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SubjectRe: [patch] fastcall-2.3.32-B6, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support
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In message <Pine.GSO.4.10.9912141514290.16347-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>, 
Alexan
der Viro writes:
+-----
| 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?
+--->8

Every X event carries a timestamp. Every expose event, every mouse-move
event while an application is tracking a drag (lots!), etc. triggers a
gettimeofday() call.

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