times

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

Synopsis

long times(struct tms *tbuf);

Number (x86-64)	100
ABI	common
Kernel entry point	sys_times

This is the raw kernel prototype from the pinned Linux 6.12.94 schema, not the libc wrapper.

Description

Reads the CPU times of the process and its waited-for children.

Arguments

Name	Type	Meaning
tbuf (arg0)	struct tms *	Pointer to a tms structure.

Return value

On success: the elapsed clock ticks since an arbitrary point.

In an Antinomie trace the Return column and the ret filter field show the raw kernel return value. On failure that is the negative errno, for example -2 for ENOENT, not the -1 plus errno that the libc wrapper gives. syscall.errno holds the positive errno and syscall.success is false.

Common errors

Raw return	Name	Meaning
-14	EFAULT	A pointer argument points outside the accessible address space.

Man page

times(2) on man7.org

Captured by Antinomie

Coverage mark: Implemented. Every pointer argument has a capture rule in the pinned kernel patch and none of them records a “no decoder”, “address only” or “not observed” gap on any code path. Individual values can still be incomplete on a particular call; see the capture statuses.

Every call is recorded as an Entry record (the six argument words and the pointees copied at entry) and an Exit record (the return value and the pointees copied at exit).

Arguments

Argument	When	How	Recorded field key	Condition
tbuf (arg0)	Entry	the pointer itself, as a raw word	args.0, args.raw[0]
↳ pointee	Exit	structure tms (fixed size)	arg0.data	result is 0 or greater

Filter fields

• Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
• Argument words: args.tbuf (arg0); args.0 to args.5 by position.
• Structure tms behind tbuf (arg0): args.tbuf.<member> for tms_cstime, tms_cutime, tms_stime, tms_utime.

See Syscall Trace filter for the full syntax.

For what the capture statuses mean, see Capture statuses. For what is never recorded, see Known gaps.