Re: better resolution for getrusage()?

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
Thu, 29 Feb 1996 06:17:28 +0100

In linux.dev.kernel, article <199602272122.VAA04591@nene.boundless.com>=
,
Ben Wing <wing@666.com> writes:
> It would sure be nice if getrusage() had microsecond resolution like
> gettimeofday() did. How hard would this be to add?
>=20
Somewhere between difficult and impossible. The sampling frequency is H=
Z.
If you want more accuracy, you'll have to ask the clock chip for the
current time before and after _every_ system call.

Somehow I doubt that this exercise would speed up your system...

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