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class method

Process.clock_gettime

(::Symbol | ::Integer clock_id) -> ::Float

(::Symbol | ::Integer clock_id, :float_second | :float_millisecond | :float_microsecond unit) -> ::Float

(::Symbol | ::Integer clock_id, :second | :millisecond | :microsecond | :nanosecond unit) -> ::Integer

Process.clock_gettime(clock_id, unit = :float_second) → number

static VALUE
rb_clock_gettime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
    int ret;

    struct timetick tt;
    timetick_int_t numerators[2];
    timetick_int_t denominators[2];
    int num_numerators = 0;
    int num_denominators = 0;

    VALUE unit = (rb_check_arity(argc, 1, 2) == 2) ? argv[1] : Qnil;
    VALUE clk_id = argv[0];
#ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
    clockid_t c;
#endif

    if (SYMBOL_P(clk_id)) {
#ifdef CLOCK_REALTIME
        if (clk_id == RUBY_CLOCK_REALTIME) {
            c = CLOCK_REALTIME;
            goto gettime;
        }
#endif

#ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC
        if (clk_id == RUBY_CLOCK_MONOTONIC) {
            c = CLOCK_MONOTONIC;
            goto gettime;
        }
#endif

#ifdef CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
        if (clk_id == RUBY_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID) {
            c = CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID;
            goto gettime;
        }
#endif

#ifdef CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID
        if (clk_id == RUBY_CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID) {
            c = CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID;
            goto gettime;
        }
#endif

        /*
         * Non-clock_gettime clocks are provided by symbol clk_id.
         */
#ifdef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
        /*
         * GETTIMEOFDAY_BASED_CLOCK_REALTIME is used for
         * CLOCK_REALTIME if clock_gettime is not available.
         */
#define RUBY_GETTIMEOFDAY_BASED_CLOCK_REALTIME ID2SYM(id_GETTIMEOFDAY_BASED_CLOCK_REALTIME)
        if (clk_id == RUBY_GETTIMEOFDAY_BASED_CLOCK_REALTIME) {
            struct timeval tv;
            ret = gettimeofday(&tv, 0);
            if (ret != 0)
                rb_sys_fail("gettimeofday");
            tt.giga_count = tv.tv_sec;
            tt.count = (int32_t)tv.tv_usec * 1000;
            denominators[num_denominators++] = 1000000000;
            goto success;
        }
#endif

#define RUBY_TIME_BASED_CLOCK_REALTIME ID2SYM(id_TIME_BASED_CLOCK_REALTIME)
        if (clk_id == RUBY_TIME_BASED_CLOCK_REALTIME) {
            time_t t;
            t = time(NULL);
            if (t == (time_t)-1)
                rb_sys_fail("time");
            tt.giga_count = t;
            tt.count = 0;
            denominators[num_denominators++] = 1000000000;
            goto success;
        }

#ifdef HAVE_TIMES
#define RUBY_TIMES_BASED_CLOCK_MONOTONIC \
        ID2SYM(id_TIMES_BASED_CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
        if (clk_id == RUBY_TIMES_BASED_CLOCK_MONOTONIC) {
            struct tms buf;
            clock_t c;
            unsigned_clock_t uc;
            c = times(&buf);
            if (c ==  (clock_t)-1)
                rb_sys_fail("times");
            uc = (unsigned_clock_t)c;
            tt.count = (int32_t)(uc % 1000000000);
            tt.giga_count = (uc / 1000000000);
            denominators[num_denominators++] = get_clk_tck();
            goto success;
        }
#endif

#ifdef RUSAGE_SELF
#define RUBY_GETRUSAGE_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID \
        ID2SYM(id_GETRUSAGE_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID)
        if (clk_id == RUBY_GETRUSAGE_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID) {
            struct rusage usage;
            int32_t usec;
            ret = getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &usage);
            if (ret != 0)
                rb_sys_fail("getrusage");
            tt.giga_count = usage.ru_utime.tv_sec + usage.ru_stime.tv_sec;
            usec = (int32_t)(usage.ru_utime.tv_usec + usage.ru_stime.tv_usec);
            if (1000000 <= usec) {
                tt.giga_count++;
                usec -= 1000000;
            }
            tt.count = usec * 1000;
            denominators[num_denominators++] = 1000000000;
            goto success;
        }
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_TIMES
#define RUBY_TIMES_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID \
        ID2SYM(id_TIMES_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID)
        if (clk_id == RUBY_TIMES_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID) {
            struct tms buf;
            unsigned_clock_t utime, stime;
            if (times(&buf) ==  (clock_t)-1)
                rb_sys_fail("times");
            utime = (unsigned_clock_t)buf.tms_utime;
            stime = (unsigned_clock_t)buf.tms_stime;
            tt.count = (int32_t)((utime % 1000000000) + (stime % 1000000000));
            tt.giga_count = (utime / 1000000000) + (stime / 1000000000);
            if (1000000000 <= tt.count) {
                tt.count -= 1000000000;
                tt.giga_count++;
            }
            denominators[num_denominators++] = get_clk_tck();
            goto success;
        }
#endif

