Kernel: Make sys$times not use the big lock

...and also make the Process tick counters clock_t instead of u32. It seems harmless to get interrupted in the middle of reading these counters and reporting slightly fewer ticks in some category.
Author: https://github.com/awesomekling Commit: 5bc7882b68 Pull-request: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/18163 Reviewed-by: https://github.com/Hendiadyoin1
2025-08-09 17:49:40 +00:00 · 2023-04-03 17:29:14 +02:00 · 2023-04-03 17:29:14 +02:00 · 5bc7882b68 · 2024-07-17 07:48:42 +09:00
commit 5bc7882b68
parent b98f537f11
3 changed files with 9 additions and 7 deletions
--- a/Kernel/API/Syscall.h
+++ b/Kernel/API/Syscall.h
@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ enum class NeedsBigProcessLock {
    S(symlink, NeedsBigProcessLock::No)                     \
    S(sync, NeedsBigProcessLock::No)                        \
    S(sysconf, NeedsBigProcessLock::No)                     \
-    S(times, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                      \
+    S(times, NeedsBigProcessLock::No)                       \
    S(umask, NeedsBigProcessLock::No)                       \
    S(umount, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                     \
    S(uname, NeedsBigProcessLock::No)                       \