Being within the capabilities of something and guaranteeing that it will never exceed that are two different things. At least in the past real time guarantees f

Being within the capabilities of something and guaranteeing that it will never exceed that are two different things. At least in the past real time guarantees for Linux came as part of an optional patch set for the kernel since guaranteeing that an algorithm would complete within a set time frame or that things like priority inversion issues would be handled correctly came with a performance cost.