Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Dec 1999 13:23:41 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [patch] fastcall-2.3.32-B6, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Alexander Viro wrote: > > On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > I mostly agree, although gettimeofday() under X is actually _the_ most > > common one. > > ??? Are you serious? What is it used for?
Timestamping all the events.
This is not that uncommon - there's a LOT of programs that care deeply about wall-clock time. You'll find a few games avoid system calls like the plague, but still call gettimeofday() because it's _really_ important to know how time progresses..
Linus
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