* local interrupt disabling
@ 2004-04-18 0:18 Fabiano Ramos
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From: Fabiano Ramos @ 2004-04-18 0:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hi all.
I am doing some work on 2.4 to count the number of instructions
executed for a given syscall.I set the trap bit on eflags at the syscall
entry, causing a trap for each instruction executed until the iret at
return_from_syscall. At the debug handler, I increment my counter.
I know that the syscall code cannot be preempted by another
exeception handler, only by interrupts or page faults it causes.
I want to track the page faults, no problem, but I wouldn't like
the syscall to be interrupted by a mouse interrupt, for examnple.
Local interrupt disabling while servicing the syscall would solve
my problem, or would it create other problems?
TIA,
Fabiano
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