strace

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <error.h>

int main()
{
        struct timespec tpset, tsreset;

        if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &tsreset) != 0) {
                perror("clock_gettime() did not return success\n");
        }

        tpset.tv_sec = 0;
        tpset.tv_nsec = 0;

        clock_settime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &tpset);
        perror("clock_settime");
}

linux-91ll:/home # ./clock_settime

使用starce ./clock_settime 的结果,可以很容易看出failed在哪里