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Toward more reliable logging

Toward more reliable logging

Posted Apr 14, 2012 15:08 UTC (Sat) by Ben_P (subscriber, #74247)
In reply to: Toward more reliable logging by slashdot
Parent article: Toward more reliable logging

Using the TSC seems like it would cause some serious issues if the id's need to increase with time. It is pretty common for some cores to get clocked down or completely turned off in the course of normal operation.


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Toward more reliable logging

Posted Apr 17, 2012 5:25 UTC (Tue) by Jannes (subscriber, #80396) [Link]

A modern TSC keeps counting, at the same constant rate.

Toward more reliable logging

Posted Apr 20, 2012 12:37 UTC (Fri) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]

Which not everybody has.

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