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From: Richard.Draves@CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: Mach context switch time
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What does this "pt" benchmark do?  Did I miss seeing source for it?

The Mach context-switch benchmark that Jonathan Hue posted can be
improved, if one wishes to measure a fast context-switch.  Both sides
can use msg_rpc, instead of one side using msg_rpc and the other
msg_receive/msg_send.  However, I wouldn't quote such a time as
measuring a typical client-server RPC.

Rich