Abstract: A system and method for setting a first indicator indicating that interrupts are virtually locked, receiving a first interrupt at a processor of a computing device, setting a second indicator indicating the receipt of the first interrupt and recording a first timestamp based on the receipt of the first interrupt. The system and method further adapted to virtually execute a routine for the first interrupt that includes determining if the second indicator is set, record a second timestamp based on the virtual execution of the routine and determine an interrupt latency based on the first and second timestamp.

Abstract: A system and method for setting a first indicator indicating that interrupts are virtually locked, receiving a first interrupt at a processor of a computing device, setting a second indicator indicating the receipt of the first interrupt and recording a first timestamp based on the receipt of the first interrupt. The system and method further adapted to virtually execute a routine for the first interrupt that includes determining if the second indicator is set, record a second timestamp based on the virtual execution of the routine and determine an interrupt latency based on the first and second timestamp.

Abstract: A method including creating a storage buffer in a portion of memory of a computing device; inserting an instrumentation point in software of a further computing device, the instrumentation point corresponding to an event monitored by a hardware trace device, data corresponding to the event being stored in the storage buffer; executing the software; and processing the data, wherein the data is processed after a completion of the execution of the code.

Abstract: A system and method for inserting at least one instrumentation point into a program at a first location, executing the program and removing the instrumentation point from the program when the executing program reaches the instrumentation point. The system and method further recording the at least one instrumentation point in a record when the instrumentation point is removed from the program.

Abstract: A system and method for inserting a marker in an object file, the marker indicating that at least a portion of the object file is subject to a first license agreement, determining if the first license agreement of the object file and a second license agreement to which one of the object file and a further object file to which the object file is linked are incompatible and when the first license agreement and the second license agreement are incompatible, displaying an error message to a user.

Abstract: Described is receiving a segment of source code, analyzing the source code based on a performance metric, wherein the performance metric relates the source code to corresponding machine code and displaying a marked version of the source code, wherein the marked version corresponds to a value of the performance metric.

Abstract: A method and system may be implemented, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, to permit transformation of software to use conditional execution instructions. According to the preferred embodiment, a system and method is provided to transform machine instructions (for example, machine instructions generated by a source code compiler) to make use of the conditional execution features of a processor. The preferred embodiment thus reduces code size and better utilizes the instruction pipeline and cache.

Abstract: A method and system may be implemented, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, to permit transformation of software to use conditional execution instructions. According to the preferred embodiment, a system and method is provided to transform machine instructions (for example, machine instructions generated by a source code compiler) to make use of the conditional execution features of a processor. The preferred embodiment thus reduces code size and better utilizes the instruction pipeline and cache.