#define RUBY_CLOCK_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID \
        ID2SYM(id_CLOCK_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID)
        if (clk_id == RUBY_CLOCK_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID) {
            clock_t c;
            unsigned_clock_t uc;
            errno = 0;
            c = clock();
            if (c == (clock_t)-1)
                rb_sys_fail("clock");
            uc = (unsigned_clock_t)c;
            tt.count = (int32_t)(uc % 1000000000);
            tt.giga_count = uc / 1000000000;
            denominators[num_denominators++] = CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
            goto success;
        }

#ifdef __APPLE__
        if (clk_id == RUBY_MACH_ABSOLUTE_TIME_BASED_CLOCK_MONOTONIC) {
            const mach_timebase_info_data_t *info = get_mach_timebase_info();
            uint64_t t = mach_absolute_time();
            tt.count = (int32_t)(t % 1000000000);
            tt.giga_count = t / 1000000000;
            numerators[num_numerators++] = info->numer;
            denominators[num_denominators++] = info->denom;
            denominators[num_denominators++] = 1000000000;
            goto success;
        }
#endif
    }
    else if (NUMERIC_CLOCKID) {
#if defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
        struct timespec ts;
        c = NUM2CLOCKID(clk_id);
      gettime:
        ret = clock_gettime(c, &ts);
        if (ret == -1)
            clock_failed("gettime", errno, clk_id);
        tt.count = (int32_t)ts.tv_nsec;
        tt.giga_count = ts.tv_sec;
        denominators[num_denominators++] = 1000000000;
        goto success;
#endif
    }
    else {
        rb_unexpected_type(clk_id, T_SYMBOL);
    }
    clock_failed("gettime", EINVAL, clk_id);

  success:
    return make_clock_result(&tt, numerators, num_numerators, denominators, num_denominators, unit);
}

Returns a clock time as determined by POSIX function clock_gettime():

Example

Process.clock_gettime(:CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID) # => 198.650379677

Argument clock_id should be a symbol or a constant that specifies the clock whose time is to be returned; see below.

Optional argument unit should be a symbol that specifies the unit to be used in the returned clock time; see below.

Argument clock_id

Argument clock_id specifies the clock whose time is to be returned; it may be a constant such as Process::CLOCK_REALTIME, or a symbol shorthand such as :CLOCK_REALTIME.

The supported clocks depend on the underlying operating system; this method supports the following clocks on the indicated platforms (raises Errno::EINVAL if called with an unsupported clock):

:CLOCK_BOOTTIME: Linux 2.6.39.
:CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM: Linux 3.0.
:CLOCK_MONOTONIC: SUSv3 to 4, Linux 2.5.63, FreeBSD 3.0, NetBSD 2.0, OpenBSD 3.4, macOS 10.12, Windows-2000.
:CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE: Linux 2.6.32.
:CLOCK_MONOTONIC_FAST: FreeBSD 8.1.
:CLOCK_MONOTONIC_PRECISE: FreeBSD 8.1.
:CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW: Linux 2.6.28, macOS 10.12.
:CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW_APPROX: macOS 10.12.
:CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID: SUSv3 to 4, Linux 2.5.63, FreeBSD 9.3, OpenBSD 5.4, macOS 10.12.
:CLOCK_PROF: FreeBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 2.1.
:CLOCK_REALTIME: SUSv2 to 4, Linux 2.5.63, FreeBSD 3.0, NetBSD 2.0, OpenBSD 2.1, macOS 10.12, Windows-8/Server-2012. Time.now is recommended over +:CLOCK_REALTIME:.
:CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM: Linux 3.0.
:CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE: Linux 2.6.32.
:CLOCK_REALTIME_FAST: FreeBSD 8.1.
:CLOCK_REALTIME_PRECISE: FreeBSD 8.1.
:CLOCK_SECOND: FreeBSD 8.1.
:CLOCK_TAI: Linux 3.10.
:CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID: SUSv3 to 4, Linux 2.5.63, FreeBSD 7.1, OpenBSD 5.4, macOS 10.12.
:CLOCK_UPTIME: FreeBSD 7.0, OpenBSD 5.5.
:CLOCK_UPTIME_FAST: FreeBSD 8.1.
:CLOCK_UPTIME_PRECISE: FreeBSD 8.1.
:CLOCK_UPTIME_RAW: macOS 10.12.
:CLOCK_UPTIME_RAW_APPROX: macOS 10.12.
:CLOCK_VIRTUAL: FreeBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 2.1.

