Re: LinuxPPS low-level IRQs timestamps & ldisc

[Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

> Of course if you have to check of the DCD changed, that may not be
> constant.  A check for whether this device currently has anyone that
> wants the timestamp though should be a constant time.

Not having to take the cost of that for other users is far more important
than a time variance of a jump prediction. CPU cache effects alone will
add way more variance already. It's not a meaningful number to chase
compared to the randomness introduced by the IRQ handling itself.

If you want perfect accuracy do what I²IT did years ago and use a card
which timestamps the physical IRQ bus transition and exposes it to the OS.

Alan