Re: finish_task_switch high in profiles in 2.6.7

[Andi Kleen]

> Hmm, Is there a way to determine which syscall would be the culprit. I
> guess this is where something like DTrace would be invaluable

Find out which program does it (most likely those with the most
system time) and then strace it.
> 
> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/dtrace/

Sounds like a inferior clone of dprobes to me. But I doubt it 
would help tracking this down.

-Andi
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