Re: finding out the value of HZ from userspace

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 11:14:59AM -0500, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> > there is one. Nothing uses it
> > (sysconf() provides this info)
> 
> If you have a recent glibc on a recent kernel, it might.
> You could also get a -1 or a supposed ABI value that
> has nothing to do with the kernel currently running.
> The most reliable way is to first look around on the
> stack in search of ELF notes, and then fall back to
> some horribly gross hacks as needed.

eh sysconf() is the nice way to get to the ELF notes instead of having to
grovel yourself.

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