Dear all,
I've updated the procstat(1) kernel patch and userland tool; the updated
version can be found at:
http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/20071127-procstat.tgz
The new version includes a number of changes from the old version, including:
- A number of bug fixes and cleanliness improvements in the layout of output,
etc, including fixes for bugs reported by Skip Ford.
- "-a" now means "all processes", and the old -a has become -c, and the old -c
has become -s. I.e., "All", "Command line" and "Security" rather than
"Args" and "Credential".
- Threads and processes are now sorted by pid and then tid. If processes are
specified manually by pid, they are not sorted, although their threads will
be.
- A new "-k" has been added, which prints the kernel thread stacks for threads
in a process (although not swapped out or actively running threads). This
is extremely useful for answering questions of the sort "But *why* is the
process blocked in UMA". It has both a simple mode (-k_, which lists just
kernel function names, and a slightly more detailed mode (-kk), which adds
the offset into the function.
The last of these required new kernel changes, including an MD component.
I've tested the MD parts only on i386, although I have quick hacks at what
they should look like on amd64, arm, powerpc, sparc64, sun4v. I don't promise
these compile or work, but they might do.
I think procstat(1) is getting a lot closer to commitable state for 8-CURRENT,
but further feedback would be most welcome (including reports of success on
non-i386 architectures, and possibly patches to fix them). For FreeBSD
developers with P4 access, you can also check out
//depot/user/rwatson/procstat/...
Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge
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