Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Jul 2006 19:51:52 -0700 | From | "Tony Luck" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ia64: change usermode HZ to 250 |
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> So does i386 convert the return value of the times(2) call to user > hertz? On IA64, it returns the value in internal clock ticks, and > then when a program uses the value in param.h, it gets it wrong now, > because internal HZ is now 250. > > So is times() is broken in IA64, or is this an exception to Alan's > statement?
The Linux man page for times(2) specifically says "ticks" and refers to sysconf for how to determine how long a "tick" is. So ia64 matches the man page. Dunno if that matches POSIX though.
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