Mac OS X中的clock_gettime替代

通过MacPorts安装必要的库后，在Mac OS X上编写的程序编译时，出现此错误：

In function 'nanotime':
error: 'CLOCK_REALTIME' undeclared (first use in this function)
error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
error: for each function it appears in.)

似乎clock_gettime在Mac OS X中未实现。是否存在另一种以十亿分之一秒为单位的时间获取时间的方法？不幸的是以微秒为单位。gettimeofday

实际上，在Sierra 10.12之前，似乎没有为macOS实施它。您可能需要查看此博客条目。主要思想在以下代码段中：

#include <mach/mach_time.h>
#define ORWL_NANO (+1.0E-9)
#define ORWL_GIGA UINT64_C(1000000000)

static double orwl_timebase = 0.0;
static uint64_t orwl_timestart = 0;

struct timespec orwl_gettime(void) {
  // be more careful in a multithreaded environement
  if (!orwl_timestart) {
    mach_timebase_info_data_t tb = { 0 };
    mach_timebase_info(&tb);
    orwl_timebase = tb.numer;
    orwl_timebase /= tb.denom;
    orwl_timestart = mach_absolute_time();
  }
  struct timespec t;
  double diff = (mach_absolute_time() - orwl_timestart) * orwl_timebase;
  t.tv_sec = diff * ORWL_NANO;
  t.tv_nsec = diff - (t.tv_sec * ORWL_GIGA);
  return t;
}

经过数小时的仔细阅读后，我找到了一种获取当前时间的便捷方法：

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

#ifdef __MACH__
#include <mach/clock.h>
#include <mach/mach.h>
#endif



struct timespec ts;

#ifdef __MACH__ // OS X does not have clock_gettime, use clock_get_time
clock_serv_t cclock;
mach_timespec_t mts;
host_get_clock_service(mach_host_self(), CALENDAR_CLOCK, &cclock);
clock_get_time(cclock, &mts);
mach_port_deallocate(mach_task_self(), cclock);
ts.tv_sec = mts.tv_sec;
ts.tv_nsec = mts.tv_nsec;

#else
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
#endif

或查看以下要点：https：//gist.github.com/1087739

希望这可以节省时间。干杯!

上面的解决方案都不能回答这个问题。他们要么没有给您绝对的Unix时间，要么它们的精度为1微秒。jbenet最受欢迎的解决方案是速度很慢（〜6000ns），即使返回表明如此，也不会以纳秒为单位。下面是jbenet和Dmitri B建议的2种解决方案的测试，以及我对此的看法。您可以运行代码而无需更改。

第三个解决方案的确以纳秒为单位，并为您提供了相当快的Unix绝对时间（〜90ns）。因此，如果有人觉得它有用-请在这里让我们所有人知道：-)。我将坚持使用Dmitri B（代码中的解决方案＃1）中的一种-更好地满足我的需求。

我需要替代clock_gettime（）的商业质量来进行pthread_…timed ..调用，并且发现此讨论非常有帮助。多谢你们。

/*
 Ratings of alternatives to clock_gettime() to use with pthread timed waits:
    Solution 1 "gettimeofday":
        Complexity      : simple
        Portability     : POSIX 1
        timespec        : easy to convert from timeval to timespec
        granularity     : 1000 ns,
        call            : 120 ns,
        Rating          : the best.

    Solution 2 "host_get_clock_service, clock_get_time":
        Complexity      : simple (error handling?)
        Portability     : Mac specific (is it always available?)
        timespec        : yes (struct timespec return)
        granularity     : 1000 ns (don't be fooled by timespec format)
        call time       : 6000 ns
        Rating          : the worst.

    Solution 3 "mach_absolute_time + gettimeofday once":
        Complexity      : simple..average (requires initialisation)
        Portability     : Mac specific. Always available
        timespec        : system clock can be converted to timespec without float-math
        granularity     : 1 ns.
        call time       : 90 ns unoptimised.
        Rating          : not bad, but do we really need nanoseconds timeout?

