Hi Chris, It depends on your use case. If you are looking to monitor the execution times of threads for debugging and/or benchmarking purposes, you can use our kernel benchmarking support, detailed here [1]. Otherwise, you could consider using the mcs branch of the kernel, which allows you to obtain the execution time of a thread via the seL4_SchedContext_Consumed invocation [2]. If you need to use the master branch of the kernel, then you would need to intercept the scheduler on thread switch, by running a high priority thread which enables other threads. Cheers Anna. [1] https://docs.sel4.systems/BenchmarkingGuide.html#cpu-utilisation [2] https://github.com/seL4/seL4/releases/tag/9.0.0-mcs? ________________________________ From: Devel <devel-bounces(a)sel4.systems> on behalf of Mr. Peace <chrisdenneberg7(a)gmail.com> Sent: Monday, 9 July 2018 3:34 AM To: devel(a)sel4.systems Subject: [seL4] seL4 - getting the execution time of different threads Hello together, I was wondering how you do get the execution time in seL4 if you are using multiple threads. In the initial thread I can use the timer as it is shown in the tutorial about timers since I do have the bootinfo, vka, allocman and so on. But how do I use the timer to measure the execution time of the other threads without stopping their execution to "pull" the time from the initial thread? Is it possible to share the timer or create new ones in the other threads? Or is there another way to measure the execution time? Some background information: The threads have different VSpace's and CSpace's. Used tutorials: seL4-tutorial 4, seL4-tutorial timer. The other threads do not have a bootinfo in their environment. Kind regards, Chris _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel(a)sel4.systems https://sel4.systems/lists/listinfo/devel

Hi Amit, Yes, it's possible to share vka, allocman etc (if they are in the same address space you can make them global and use them - although beware, these libraries are not thread safe). Between processes you can set up new allocators, I recommend you take a look at the sel4bench project [1] which passes the timer to each new benchmark process. However, it depends on what you want. If you just want to be able to read the time and get timeouts, you don't want to share the timer itself (its a device) but expose a timer service either through a library, or RPC if it is between processes. I'll note this down as an example we should build into future tutorials, but you can start by using the timer manager [2]. Good luck! Anna. [1] https://github.com/seL4/sel4bench [2]https://github.com/seL4/util_libs/blob/9784983ec4038236ba53dd090c57e27ee4… ________________________________________ From: Amit Goyal <amitgoyal(a)cse.iitb.ac.in> Sent: Wednesday, 11 July 2018 12:31 AM To: Lyons, Anna (Data61, Kensington NSW) Cc: devel(a)sel4.systems; chrisdenneberg7(a)gmail.com Subject: Re: [seL4] seL4 - getting the execution time of different threads Hi Anna, Thanks for your reply. I was going through this email chain. I understand the 3 techniques that you told. I was wondering about this particular question of Chris: "In the initial thread I can use the timer as it is shown in the tutorial about timers since I do have the bootinfo, vka, allocman and so on. Is it possible to share the timer or create new ones in the other threads?" Can you please suggest is it possible to share or create a new timer in the other thread? Creating a timer in the other thread will require vka, allocman etc. This boils down to, if it is possible to share vka, allocman etc. with the other thread or create new ones in the other thread. If yes, how can we do that? -- Thanks and Regards, Amit Goyal On 2018-07-10 06:55, Anna.Lyons(a)data61.csiro.au wrote: > Hi Chris, > > > It depends on your use case. If you are looking to monitor the > execution times of threads for debugging and/or benchmarking > purposes, > you can use our kernel benchmarking support, detailed here [1]. > > > Otherwise, you could consider using the mcs branch of the kernel, > which allows you to obtain the execution time of a thread via the > seL4_SchedContext_Consumed invocation [2]. > > > If you need to use the master branch of the kernel, then you would > need to intercept the scheduler on thread switch, by running a high > priority thread which enables other threads. > > > Cheers > > Anna. > > > [1] https://docs.sel4.systems/BenchmarkingGuide.html#cpu-utilisation > > [2] https://github.com/seL4/seL4/releases/tag/9.0.0-mcs? > > ________________________________ > From: Devel <devel-bounces(a)sel4.systems> on behalf of Mr. Peace > <chrisdenneberg7(a)gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, 9 July 2018 3:34 AM > To: devel(a)sel4.systems > Subject: [seL4] seL4 - getting the execution time of different > threads > > Hello together, > > I was wondering how you do get the execution time in seL4 if you are > using multiple threads. > In the initial thread I can use the timer as it is shown in the > tutorial about timers since I do have the bootinfo, vka, allocman > and > so on. > > But how do I use the timer to measure the execution time of the > other > threads without stopping their execution to "pull" the time from the > initial thread? Is it possible to share the timer or create new ones > in the other threads? Or is there another way to measure the > execution > time? > > Some background information: > The threads have different VSpace's and CSpace's. > Used tutorials: seL4-tutorial 4, seL4-tutorial timer. > The other threads do not have a bootinfo in their environment. > > > Kind regards, > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel(a)sel4.systems > https://sel4.systems/lists/listinfo/devel