Amount of processor time used by instructions in the calling process.
Under
z/OS® UNIX
,
this does not include processor time spent running in the kernel.
It does include any processor time accumulated for the address space
before it became a
z/OS UNIX
process.
Amount of processor time used by the system.
Under
z/OS UNIX
, this value represents kernel busy time running on behalf of the calling process. It does not include processor time performing other MVS™ system functions on behalf of the process.
Times for a terminated
child can be determined once wait() or waitpid() have reported the
child's termination.
Pthreads can not be separately clocked
by the times() function because they do not run in a separate process
like forked children do.