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/* $Id: RTTimerGetSystemGranularity-r0drv-nt.cpp $ */
/** @file
 * IPRT - RTTimerGetSystemGranularity, Ring-0 Driver, NT.
 */

/*
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 */


/*********************************************************************************************************************************
*   Header Files                                                                                                                 *
*********************************************************************************************************************************/
#include "the-nt-kernel.h"

#include <iprt/timer.h>
#include <iprt/errcore.h>
#include <iprt/asm.h>
#include <iprt/assert.h>

#include "internal-r0drv-nt.h"
#include "internal/magics.h"


RTDECL(uint32_t) RTTimerGetSystemGranularity(void)
{
    /*
     * Get the default/max timer increment value, return it if ExSetTimerResolution
     * isn't available. According to the sysinternals guys NtQueryTimerResolution
     * is only available in userland and they find it equally annoying.
     */
    ULONG ulTimeInc = KeQueryTimeIncrement();
    if (!g_pfnrtNtExSetTimerResolution)
        return ulTimeInc * 100; /* The value is in 100ns, the funny NT unit. */

    /*
     * Use the value returned by ExSetTimerResolution. Since the kernel is keeping
     * count of these calls, we have to do two calls that cancel each other out.
     */
    g_pfnrtNtExSetTimerResolution(ulTimeInc, TRUE);
    ULONG ulResolution = g_pfnrtNtExSetTimerResolution(0 /*ignored*/, FALSE);
    return ulResolution * 100; /* NT -> ns */
}