ktime_get() equivalent from user space

manty kuma mantykuma at gmail.com
Mon Dec 1 03:47:47 EST 2014


Hi Vignesh,

Thank you for your answer. I have chosen ktime_get() as it is in sync with
the times logged in kernel log.
Hence, doing it with ktime_get() will be my first choice.

Regards,
Manty

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Vignesh Radhakrishnan <vignesh1192 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> An alternative that you can consider would be to expose the desired time
> or value from your driver, using a sysfs entry so that they can be synced
> to what you are doing in the driver level and  user space can read it using
> 'cat'
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Vignesh Radhakrishnan
>
> On Monday, December 1, 2014, manty kuma <mantykuma at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to measure some timings in my system. At driver level, i am using
> ktime_get() to log the times.
> > I need to map this to something of the same unit at user space.
> >
> > I checked /proc/uptime. This value also includes the suspend time which
> ktime_get() doesn't include. Hence this option is ruled out.
> >
> > Is there any other proc entry or any other source which is of same unit?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > manty
> >
>
> --
> http://vigneshradhakrishnan.blogspot.com/
>
>
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