I think the solution is clock_gettime(GPOS_CLOCK ...) and we'll get it working
soon - unless someone else does it first.
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 03:16:03PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Unless I am missing something, do_gettimeofday() sounds like a big, bloated
> Linux system call to me. Shouldn't be in real time to start with. Why not
> just get the time of day once in the init_module() (which is not real time
> mode) and synchronize with a counter that you update constantly in a
> periodic thread that you create at whatever rate you like. When the
> interrupt comes in, the ISR just looks at the value of the counter and
> knows what time it is by differencing with the original time. The rest is
> just reformatting for printout. I apologize if I answered the wrong
> question.
>
> Oliver
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> Karim Yaghmour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@fsmlabs.com on 05/03/2001 11:04:09 AM
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> Subject: Re: [rtl] do_gettimeofday().
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> Hello Thomas,
>
> This is a known problem. If you want more information about it take a
> look at this posting I did a while ago:
> http://www.rtlinux.org/mailing_list/rtl.w5archive/0008/msg00239.html
>
> One can't use use do_gettimeoday from real-time kernel modules because
> it uses normal Linux locks to ensure exclusive access to xtime_lock.
>
> Changing the Linux locks to real-time locks fixes the problem. This is
> done in the LTT patch for RTAI and works great. It provides accurate
> timing and enables hard-real-time tasks to access do_gettimeofday without
> problems.
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> Cheers,
>
> Karim
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> Thomas Folkers wrote:
> >
> > Victor,
> > How come I can't get the time of day from the kernel? If I use
> > do_gettimeofday(), eventually the system will hang. It may not happen
> > right away, but it will hang. I'm trying to time external events and
> > record the exact time an interrupt comes in and the only way to compare
> > that time to other events and to other systems is to have the exact
> > system time. The clock_gettime() routine returns something close to
> > the real system clock time, but then proceeds to gain time at the rate of
> > 35,000 nsecs/sec. That's probably due to a miss calibration in the cpu HZ
> > value. I have looked over the rtl_time.c file and can see where you
> 'sync'
> > the CLOCK_REALTIME to the results of a do_gettimeofday() call, but then
> > there doesn't seem to be any other 'tweeks' to the time to keep it in
> > sync. So, while the clock_gettime() produces a nice monotonic clock, it
> > bear little resemblance to actual time.
> > So, how do I get the time of day from the kernel?
> >
> > Thanks for you help,
> > Tom
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