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From: Nicholas Miell <nmiell@comcast.net>
To: Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@krystal.dyndns.org>
Cc: Martin Bligh <mbligh@google.com>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>,
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	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>,
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	Michel Dagenais <michel.dagenais@polymtl.ca>,
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	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>,
	Karim Yaghmour <karim@opersys.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>,
	Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
	"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
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Subject: Re: Performance analysis of Linux Kernel Markers 0.20 for 2.6.17
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:02:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1159642933.2355.1.camel@entropy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060930180157.GA25761@Krystal>

On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 14:01 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Following the huge discussion thread about tracing/static vs dynamic
> instrumentation/markers, a consensus seems to emerge about the need for a
> marker system in the Linux kernel. The main issues this mechanism addresses are:
> 
> - Identify code important to runtime data collection/analysis tools in tree so
>   that it follows the code changes naturally.
> - Be visually appealing to kernel developers.
> - Have a very low impact on the system performance.
> - Integrate in the standard kernel infrastructure : use C and loadable modules.
> 
> The time has come for some performance measurements of the Linux Kernel Markers,
> which follows. I attach a PDF with tables and charts which condense these
> results.

Has anyone done any performance measurements with the "regular function
call replaced by a NOP" type of marker?

-- 
Nicholas Miell <nmiell@comcast.net>


  reply	other threads:[~2006-09-30 19:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-09-30 18:01 Performance analysis of Linux Kernel Markers 0.20 for 2.6.17 Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-30 19:02 ` Nicholas Miell [this message]
2006-10-01  3:42   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-10-01  4:19     ` Nicholas Miell
2006-10-01 15:33       ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-10-01 23:57         ` Nicholas Miell
2006-10-02  0:07           ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-10-02  0:53             ` Nicholas Miell
2006-10-02 14:31 ` [UPDATE] " Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-10-02 15:24 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-10-02 15:38   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-10-08 19:31 ` dean gaudet
2006-10-08 19:40   ` dean gaudet
2006-10-10 13:17   ` Mathieu Desnoyers

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