Andrew Theurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Here is the latest profile: > 8867 total 0.0044 > 700 default_idle 13.4615 > 689 __generic_copy_to_user 11.4833 > 419 generic_file_write 0.2272 > 291 do_softirq 1.4265 > 260 fget 3.8235 > 250 _text_lock_inode 1.1521 > * 241 system_call 4.3036 * > 237 qdisc_restart 0.6237 > 205 schedule 0.2330 > 153 d_lookup 0.5709 > 145 mod_timer 0.6144 > 134 skb_release_data 1.1552 > 134 ip_queue_xmit 0.1047 > 132 _text_lock_locks 0.6600 > 120 tcp_v4_rcv 0.0769 > 118 link_path_walk 0.0530 > 113 kfree 0.7847 > 107 tcp_recvmsg 0.0459 > 105 get_hash_table 0.6562 > 105 __kfree_skb 0.3409 > * 99 do_gettimeofday 0.8250 * > > *these two are what I am focusing on. I expect both to be reduced > significantly if we can reduce the number of calls to > gettimeofday. I agree, we would need to see at least a few percent > difference to make this worth while. I am obviously going to test > a before/after in any case.
Cool! Only I don't understand the columns; is the first column a count and the second column milliseconds per invocation? Counts aren't all that interesting, but calculating the percent of total run time spent by each function would be highly interesting... PG -- Paul Green, Senior Technical Consultant, Stratus Technologies. Day: +1 978-461-7557; FAX: +1 978-461-3610