I got Segmentation fault on P4 machine when used the GetPID code. There were no VDO listed on my Red hat 7.2. Please explain. Abhijit Pawar -----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hal Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 8:04 PM To: Jim Cromie; kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Article Announcement - Sysenter Based System Call Mechanism in Linux 2.6 Jim Cromie wrote: > Manu Garg wrote: >> I am writing this to announce an article on "sysenter" way of doing >> systems calls in newer linux kernels. Here is the link: >> http://manugarg.blogspot.com/2006/07/sysenter-based-system-call-mechanism.ht ml >> >> > thanks for that. > my $.02 - added to Glossary at kernelnewbies, > I included your apparently permanent link: > http://manugarg.googlepages.com/systemcallinlinux2_6.html > > Please chg the entry for correctness, elaboration, or if you move the > page > Hi Manu & Jim, Are there any numbers published on the relative overheads of using sysenter vs int 0x80 on Pentium machines? Thanks, Hal -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
