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Tracing NT Kernel-Mode Calls


April 2000/Tracing NT Kernel-Mode Calls/Listing 1

Listing 1: stat.h — A simple timing class

Listing 1:	
/******************************************************************
Module : Stat.h      - tools to measure overhead of the tracer
             Written 1998,1999 by Dmitri Leman
Purpose: Purpose: NT kernel mode tracer.
*****************************************************************/

#ifndef _STAT_H_
#define _STAT_H_

#pragma pack(push,4)

//RDTSC instruction loads the current value of 
//the processor's timestamp counter into the EDX:EAX
//OpCode 0x0f31
#define GetProcessorTickCount(p_i64ReturnCounter) __asm { \
    __asm push eax                                        \
    __asm push edx                                        \
    __asm __emit 0fh                                      \
    __asm __emit 31h                                      \
    __asm mov DWORD PTR p_i64ReturnCounter, EAX           \
    __asm mov DWORD PTR p_i64ReturnCounter + 4, EDX       \
    __asm pop eax                                         \
    __asm pop edx                                         \
    }

struct KeepStat
{
    unsigned __int64 m_ui64TotalTimeIn;
    ULONG            m_ulMinTimeIn;
    ULONG            m_ulMaxTimeIn;
    ULONG            m_ulNumberOfCalls;
};
struct GetStat
{
    GetStat(KeepStat & p_rKeep) : m_rKeep(p_rKeep)
    {
        unsigned __int64 l_ui64TimeStart;
        GetProcessorTickCount(l_ui64TimeStart);
        m_ui64TimeStart = l_ui64TimeStart;
    }
    void vRecord()
    {
        unsigned __int64 l_ui64TimeEnd;
        GetProcessorTickCount(l_ui64TimeEnd);
        ULONG l_ulTimeInside = //can keep up to few seconds
            (ULONG)(l_ui64TimeEnd - m_ui64TimeStart);

        ULONG l_dwPrev = InterlockedExchangeAdd(
            ((long*)&m_rKeep.m_ui64TotalTimeIn), l_ulTimeInside);
        if(l_dwPrev + l_ulTimeInside < l_dwPrev)
        {//Overflow. It should not happen too often.
            InterlockedIncrement
                (((long*)&m_rKeep.m_ui64TotalTimeIn)+1);
        }
        InterlockedIncrement((long*)&m_rKeep.m_ulNumberOfCalls);

        //The following operations are not thread safe.
        //But we cannot protect them by a critical section.
        //Thefefore, we may miss a data once in a while
        if(m_rKeep.m_ulMinTimeIn > l_ulTimeInside)
           m_rKeep.m_ulMinTimeIn = l_ulTimeInside;
        if(m_rKeep.m_ulMaxTimeIn < l_ulTimeInside)
           m_rKeep.m_ulMaxTimeIn = l_ulTimeInside;

    }

    unsigned __int64 m_ui64TimeStart;
    KeepStat & m_rKeep;
};//struct GetStat
extern KeepStat g_StatEntry, g_StatReturn;

#pragma pack(pop)

#endif //define _STAT_H_

// End of File

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