Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW
152for a high-resolution clock which is not subject to adjustments.
153.Dv CLOCK_HIGHRES
154is not subject to time of day adjustments and thus can always be safely
155used here.
156.It Dv CLOCK_VIRTUAL
157This clock represents the amount of CPU-time
158.Pq in seconds and nanoseconds
159that the calling thread has spent executing user code.
160This is the same as the
161.Fa pr_utime
162member of the
163.Vt prusage_t
164and
165.Fa pr_utime
166member of the
167.Vt lwpsinfo_t
168structure discussed in
169.Xr proc 5 .
170.Pp
171This clock cannot be set with
172.Fn clock_settime
173and has the same source as
174.Xr gethrvtime 3C .
175.It Dv CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID
176This clock is similar to
177.Dv CLOCK_VIRTUAL ;
178however, it also includes the system time of the calling thread in
179addition to the user time.
180.Pp
181The system time is the same that is seen in the
182.Fa pr_stime
183member of the
184.Vt lwpsinfo_t
185structure discussed in
186.Xr proc 5   .
187System time includes both the system and trap microstates,
188.Fa pr_stime
189and
190.Fa pr_ttime
191of the
192.Vt prusage_t
193structure respectively.
194.Pp
195This clock cannot be set with
196.Fn clock_settime
197and it has an alias of
198.Dv CLOCK_PROF .
199.It Dv ClOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
200This clock represents the total CPU-time that the process
201.Pq but not children
202has spent in both user and system time for the calling process.
203This is equivalent to the combination of the
204.Fa pr_utime
205and
206.Fa pr_stime
207members of the
208.Vt psinfo_t
209structure documented in
210.Xr proc 5 .
211.Pp
212This clock is not settable with
213.Fn clock_settime .
214.El
215.Sh RETURN VALUES
216Upon successful completion,
217.Sy 0
218is returned.
219Otherwise,
220.Sy -1
221is returned and
222.Va errno
223is set to indicate the error.
224.Sh ERRORS
225The
226.Fn clock_settime ,
227.Fn clock_gettime ,
228and
229.Fn clock_getres
230functions will fail if:
231.Bl -tag -width Er
232.It Er EINVAL
233The
234.Fa clock_id
235argument does not specify a known clock.
236.It Er ENOSYS
237The functions
238.Fn \fBclock_settime ,
239.Fn \fBclock_gettime ,
240and
241.Fn clock_getres
242are not supported by this implementation.
243Note, this error should not occur here.
244.El
245.Pp
246The
247.Fn clock_settime
248function will fail if:
249.Bl -tag -width Er
250.It Er EINVAL
251The
252.Fa tp
253argument is outside the range for the given clock ID; or the
254.Fa tp
255argument specified a nanosecond value less than zero or greater than or
256equal to 1000 million.
257.Pp
258The clock specified by
259.Fa clock_id
260does not support being set.
261.El
262.Pp
263The
264.Fn clock_settime
265function may fail if:
266.Bl -tag -width Er
267.It Er EPERM
268The requesting process does not have the appropriate privilege to set the
269specified clock.
270.El
271.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
272.Sy Committed
273.Sh MT-LEVEL
274.Fn clock_gettime
275is
276.Sy Async-Signal-Safe
277.Sh SEE ALSO
278.Xr adjtime 2 ,
279.Xr ntp_adjtime 2 ,
280.Xr time 2 ,
281.Xr ctime 3C ,
282.Xr gethrtime 3C ,
283.Xr gethrvtime 3C ,
284.Xr settimeofday 3C ,
285.Xr timer_gettime 3C ,
286.Xr time.h 3HEAD ,
287.Xr proc 5
288