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+/*
+ * clock-malfunction-imitation.c
+ *
+ * Author: Intel A80486DX2-66
+ * License: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal
+ */
+
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#define EXIT_IN 2U
+#define SECOND_PRECISION 1L
+#define TIME_BEFORE_ACCIDENT 2UL
+
+#define TEST_LABEL(s) { \
+	printf("Test: %s\n", s); \
+	fflush(stdout); \
+}
+
+#define CLOCK_FUN_BEGIN                                                       \
+	static unsigned ticks_before_accident = TIME_BEFORE_ACCIDENT;             \
+	time_t y;
+
+#define CLOCK_FUN_END                                                         \
+	if (x != NULL) {                                                          \
+		*x = y;                                                               \
+	}                                                                         \
+	return y;
+
+time_t clock_change_time(time_t* x);
+time_t clock_exponential_growth(time_t* x);
+time_t clock_hang(time_t* x);
+time_t clock_overflow(time_t* x);
+time_t clock_reverse(time_t* x);
+void time_flow_test(time_t (*time_function)(time_t*));
+
+time_t clock_change_time(time_t* x) {
+	CLOCK_FUN_BEGIN
+
+	time(&y);
+
+	if (ticks_before_accident == 0) {
+		y = 0;
+
+		size_t max = sizeof(time(NULL)) / sizeof(int);
+		printf("max of clock_change_time = %zu\n", max);
+		size_t intmax_plus_1 = (size_t) INT_MAX + 1;
+
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < max; i++)
+			y |= (rand() & INT_MAX) * intmax_plus_1;
+	} else
+		ticks_before_accident--;
+
+	CLOCK_FUN_END
+}
+
+time_t clock_exponential_growth(time_t* x) {
+	CLOCK_FUN_BEGIN
+
+	static time_t counter = 1;
+
+	time(&y);
+
+	if (ticks_before_accident == 0) {
+		y += counter++;
+		counter *= counter;
+	} else {
+		ticks_before_accident--;
+	}
+
+	CLOCK_FUN_END
+}
+
+time_t clock_hang(time_t* x) {
+	CLOCK_FUN_BEGIN
+
+	static time_t last_time;
+
+	if (ticks_before_accident == 0)
+		y = last_time;
+	else {
+		time(&y);
+		last_time = y;
+		ticks_before_accident--;
+	}
+
+	CLOCK_FUN_END
+}
+
+time_t clock_overflow(time_t* x) {
+	CLOCK_FUN_BEGIN
+
+	time(&y);
+
+	if (ticks_before_accident == 0)
+		y = LONG_MAX - y;
+	else
+		ticks_before_accident--;
+
+	CLOCK_FUN_END
+}
+
+time_t clock_reverse(time_t* x) {
+	CLOCK_FUN_BEGIN
+
+	static time_t counter = 1, old_time;
+
+	if (ticks_before_accident == 0) {
+		y = old_time - counter++;
+	} else {
+		time(&y);
+		old_time = y;
+		ticks_before_accident--;
+	}
+
+	CLOCK_FUN_END
+}
+
+void time_flow_test(time_t (*time_function)(time_t*)) {
+	time_t current_time, previous_time;
+	double time_diff;
+
+	// Get the current time
+	time(&current_time);
+	previous_time = current_time;
+	bool first_time_passed = false;
+	unsigned i = 0;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		// Get the current time
+		time_function(&current_time);
+
+		// Calculate the time difference in seconds
+		time_diff = difftime(current_time, previous_time);
+		if (!first_time_passed) {
+			time_diff = (double) SECOND_PRECISION;
+			first_time_passed = true;
+		}
+		printf("time difference: %f", time_diff);
+		fflush(stdout);
+
+		// Check if the time difference exceeds a threshold (e.g., 1 second)
+		if (time_diff != (double) SECOND_PRECISION) {
+			printf(" -> Abnormal time flow detected!");
+			fflush(stdout);
+			if (++i >= EXIT_IN) {
+				printf("\nAborting\n");
+				fflush(stdout);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		printf("\n");
+		fflush(stdout);
+
+		// Update the previous time
+		previous_time = current_time;
+
+		usleep(SECOND_PRECISION * 1000000L);
+
+		first_time_passed = true;
+	}
+
+	printf("\n");
+	fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+int main(void) {
+	TEST_LABEL("clock_change_time")
+	                                        time_flow_test(&clock_change_time);
+
+	TEST_LABEL("clock_exponential_growth")
+	                                 time_flow_test(&clock_exponential_growth);
+
+	TEST_LABEL("clock_hang")
+	                                               time_flow_test(&clock_hang);
+
+	TEST_LABEL("clock_overflow")
+	                                           time_flow_test(&clock_overflow);
+
+	TEST_LABEL("clock_reverse")
+	                                            time_flow_test(&clock_reverse);
+
+	return 0;
+}