[lib] Bug #134: threads should be more robust against backward time jumps
2006-08-25 Paul Jakma <paul.jakma@sun.com>
* thread.c: (general) Add support for monotonic clock, it may still
jump forward by huge amounts, but should be immune to going
backwards. Fixes bug #134.
(quagga_gettimeofday_relative_adjust) helper, does what name
says - adjusts gettimeofday based relative timer.
(quagga_gettimeofday) helper to keep recent_time up to date.
(quagga_get_relative) helper, update and getch the relative
timer using gettimeofday(). POSIX CLOCK_MONOTONIC is also
supported, but the code is not enabled yet nor tested.
(quagga_real_stabilised) helper, retrieve absolute time but
stabilised so as to never decrease.
(quagga_gettime) Exported interface, analogous to POSIX
clock_gettime() in interface, supporting several clocks.
(quagga_time) Exported interface, analogous to traditional
time(), will never decrease.
(recent_relative_time) Convenience function to retrieve
relative_time timeval, similar to existing recent_time absolute
timeval, for when an approximately recent value will do.
(remainder) Update to use above helpers.
(thread_getrusage) Previously was a macro, but needs to be
a function to twiddle with thread.c private stuff.
* thread.c: Point the GETRUSAGE macro at previous function.
Export quagga_gettime, quagga_time and recent_relative_time for
general use.
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