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diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/dtrace.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/dtrace.mdwn index 252c303a..8fd3231f 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/dtrace.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/dtrace.mdwn @@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="dtrace Support"]] +[[!tag open_issue_gnumach]] + One of the main problems of the current Hurd implementation is very poor -[[performance]]. While we have a bunch of ideas what could cause the performance +[[open_issues/performance]]. While we have a bunch of ideas what could cause the performance problems, these are mostly just guesses. Better understanding what really causes bad performance is necessary to improve the situation. For that, we need tools for performance measurements. While all kinds of more -or less specific [[profiling]] tools could be conceived, the most promising and +or less specific [[open_issues/profiling]] tools could be conceived, the most promising and generic approach seems to be a framework for logging certain events in the running system (both in the microkernel and in the Hurd servers). This would allow checking how much time is spent in certain modules, how often certain @@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ with integrating existing components as well as low-level programming. Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi) -Related: [[profiling]], [[LTTng]], [[SystemTap]] +Related: [[open_issues/profiling]], [[LTTng]], [[SystemTap]] Exercise: In lack of a good exercise directly related to this task, just pick one of the kernel-related or generally low-level tasks from the bug/task |