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Re: GLIBC IA64 HP_TIMING fixes for SMP systems with unsynchronizedITC


Christoph Lameter wrote:

> clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME) calls gettimeofday internally and then
> multiplies with 1000.

Internally where?  clock_gettime is a syscall.  And it can use whatever
functionality the kernel provides.  There is absolutely no requirement
to add additional clocks, just make clock_gettime do the right think if
this isn't happening already.

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