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<title>wireguard-openbsd/regress/lib/libc/timekeep, branch master</title>
<subtitle>WireGuard implementation for the OpenBSD kernel</subtitle>
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<updated>2020-07-06T13:33:05Z</updated>
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<title>Add support for timeconting in userland.</title>
<updated>2020-07-06T13:33:05Z</updated>
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<name>pirofti</name>
<email>pirofti@openbsd.org</email>
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<published>2020-07-06T13:33:05Z</published>
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This diff exposes parts of clock_gettime(2) and gettimeofday(2) to
userland via libc eliberating processes from the need for a context
switch everytime they want to count the passage of time.

If a timecounter clock can be exposed to userland than it needs to set
its tc_user member to a non-zero value. Tested with one or multiple
counters per architecture.

The timing data is shared through a pointer found in the new ELF
auxiliary vector AUX_openbsd_timekeep containing timehands information
that is frequently updated by the kernel.

Timing differences between the last kernel update and the current time
are adjusted in userland by the tc_get_timecount() function inside the
MD usertc.c file.

This permits a much more responsive environment, quite visible in
browsers, office programs and gaming (apparently one is are able to fly
in Minecraft now).

Tested by robert@, sthen@, naddy@, kmos@, phessler@, and many others!

OK from at least kettenis@, cheloha@, naddy@, sthen@
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