[Ace-users] [tao-users] ACE (and TAO) timers for Real-Time

Matthew Gillen mgillen at bbn.com
Wed Feb 27 12:22:33 CST 2008


Mauricio wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to adapt a "time service" for a framework based on TAO to
> support real-time requirements. I will start with the timer service that
> is almost a simple wrapper of a ACE Timer_Queue. The question is which
> POSIX syscall uses this timer queue to sleep. I was searching in the
> code, but sometimes it gets too complex. 

The easiest way to see what syscalls are being used on your platform is to 
compile a simple app that uses the timer mechanism, then use 'strace' to run 
your simple app.  strace tells you all the system calls that are issued...

HTH,
Matt



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