Hi,
in Brendan Gregg's tutorial:
http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2015-03-10/freebsd-flame-graphs.html
it says to run
pmcstat ?S RESOURCE_STALLS.ANY -O out.pmcstat sleep 10
However, I get
freebsd11 </root>) 0 # pmcstat ?S RESOURCE_STALLS.ANY -O out.pmcstat 
sleep 10
pmcstat: [options] [commandline]
          Measure process and/or system performance using hardware
          performance monitoring counters.
          Options include:
          -C              (toggle) show cumulative counts
          -D path         create profiles in directory "path"
          -E              (toggle) show counts at process exit
          -F file         write a system-wide callgraph (Kcachegrind 
format) to "file"
          -G file         write a system-wide callgraph to "file"
          -M file         print executable/gmon file map to "file"
          -N              (toggle) capture callchains
          -O file         send log output to "file"
          -P spec         allocate a process-private sampling PMC
          -R file         read events from "file"
          -S spec         allocate a system-wide sampling PMC
          -T              start in top mode
          -W              (toggle) show counts per context switch
          -a file         print sampled PCs and callgraph to "file"
          -c cpu-list     set cpus for subsequent system-wide PMCs
          -d              (toggle) track descendants
          -e              use wide history counter for gprof(1) output
          -f spec         pass "spec" to as plugin option
          -g              produce gprof(1) compatible profiles
          -k dir          set the path to the kernel
          -l secs         set duration time
          -m file         print sampled PCs to "file"
          -n rate         set sampling rate
          -o file         send print output to "file"
          -p spec         allocate a process-private counting PMC
          -q              suppress verbosity
          -r fsroot       specify FS root directory
          -s spec         allocate a system-wide counting PMC
          -t process-spec attach to running processes matching 
"process-spec"
          -v              increase verbosity
          -w secs         set printing time interval
          -z depth        limit callchain display depth
I assume, the event specifier is not correct. Is there a list of the 
valid ones in FreeBSD 11?
What am I missing?
Best Regards
Rainer
On 02/07/17 at 05:55P, rainer at ultra-secure.de wrote:> Hi, > > in Brendan Gregg's tutorial: > > http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2015-03-10/freebsd-flame-graphs.html > > it says to run > > pmcstat ?S RESOURCE_STALLS.ANY -O out.pmcstat sleep 10Not sure if it's the mailer or what but it should be '-S' and not '?S'.> > However, I get > > freebsd11 </root>) 0 # pmcstat ?S RESOURCE_STALLS.ANY -O out.pmcstat > sleep 10 > pmcstat: [options] [commandline] > Measure process and/or system performance using hardware > performance monitoring counters. > Options include: > -C (toggle) show cumulative counts > -D path create profiles in directory "path" > -E (toggle) show counts at process exit > -F file write a system-wide callgraph (Kcachegrind > format) to "file" > -G file write a system-wide callgraph to "file" > -M file print executable/gmon file map to "file" > -N (toggle) capture callchains > -O file send log output to "file" > -P spec allocate a process-private sampling PMC > -R file read events from "file" > -S spec allocate a system-wide sampling PMC > -T start in top mode > -W (toggle) show counts per context switch > -a file print sampled PCs and callgraph to "file" > -c cpu-list set cpus for subsequent system-wide PMCs > -d (toggle) track descendants > -e use wide history counter for gprof(1) output > -f spec pass "spec" to as plugin option > -g produce gprof(1) compatible profiles > -k dir set the path to the kernel > -l secs set duration time > -m file print sampled PCs to "file" > -n rate set sampling rate > -o file send print output to "file" > -p spec allocate a process-private counting PMC > -q suppress verbosity > -r fsroot specify FS root directory > -s spec allocate a system-wide counting PMC > -t process-spec attach to running processes matching > "process-spec" > -v increase verbosity > -w secs set printing time interval > -z depth limit callchain display depth > > > I assume, the event specifier is not correct. Is there a list of the > valid ones in FreeBSD 11?You can see available event-spacs via 'pmccontrol -L'. Cheers, Hiren -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 603 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20170207/16d2c5a0/attachment.sig>