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Perform arithmetic operations to consume an amount of time in linear relation to the specified `busyWorkAmount`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_throughputbenchmark.h>`

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static
void
busyWork(xref:BloombergLP/bsls/Types/Int64.adoc[bsls::Types::Int64] busyWorkAmount);
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== Description

Note that the duration of `busyWork` invoked with a particular `busyWorkAmount` will vary with system load.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *busyWorkAmount*
| amount of simulated work to perform
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