gettimeofday() a special case : why?

salkin@mindspring.com
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 02:18:42 -0500


Hi:

I don't want to be too OT or bothersome, but can someone explain why
gettimeofday() is the one syscall that optimization at the ~100 cycle level
makes sense for? If it's a long explanation, a link or pointer to a book is
more then fine. I'm trying to get the wet feet here and this one I don't know
about. ;)

S-

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