Helper function bpf_jiffies64
Definition
Copyright (c) 2015 The Libbpf Authors. All rights reserved.
Retrieve the current jiffies count as a 64-bit value.
Returns
A 64-bit value representing the number of jiffies since last system boot.
static __u64 (* const bpf_jiffies64)(void) = (void *) 118;
Usage
Returns a 64-bit value representing the number of jiffies since last system boot.
Program types
This helper call can be used in the following program types:
BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_DEVICEBPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKBBPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCKBPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCKOPTBPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCK_ADDRBPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SYSCTLBPF_PROG_TYPE_FLOW_DISSECTORBPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBEBPF_PROG_TYPE_LSMBPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_INBPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_OUTBPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_SEG6LOCALBPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_XMITBPF_PROG_TYPE_NETFILTERBPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENTBPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINTBPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT_WRITABLEBPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_ACTBPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLSBPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_LOOKUPBPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSGBPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_REUSEPORTBPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_SKBBPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTERBPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCK_OPSBPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPSBPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALLBPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINTBPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACINGBPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP
Example
__u64 start = bpf_jiffies64();
/* some tasks */
__u64 end = bpf_jiffies64();
__u64 elapsed_jiffies = end - start;