Re: Bad sleep time resolution of nanosleep(2)

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

rhialto%falu.nl@localhost (Rhialto) writes:

>I tried it on some fairly idle machines, and the result was quite
>consistent. It really looks like there is something in there that
>inadvertently always causes an extra tick delay.

tick
- some nanoseconds later
- you wake up
- you sleep for at least one tick
tick
- not enough yet because the first interval was
  a few nanoseconds too short
tick
- some nanoseconds or microseconds later
- you wake up
...


N.B. nanosleep shouldn't be based on ticks.

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