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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man2/clock_settime.2 b/static/netbsd/man2/clock_settime.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a8a2c8f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man2/clock_settime.2 @@ -0,0 +1,198 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: clock_settime.2,v 1.27 2016/09/27 11:11:43 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Klaus Klein. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd September 23, 2016 +.Dt CLOCK_SETTIME 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm clock_settime , +.Nm clock_gettime , +.Nm clock_getres +.Nd clock and timer functions +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In time.h +.Ft int +.Fn clock_settime "clockid_t clock_id" "const struct timespec *tp" +.Ft int +.Fn clock_gettime "clockid_t clock_id" "struct timespec *tp" +.Ft int +.Fn clock_getres "clockid_t clock_id" "struct timespec *res" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn clock_settime +function sets the clock identified by +.Fa clock_id +to the absolute time specified by +.Fa tp . +If the time specified by +.Fa tp +is not a multiple of the resolution of the clock, +.Fa tp +is truncated to a multiple of the resolution. +.Pp +The +.Fn clock_gettime +function stores the time of the clock identified by +.Fa clock_id +into the location specified by +.Fa tp . +.Pp +The +.Fn clock_getres +function stores the resolution of the clock identified by +.Fa clock_id +into the location specified by +.Fa res , +unless +.Fa res +is +.Dv NULL . +.Pp +The following +.Fa clock_id +values are supported: +.Bl -tag -width CLOCK_MONOTONIC +.It Dv CLOCK_REALTIME +identifies the realtime clock for the system. +For this clock, the values specified by +.Fn clock_settime +and obtained by +.Fn clock_gettime +represent the amount of time (in seconds and nanoseconds) +since 00:00 Universal Coordinated Time, January 1, 1970. +.It Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC +identifies a clock that increases at a steady rate (monotonically). +This clock +is not affected by calls to +.Xr adjtime 2 +and +.Xr settimeofday 2 +and will +fail with an +.Er EINVAL +error if it's the clock specified in a call to +.Fn clock_settime . +The origin of the clock is unspecified. +.It Dv CLOCK_VIRTUAL +identifies a clock that increments only when the CPU is running in +user mode on behalf of the calling process. +.It Dv CLOCK_PROF +identifies a clock that increments when the CPU is running in user +or kernel mode on behalf of the calling process. +.It Dv CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID +identifies a per process clock based on tick values. +This clock is not settable. +.It Dv CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID +identifies a per thread clock based on tick values. +This clock is not settable. +.El +.Pp +If the calling user is not the super-user, the +.Fn clock_settime +system call will fail, and the +.Fn clock_settime +function in the standard C library will try to use the +.Xr clockctl 4 +device if present, thus making it possible for non privileged users to +set the system time. +If +.Xr clockctl 4 +is not present or not accessible, then +.Fn clock_settime +returns +.Er EPERM . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +A value of 0 is returned on success. +Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn clock_settime , +.Fn clock_gettime +and +.Fn clock_getres +functions will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The +.Fa clock_id +argument does not specify a known clock. +.It Bq Er ENOSYS +The function is not supported by this implementation. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn clock_settime +function will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The +.Fa tp +argument is outside the range for the specified clock, +.Fa clock_id ; +or the +.Fa tp +argument specified a nanosecond value less than zero of greater than or equal +1000 million; +or the +.Fa clock_id +argument is a clock that can not be adjusted. +.It Bq Er EPERM +The +calling process does not have the appropriate privilege to set the specified +clock, +.Fa clock_id . +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn clock_gettime +function will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EFAULT +The +.Fa tp +argument specifies an address that is not a valid part of the process address +space. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ctime 3 , +.Xr time 3 , +.\" .Xr timer_gettime 3 , +.Xr clockctl 4 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn clock_settime , +.Fn clock_gettime +and +.Fn clock_getres +functions conform to +.St -p1003.1b-93 . |
