times
Synopsis
#include <sys/times.h>
clock_t times(struct tms *buffer);
Status
Partially implemented
Conformance
IEEE Std 1003.1-2017
Description
The times() function shall fill the tms structure pointed to by buffer with time-accounting information. The tms
structure is defined in <sys/times.h>.
All times are measured in terms of the number of clock ticks used.
The times of a terminated child process shall be included in the tms_cutime and tms_cstime elements of the parent
when wait(), waitid(), or waitpid() returns the process ID of this terminated child. If a child process has not
waited for its children, their times shall not be included in its times.
The tms_utime structure member is the CPU time charged for the execution of user instructions of the calling process.
The tms_stime structure member is the CPU time charged for execution by the system on behalf of the calling process.
The tms_cutime structure member is the sum of the tms_utime and tms_cutime times of the child processes.
The tms_cstime structure member is the sum of the tms_stime and tms_cstime times of the child processes.
Return value
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). This point does not change from one invocation of times() within
the process to another. The return value may overflow the possible range of type clock_t. If times() fails,
(clock_t)-1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.
Errors
The times() function shall fail if:
EOVERFLOW- the return value would overflow the range ofclock_t.
Tests
Untested
Known bugs
None