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Date:      Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:38:23 +0800
From:      David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Pertti Kosunen <pertti.kosunen@pp.nic.fi>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, current@freebsd.org, "Yuriy N. Shkandybin" <jura@networks.ru>
Subject:   Re: Timers and timing, was: MySQL Performance 6.0rc1
Message-ID:  <436229CF.6040001@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <32412.1130505646@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <32412.1130505646@critter.freebsd.dk>

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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>>On the other hand, a lower risk change might be to simply add a new CLOCK_ 
>>type for lower resolution, and have a timer synchronize a variable to the 
>>system clock once every 1/10 of a second.  This avoids having to muck with 
>>VM layout, etc.
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>Is the CLOCK_* namespace ours to muck about with in the first place ?
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I prefer this way, can you implement it?
The global page idea is a complex, someone can slowly work on it, there are
many things can be done, for example, fast syscall using sysenter/sysexit.





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