Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 23:35:51 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: is time() valid in kernel? Message-ID: <199701090435.XAA06374@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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I want to have the kernel time how long sync() takes in the vfs_update() routine, is it legit to throw in a standard call to gettimeofday() or is there a cooler (e.g. macro) that will give me the time so I can find out how long this sucker is taking? Why: I want to experiment changing how frequently update() runs on a busy newserver, and see what the time differences are. I have a gut-feeling that changing it from 30 seconds to 300 or more seconds wont significantly increase the sync() time, but as I'm now doing it 1/10th as often I get a large performance win.. [This system is attached to a UPS that notifies FreeBSD when the power drops which starts doing sync's and after a few minutes shuts down] -Crh Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
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