/* * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this source tree. * * Based on nanotop.c from floppyfw project * * Contact me: vda.linux@googlemail.com */ //config:config NMETER //config: bool "nmeter (11 kb)" //config: default y //config: help //config: Prints selected system stats continuously, one line per update. //applet:IF_NMETER(APPLET(nmeter, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP)) //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_NMETER) += nmeter.o //usage:#define nmeter_trivial_usage //usage: "[-d MSEC] FORMAT_STRING" //usage:#define nmeter_full_usage "\n\n" //usage: "Monitor system in real time" //usage: "\n" //usage: "\n -d MSEC Milliseconds between updates, default:1000, none:-1" //usage: "\n" //usage: "\nFormat specifiers:" //usage: "\n %Nc or %[cN] CPU. N - bar size (default 10)" //usage: "\n (displays: S:system U:user N:niced D:iowait I:irq i:softirq)" //usage: "\n %[nINTERFACE] Network INTERFACE" //usage: "\n %m Allocated memory" //usage: "\n %[md] Dirty file-backed memory" //usage: "\n %[mw] Memory being written to storage" //usage: "\n %[mf] Free memory" //usage: "\n %[mt] Total memory" //usage: "\n %s Allocated swap" //usage: "\n %f Number of used file descriptors" //usage: "\n %Ni Total/specific IRQ rate" //usage: "\n %x Context switch rate" //usage: "\n %p Forks" //usage: "\n %[pn] # of processes" //usage: "\n %b Block io" //usage: "\n %Nt Time (with N decimal points)" //usage: "\n %NT Zero-based timestamp (with N decimal points)" //usage: "\n %r Print instead of at EOL" //TODO: // simplify code // /proc/locks // /proc/stat: // disk_io: (3,0):(22272,17897,410702,4375,54750) // btime 1059401962 //TODO: use sysinfo libc call/syscall, if appropriate // (faster than open/read/close): // sysinfo({uptime=15017, loads=[5728, 15040, 16480] // totalram=2107416576, freeram=211525632, sharedram=0, bufferram=157204480} // totalswap=134209536, freeswap=134209536, procs=157}) #include "libbb.h" #include "common_bufsiz.h" typedef unsigned long long ullong; enum { PROC_MIN_FILE_SIZE = 256, PROC_MAX_FILE_SIZE = 64 * 1024, /* 16k was a bit too small for a 128-CPU machine */ }; typedef struct proc_file { char *file; int file_sz; smallint last_gen; } proc_file; static const char *const proc_name[] ALIGN_PTR = { "stat", // Must match the order of proc_file's! "loadavg", "net/dev", "meminfo", "diskstats", "sys/fs/file-nr" }; struct globals { // Sample generation flip-flop smallint gen; // Linux 2.6? (otherwise assumes 2.4) smallint is26; // 1 if sample delay is not an integer fraction of a second smallint need_seconds; char final_char; char *cur_outbuf; int delta; unsigned deltanz; struct timeval tv; struct timeval start; #define first_proc_file proc_stat proc_file proc_stat; // Must match the order of proc_name's! proc_file proc_loadavg; proc_file proc_net_dev; proc_file proc_meminfo; proc_file proc_diskstats; proc_file proc_sys_fs_filenr; }; #define G (*ptr_to_globals) #define gen (G.gen ) #define is26 (G.is26 ) #define need_seconds (G.need_seconds ) #define cur_outbuf (G.cur_outbuf ) #define proc_stat (G.proc_stat ) #define proc_loadavg (G.proc_loadavg ) #define proc_net_dev (G.proc_net_dev ) #define proc_meminfo (G.proc_meminfo ) #define proc_diskstats (G.proc_diskstats ) #define proc_sys_fs_filenr (G.proc_sys_fs_filenr) #define outbuf bb_common_bufsiz1 #define INIT_G() do { \ setup_common_bufsiz(); \ SET_PTR_TO_GLOBALS(xzalloc(sizeof(G))); \ cur_outbuf = outbuf; \ G.final_char = '\n'; \ G.deltanz = G.delta = 1000000; \ } while (0) static inline void reset_outbuf(void) { cur_outbuf = outbuf; } static void print_outbuf(void) { int sz = cur_outbuf - outbuf; if (sz > 0) { xwrite(STDOUT_FILENO, outbuf, sz); cur_outbuf = outbuf; } } static void put(const char *s) { char *p = cur_outbuf; int sz = outbuf + COMMON_BUFSIZE - p; while (*s && --sz >= 0) *p++ = *s++; cur_outbuf = p; } static void put_c(char c) { if (cur_outbuf < outbuf + COMMON_BUFSIZE) *cur_outbuf++ = c; } static void put_question_marks(int count) { while (count--) put_c('?'); } static void readfile_z(proc_file *pf, const char* fname) { // open_read_close() will do two reads in order to be sure we are at EOF, // and we don't need/want that. int fd; int sz, rdsz; char *buf; sz = pf->file_sz; buf = pf->file; if (!buf) { buf = xmalloc(PROC_MIN_FILE_SIZE); sz = PROC_MIN_FILE_SIZE; } again: fd = xopen(fname, O_RDONLY); buf[0] = '\0'; rdsz = read(fd, buf, sz-1); close(fd); if (rdsz > 0) { if (rdsz == sz-1 && sz < PROC_MAX_FILE_SIZE) { if (sz < 4 * 1024) sz *= 2; else sz += 4 * 1024; buf = xrealloc(buf, sz); goto again; } buf[rdsz] = '\0'; } pf->file_sz = sz; pf->file = buf; } static const char* get_file(proc_file *pf) { if (pf->last_gen != gen) { pf->last_gen = gen; readfile_z(pf, proc_name[pf - &first_proc_file]); } return pf->file; } static ullong read_after_slash(const char *p) { p = strchr(p, '/'); if (!p) return 0; return strtoull(p+1, NULL, 10); } enum conv_type { conv_decimal = 0, conv_slash = 1 }; // Reads decimal values from line. Values start after key, for example: // "cpu 649369 0 341297 4336769..." - key is "cpu" here. // Values are stored in vec[]. // posbits is a bit list of positions we are interested in. // for example: 00100110 - we want 1st, 2nd and 5th value. // posbits.bit0 encodes conversion type. static int rdval(const char* p, const char* key, ullong *vec, long posbits) { unsigned curpos; p = strstr(p, key); if (!p) return 1; p += strlen(key); curpos = 1 << 1; while (1) { while (*p == ' ' || *p == '\t') p++; if (*p == '\n' || *p == '\0') break; if (curpos & posbits) { // read this value *vec++ = (posbits & 1) == conv_decimal ? strtoull(p, NULL, 10) : read_after_slash(p); posbits -= curpos; if (posbits <= 1) return 0; } while (*p > ' ') // skip over the value p++; curpos <<= 1; } return 0; } // Parses files with lines like "... ... ... 3/148 ...." static int rdval_loadavg(const char* p, ullong *vec, long posbits) { int result; result = rdval(p, "", vec, posbits | conv_slash); return result; } // Parses /proc/diskstats // 1 2 3 4 5 6(rd) 7 8 9 10(wr) 11 12 13 14 // 3 0 hda 51292 14441 841783 926052 25717 79650 843256 3029804 0 148459 3956933 // 3 1 hda1 0 0 0 0 <- ignore if only 4 fields // Linux 3.0 (maybe earlier) started printing full stats for hda1 too. // Had to add code which skips such devices. static int rdval_diskstats(const char* p, ullong *vec) { char devname[32]; unsigned devname_len = 0; int value_idx = 0; vec[0] = 0; vec[1] = 0; while (1) { value_idx++; while (*p == ' ' || *p == '\t') p++; if (*p == '\0') break; if (*p == '\n') { value_idx = 0; p++; continue; } if (value_idx == 3) { char *end = strchrnul(p, ' '); /* If this a hda1-like device (same prefix as last one + digit)? */ if (devname_len && strncmp(devname, p, devname_len) == 0 && isdigit(p[devname_len])) { p = end; goto skip_line; /* skip entire line */ } /* It is not. Remember the name for future checks */ devname_len = end - p; if (devname_len > sizeof(devname)-1) devname_len = sizeof(devname)-1; strncpy(devname, p, devname_len); /* devname[devname_len] = '\0'; - not