lib/timespec-sub.c

/* Subtract two struct timespec values.

   Copyright (C) 2011-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   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 3 of the License, or
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   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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/* Written by Paul Eggert.  */

/* Return the difference between two timespec values A and B.  On
   overflow, return an extremal value.  This assumes 0 <= tv_nsec <
   TIMESPEC_HZ.  */

#include <config.h>
#include "timespec.h"

#include <stdckdint.h>
#include "intprops.h"

struct timespec
timespec_sub (struct timespec a, struct timespec b)
{
  int nsdiff = a.tv_nsec - b.tv_nsec;
  int borrow = nsdiff < 0;
  time_t rs;
  bool v = ckd_sub (&rs, a.tv_sec, b.tv_sec);
  int rns;
  if (v == ckd_sub (&rs, rs, borrow))
    rns = nsdiff + TIMESPEC_HZ * borrow;
  else
    {
      if ((TYPE_MINIMUM (time_t) + TYPE_MAXIMUM (time_t)) / 2 < rs)
        {
          rs = TYPE_MINIMUM (time_t);
          rns = 0;
        }
      else
        {
          rs = TYPE_MAXIMUM (time_t);
          rns = TIMESPEC_HZ - 1;
        }
    }

  return make_timespec (rs, rns);
}