Re: better resolution for getrusage()?

Rogier Wolff (r.e.wolff@et.tudelft.nl)
Thu, 29 Feb 1996 15:11:41 +0100

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Ben Wing wrote:
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> It would sure be nice if getrusage() had microsecond resolution like
> gettimeofday() did. How hard would this be to add?

Very.

Moreover the overhead would be significant. The guts of a
gettimeofday() call takes around 17us. On the other had this might
be worth it for some people.....

Roger.

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