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+/***************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 by Dominic Rath *
+ * Dominic.Rath@gmx.de *
+ * *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007,2008 Øyvind Harboe *
+ * oyvind.harboe@zylin.com *
+ * *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 by Spencer Oliver *
+ * spen@spen-soft.co.uk *
+ * *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by *
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or *
+ * (at your option) any later version. *
+ * *
+ * This program 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 General Public License for more details. *
+ * *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License *
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the *
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., *
+ * 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "time_support.h"
+
+/* simple and low overhead fetching of ms counter. Use only
+ * the difference between ms counters returned from this fn.
+ */
+int64_t timeval_ms()
+{
+ struct timeval now;
+ int retval = gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+ if (retval < 0)
+ return retval;
+ return (int64_t)now.tv_sec * 1000 + now.tv_usec / 1000;
+}