gettimeofday.c   [plain text]


/* Provide gettimeofday for systems that don't have it or for which it's broken.

   Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software
   Foundation, Inc.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
   Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */

/* written by Jim Meyering */

#include <config.h>

/* Specification.  */
#include <sys/time.h>

#include <time.h>

#if HAVE_SYS_TIMEB_H
# include <sys/timeb.h>
#endif

#if GETTIMEOFDAY_CLOBBERS_LOCALTIME || TZSET_CLOBBERS_LOCALTIME

/* Work around the bug in some systems whereby gettimeofday clobbers
   the static buffer that localtime uses for its return value.  The
   gettimeofday function from Mac OS X 10.0.4 (i.e., Darwin 1.3.7) has
   this problem.  The tzset replacement is necessary for at least
   Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1, and 2.6.  */

static struct tm tm_zero_buffer;
static struct tm *localtime_buffer_addr = &tm_zero_buffer;

/* This is a wrapper for localtime.  It is used only on systems for which
   gettimeofday clobbers the static buffer used for localtime's result.

   On the first call, record the address of the static buffer that
   localtime uses for its result.  */

struct tm *
localtime (time_t const *timep)
{
#undef localtime
  extern struct tm *localtime (time_t const *);
  struct tm *tm = localtime (timep);

  if (localtime_buffer_addr == &tm_zero_buffer)
    localtime_buffer_addr = tm;

  return tm;
}

/* Same as above, since gmtime and localtime use the same buffer.  */
struct tm *
gmtime (time_t const *timep)
{
#undef gmtime
  extern struct tm *gmtime (time_t const *);
  struct tm *tm = gmtime (timep);

  if (localtime_buffer_addr == &tm_zero_buffer)
    localtime_buffer_addr = tm;

  return tm;
}

#endif /* GETTIMEOFDAY_CLOBBERS_LOCALTIME || TZSET_CLOBBERS_LOCALTIME */

#if TZSET_CLOBBERS_LOCALTIME
/* This is a wrapper for tzset, for systems on which tzset may clobber
   the static buffer used for localtime's result.  */
void
tzset (void)
{
#undef tzset
  extern void tzset (void);

  /* Save and restore the contents of the buffer used for localtime's
     result around the call to tzset.  */
  struct tm save = *localtime_buffer_addr;
  tzset ();
  *localtime_buffer_addr = save;
}
#endif

/* This is a wrapper for gettimeofday.  It is used only on systems
   that lack this function, or whose implementation of this function
   causes problems.  */

int
rpl_gettimeofday (struct timeval *restrict tv, void *restrict tz)
{
#undef gettimeofday
#if HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
# if GETTIMEOFDAY_CLOBBERS_LOCALTIME
  /* Save and restore the contents of the buffer used for localtime's
     result around the call to gettimeofday.  */
  struct tm save = *localtime_buffer_addr;
# endif

  int result = gettimeofday (tv, tz);

# if GETTIMEOFDAY_CLOBBERS_LOCALTIME
  *localtime_buffer_addr = save;
# endif

  return result;

#else

# if HAVE__FTIME

  struct _timeb timebuf;
  _ftime (&timebuf);
  tv->tv_sec = timebuf.time;
  tv->tv_usec = timebuf.millitm * 1000;

# else

#  if !defined OK_TO_USE_1S_CLOCK
#   error "Only 1-second nominal clock resolution found.  Is that intended?" \
          "If so, compile with the -DOK_TO_USE_1S_CLOCK option."
#  endif
  tv->tv_sec = time (NULL);
  tv->tv_usec = 0;

# endif

  return 0;

#endif
}