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Re:Linux Syscall Support by gpderetta on Thursday November 07, 2024 @12:00PM (#42078471)
A syscall can be way less than 10us. Especially if it is not doing I/O.
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Re:Linux Syscall Support by kaba0 on Friday November 08, 2024 @09:31AM (#42087107)
But a kernel mode switch is definitely more expensive than a trivial (likely cached) jump instruction.
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