Hi Mohit, On 18 March 2011 13:07, mohit verma <mohit89mlnc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi all, > is it possible to write a user space code to calculate the context switch > time of a process ? I mean , how can the user space code know about the > working of the scheduler? > Is there any system call API to interact with scheduler or something other > to interact with , regarding this problem? Do check the function tracing framework in the Linux Kernel. Links: * http://lwn.net/Articles/322666/ * http://lwn.net/Articles/290277/ sched_switch is the tracer you're looking for. -- Vimal _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies