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+/* gethrxtime -- get high resolution real time
+
+ Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ 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, 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; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+/* Written by Paul Eggert. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "gethrxtime.h"
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include "timespec.h"
+
+/* Get the current time, as a count of the number of nanoseconds since
+ an arbitrary epoch (e.g., the system boot time). Prefer a
+ high-resolution clock that is not subject to resetting or
+ drifting. */
+
+xtime_t
+gethrxtime (void)
+{
+#if HAVE_NANOUPTIME
+ {
+ struct timespec ts;
+ nanouptime (&ts);
+ return xtime_make (ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec);
+ }
+#else
+
+# if defined CLOCK_MONOTONIC && HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
+ {
+ struct timespec ts;
+ if (clock_gettime (CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) == 0)
+ return xtime_make (ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec);
+ }
+# endif
+
+# if HAVE_MICROUPTIME
+ {
+ struct timeval tv;
+ microuptime (&tv);
+ return xtime_make (tv.tv_sec, 1000 * tv.tv_usec);
+ }
+
+# else
+ /* No monotonically increasing clocks are available; fall back on a
+ clock that might jump backwards, since it's the best we can do. */
+ {
+ struct timespec ts;
+ gettime (&ts);
+ return xtime_make (ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec);
+ }
+# endif
+#endif
+}