[S390] introduce get_clock_monotonic

Introduce get_clock_monotonic() function which can be used to get a
(fast) timestamp. Resolution is the same as for get_clock(). The
only difference is that the timestamps are monotonic and don't jump
backward or forward.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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Heiko Carstens
2009-09-11 10:28:31 +02:00
committed by Martin Schwidefsky
parent ca99dab01d
commit 05e7ff7da7
2 changed files with 16 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -90,4 +90,18 @@ unsigned long long monotonic_clock(void);
extern u64 sched_clock_base_cc;
/**
* get_clock_monotonic - returns current time in clock rate units
*
* The caller must ensure that preemption is disabled.
* The clock and sched_clock_base get changed via stop_machine.
* Therefore preemption must be disabled when calling this
* function, otherwise the returned value is not guaranteed to
* be monotonic.
*/
static inline unsigned long long get_clock_monotonic(void)
{
return get_clock_xt() - sched_clock_base_cc;
}
#endif