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Re: [Libevent-users] Hacks for getting around CONFIG_HZ



* Marco P.:

> i recently stumbled upon the CONFIG_HZ linux kernel parameter.
> It is set to 250 on the system I'm using, meaning that if I create a
> timed event that tries to fire as fast as possible, it will be
> triggered at most 250 times for each second, or every 4 milliseconds.
>
> I know this is unlikely, but do you know any hack to get around this?

Use a tickless kernel?

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