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.\" Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Joseph Koshy .\" Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Joseph Koshy
.\" Copyright (c) 2007 The FreeBSD Foundation .\" Copyright (c) 2007 The FreeBSD Foundation
.\" All rights reserved. .\" All rights reserved.
.\" .\"
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.\" .\"
.\" $FreeBSD$ .\" $FreeBSD$
.\" .\"
.Dd April 23, 2007 .Dd June 29, 2008
.Os .Os
.Dt PMCSTAT 8 .Dt PMCSTAT 8
.Sh NAME .Sh NAME
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use: use:
.Dl "pmcstat -R /tmp/sample.out -G foo.graph" .Dl "pmcstat -R /tmp/sample.out -G foo.graph"
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
If option
.Fl v
is specified,
.Nm
may issue the following diagnostic messages:
.Bl -diag -width indent
.It "#callchain/dubious-frames"
The number of callchain records that had an
.Dq impossible
value for a return address.
.It "#exec handling errors"
The number of
.Xr exec 2
events in the log file that named executables that could not be
analyzed.
.It "#exec/elf"
The number of
.Xr exec 2
events that named ELF executables.
.It "#exec/unknown"
The number of
.Xr exec 2
events that named executables with unrecognized formats.
.It "#samples/total"
The total number of samples in the log file.
.It "#samples/unclaimed"
The number of samples that could not be correlated to a known
executable object (i.e., to an executable, shared library, the
kernel or the runtime loader).
.It "#samples/unknown-object"
The number of samples that were associated with an executable
with an unrecognized object format.
.El
.Pp
.Ex -std .Ex -std
.Sh COMPATIBILITY .Sh COMPATIBILITY
Due to the limitations of the Due to the limitations of the