"Chen, Kenneth W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Just to clarify here, these data need to be taken at grain of salt. A > high count in _spin_unlock_* functions do not automatically points to > lock contention. It's one of the blind spot syndrome with timer based > profile on ia64. There are some lock contentions in 2.6 kernel that > we are staring at. Please do not misinterpret the number here.
Why don't you use oprofileÂ>? It uses NMIs and can profile "inside" interrupt disabled sections. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
