hi i am working on a statement where i have to measure the interupt latency in RTLinux. i'm getting rtlinux3.2 free version to work with. does this patch contain the necessary api's to carry out the execution of my problem statement or will i have to get the pro version from fsm labs... thanks amit
If you've got the source, you've got all that you need.
Measuring interrupt latency is a matter if recording the time at the start of the interrupt and recording it again at the end. This may be in software, or it may just be a matter of toggling a GPIO line and watching it on an oscilloscope. But you're going to have to tweak the interrupt handlers to do this.
I would suggest asking FSM Labs directly if they already support this or not. They may already have these numbers for a variety of systems.
-- Darin Johnson
To be specific, it's a question of measuring the time between - the event that causes the interrupt - the interrupt being serviced (taking the required action)
It's important to note that the start of the interval is not within the interrupt: what's of most interest is the time taken for the service routine to start, and is a function of the longest time the interrupt can be disabled for any reason anywhere in the code.
It's not an easy thing to measure; it's usually calculated. It's very likely to be available as a metric, since this is one of the defining metrics of an RTOS.
Steve
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