 References:
 - OS X is UNIX System 3 [U03] certified
    http://www.opengroup.org/homepage-items/c987.html

 - UNIX System 3 <--> POSIX 1 <--> IEEE Std 1003.1-1988
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX
    http://www.unix.org/version3/

 - gettimeofday() is mandatory on U03,
   clock_..() functions are optional on U03,
   clock_..() are part of POSIX Realtime extensions
    http://www.unix.org/version3/inttables.pdf

 - clock_gettime() is not available on MacMini OS X
    (Xcode > Preferences > Downloads > Command Line Tools = Installed)

 - OS X recommends to use gettimeofday to calculate values for timespec
    https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/pthread_cond_timedwait.3.html

 - timeval holds microseconds, timespec - nanoseconds
    http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Elapsed-Time.html

 - microtime() is used by kernel to implement gettimeofday()
    http://ftp.tw.freebsd.org/pub/branches/7.0-stable/src/sys/kern/kern_time.c

 - mach_absolute_time() is really fast
    http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/Libc/Libc-320.1.3/i386/mach/mach_absolute_time.c

 - Only 9 deciaml digits have meaning when int nanoseconds converted to double seconds
    Tutorial: Performance and Time post uses .12 precision for nanoseconds
    http://www.macresearch.org/tutorial_performance_and_time

 Example:
    Three ways to prepare absolute time 1500 milliseconds in the future to use with pthread timed functions.

 Output, N = 3, stock MacMini, OSX 10.7.5, 2.3GHz i5, 2GB 1333MHz DDR3:
    inittime.tv_sec = 1390659993
    inittime.tv_nsec = 361539000
    initclock = 76672695144136
    get_abs_future_time_0() : 1390659994.861599000
    get_abs_future_time_0() : 1390659994.861599000
    get_abs_future_time_0() : 1390659994.861599000
    get_abs_future_time_1() : 1390659994.861618000
    get_abs_future_time_1() : 1390659994.861634000
    get_abs_future_time_1() : 1390659994.861642000
    get_abs_future_time_2() : 1390659994.861643671
    get_abs_future_time_2() : 1390659994.861643877
    get_abs_future_time_2() : 1390659994.861643972
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/time.h>       /* gettimeofday */
#include <mach/mach_time.h> /* mach_absolute_time */
#include <mach/mach.h>      /* host_get_clock_service, mach_... */
#include <mach/clock.h>     /* clock_get_time */

#define BILLION 1000000000L
#define MILLION 1000000L

#define NORMALISE_TIMESPEC( ts, uint_milli )            \
    do {                                                \
        ts.tv_sec += uint_milli / 1000u;                \
        ts.tv_nsec += (uint_milli % 1000u) * MILLION;   \
        ts.tv_sec += ts.tv_nsec / BILLION;              \
        ts.tv_nsec = ts.tv_nsec % BILLION;              \
    } while (0)

static mach_timebase_info_data_t timebase = { 0, 0 }; /* numer = 0, denom = 0 */
static struct timespec           inittime = { 0, 0 }; /* nanoseconds since 1-Jan-1970 to init() */
static uint64_t                  initclock;           /* ticks since boot to init() */

void init()
{
    struct timeval  micro;      /* microseconds since 1 Jan 1970 */

    if (mach_timebase_info(&timebase) != 0)
        abort();                            /* very unlikely error */

    if (gettimeofday(&micro, NULL) != 0)
        abort();                            /* very unlikely error */

    initclock = mach_absolute_time();

    inittime.tv_sec = micro.tv_sec;
    inittime.tv_nsec = micro.tv_usec * 1000;
    printf("\tinittime.tv_sec = %ld\n", inittime.tv_sec);
    printf("\tinittime.tv_nsec = %ld\n", inittime.tv_nsec);
    printf("\tinitclock = %ld\n", (long)initclock);
}

/*
 * Get absolute future time for pthread timed calls
 *  Solution 1: microseconds granularity
 */
struct timespec get_abs_future_time_coarse(unsigned milli)
{
    struct timespec future;         /* ns since 1 Jan 1970 to 1500 ms in the future */
    struct timeval  micro = {0, 0}; /* 1 Jan 1970 */

    (void) gettimeofday(&micro, NULL);
    future.tv_sec = micro.tv_sec;
    future.tv_nsec = micro.tv_usec * 1000;
    NORMALISE_TIMESPEC( future, milli );
    return future;
}

/*
 * Solution 2: via clock service
 */
struct timespec get_abs_future_time_served(unsigned milli)
{
    struct timespec     future;
    clock_serv_t        cclock;
    mach_timespec_t     mts;

    host_get_clock_service(mach_host_self(), CALENDAR_CLOCK, &cclock);
    clock_get_time(cclock, &mts);
    mach_port_deallocate(mach_task_self(), cclock);
    future.tv_sec = mts.tv_sec;
    future.tv_nsec = mts.tv_nsec;
    NORMALISE_TIMESPEC( future, milli );
    return future;
}

/*
 * Solution 3: nanosecond granularity
 */
struct timespec get_abs_future_time_fine(unsigned milli)
{
    struct timespec future;     /* ns since 1 Jan 1970 to 1500 ms in future */
    uint64_t        clock;      /* ticks since init */
    uint64_t        nano;       /* nanoseconds since init */

    clock = mach_absolute_time() - initclock;
    nano = clock * (uint64_t)timebase.numer / (uint64_t)timebase.denom;
    future = inittime;
    future.tv_sec += nano / BILLION;
    future.tv_nsec += nano % BILLION;
    NORMALISE_TIMESPEC( future, milli );
    return future;
}

