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51 lines
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.TH modcalls.d 1m "$Date:: 2007-08-05 #$" "USER COMMANDS"
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.SH NAME
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modcalls.d \- kernel function calls by module. Uses DTrace.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B modcalls.d
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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modcalls.d is a DTrace OneLiner to a report of the number of
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kernel function calls by module.
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This script may be useful to determine whether drivers are "thinking" when
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troubleshooting driver issues.
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Docs/oneliners.txt and Docs/Examples/oneliners_examples.txt
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in the DTraceToolkit contain this as a oneliner that can be cut-n-paste
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to run.
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Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the
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dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command.
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.SH OS
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Any
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.SH STABILITY
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stable - while this script uses the unstable fbt provider, it does so
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in a stable way.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.TP
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This samples until Ctrl\-C is hit.
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#
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.B modcalls.d
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.PP
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.SH FIELDS
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.TP
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first field
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This is the module name, or kernel driver name. if a name is
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unfamiliar to you there may be a man page to explain what it is.
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.TP
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second field
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This is the number of function calls by this module.
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.PP
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.SH DOCUMENTATION
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See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the
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Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked
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examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output.
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.SH EXIT
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modcalls.d will sample until Ctrl\-C is hit.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Brendan Gregg
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[Sydney, Australia]
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.SH SEE ALSO
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dtrace(1M)
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