May 22, 2012
6:31 p.m.
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:18 PM, drewd77.gm <drewd77.gm@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Is there any way to call a function defined in a kernel module from within the kernel proper?
Here's what I'm trying to do:
I'm trying to keep track of when and for how long a process is being executed on the processor, i.e. I need to know when context switches occur.
Kprobes [1] might be useful. I for one haven't used Kprobes before, but I'm sure others on this list can provide useful insight. [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/132196/ Hope this helps, Vlad