linux-kernel - The return value of the system call "times" are in clock ticks?

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:20:24 -0500
From:	Xiang Gao <qasdfgtyuiop@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: The return value of the system call "times" are in clock ticks?

Hi,

In the man page of the system call "times", i.e. "man 2 times", it says that
"All times reported are in clock ticks."

However, it seems not in the kernel. In my personal computer, it is in
seconds...

I don't know what it is supposed to be. If it is supposed to be in
clock ticks, here is a patch attached that fix this problem. If it is
not supposed to be in clock ticks, then the corresponding man page
should be changed.

Xiang Gao

View attachment "times.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (736 bytes)