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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-12-21 19:10:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-12-21 19:10:42 +0100 |
| commit | bd0ffbcc4e0f7abf5e811850fb9ebd93ca649966 (patch) | |
| tree | 1d544232d6871429713d2c761cd14f1ac6d3e926 /open_issues/performance.mdwn | |
| parent | a5e3b5aeb7483586885f927bdb98a423e1531938 (diff) | |
Elaborate on DSLs, IDLs, code analysis, etc.
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diff --git a/open_issues/performance.mdwn b/open_issues/performance.mdwn index 3b4c4537..9b3701b3 100644 --- a/open_issues/performance.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/performance.mdwn @@ -8,10 +8,21 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] - * general [[RPC]] overhead +*Performance analysis* ([[!wikipedia Performance_analysis desc="Wikipedia +article"]]) deals with analyzing how computing resources are used for +completing a specified task. - * [[I/O System|io_system]] +[[Profiling]] is one relevant tool. - * [[fork]] +In [[microkernel]]-based systems, there is generally a considerable [[RPC]] +overhead. - * [[unit testing]] +In a multi-server system, it is non-trivial to implement a high-performance +[[I/O System|io_system]]. + +When providing [[faq/POSIX_compatibility]] (and similar interfaces) in an +environemnt that doesn't natively implement these interfaces, there may be a +severe performance degradation. For example, in this [[`fork` system +call|/glibc/fork]]'s case. + +[[Unit_testing]] can be used for tracking performance regressions. |