Note that SUS stands for Single Unix Specification. SUS contains POSIX and clock_gettime is defined in the POSIX part. SUS defines :CLOCK_REALTIME as mandatory but :CLOCK_MONOTONIC, :CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, and :CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID are optional.

:CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID measures the native thread that reads it, not the Ruby thread. Under the M:N thread scheduler (see RUBY_MN_THREADS) a Ruby thread can move between native threads, so two reads taken from one Ruby thread may come from different native threads, and the later read can be smaller than the earlier one. To measure elapsed time there, use :CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID or :CLOCK_MONOTONIC.

Certain emulations are used when the given clock_id is not supported directly:

Emulations for :CLOCK_REALTIME:
- :GETTIMEOFDAY_BASED_CLOCK_REALTIME: Use gettimeofday() defined by SUS (deprecated in SUSv4). The resolution is 1 microsecond.
- :TIME_BASED_CLOCK_REALTIME: Use time() defined by ISO C. The resolution is 1 second.
Emulations for :CLOCK_MONOTONIC:
- :MACH_ABSOLUTE_TIME_BASED_CLOCK_MONOTONIC: Use mach_absolute_time(), available on Darwin. The resolution is CPU dependent.
- :TIMES_BASED_CLOCK_MONOTONIC: Use the result value of times() defined by POSIX, thus:
  
  Upon successful completion, times() shall return the elapsed real time, in clock ticks, since an arbitrary point in the past (for example, system start-up time).
  
  For example, GNU/Linux returns a value based on jiffies and it is monotonic. However, 4.4BSD uses gettimeofday() and it is not monotonic. (FreeBSD uses :CLOCK_MONOTONIC instead, though.)
  
  The resolution is the clock tick. “getconf CLK_TCK” command shows the clock ticks per second. (The clock ticks-per-second is defined by HZ macro in older systems.) If it is 100 and clock_t is 32 bits integer type, the resolution is 10 millisecond and cannot represent over 497 days.
Emulations for :CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID:
- :GETRUSAGE_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID: Use getrusage() defined by SUS. getrusage() is used with RUSAGE_SELF to obtain the time only for the calling process (excluding the time for child processes). The result is addition of user time (ru_utime) and system time (ru_stime). The resolution is 1 microsecond.
- :TIMES_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID: Use times() defined by POSIX. The result is addition of user time (tms_utime) and system time (tms_stime). tms_cutime and tms_cstime are ignored to exclude the time for child processes. The resolution is the clock tick. “getconf CLK_TCK” command shows the clock ticks per second. (The clock ticks per second is defined by HZ macro in older systems.) If it is 100, the resolution is 10 millisecond.
- :CLOCK_BASED_CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID: Use clock() defined by ISO C. The resolution is 1/CLOCKS_PER_SEC. CLOCKS_PER_SEC is the C-level macro defined by time.h. SUS defines CLOCKS_PER_SEC as 1000000; other systems may define it differently. If CLOCKS_PER_SEC is 1000000 (as in SUS), the resolution is 1 microsecond. If CLOCKS_PER_SEC is 1000000 and clock_t is a 32-bit integer type, it cannot represent over 72 minutes.

Argument unit

Optional argument unit (default :float_second) specifies the unit for the returned value.

:float_microsecond: Number of microseconds as a float.
:float_millisecond: Number of milliseconds as a float.
:float_second: Number of seconds as a float.
:microsecond: Number of microseconds as an integer.
:millisecond: Number of milliseconds as an integer.
:nanosecond: Number of nanoseconds as an integer.
:second: Number of seconds as an integer.

Examples:

Example

Process.clock_gettime(:CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, :float_microsecond)
# => 203605054.825
Process.clock_gettime(:CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, :float_millisecond)
# => 203643.696848
Process.clock_gettime(:CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, :float_second)
# => 203.762181929
Process.clock_gettime(:CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, :microsecond)
# => 204123212
Process.clock_gettime(:CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, :millisecond)
# => 204298
Process.clock_gettime(:CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, :nanosecond)
# => 204602286036
Process.clock_gettime(:CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, :second)
# => 204

The underlying function, clock_gettime(), returns a number of nanoseconds. Float object (IEEE 754 double) is not enough to represent the return value for :CLOCK_REALTIME. If the exact nanoseconds value is required, use :nanosecond as the unit.

The origin (time zero) of the returned value is system-dependent, and may be, for example, system start up time, process start up time, the Epoch, etc.

The origin in :CLOCK_REALTIME is defined as the Epoch: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC; some systems count leap seconds and others don’t, so the result may vary across systems.

See also .clock_getres .daemon .argv0 .detach also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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