>> It is somewhat difficult to modifying presentation machinery of some
>> values in e.g. /proc/123/stat "file" to scale them so that they always
>> present their value as if the HZ would be the ``classical constant''
>> for given platform. For example, where would the ``classical constant''
>> be taken from, if the only instance of ``HZ'' is modified ?
> 'Hz' has a physical definition. The Linux HZ constant just says how many
> timer interrupts per second should occur. The requirement is to never let
> this (arbitrary) constant show up, but to have all API components use the
> 'real-world' definition of time.
This requirement is broken in several places currently, mainly in sysctls.
-Andi
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