The time taken to return from a system() call gradually increases as more calls are made over time.
$ configure --enable-board=intel-x86-64 \
--enable-rootfs=glibc_std --enable-kernel=standard \
--with-package=gdb --enable-jobs=1 --enable-parallel-pkgbuilds=8 \
--enable-rm-work=yes --enable-rm-oldimgs=yes \
--enable-checkout-all-layers=yes --enable-reconfig \
--enable-ccache=yes --with-ccache-dir=/path/to/ccache \
--with-sstate-dir=/path/to/sstate --with-rcpl-version=0017
$ make fs
Deploy to target, eg matxm reference board.
Run the attached python test case:
# python sx_model4.py
The delta time (column 2) shows a steadily increasing value (ignoring outliers).