Followup to: <3DB60363.8040104@pobox.com>
By author: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> In terms of implementation, I think it's way too x86-specific... some
> of the vsyscall infrastructure can be more generic, making it easier for
> other arches to implement the same functionality. Also use of TSC isn't
> a terribly good idea...
>
Sure it is: on the systems which have a working TSC it is extremely
efficient -- cheap and high precision.
-hpa
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