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This patch introduces page fault tracepoints to x86 architecture
by switching IDT.
Two events, for user and kernel spaces, are introduced at the beginning
of page fault handler for tracing.
- User space event
There is a request of page fault event for user space as below.
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1368079520-11015-2-git-send-email-fdeslaur+()+gmail+!+com
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1368079520-11015-1-git-send-email-fdeslaur+()+gmail+!+com
- Kernel space event:
When we measure an overhead in kernel space for investigating performance
issues, we can check if it comes from the page fault events.
Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/52716E67.6090705@hds.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>