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+/*
+ * This program can be used to calibrate the clock reading jitter of a
+ * particular CPU and operating system. It first tickles every element
+ * of an array, in order to force pages into memory, then repeatedly calls
+ * gettimeofday() and, finally, writes out the time values for later
+ * analysis. From this you can determine the jitter and if the clock ever
+ * runs backwards.
+ */
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define NBUF 10001
+
+main()
+{
+ struct timeval tp, ts, tr;
+ struct timezone tzp;
+ long temp, j, i, gtod[NBUF];
+
+ gettimeofday(&ts, &tzp);
+ ts.tv_usec = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Force pages into memory
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < NBUF; i ++)
+ gtod[i] = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Construct gtod array
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < NBUF; i ++) {
+ gettimeofday(&tp, &tzp);
+ tr = tp;
+ tr.tv_sec -= ts.tv_sec;
+ tr.tv_usec -= ts.tv_usec;
+ if (tr.tv_usec < 0) {
+ tr.tv_usec += 1000000;
+ tr.tv_sec--;
+ }
+ gtod[i] = tr.tv_sec * 1000000 + tr.tv_usec;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Write out gtod array for later processing with S
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < NBUF - 1; i++) {
+/*
+ printf("%lu\n", gtod[i]);
+*/
+ gtod[i] = gtod[i + 1] - gtod[i];
+ printf("%lu\n", gtod[i]);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Sort the gtod array and display deciles
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < NBUF - 1; i++) {
+ for (j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
+ if (gtod[j] > gtod[i]) {
+ temp = gtod[j];
+ gtod[j] = gtod[i];
+ gtod[i] = temp;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ fprintf(stderr, "First rank\n");
+ for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+ fprintf(stderr, "%10ld%10ld\n", i, gtod[i]);
+ fprintf(stderr, "Last rank\n");
+ for (i = NBUF - 11; i < NBUF - 1; i++)
+ fprintf(stderr, "%10ld%10ld\n", i, gtod[i]);
+}
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