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International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation

TOOLS 2002: Computer Performance Evaluation: Modelling Techniques and Tools pp 220–226Cite as

GILK: A Dynamic Instrumentation Tool for the Linux Kernel

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This paper describes a dynamic instrumentation tool for the Linux Kernel which allows a stock Linux kernel to be modified while in execution, with instruments implemented as kernel modules. The Intel x86 architecture poses a particular problem, due to variable length instructions, which this paper addresses for the first time. Finally we present a short case study illustrating its use in understanding i/o behaviour in the kernel. The source code is freely available for download.

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  1. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 180 Queen’s Gate, London, Exhibition Road, UK

    David J. Pearce, Paul H. J. Kelly, Tony Field & Uli Harder

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  1. Department of Computing, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Huxley Building, 180 Queen’s Gate, London, SW7 2BZ, UK

    Tony Field , Peter G. Harrison  & Jeremy Bradley ,  & 

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Pearce, D.J., Kelly, P.H.J., Field, T., Harder, U. (2002). GILK: A Dynamic Instrumentation Tool for the Linux Kernel. In: Field, T., Harrison, P.G., Bradley, J., Harder, U. (eds) Computer Performance Evaluation: Modelling Techniques and Tools. TOOLS 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2324. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46029-2_16

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