System and method for instruction burst performance profiling fo

Details System and method for instruction burst performance profiling fo System and method for instruction burst performance profiling fo

1998-09-17

1999-12-21

Hafiz, Tariq R.

G06F 9445

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060060328

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to a system and method for monitoring system performance by sampling instructions in a burst mode, rather than once per interrupt. A burst mode may be configurable for a number of instructions per burst. Furthermore, these instructions are counted using a dynamic tree structure, rather than a log, which results in substantial savings in storage. The present invention requires minimal changes to the operating system, and no changes to application code that is being monitored. No recompilation is necessary to use the present invention. In addition, the present invention provides a system and method for monitoring code segments that are disabled for interrupts, and thus are difficult, if not impossible, to monitor using prior art performance tools. In a multi-processor system, the burst mode is active on all processors at the same time, and each processor has its own dynamic tree structure.

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