From: Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>
To: kernel coder <lhrkernelcoder@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: increased number of cycles
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:39:29 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47404EA1.5010902@rtr.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f69849430711172131j41c21d84y2ac10759eff29eb7@mail.gmail.com>
kernel coder wrote:
> hi,
> I'm trying to add some code to netif_receive_skb function in
> dev.c file . The cycles consumed by that code was around 16 cycles on
> Dual Core Opetron machine.I'm working on that code for last 6 months
> now and the consumed cycles have always been around 16 cycles .I don't
> touch any other part of kernel .
>
> But for last 4 days the consumed cycles have suddenly increased to
> around 35 cycles . I'm using RDTSC instruction to profile the
> code.There is no change in code and the kernel version is also the
> same .I am assuming that there must be something wrong with hardware.
..
A cache miss ?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-18 14:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-18 5:31 increased number of cycles kernel coder
2007-11-18 13:48 ` Wander Winkelhorst
2007-11-18 14:39 ` Mark Lord [this message]
2007-11-20 1:24 ` Arjan van de Ven
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