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

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Message-ID: <CAMtaSwRreyQeQaA5U8Rb=b5_90+wxtAu9JQ0wyQqLBdxJf=OCQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:24:47 -0500
From:	Xiang Gao <qasdfgtyuiop@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: The return value of the system call "times" are in clock ticks?

Sorry for the confusing title. I mean the reported values in the
parameter struct tms *buf, not the returned value.
Xiang Gao

2016-01-13 1:20 GMT-05:00 Xiang Gao <qasdfgtyuiop@...il.com>:
> 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