Timers and time management

This chapter describes timers and time management related concepts in the Linux kernel.
​Introduction - An introduction to the timers in the Linux kernel.
​Introduction to the clocksource framework - Describes clocksource framework in the Linux kernel.
​The tick broadcast framework and dyntick - Describes tick broadcast framework and dyntick concept.
​Introduction to timers - Describes timers in the Linux kernel.
​Introduction to the clockevents framework - Describes yet another clock/time management related framework : clockevents.
​x86 related clock sources - Describes x86_64 related clock sources.
​Time related system calls in the Linux kernel - Describes time related system calls.

Limits on resources in Linux

Introduction

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