Re: Counting System Calls

Craig Milo Rogers (rogers@ISI.EDU)
Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:39:19 -0700

>> Has anyone created entry.S code to count system calls (per
>> syscall number), and /proc code to read these counts?
>
>no kernel change needed, eg. try:
>
> strace -c -S calls w

That counts a single process' calls. I was thinking about
count of all system calls (summed across all processes) from boot-up
on. This would be a useful tool in the context of the proposed
modular system call mechanism.

Craig Milo Rogers

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