Abstract:
High resolution processor time bookkeeping for user and kernel threads can be done without degrading kernel performance. On a PC, threads with active intervals of 2 µs are measured sufficiently precisely. The overhead can be reduced down to 0.1% of overall processor time.
BibTex:
@Article{Liedtke95FineGrainedTimeMeasurement,
author = {Jochen Liedtke},
title = {A Sort Note on Cheap Fine-grained Time Measurement},
booktitle = {ACM Operating Systems Review},
volume = {29},
number = {3},
pages = {31--34},
month = jul,
year = 1995,
url = {http://l4ka.org/publications/}
}