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SubjectRe: [patch, v2.6.22-rc6] sys_time() speedup
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On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 16:58 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> wrote:
>
> > Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > >Subject: [patch] sys_time() speedup
> > >From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> > >
> > >improve performance of sys_time(). sys_time() returns time in seconds,
> > >but it does so by calling do_gettimeofday() and then returning the
> > >tv_sec portion of the GTOD time. But the data structure "xtime", which
> > >is updated by every timer/scheduler tick, already offers HZ granularity
> > >time.
> >
> > How well synchronized is xtime with real-time ?
>
> it's updated by every jiffy.

Well, NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH to be specific which is every jiffie with one
exception: With dynticks this is a bit more complicated, and xtime is
updated only twice a second.

thanks
-john

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