#define N 3

int main()
{
    int                 i, j;
    struct timespec     time[3][N];
    struct timespec   (*get_abs_future_time[])(unsigned milli) =
    {
        &get_abs_future_time_coarse,
        &get_abs_future_time_served,
        &get_abs_future_time_fine
    };

    init();
    for (j = 0; j < 3; j++)
        for (i = 0; i < N; i++)
            time[j][i] = get_abs_future_time[j](1500);  /* now() + 1500 ms */

    for (j = 0; j < 3; j++)
        for (i = 0; i < N; i++)
            printf("get_abs_future_time_%d() : %10ld.%09ld\n",
                   j, time[j][i].tv_sec, time[j][i].tv_nsec);

    return 0;
}

#if defined(__MACH__) && !defined(CLOCK_REALTIME)
#include <sys/time.h>
#define CLOCK_REALTIME 0
// clock_gettime is not implemented on older versions of OS X (< 10.12).
// If implemented, CLOCK_REALTIME will have already been defined.
int clock_gettime(int /*clk_id*/, struct timespec* t) {
    struct timeval now;
    int rv = gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
    if (rv) return rv;
    t->tv_sec  = now.tv_sec;
    t->tv_nsec = now.tv_usec * 1000;
    return 0;
}
#endif

您需要的所有内容均在《技术问答》 QA1398：《技术问答》 QA1398：马赫绝对时间单位中进行了描述，基本上您想要的功能是mach_absolute_time。

这是该页面中示例代码的稍早版本，该示例代码使用Mach调用进行所有操作（当前版本使用AbsoluteToNanosecondsCoreServices中的代码）。在当前的OS X中（例如，在x86_64的Snow Leopard上），绝对时间值实际上以纳秒为单位，因此实际上根本不需要任何转换。因此，如果您擅长并编写可移植的代码，则可以进行转换，但是，如果您只是为自己做一些快速而又肮脏的事情，则无需打扰。

FWIW，mach_absolute_time是真的快。

uint64_t GetPIDTimeInNanoseconds(void)
{
    uint64_t        start;
    uint64_t        end;
    uint64_t        elapsed;
    uint64_t        elapsedNano;
    static mach_timebase_info_data_t    sTimebaseInfo;

    // Start the clock.

    start = mach_absolute_time();

    // Call getpid. This will produce inaccurate results because 
    // we're only making a single system call. For more accurate 
    // results you should call getpid multiple times and average 
    // the results.

    (void) getpid();

    // Stop the clock.

    end = mach_absolute_time();

    // Calculate the duration.

    elapsed = end - start;

    // Convert to nanoseconds.

    // If this is the first time we've run, get the timebase.
    // We can use denom == 0 to indicate that sTimebaseInfo is 
    // uninitialised because it makes no sense to have a zero 
    // denominator is a fraction.

    if ( sTimebaseInfo.denom == 0 ) {
        (void) mach_timebase_info(&sTimebaseInfo);
    }

    // Do the maths. We hope that the multiplication doesn't 
    // overflow; the price you pay for working in fixed point.

    elapsedNano = elapsed * sTimebaseInfo.numer / sTimebaseInfo.denom;

    printf("multiplier %u / %u\n", sTimebaseInfo.numer, sTimebaseInfo.denom);
    return elapsedNano;
}

请注意，macOS Sierra 10.12现在支持clock_gettime（）：

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

int main() {
    struct timespec res;
    struct timespec time;

    clock_getres(CLOCK_REALTIME, &res);
    clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &time);

    printf("CLOCK_REALTIME: res.tv_sec=%lu res.tv_nsec=%lu\n", res.tv_sec, res.tv_nsec);
    printf("CLOCK_REALTIME: time.tv_sec=%lu time.tv_nsec=%lu\n", time.tv_sec, time.tv_nsec);
}

它确实提供了纳秒级；但是，分辨率为1000，因此（有效地）限制为微秒：

CLOCK_REALTIME: res.tv_sec=0 res.tv_nsec=1000
CLOCK_REALTIME: time.tv_sec=1475279260 time.tv_nsec=525627000

