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2.6 KiB
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99 lines
2.6 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Mark R V Murray
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd November 20, 2000
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.Dt GET_CYCLECOUNTER 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm get_cyclecounter
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.Nd get the CPU's fast counter register contents
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h
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.In machine/cpu.h
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.Ft u_int64_t
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.Fn get_cyclecounter "void"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn get_cyclecounter
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functon uses a register
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available in most modern CPUs
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to return a value
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that is monotonically increasing
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inside each CPU.
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.Pp
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In SMP systems,
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there will be a number of
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separate monotonic sequences,
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one for each CPU running.
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The value in the SMP case is
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selected from one of these sequences,
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dependent on which CPU
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was scheduled to service the request.
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.Pp
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The speed and maximum value
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of each counter
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is CPU-dependent.
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Some CPUs
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(such as the
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.Tn Intel
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80386 and 80486)
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do not have such a register,
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so
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.Fn get_cyclecounter
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on these platforms
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returns the number of nanoseconds
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represented by the
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structure returned by
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.Xr nanotime 9 .
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.Pp
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The
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.Tn Pentium
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processors all use the
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.Li TSC
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register.
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.Pp
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The
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.Tn Alpha
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processors use the
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.Li PCC
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register.
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.Pp
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The
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.Tn IA64
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processors use the
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.Li AR.ITC
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register.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr nanotime 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn get_cyclecounter
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function first appeared in
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.Fx 5.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This manual page was written by
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.An Mark Murray Aq markm@FreeBSD.org .
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