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34 .Nd print kernel ktr trace buffer
44 utility is used to dump the contents of the kernel ktr trace buffer.
46 The following options are available:
47 .Bl -tag -width ".Fl N Ar execfile"
49 Print most fields. Implies
62 Print the CPU number that each entry was logged from.
64 Print the file and line number that each entry was logged from.
66 Print the ID string field, identifying the facility being logged.
69 will loop waiting for new data rather than exit.
72 normally tries to translate the caller fields and (when easily parsed)
73 trace arguments into symbols. This option forces hex values to be
74 displayed instead. This option will also cause relative timestamps to
75 be displayed as TSC timestamps rather than converted to microseconds.
79 Quiet mode; do not print the column header.
81 Print relative timestamps in microseconds, rather than absolute TSC
84 Attempt to merge the KTR logs for all cpus into a single time-sorted
85 log. For the numbers to make any sense you probably want to turn
87 .Va debug.ktr.resynchronize
89 variable. This sysctl causes the kernel to periodically
90 calculate the drift between each CPU's TSC and apply a correction.
92 Print the call chain leading up to the procedure which issued
95 Print the timestamp for each entry.
97 The kernel image to resolve symbols from.
98 The default is the value returned via
101 The core file or memory image to read from.
105 The file to write the output to.
106 The default is standard output.
108 .Sh OPERATIONAL NOTES
111 should keep in mind that the act of trace logging will itself affect
112 execution overheads. On a 2Ghz cpu a logging call can take anywhere
113 from 40ns to 150ns to run.
115 The TSC counter is used on cpus equipped with it (which is all modern cpus).
116 The TSC counters may not be synchronized on SMP systems and may drift even
117 between cores on multi-core cpus. Enabling synchronization between cpus
119 .Va debug.ktr.resynchronize
120 sysctl will impose additional system overheads and will generally only be
121 accurate to within 100ns or so (and perhaps not even that good).
122 Resynchronization only occurs 10 times a second and serious drift will
123 cause a great deal of measurement noise when trying to compare events occurring
124 on two different cpus.
128 option should be aware that events for each cpu are independently logged
129 and one cpu might have more events logged then another, causing earlier
130 events to be discarded sooner then other cpus. The beginning portion of
131 the sorted output may thus show MP related events for one cpu with no
132 corresponding events for other cpus.
134 It is possible to somewhat characterize KTR logging overheads by setting
136 .Va debug.ktr.testlogcnt
137 sysctl and then observing test logging events in the KTR output. Tests 1-3
138 log four dummy arguments while tests 4-6 log no arguments.
140 It is possible to characterize IPI messaging latencies by setting the
141 .Va debug.ktr.testipicnt
142 sysctl. A small number between 1 and 1000 is recommended. This will
143 cause the system to ping pong a single IPI message between cpu 0 and cpu 1
144 asynchronously that number of times, as fast as it can. A
146 should be performed almost immediately after setting the sysctl or you
147 might miss the logged events.
154 utility first appeared in
160 utility was originally implemented by
161 .An Jake Burkholder Aq jake@FreeBSD.org .
162 This manual page was originally written by
163 .An Chad David Aq davidc@FreeBSD.org .
164 The program and manual page were rewritten pretty much from