Ben Greear <[email protected]> writes:
> Chris Friesen wrote:
>> Ben Greear wrote:
>>
>>> It can be helpful to know what HZ you are running at, for instance if
>>> you care
>>> very much about the (average) precision of a select/poll timeout.
>> If you move the binary to a different system (or upgrade the kernel, for
>> that matter) the assumptions can be totally wrong.
>> This should be checked at runtime, not compile time.
>
> If course...that is why I like the idea of some system call or standard API
> to get the information.
sysconf(3)
Andreas.
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