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Um, yes. The Linux Kernel has many lines of code, implementing ... gasp ... many things.

I'm sorry, I'm possibly dense but... did something notable change about the scheduling-clock recently? I have vague memories of poking at jiffies in the kernel >20 years ago mucking around with low latency audio...

I like random interesting links, but gosh they need just a bit of context.

If, like me, you're not overly fond of GitHub UI then here it is on the Linux cgit.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux...

thanks. I am amazed at how GitHub can consistently make their product worse with every change.

It's an annoyingly imprecise term, since those of us who grew up with, say, the Commodore 64 have a different understanding of a jiffy (~1/60s, as maintained in TI/TI$ from the Timer A interrupt at $ea31).

Yes. The linux kernel has many things.

But the question is, will the kernel enable me to get anything done in a jiffy?