Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Some ideas for the kernel wishlist | Date | Mon, 6 Apr 1998 19:03:11 +0100 (BST) |
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> > But then there must be a sysctl to obtain the currently selected > > value. So far, the libc has to guess and uses a constant value. > > Just make the sysctl read-only, and use the variable only for the sysctl > interface (and the constant in the rest of the code). >
Users wont have /proc mounted when they first need HZ. And sysctl is optional right now. I guess 'sod it 100Hz' works for the non sysctl case. Also caching it at glibc init means the cost is close to nil
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