%0 Conference Paper %1 oliver98accurate %A Oliver, R.L. %A Teller, P.J. %A McGregor, W.P. %D 1998 %J Performance, Computing and Communications, 1998. IPCCC '98., IEEE International %K Architecture Measurement Memory-Hierarchy Simulation System-Calls Trace-driven %P 239-244 %R 10.1109/PCCC.1998.659966 %T Accurate measurement of system call service times for trace-driven simulation of memory hierarchy designs %X This paper presents a methodology for accurately measuring system call service times and process blocking times in a UNIX-like computing environment. Problems that may cause inaccurate measurements stem from the method used to charge processes for execution time, the difference in the time consumed during a system call and a time quantum or dispatch interval, and the instrumentation overhead included in the measurement program. The collected measurements for each system call are used to form a distribution from which process blocking times can be drawn or for which the mean can be used as the process blocking time

@inproceedings{oliver98accurate, abstract = {This paper presents a methodology for accurately measuring system call service times and process blocking times in a UNIX-like computing environment. Problems that may cause inaccurate measurements stem from the method used to charge processes for execution time, the difference in the time consumed during a system call and a time quantum or dispatch interval, and the instrumentation overhead included in the measurement program. The collected measurements for each system call are used to form a distribution from which process blocking times can be drawn or for which the mean can be used as the process blocking time}, added-at = {2009-01-19T18:10:16.000+0100}, author = {Oliver, R.L. and Teller, P.J. and McGregor, W.P.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ac837997ee11a6c52fee5f93427cfc35/derkling}, doi = {10.1109/PCCC.1998.659966}, interhash = {b223668b4a680974d58c8848eb652be0}, intrahash = {ac837997ee11a6c52fee5f93427cfc35}, issn = {1097-2641}, journal = {Performance, Computing and Communications, 1998. IPCCC '98., IEEE International}, keywords = {Architecture Measurement Memory-Hierarchy Simulation System-Calls Trace-driven}, month = Feb, pages = {239-244}, timestamp = {2009-01-19T18:10:16.000+0100}, title = {Accurate measurement of system call service times for trace-driven simulation of memory hierarchy designs}, year = 1998 }