really needed */ p = end; } else if (value_idx == 6) { // TODO: *sectorsize (don't know how to find out sectorsize) vec[0] += strtoull(p, NULL, 10); } else if (value_idx == 10) { // TODO: *sectorsize (don't know how to find out sectorsize) vec[1] += strtoull(p, NULL, 10); skip_line: while (*p != '\n' && *p != '\0') p++; continue; } while ((unsigned char)(*p) > ' ') // skip over value p++; } return 0; } static void scale(ullong ul) { char buf[5]; /* see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tera */ smart_ulltoa4(ul, buf, " kmgtpezy")[0] = '\0'; put(buf); } #define S_STAT(a) \ typedef struct a { \ struct s_stat *next; \ void (*collect)(struct a *s) FAST_FUNC; \ const char *label; #define S_STAT_END(a) } a; S_STAT(s_stat) S_STAT_END(s_stat) static void FAST_FUNC collect_literal(s_stat *s UNUSED_PARAM) { } static s_stat* init_literal(void) { s_stat *s = xzalloc(sizeof(*s)); s->collect = collect_literal; return (s_stat*)s; } static s_stat* init_cr(const char *param UNUSED_PARAM) { G.final_char = '\r'; return NULL; } // user nice system idle iowait irq softirq (last 3 only in 2.6) //cpu 649369 0 341297 4336769 11640 7122 1183 //cpuN 649369 0 341297 4336769 11640 7122 1183 enum { CPU_FIELDCNT = 7 }; S_STAT(cpu_stat) ullong old[CPU_FIELDCNT]; unsigned bar_sz; char bar[1]; S_STAT_END(cpu_stat) static void FAST_FUNC collect_cpu(cpu_stat *s) { ullong data[CPU_FIELDCNT] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }; unsigned frac[CPU_FIELDCNT] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }; ullong all = 0; unsigned norm_all = 0; unsigned bar_sz = s->bar_sz; char *bar = s->bar; int i; if (rdval(get_file(&proc_stat), "cpu ", data, 0 | (1 << 1) | (1 << 2) | (1 << 3) | (1 << 4) | (1 << 5) | (1 << 6) | (1 << 7)) ) { put_question_marks(bar_sz); return; } for (i = 0; i < CPU_FIELDCNT; i++) { ullong old = s->old[i]; if (data[i] < old) old = data[i]; //sanitize s->old[i] = data[i]; all += (data[i] -= old); } if (all) { for (i = 0; i < CPU_FIELDCNT; i++) { ullong t = bar_sz * data[i]; norm_all += data[i] = t / all; frac[i] = t % all; } while (norm_all < bar_sz) { unsigned max = frac[0]; int pos = 0; for (i = 1; i < CPU_FIELDCNT; i++) { if (frac[i] > max) max = frac[i], pos = i; } frac[pos] = 0; //avoid bumping up same value twice data[pos]++; norm_all++; } memset(bar, '.', bar_sz); memset(bar, 'S', data[2]); bar += data[2]; //sys memset(bar, 'U', data[0]); bar += data[0]; //usr memset(bar, 'N', data[1]); bar += data[1]; //nice memset(bar, 'D', data[4]); bar += data[4]; //iowait memset(bar, 'I', data[5]); bar += data[5]; //irq memset(bar, 'i', data[6]); bar += data[6]; //softirq } else { memset(bar, '?', bar_sz); } put(s->bar); } static s_stat* init_cpu(const char *param) { int sz; cpu_stat *s; sz = param[0] ? strtoul(param, NULL, 0) : 10; if (sz <= 0) sz = 1; if (sz > 1000) sz = 1000; s = xzalloc(sizeof(*s) + sz); /*s->bar[sz] = '\0'; - xzalloc did it */ s->bar_sz = sz; s->collect = collect_cpu; return (s_stat*)s; } S_STAT(int_stat) ullong old; int no; S_STAT_END(int_stat) static void FAST_FUNC collect_int(int_stat *s) { ullong data[1]; ullong old; if (rdval(get_file(&proc_stat), "intr", data, 1 << s->no)) { put_question_marks(4); return; } old = s->old; if (data[0] < old) old = data[0]; //sanitize s->old = data[0]; scale(data[0] - old); } static s_stat* init_int(const char *param) { int_stat *s = xzalloc(sizeof(*s)); s->collect = collect_int; if (param[0] == '\0') { s->no = 1; } else { int n = xatoi_positive(param); s->no = n + 2; } return (s_stat*)s; } S_STAT(ctx_stat) ullong old; S_STAT_END(ctx_stat) static void FAST_FUNC collect_ctx(ctx_stat *s) { ullong data[1]; ullong old; if (rdval(get_file(&proc_stat), "ctxt", data, 1 << 1)) { put_question_marks(4); return; } old = s->old; if (data[0] < old) old = data[0]; //sanitize s->old = data[0]; scale(data[0] - old); } static s_stat* init_ctx(const char *param UNUSED_PARAM) { ctx_stat *s = xzalloc(sizeof(*s)); s->collect = collect_ctx; return (s_stat*)s; } S_STAT(blk_stat) const char* lookfor; ullong old[2]; S_STAT_END(blk_stat) static void FAST_FUNC collect_blk(blk_stat *s) { ullong data[2]; int i; if (is26) { i = rdval_diskstats(get_file(&proc_diskstats), data); } else { i = rdval(get_file(&proc_stat), s->lookfor, data, 0 | (1 << 1) | (1 << 2) ); // Linux 2.4 reports bio in Kbytes, convert to sectors: data[0] *= 2; data[1] *= 2; } if (i) { put_question_marks(9); return; } for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) { ullong old = s->old[i]; if (data[i] < old) old = data[i]; //sanitize s->old[i] = data[i]; data[i] -= old; } scale(data[0]*512); // TODO: *sectorsize put_c(' '); scale(data[1]*512); } static s_stat* init_blk(const char *param UNUSED_PARAM) { blk_stat *s = xzalloc(sizeof(*s)); s->collect = collect_blk; s->lookfor = "page"; return (s_stat*)s; } S_STAT(fork_stat) ullong old; S_STAT_END(fork_stat) static void FAST_FUNC collect_thread_nr(fork_stat *s UNUSED_PARAM) { ullong data[1]; if (rdval_loadavg(get_file(&proc_loadavg), data, 1 << 4)) { put_question_marks(4); return; } scale(data[0]); } static void FAST_FUNC collect_fork(fork_stat *s) { ullong data[1]; ullong old; if (rdval(get_file(&proc_stat), "processes", data, 1 << 1)) { put_question_marks(4); return; } old = s->old; if (data[0] < old) old = data[0]; //sanitize s->old = data[0]; scale(data[0] - old); } static s_stat* init_fork(const char *param) { fork_stat *s = xzalloc(sizeof(*s)); if (*param == 'n') { s->collect = collect_thread_nr; } else { s->collect = collect_fork; } return (s_stat*)s; } S_STAT(if_stat) ullong old[4]; const char *device; char *device_colon; S_STAT_END(if_stat) static void FAST_FUNC collect_if(if_stat *s) { ullong data[4]; int i; if (rdval(get_file(&proc_net_dev), s->device_colon, data, 0 | (1 << 1) | (1 << 3) | (1 << 9) | (1 << 11)) ) { put_question_marks(10); return; } for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) { ullong old = s->old[i]; if (data[i] < old) old = data[i]; //sanitize s->old[i] = data[i]; data[i] -= old; } put_c(data[1] ? '*' : ' '); scale(data[0]); put_c(data[3] ? '*' : ' '); scale(data[2]); } static s_stat* init_if(const char *device) { if_stat *s = xzalloc(sizeof(*s)); if (!device || !device[0]) bb_show_usage(); s->collect = collect_if; s->device = device; s->device_colon = xasprintf("%s:", device); return (s_stat*)s; } S_STAT(mem_stat) char opt; S_STAT_END(mem_stat) // "Memory" value should not include any caches. // IOW: neither "ls -laR /" nor heavy read/write activity // should affect it. We'd like to also include any // long-term allocated kernel-side mem, but it is hard // to figure out. For now, bufs, cached & slab are // counted as "free" memory //2.6.16: //MemTotal: 773280 kB //MemFree: 25912 kB - genuinely free //Buffers: 320672 kB - cache //Cached: 146396 kB - cache //SwapCached: 0 kB //Active: 183064 kB //Inactive: 356892 kB //HighTotal: 0 kB //HighFree: 0 kB //LowTotal: 773280 kB //LowFree: 25912 kB //SwapTotal: 131064 kB //SwapFree: 131064 kB //Dirty: 48 kB //Writeback: 0 kB //Mapped: 96620 