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clock_gettime.2: add some clock IDs

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Add the CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID and CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID clock_id
values to the clock_gettime(2) man page.  Reformat the excessively
long paragraph (sentence!) into a tag list.

Reported by:	jilles in https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10020
MFC after:	3 days
Sponsored by:	Dell EMC
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Eric van Gyzen 2017-03-22 00:50:36 +00:00
parent 5abb3b74d3
commit 16fe28bb9f
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=315694
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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 27, 2015
.Dd March 20, 2017
.Dt CLOCK_GETTIME 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -58,31 +58,39 @@ used by a clock which is specified by
.Pp
The
.Fa clock_id
argument
can be one of the following values:
.Dv CLOCK_REALTIME ,
.Dv CLOCK_REALTIME_PRECISE ,
.Dv CLOCK_REALTIME_FAST
for time that increments as
a wall clock should;
.Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC ,
.Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC_PRECISE ,
.Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC_FAST
which increments in SI seconds;
.Dv CLOCK_UPTIME ,
.Dv CLOCK_UPTIME_PRECISE ,
.Dv CLOCK_UPTIME_FAST
which starts at zero when the kernel boots and increments
monotonically in SI seconds while the machine is running;
.Dv CLOCK_VIRTUAL
for time that increments only when
the CPU is running in user mode on behalf of the calling process;
.Dv CLOCK_PROF
for time that increments when the CPU is running in user or
kernel mode; or
.Dv CLOCK_SECOND
which returns the current second without performing a full time counter
query, using in-kernel cached value of current second.
argument can be a value obtained from
.Xr clock_getcpuclockid 3
or
.Xr pthread_getcpuclockid 3
as well as the following values:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
.It Dv CLOCK_REALTIME
.It Dv CLOCK_REALTIME_PRECISE
.It Dv CLOCK_REALTIME_FAST
Increments as a wall clock should.
.It Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC
.It Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC_PRECISE
.It Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC_FAST
Increments in SI seconds.
.It Dv CLOCK_UPTIME
.It Dv CLOCK_UPTIME_PRECISE
.It Dv CLOCK_UPTIME_FAST
Starts at zero when the kernel boots and increments
monotonically in SI seconds while the machine is running.
.It Dv CLOCK_VIRTUAL
Increments only when
the CPU is running in user mode on behalf of the calling process.
.It Dv CLOCK_PROF
Increments when the CPU is running in user or kernel mode.
.It Dv CLOCK_SECOND
Returns the current second without performing a full time counter
query, using an in-kernel cached value of the current second.
.It Dv CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
Returns the execution time of the calling process.
.It Dv CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID
Returns the execution time of the calling thread.
.El
.Pp
The clock IDs
.Fa CLOCK_REALTIME_FAST ,
@ -144,7 +152,9 @@ A user other than the super-user attempted to set the time.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr date 1 ,
.Xr adjtime 2 ,
.Xr clock_getcpuclockid 3 ,
.Xr ctime 3 ,
.Xr pthread_getcpuclockid 3 ,
.Xr timed 8
.Sh STANDARDS
The