Performance of gettimeofday() drops after upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Observing a drop in performance of gettimeofday between kernels '2.6.18-92.el5' and '2.6.18-238.12.1.el5'.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6

  • x86_64

  • Dell Inc. PowerEdge R710

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