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We discussed the
use of hardware instrumentation mechanisms that are universally available on modern processors and chipsets as a basis for a performance reflection facility.
Using this facility, it possible to estimate productivity and overhead metrics.
Systems software can use these two metrics to improve its performance.
We showed several potential uses:
The OS kernel can use the metrics to tune its scheduling decisions. Applications can use these metrics to determine the concurrency level.
Finally, we provided a working example for using reflection in server throttling to prevent thrashing.
Sameh Mohamed Elnikety
2003-06-15