Jiffy, Jiffies & HZ
Jiffies : The jiffies variable holds the number of times the system timer popped since the system booted. HZ: The number of timer ticks per second, is contained in the kernel variable HZ.The kernel increments jiffies, HZ times every secondJiffy: On a kernel with a HZ value of 100, a “jiffy” is a 10-millisecond duration, … Read more