busy_work.c File Reference

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Functions
double	do_cycles (int minimum_time)

Function Documentation

do_cycles()

double do_cycles

(

int

minimum_time

)

Definition at line 8 of file busy_work.c.

{
    struct timeval start, now;
    double x, sum;
 
    gettimeofday( &start, NULL );
 
    for ( ;; ) {
        sum = 1.0;
        for ( x = 1.0; x < 250000.0; x += 1.0 ) {
            sum += x;
        }
        if ( sum < 0.0 ) {
            printf( "==>>  SUM IS NEGATIVE !!  <<==\n" );
        }
 
        gettimeofday( &now, NULL );
        if ( now.tv_sec >= start.tv_sec + minimum_time ) {
            break;
        }
    }
    return sum;
}