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On the Costs of Syscalls (2021)
It's well known that syscalls are expensive. And that software mitigations against CPU bugs (such as Meltdown) even have made them more expensive. But how expensive are they really? To begin to answer this question I wrote a small micro-benchmark in order to measure the minimal costs of a syscall …
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Systems & PerformanceSoftware Engineering2024
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2024 | On the Costs of Syscalls (2021) by K0nserv | 105 | 87 |
