Module Name: src
Committed By: degroote
Date: Fri Mar 28 15:03:41 UTC 2014
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/sys: clock_settime.2
Log Message:
Document a bit CLOCK_VIRTUAL and CLOCK_PROF
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.20 -r1.21 src/lib/libc/sys/clock_settime.2
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Index: src/lib/libc/sys/clock_settime.2
diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/clock_settime.2:1.20 src/lib/libc/sys/clock_settime.2:1.21
--- src/lib/libc/sys/clock_settime.2:1.20 Wed Mar 11 13:39:14 2009
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/clock_settime.2 Fri Mar 28 15:03:41 2014
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: clock_settime.2,v 1.20 2009/03/11 13:39:14 joerg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: clock_settime.2,v 1.21 2014/03/28 15:03:41 degroote Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ error if it's the clock specified in a c
.Fn clock_settime .
The origin of the clock is unspecified.
.Pp
+A
+.Fa clock_id
+of
+.Dv CLOCK_VIRTUAL
+identifies a clock that increments only when the CPU is running in
+user mode on behalf of the calling process.
+.Pp
+A
+.Fa clock_id
+of
+.Dv CLOCK_PROF
+identifies a clock that increments when the CPU is running in user
+or kernel mode on behalf of the calling process.
+.Pp
If the calling user is not the super-user, then the
.Fn clock_settime
function in the standard C library will try to use the
