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+/*
+  PIM for Quagga
+  Copyright (C) 2008  Everton da Silva Marques
+
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+  General Public License for more details.
+  
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; see the file COPYING; if not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+  MA 02110-1301 USA
+  
+  $QuaggaId: $Format:%an, %ai, %h$ $
+*/
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include <zebra.h>
+#include "log.h"
+#include "thread.h"
+
+#include "pim_time.h"
+
+/*
+  see man clock_gettime
+ */
+static int pim_gettime(clockid_t clk_id, struct timeval *tv)
+{
+  return quagga_gettime(clk_id, tv);
+}
+
+/*
+  pim_time_monotonic_sec():
+  number of seconds since some unspecified starting point
+*/
+int64_t pim_time_monotonic_sec()
+{
+  struct timeval now_tv;
+
+  if (pim_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now_tv)) {
+    zlog_err("%s: gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) failure: errno=%d: %s",
+	     __PRETTY_FUNCTION__,
+	     errno, strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  return now_tv.tv_sec;
+}
+
+/*
+  pim_time_monotonic_dsec():
+  number of deciseconds since some unspecified starting point
+*/
+int64_t pim_time_monotonic_dsec()
+{
+  struct timeval now_tv;
+  int64_t        now_dsec;
+
+  if (pim_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now_tv)) {
+    zlog_err("%s: gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) failure: errno=%d: %s",
+	     __PRETTY_FUNCTION__,
+	     errno, strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  now_dsec = ((int64_t) now_tv.tv_sec) * 10 + ((int64_t) now_tv.tv_usec) / 100000;
+
+  return now_dsec;
+}
+
+int pim_time_mmss(char *buf, int buf_size, long sec)
+{
+  long mm;
+  int wr;
+
+  zassert(buf_size >= 5);
+
+  mm = sec / 60;
+  sec %= 60;
+  
+  wr = snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%02ld:%02ld", mm, sec);
+
+  return wr != 8;
+}
+
+static int pim_time_hhmmss(char *buf, int buf_size, long sec)
+{
+  long hh;
+  long mm;
+  int wr;
+
+  zassert(buf_size >= 8);
+
+  hh = sec / 3600;
+  sec %= 3600;
+  mm = sec / 60;
+  sec %= 60;
+  
+  wr = snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%02ld:%02ld:%02ld", hh, mm, sec);
+
+  return wr != 8;
+}
+
+void pim_time_timer_to_mmss(char *buf, int buf_size, struct thread *t_timer)
+{
+  if (t_timer) {
+    pim_time_mmss(buf, buf_size,
+		  thread_timer_remain_second(t_timer));
+  }
+  else {
+    snprintf(buf, buf_size, "--:--");
+  }
+}
+
+void pim_time_timer_to_hhmmss(char *buf, int buf_size, struct thread *t_timer)
+{
+  if (t_timer) {
+    pim_time_hhmmss(buf, buf_size,
+		    thread_timer_remain_second(t_timer));
+  }
+  else {
+    snprintf(buf, buf_size, "--:--:--");
+  }
+}
+
+void pim_time_uptime(char *buf, int buf_size, int64_t uptime_sec)
+{
+  zassert(buf_size >= 8);
+
+  pim_time_hhmmss(buf, buf_size, uptime_sec);
+}
+
+long pim_time_timer_remain_msec(struct thread *t_timer)
+{
+  /* FIXME: Actually fetch msec resolution from thread */
+
+  /* no timer thread running means timer has expired: return 0 */
+
+  return t_timer ?
+    1000 * thread_timer_remain_second(t_timer) :
+    0;
+}