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Measuring Real-Time Performance Of An RTOS - Express Logic

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Implicitly Measured<br />

• Service entry design<br />

– Trap<br />

– Call<br />

• Uses unimplemented instruction trap to force interrupt<br />

• ISR examines parameters and transfers to appropriate<br />

<strong>RTOS</strong> service<br />

• Similar to debugger software-breakpoint technique<br />

• Locks out interrupts for a time<br />

• Uses processor branch instruction, no interrupts<br />

• Low overhead<br />

• Requires linking<br />

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