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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#ifndef TIMER_H
+#define TIMER_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+/* Container for time struct */
+typedef struct _time_counter {
+    /* Current POSIX time in secs. */
+    time_t current_secs;
+    /* Nanoseconds expired in current second. */
+    time_t current_nsecs;
+} time_counter;
+
+#endif /* TIMER_H */
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