Method and system for providing a current time value

A computer system comprising:

• a processor comprising a hardware clock;
• memory comprising a time memory page;
• a time writer thread configured to:
• access the hardware clock to obtain a first time value, and
• update the time memory page with the first time value;
• and
• a kernel configured to:
• receive a trap for a first application to access the time memory page,
• create, in a first memory map corresponding to the first application, a first mapping between an address space of the first application and the time memory page in response to the trap, and
• trigger the time writer thread to update the time memory page,
• wherein the first application reads the first time value from the time memory page using the first memory map.

A computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving a first trap for a first application to access a time memory page;
• creating, in a first memory map corresponding to the first application, a first mapping between an address space of the first application and the time memory page in response to the first trap;
• accessing, based on the first trap, a hardware clock to obtain a first time value;
• and
• updating the time memory page with the first time value,
• wherein the first application reads the first time value from the time memory page using the first memory map.