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+/* Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+/* This implementation uses the TSC register in modern (i586 and up) IA-32
+   processors (most modern clones also provide it).  Since we need the
+   resolution of the clock and since determining this is not cheap, we
+   cache the value.  But this means that systems with processors running
+   at different speeds or process migration to machines with slower or
+   faster processors will not work without changes.  */
+
+
+/* Function to determine processor frequency.  */
+extern unsigned long long int __get_clockfreq (void);
+
+/* Clock frequency of the processor.  We make it a 64-bit variable
+   because some jokers are already playing with processors with more
+   than 4GHz.  */
+static long int nsec;
+
+
+/* We add an limitation here: we assume that the machine is not up as
+   long as it takes to wrap-around the 64-bit timestamp counter.  On a
+   4GHz machine it would take 136 years of uptime to wrap around so
+   this "limitation" is not severe.  */
+#define EXTRA_CLOCK_CASES \
+  case __CLOCK_HIGHRES:							      \
+    {									      \
+      if (__builtin_expect (nsec != 0, 0))				      \
+	{								      \
+	  unsigned long long int freq;					      \
+									      \
+	  /* This can only happen if we haven't initialized the `freq'	      \
+	     variable yet.  Do this now. We don't have to protect this	      \
+	     code against multiple execution since all of them should	      \
+	     lead to the same result.  */				      \
+	  freq = __get_clockfreq ();					      \
+	  if (__builtin_expect (freq == 0, 0))				      \
+	    /* Something went wrong.  */				      \
+	    break;							      \
+									      \
+	  nsec = MAX (1000000000ULL / freq, 1);				      \
+	}								      \
+									      \
+      /* File in the values.  The seconds are always zero (unless we	      \
+	 have a 1Hz machine).  */					      \
+      res->tv_sec = 0;							      \
+      res->tv_nsec = nsec;						      \
+									      \
+      retval = 0;							      \
+    }									      \
+    break;
+
+#include <sysdeps/posix/clock_getres.c>