kB //Slab: 200668 kB - takes 7 Mb on my box fresh after boot, // but includes dentries and inodes // (== can take arbitrary amount of mem) //CommitLimit: 517704 kB //Committed_AS: 236776 kB //PageTables: 1248 kB //VmallocTotal: 516052 kB //VmallocUsed: 3852 kB //VmallocChunk: 512096 kB //HugePages_Total: 0 //HugePages_Free: 0 //Hugepagesize: 4096 kB static void FAST_FUNC collect_mem(mem_stat *s) { ullong m_total; ullong m_free; ullong m_bufs; ullong m_cached; ullong m_slab; const char *meminfo = get_file(&proc_meminfo); if (s->opt == 'd' /* dirty page cache */ || s->opt == 'w' /* under writeback */ ) { m_total = 0; /* temporary reuse m_total */ if (rdval(meminfo, (s->opt == 'd' ? "Dirty:" : "Writeback:"), &m_total, 1 << 1) ) { put_question_marks(4); return; } scale(m_total << 10); return; } m_total = 0; if (rdval(meminfo, "MemTotal:", &m_total, 1 << 1)) { put_question_marks(4); return; } if (s->opt == 't') { scale(m_total << 10); return; } m_free = 0; m_bufs = 0; m_cached = 0; m_slab = 0; if (rdval(meminfo, "MemFree:", &m_free , 1 << 1) || rdval(meminfo, "Buffers:", &m_bufs , 1 << 1) || rdval(meminfo, "Cached:", &m_cached, 1 << 1) || rdval(meminfo, "Slab:", &m_slab , 1 << 1) ) { put_question_marks(4); return; } m_free += m_bufs + m_cached + m_slab; switch (s->opt) { case 'f': scale(m_free << 10); break; default: scale((m_total - m_free) << 10); break; } } static s_stat* init_mem(const char *param) { mem_stat *s = xzalloc(sizeof(*s)); s->collect = collect_mem; s->opt = param[0]; return (s_stat*)s; } S_STAT(swp_stat) S_STAT_END(swp_stat) static void FAST_FUNC collect_swp(swp_stat *s UNUSED_PARAM) { ullong s_total[1]; ullong s_free[1]; if (rdval(get_file(&proc_meminfo), "SwapTotal:", s_total, 1 << 1) || rdval(proc_meminfo.file, "SwapFree:" , s_free, 1 << 1) ) { put_question_marks(4); return; } scale((s_total[0]-s_free[0]) << 10); } static s_stat* init_swp(const char *param UNUSED_PARAM) { swp_stat *s = xzalloc(sizeof(*s)); s->collect = collect_swp; return (s_stat*)s; } S_STAT(fd_stat) S_STAT_END(fd_stat) static void FAST_FUNC collect_fd(fd_stat *s UNUSED_PARAM) { ullong data[2]; if (rdval(get_file(&proc_sys_fs_filenr), "", data, 0 | (1 << 1) | (1 << 2)) ) { put_question_marks(4); return; } scale(data[0] - data[1]); } static s_stat* init_fd(const char *param UNUSED_PARAM) { fd_stat *s = xzalloc(sizeof(*s)); s->collect = collect_fd; return (s_stat*)s; } S_STAT(time_stat) unsigned prec; unsigned scale; S_STAT_END(time_stat) static void FAST_FUNC collect_tv(time_stat *s, struct timeval *tv, int local) { char buf[sizeof("12:34:56.123456")]; struct tm* tm; unsigned us = tv->tv_usec + s->scale/2; time_t t = tv->tv_sec; if (us >= 1000000) { t++; us -= 1000000; } if (local) tm = localtime(&t); else tm = gmtime(&t); sprintf(buf, "%02u:%02u:%02u", tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec); if (s->prec) sprintf(buf+8, ".%0*u", s->prec, us / s->scale); put(buf); } static void FAST_FUNC collect_time(time_stat *s) { collect_tv(s, &G.tv, /*local:*/ 1); } static void FAST_FUNC collect_monotonic(time_stat *s) { struct timeval tv_mono; tv_mono.tv_sec = G.tv.tv_sec - G.start.tv_sec; #if 0 /* Do we want this? */ if (tv_mono.tv_sec < 0) { /* Time went backwards, reset start time to "now" */ tv_mono.tv_sec = 0; G.start = G.tv; } #endif tv_mono.tv_usec = G.tv.tv_usec - G.start.tv_usec; if ((int32_t)tv_mono.tv_usec < 0) { tv_mono.tv_usec += 1000000; tv_mono.tv_sec--; } collect_tv(s, &tv_mono, /*local:*/ 0); } static s_stat* init_time(const char *param) { int prec; time_stat *s = xzalloc(sizeof(*s)); s->collect = collect_time; prec = param[0] - '0'; if (prec < 0) prec = 0; else if (prec > 6) prec = 6; s->prec = prec; s->scale = 1; while (prec++ < 6) s->scale *= 10; return (s_stat*)s; } static s_stat* init_monotonic(const char *param) { time_stat *s = (void*)init_time(param); s->collect = collect_monotonic; return (s_stat*)s; } static void FAST_FUNC collect_info(s_stat *s) { gen ^= 1; while (s) { put(s->label); s->collect(s); s = s->next; } } typedef s_stat* init_func(const char *param); static const char options[] ALIGN1 = "ncmsfixptTbr"; static init_func *const init_functions[] ALIGN_PTR = { init_if, init_cpu, init_mem, init_swp, init_fd, init_int, init_ctx, init_fork, init_time, init_monotonic, init_blk, init_cr }; int nmeter_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE; int nmeter_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) { char buf[32]; s_stat *first = NULL; s_stat *last = NULL; s_stat *s; char *opt_d; char *cur, *prev; INIT_G(); xchdir("/proc"); if (open_read_close("version", buf, sizeof(buf)-1) > 0) { buf[sizeof(buf)-1] = '\0'; is26 = (strstr(buf, " 2.4.") == NULL); } if (getopt32(argv, "d:", &opt_d)) { G.delta = xatoi(opt_d) * 1000; G.deltanz = G.delta > 0 ? G.delta : 1; need_seconds = (1000000 % G.deltanz) != 0; } argv += optind; if (!argv[0]) bb_show_usage(); // Can use argv[0] directly, but this will mess up // parameters as seen by e.g. ps. Making a copy... cur = xstrdup(argv[0]); while (1) { char *param, *p; prev = cur; again: cur = strchr(cur, '%'); if (!cur) break; if (cur[1] == '%') { // %% overlapping_strcpy(cur, cur + 1); cur++; goto again; } *cur++ = '\0'; // overwrite % if (cur[0] == '[') { // format: %[foptstring] cur++; p = strchr(options, cur[0]); param = cur+1; while (cur[0] != ']') { if (!cur[0]) bb_show_usage(); cur++; } *cur++ = '\0'; // overwrite [ } else { // format: %NNNNNNf param = cur; while (cur[0] >= '0' && cur[0] <= '9') cur++; if (!cur[0]) bb_show_usage(); p = strchr(options, cur[0]); *cur++ = '\0'; // overwrite format char } if (!p) bb_show_usage(); s = init_functions[p-options](param); if (s) { s->label = prev; /*s->next = NULL; - all initXXX funcs use xzalloc */ if (!first) first = s; else last->next = s; last = s; } else { // %r option. remove it from string overlapping_strcpy(prev + strlen(prev), cur); cur = prev; } } if (prev[0]) { s = init_literal(); s->label = prev; /*s->next = NULL; - all initXXX funcs use xzalloc */ if (!first) first = s; else last->next = s; last = s; } // Generate first samples but do not print them, they're bogus collect_info(first); reset_outbuf(); if (G.delta >= 0) { xgettimeofday(&G.tv); usleep(G.delta > 1000000 ? 1000000 : G.delta - G.tv.tv_usec % G.deltanz); } xgettimeofday(&G.start); G.tv = G.start; while (1) { collect_info(first); put_c(G.final_char); print_outbuf(); // Negative delta -> no usleep at all // This will hog the CPU but you can have REALLY GOOD // time resolution ;) // TODO: detect and avoid useless updates // (like: nothing happens except time) if (G.delta >= 0) { int rem; // can be commented out, will sacrifice sleep time precision a bit xgettimeofday(&G.tv); if (need_seconds) rem = G.delta - ((ullong)G.tv.tv_sec*1000000 + G.tv.tv_usec) % G.deltanz; else rem = G.delta - (unsigned)G.tv.tv_usec % G.deltanz; // Sometimes kernel wakes us up just a tiny bit earlier than asked // Do not go to very short sleep in this case if (rem < (unsigned)G.delta / 128) { rem += G.delta; } usleep(rem); } xgettimeofday(&G.tv); } /*return 0;*/ }