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+This is a benchmark program for the SystemTap Runtime.
+
+It works by instrumenting sys_read() and sys_write().  It calls each a million
+times and times that.  Then it puts an empty kprobe on one and jprobe on the 
+other and times that.  Subtracting the difference between the two runs gives 
+the kprobe and jprobe overhead.  The process is then repeated for more 
+complicated probes.
+
+Any system has some background activity going on that will generate sys_read 
+and sys_write calls. However, unless some major activity is going on, it 
+should be statistically insignificant.
+
+To Start:
+
+1. Build the test program.
+> gcc -O3 -o time time.c
+
+2. Run the benchmarks
+> ./run_bench
+
+
+