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+/* High precision, low overhead timing functions. MIPS version.
+ Copyright (C) 2002-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ . */
+
+#ifndef _HP_TIMING_H
+#define _HP_TIMING_H 1
+
+#if __mips_isa_rev >= 2
+/* We always assume having the timestamp register. */
+#define HP_TIMING_AVAIL (0)
+#define HP_SMALL_TIMING_AVAIL (1)
+
+/* We indeed have inlined functions. */
+#define HP_TIMING_INLINE (1)
+
+/* We use 32bit values for the times. */
+typedef unsigned int hp_timing_t;
+
+/* Read the cp0 count, this maybe inaccurate. */
+#define HP_TIMING_NOW(Var) \
+ ({ unsigned int _count; \
+ asm volatile ("rdhwr\t%0,$2" : "=r" (_count)); \
+ (Var) = _count; })
+
+#include
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* hp-timing.h */