您将需要XCode 8或更高版本才能使用此功能。编译为使用此功能的代码将无法在Mac OS X版本（10.11或更早版本）上运行。

谢谢你的帖子

我认为您可以添加以下几行

#ifdef __MACH__
#include <mach/mach_time.h>
#define CLOCK_REALTIME 0
#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC 0
int clock_gettime(int clk_id, struct timespec *t){
    mach_timebase_info_data_t timebase;
    mach_timebase_info(&timebase);
    uint64_t time;
    time = mach_absolute_time();
    double nseconds = ((double)time * (double)timebase.numer)/((double)timebase.denom);
    double seconds = ((double)time * (double)timebase.numer)/((double)timebase.denom * 1e9);
    t->tv_sec = seconds;
    t->tv_nsec = nseconds;
    return 0;
}
#else
#include <time.h>
#endif

让我知道您获得的延迟和粒度

迄今为止，Maristic的最佳答案。让我简化并补充一下。#include和Init()：

#include <mach/mach_time.h>

double conversion_factor;

void Init() {
  mach_timebase_info_data_t timebase;
  mach_timebase_info(&timebase);
  conversion_factor = (double)timebase.numer / (double)timebase.denom;
}

用于：

  uint64_t t1, t2;

  Init();

  t1 = mach_absolute_time();
  /* profiled code here */
  t2 = mach_absolute_time();

  double duration_ns = (double)(t2 - t1) * conversion_factor;  

这样的计时器的等待时间为65ns +/- 2ns（2GHz CPU）。如果您需要一次执行的“时间演化”，请使用此选项。否则10000，即使使用gettimeofday()，也可以循环使用您的代码时间和配置文件，这是可移植的（POSIX），并且延迟为100ns +/- 0.5ns（尽管只有1us粒度）。

我用clock_get_time尝试了该版本，并缓存了host_get_clock_service调用。它比gettimeofday慢，每次调用花费几微秒的时间。而且，更糟糕的是，返回值的步长为1000，即仍然是微秒级的粒度。

我建议使用gettimeofday，并将tv_usec乘以1000。

基于开源的mach_absolute_time.c，我们可以看到该行extern mach_port_t clock_port;告诉我们已经为单调时间初始化了一个mach端口。可以直接访问此时钟端口，而无需诉诸调用mach_absolute_time然后转换回a struct timespec。绕过呼叫mach_absolute_time应该会提高性能。

我使用基于extern和类似线程的代码创建了一个小Github存储库（PosixMachTiming）。PosixMachTiming模拟的和。它还模拟绝对单调时间的功能。请尝试一下，看看性能如何比较。也许您可能想创建比较测试或仿真其他POSIX时钟/功能？clock_portclock_gettimeCLOCK_REALTIMECLOCK_MONOTONICclock_nanosleep

至少追溯到Mountain Lion之前，mach_absolute_time()返回纳秒而不是绝对时间（这是总线周期数）。

MacBook Pro（2 GHz Core i7）上的以下代码显示，mach_absolute_time()在10次运行中调用时间平均为39 ns（最小35分，最大45分），这基本上是两次调用返回mach_absolute_time（）之间的时间，大约1次调用：

#include <stdint.h>
#include <mach/mach_time.h>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
   uint64_t now, then;
   uint64_t abs;

   then = mach_absolute_time(); // return nanoseconds
   now = mach_absolute_time();
   abs = now - then;

   cout << "nanoseconds = " << abs << endl;
}

我找到了另一个便携式解决方案。

声明一些头文件（甚至在您的源文件中）：

/* If compiled on DARWIN/Apple platforms. */
#ifdef DARWIN
#define    CLOCK_REALTIME    0x2d4e1588
#define    CLOCK_MONOTONIC   0x0
#endif /* DARWIN */

并添加功能实现：

#ifdef DARWIN

/*
 * Bellow we provide an alternative for clock_gettime,
 * which is not implemented in Mac OS X.
 */
static inline int clock_gettime(int clock_id, struct timespec *ts)
{
    struct timeval tv;

    if (clock_id != CLOCK_REALTIME) 
    {
        errno = EINVAL;
        return -1;
    }
    if (gettimeofday(&tv, NULL) < 0) 
    {
        return -1;
    }
    ts->tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
    ts->tv_nsec = tv.tv_usec * 1000;
    return 0;
}

#endif /* DARWIN */

别忘了包含<time.h>。

void clock_get_uptime(uint64_t *result);

void clock_get_system_microtime(            uint32_t *secs,
                                            uint32_t *microsecs);

void clock_get_system_nanotime(             uint32_t *secs,
                                            uint32_t *nanosecs);
void clock_get_calendar_microtime(          uint32_t *secs,
                                            uint32_t *microsecs);

void clock_get_calendar_nanotime(           uint32_t *secs,
                                            uint32_t *nanosecs);

对于MacOS，您可以在其开发人员页面上找到很好的信息 https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KernelProgramming/services/services.html