Hi Mark,

On 2026-01-29T08:52:24-0800, Mark Harris wrote:
> Document new time bases TIME_MONOTONIC, TIME_ACTIVE, and
> TIME_THREAD_ACTIVE, introduced in ISO C23 and supported by
> glibc 2.43.[1]
> 
> [1] <https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=f28a11e43f40>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Harris <mark.hsj@gmail.com>

Thanks!  I've applied the patch.

> ---
> v3: Use .TQ for time bases in STANDARDS and HISTORY
> v2: Split into two patches, add time bases to History section
> 
>  man/man3/timespec_get.3 | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man3/timespec_get.3 b/man/man3/timespec_get.3
> index 67da4858c..4f0fe1a96 100644
> --- a/man/man3/timespec_get.3
> +++ b/man/man3/timespec_get.3
> @@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ .SH SYNOPSIS
>      _ISOC11_SOURCE
>  .fi
>  .P
> -.BR timespec_getres ():
> +.BR timespec_getres (),
> +.BR TIME_MONOTONIC ,
> +.BR TIME_ACTIVE ,
> +.BR TIME_THREAD_ACTIVE :
>  .nf
>      _ISOC23_SOURCE
>  .fi
> @@ -67,6 +70,37 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
>  and
>  .IR clock_getres(CLOCK_REALTIME,\~tp) ,
>  respectively.
> +.TP
> +.BR TIME_MONOTONIC " (since glibc 2.43)"

I've removed the "(since..." part, as it's redundant with HISTORY, and
I prefer the HISTORY section.


Have a lovely night!
Alex

> +A time base that measures time since an unspecified point in the past,
> +where the time within a process will not decrease even if the
> +system's real time clock is set or adjusted.
> +The time and resolution in this time base
> +are the same as those retrieved by
> +.I clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC,\~res)
> +and
> +.IR clock_getres(CLOCK_MONOTONIC,\~tp) ,
> +respectively.
> +.TP
> +.BR TIME_ACTIVE " (since glibc 2.43)"
> +A process-specific time base that measures CPU time consumed by
> +the calling process.
> +The time and resolution in this time base
> +are the same as those retrieved by
> +.I clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID,\~res)
> +and
> +.IR clock_getres(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID,\~tp) ,
> +respectively.
> +.TP
> +.BR TIME_THREAD_ACTIVE " (since glibc 2.43)"
> +A thread-specific time base that measures CPU time consumed by
> +the calling thread.
> +The time and resolution in this time base
> +are the same as those retrieved by
> +.I clock_gettime(CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID,\~res)
> +and
> +.IR clock_getres(CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID,\~tp) ,
> +respectively.
>  .SH RETURN VALUE
>  .BR timespec_get ()
>  returns the nonzero
> @@ -103,6 +137,12 @@ .SH STANDARDS
>  POSIX.1-2024.
>  .TP
>  .BR timespec_getres ()
> +.TQ
> +.B TIME_MONOTONIC
> +.TQ
> +.B TIME_ACTIVE
> +.TQ
> +.B TIME_THREAD_ACTIVE
>  C23.
>  .SH HISTORY
>  .TP
> @@ -113,6 +153,13 @@ .SH HISTORY
>  .TP
>  .BR timespec_getres ()
>  C23, glibc 2.34.
> +.TP
> +.B TIME_MONOTONIC
> +.TQ
> +.B TIME_ACTIVE
> +.TQ
> +.B TIME_THREAD_ACTIVE
> +C23, glibc 2.43.
>  .SH SEE ALSO
>  .BR clock_gettime (2),
>  .BR clock_getres (2)
> -- 
> 2.52.0
> 
> 

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