SUMMARY: truss -c for the kernel?

From: Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr <mike+sunmanagers.org_at_cluon.priv.at>
Date: Thu Feb 07 2002 - 09:03:08 EST
good day!

i asked:

>so, how do i look into the kernel in a non-intrusive manner? a "truss -c"
>would be perfect, giving me some clue about what's happening. ISTR that
>i once had such a tool, but all searches have drawn blanks.

the perfect answer came from Casper Dik:

> Either use kgmon (if you sitll have it ) or lockstat to profile the kernel.
>
> 	lockstat -kgIW sleep 5
>
> (this profiles the full kernel for 5 secondxs)

there's also the FAQ ID 3148 on sunsolve which documents kgmon (as there is
no manpage or anything). lockstat seems to run on 8+ (where kgmon is no
longer available), and it's even documented.

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Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr  | ignorami: n: The BOFH art of folding problem
<mike+sig@cluon.priv.at> |           lusers into representational shapes.

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