hrtimer + Kernel Networking - freeze

2016-04-09 Thread Thomas Schmidt
Hello, i try to do some experiment generating high throughput network traffic and try to analyze the impact of system utilization on the network performance especially inter packet delay variation. One part of that is that i implement basically same functionality in user space and kernel space

Re: system call

2016-04-09 Thread Nitin Varyani
I am using Ubuntu On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Pranay Srivastava wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Nitin Varyani > wrote: > > I have a 64 bit machine > > > > Before changing the source try to build, install and boot your kernel. > I'm sure

Re: system call

2016-04-09 Thread Pranay Srivastava
On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Nitin Varyani wrote: > I am using Ubuntu > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Pranay Srivastava wrote: >> >> On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Nitin Varyani >> wrote: >> > I have a 64 bit machine

Re: system call

2016-04-09 Thread Pranay Srivastava
On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Nitin Varyani wrote: > I have a 64 bit machine > Before changing the source try to build, install and boot your kernel. I'm sure there are some extra steps you might need to perform to boot your compiled kernel. Which distro are you

Re: system call

2016-04-09 Thread Pranay Srivastava
Hi Nitin On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Nitin Varyani wrote: > Neither of the solution is working. > @ Pranay: kernel is not booting after making the changes you have mentioned. > somethings like > "dropping to shell > initramfs:" > is displayed on booting. I don't

Re: system call

2016-04-09 Thread Nitin Varyani
Neither of the solution is working. @ Pranay: kernel is not booting after making the changes you have mentioned. somethings like "dropping to shell initramfs:" is displayed on booting. On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Pranay Srivastava wrote: > Nitin > > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016

Is the stack layout for an arch standard?

2016-04-09 Thread Abhimanyu Saini
I was studying the dump_stack function in linux kernel (form arm) and I came across struct stackframe { /* * FP member should hold R7 when CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL is enabled * and R11 otherwise. */ unsigned long fp; unsigned long sp;

Re: what is the purpose of "LOCALVERSION" variable in scripts/setlocalversion?

2016-04-09 Thread Chinmay V S
> i was unaware of the apparently independent variable "LOCALVERSION" > which is used in that assignment. > > there's precious little mention of that variable ... under what > circumstances does one set it? I have sometimes seen a "+" or a short-commit-sha appended when building kernel in a

what is the purpose of "LOCALVERSION" variable in scripts/setlocalversion?

2016-04-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i was perusing "scripts/setlocalversion" to see the variations for setting the kernel version, and i ran across this snippet: # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION and LOCALVERSION (if set) res="${res}${CONFIG_LOCALVERSION}${LOCALVERSION}" i'm well aware of the kernel *config* option CONFIG_LOCALVERSION,