Re: gettimeofday

[Tim Moore <timothymoore bigfoot com>]

>     I'm noticing some weird stuff with gettimeofday. When I call this
> function, it usually takes around 10 microseconds. But, sometimes it
> takes a long time (somewhere around 30 milli seconds). Does anyone know
> why it's taking so long? I need this function to return as quickly as
> possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

'strace -tt <program>' might tell you where things are held up after the
gettimeofday call.

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