1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/util/time.cpp b/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/util/time.cpp
index 46cf4806dfc..2e8f4e7e30e 100644
--- a/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/util/time.cpp
+++ b/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/util/time.cpp
@@ -52,3 +52,29 @@ Timer::waitAtLeast(duration dur, bool busyWait) {
 }
 
 }
+
+namespace std::chrono {
+
+// This is a hack to avoid the slow clock computations on RHEL7/CentOS 7 due to using systemcalls.
+// This brings cost down from 550-560ns to 18-19ns
+
+inline namespace _V2 {
+
+system_clock::time_point
+system_clock::now() noexcept {
+    timespec tp;
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &tp);
+    return time_point(duration(chrono::seconds(tp.tv_sec)
+                               + chrono::nanoseconds(tp.tv_nsec)));
+}
+
+steady_clock::time_point
+steady_clock::now() noexcept {
+    timespec tp;
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &tp);
+    return time_point(duration(chrono::seconds(tp.tv_sec)
+                               + chrono::nanoseconds(tp.tv_nsec)));
+}
+
+}
+}