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SubjectRe: PATCH: POSIX 1003.1b timer minor fixes
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Robert de Vries <rhdv@rhdv.cistron.nl> writes:

> I disagree, because the system call overhead takes more time than the
> execution of a switch statement.

You can add some clocks on user level but the handling of interrupts
for timers et cannot efficiently be done at user level.

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