Re: slow nanosleep?

From: Joakim Tjernlund
Date: Wed Sep 08 2010 - 05:15:47 EST


Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote on 2010/09/08 10:24:49:
>
> Le mercredi 08 septembre 2010 à 10:04 +0200, Joakim Tjernlund a écrit :
>
> > That makes litte difference:
> > root@localhost ~ # ./nanosleep
> > nanosleep
> > req:0 :0
> > tv_res:0 :112
> >
>
> Here, result is 30 (with prctl())
> instead of 95 (without)

On x86 I notice a difference:
7 vs 57.
however select is still faster: 2
The system call OH seems to be bigger for nanosleep than
for select and on my ppc is is about 112 us. Can anything
be done about that?

Jocke

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