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.TH hotkernel 1m "$Date:: 2007-09-24 #$" "USER COMMANDS"
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.SH NAME
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hotkernel - sample on-CPU kernel-level functions and modules.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B hotkernel
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[\-hm]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This samples the on-CPU function at 1001 Hertz, for a simple yet
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effective kernel-level profiling tool for sampling exclusive function time.
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The output will identify which function is on the CPU the most - which is
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the hottest. See Notes/ALLexclusive_notes.txt for an explanation of
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exclusive time.
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.SH OS
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Solaris
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.SH STABILITY
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stable - Written using Perl and DTrace (Solaris 10 03/05)
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.TP
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Sample kernel functions,
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#
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.B hotkernel
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.PP
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.TP
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Sample kernel modules,
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#
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.B hotkernel
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\-m
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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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hotkernel will run until Ctrl-C is hit.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Brendan Gregg
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[CA, USA]
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.SH SEE ALSO
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dtrace(1M), hotuser(1M)
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