lib: keep timestamp in easy handle

Use `data->progress.now` as the timestamp of proecssing a transfer.
Update it on significant events and refrain from calling `curlx_now()`
in many places.

The problem this addresses is
a) calling curlx_now() has costs, depending on platform. Calling it
   every time results in 25% increase `./runtest` duration on macOS.
b) we used to pass a `struct curltime *` around to save on calls, but
   when some method directly use `curx_now()` and some use the passed
   pointer, the transfer experienes non-linear time. This results in
   timeline checks to report events in the wrong order.

By keeping a timestamp in the easy handle and updating it there, no
longer invoking `curlx_now()` in the "lower" methods, the transfer
can observer a steady clock progression.

Add documentation in docs/internals/TIME-KEEPING.md

Reported-by: Viktor Szakats
Fixes #19935
Closes #19961
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Stefan Eissing 2025-12-15 14:28:09 +01:00 committed by Daniel Stenberg
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@ -44,12 +44,24 @@ typedef enum {
TIMER_LAST /* must be last */
} timerid;
#define CURL_PGRS_NOW_MONOTONIC
/* Set current time in data->progress.now */
void Curl_pgrs_now_set(struct Curl_easy *data);
/* Advance `now` timestamp at least to given timestamp.
* No effect it data's `now` is already later than `pts`. */
void Curl_pgrs_now_at_least(struct Curl_easy *data, struct curltime *pts);
/* `data` progressing continues after `other` processing. Advance `data`s
* now timestamp to at least `other's` timestamp. */
void Curl_pgrs_now_update(struct Curl_easy *data, struct Curl_easy *other);
int Curl_pgrsDone(struct Curl_easy *data);
void Curl_pgrsStartNow(struct Curl_easy *data);
void Curl_pgrsSetDownloadSize(struct Curl_easy *data, curl_off_t size);
void Curl_pgrsSetUploadSize(struct Curl_easy *data, curl_off_t size);
void Curl_pgrsSetDownloadCounter(struct Curl_easy *data, curl_off_t size);
void Curl_pgrs_download_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta);
void Curl_pgrs_upload_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta);
void Curl_pgrsSetUploadCounter(struct Curl_easy *data, curl_off_t size);
/* perform progress update, invoking callbacks at intervals */
@ -68,7 +80,7 @@ void Curl_pgrsReset(struct Curl_easy *data);
/* Reset sizes for up- and download. */
void Curl_pgrsResetTransferSizes(struct Curl_easy *data);
struct curltime Curl_pgrsTime(struct Curl_easy *data, timerid timer);
void Curl_pgrsTime(struct Curl_easy *data, timerid timer);
/**
* Update progress timer with the elapsed time from its start to `timestamp`.
* This allows updating timers later and is used by happy eyeballing, where