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749 "/usr/bin/kstat" should be rewritten in C
Reviewed by: Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
Reviewed by: Brendan Gregg <brendan.gregg@joyent.com>
kstat
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   6 .TH KSTAT 1M "Mar 23, 2009"
   7 .SH NAME
   8 kstat \- display kernel statistics
   9 .SH SYNOPSIS
  10 .LP
  11 .nf
  12 \fBkstat\fR [\fB-lpq\fR] [\fB-T\fR u | d ] [\fB-c\fR \fIclass\fR] [\fB-m\fR \fImodule\fR]
  13      [\fB-i\fR \fIinstance\fR] [\fB-n\fR \fIname\fR] [\fB-s\fR \fIstatistic\fR]
  14      [interval [count]]
  15 .fi
  16 
  17 .LP
  18 .nf
  19 \fBkstat\fR [\fB-lpq\fR] [\fB-T\fR u | d ] [\fB-c\fR \fIclass\fR]
  20      [\fImodule\fR:\fIinstance\fR:\fIname\fR:\fIstatistic\fR]...
  21      [interval [count]]
  22 .fi
  23 
  24 .SH DESCRIPTION
  25 .sp
  26 .LP
  27 The \fBkstat\fR utility examines the available kernel statistics, or kstats, on
  28 the system and reports those statistics which match the criteria specified on
  29 the command line. Each matching statistic is printed with its module, instance,
  30 and name fields, as well as its actual value.
  31 .sp
  32 .LP
  33 Kernel statistics may be published by various kernel subsystems, such as
  34 drivers or loadable modules; each kstat has a module field that denotes its
  35 publisher. Since each module might have countable entities (such as multiple
  36 disks associated with the \fBsd\fR(7D) driver) for which it wishes to report
  37 statistics, the kstat also has an instance field to index the statistics for
  38 each entity; kstat instances are numbered starting from zero. Finally, the
  39 kstat is given a name unique within its module.


  42 Each kstat may be a special kstat type, an array of name-value pairs, or raw
  43 data. In the name-value case, each reported value is given a label, which we
  44 refer to as the statistic. Known raw and special kstats are given statistic
  45 labels for each of their values by \fBkstat\fR; thus, all published values can
  46 be referenced as \fImodule\fR:\fIinstance\fR:\fIname\fR:\fIstatistic\fR.
  47 .sp
  48 .LP
  49 When invoked without any module operands or options, kstat will match all
  50 defined statistics on the system. Example invocations are provided below. All
  51 times are displayed as fractional seconds since system boot.
  52 .SH OPTIONS
  53 .sp
  54 .LP
  55 The tests specified by the following options are logically ANDed, and all
  56 matching kstats will be selected. A regular expression containing shell
  57 metacharacters must be protected from the shell by enclosing it with the
  58 appropriate quotes.
  59 .sp
  60 .LP
  61 The argument for the \fB-c\fR, \fB-i\fR, \fB-m\fR, \fB-n\fR, and \fB-s\fR
  62 options may be specified as a shell glob pattern, or a Perl regular expression
  63 enclosed in '/' characters.








  64 .sp
  65 .ne 2
  66 .na
  67 \fB\fB-c\fR \fIclass\fR\fR
  68 .ad
  69 .RS 16n
  70 Displays only kstats that match the specified class. \fIclass\fR is a
  71 kernel-defined string which classifies the "type" of the kstat.
  72 .RE
  73 
  74 .sp
  75 .ne 2
  76 .na
  77 \fB\fB-i\fR \fIinstance\fR\fR
  78 .ad
  79 .RS 16n
  80 Displays only kstats that match the specified instance.
  81 .RE
  82 
  83 .sp
  84 .ne 2
  85 .na









  86 \fB\fB-l\fR\fR
  87 .ad
  88 .RS 16n
  89 Lists matching kstat names without displaying values.
  90 .RE
  91 
  92 .sp
  93 .ne 2
  94 .na
  95 \fB\fB-m\fR \fImodule\fR\fR
  96 .ad
  97 .RS 16n
  98 Displays only kstats that match the specified module.
  99 .RE
 100 
 101 .sp
 102 .ne 2
 103 .na
 104 \fB\fB-n\fR \fIname\fR\fR
 105 .ad


 144 .ad
 145 .RS 16n
 146 Displays a time stamp before each statistics block, either in \fBdate\fR(1)
 147 format (\fBd\fR) or as an alphanumeric representation of the value returned by
 148 \fBtime\fR(2) (\fBu\fR).
 149 .RE
 150 
 151 .SH OPERANDS
 152 .sp
 153 .LP
 154 The following operands are supported:
 155 .sp
 156 .ne 2
 157 .na
 158 \fB\fImodule\fR:\fIinstance\fR:\fIname\fR:\fIstatistic\fR\fR
 159 .ad
 160 .sp .6
 161 .RS 4n
 162 Alternate method of specifying module, instance, name, and statistic as
 163 described above. Each of the module, instance, name, or statistic specifiers
 164 may be a shell glob pattern or a Perl regular expression enclosed by '/'
 165 characters. It is possible to use both specifier types within a single operand.
 166 Leaving a specifier empty is equivalent to using the '*' glob pattern for that
 167 specifier.
 168 .RE
 169 
 170 .sp
 171 .ne 2
 172 .na
 173 \fB\fIinterval\fR\fR
 174 .ad
 175 .sp .6
 176 .RS 4n
 177 The number of seconds between reports.
 178 .RE
 179 
 180 .sp
 181 .ne 2
 182 .na
 183 \fB\fIcount\fR\fR
 184 .ad
 185 .sp .6
 186 .RS 4n
 187 The number of reports to be printed.
 188 .RE
 189 
 190 .SH EXAMPLES
 191 .sp
 192 .LP
 193 In the following examples, all the command lines in a block produce the same
 194 output, as shown immediately below. The exact statistics and values will of
 195 course vary from machine to machine.
 196 .LP
 197 \fBExample 1 \fRUsing the \fBkstat\fR Command
 198 .sp
 199 .in +2
 200 .nf
 201 example$ \fBkstat -p -m unix -i 0 -n system_misc -s 'avenrun*'\fR
 202 example$ \fBkstat -p -s 'avenrun*'\fR
 203 example$ \fBkstat -p 'unix:0:system_misc:avenrun*'\fR
 204 example$ \fBkstat -p ':::avenrun*'\fR
 205 example$ \fBkstat -p ':::/^avenrun_\ed+min$/'\fR
 206 
 207 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_15min        3
 208 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_1min 4
 209 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_5min 2
 210 .fi
 211 .in -2
 212 .sp
 213 
 214 .LP
 215 \fBExample 2 \fRUsing the \fBkstat\fR Command
 216 .sp
 217 .in +2
 218 .nf
 219 example$ \fBkstat -p -m cpu_stat -s 'intr*'\fR
 220 example$ \fBkstat -p cpu_stat:::/^intr/\fR
 221 
 222 cpu_stat:0:cpu_stat0:intr       29682330
 223 cpu_stat:0:cpu_stat0:intrblk    87
 224 cpu_stat:0:cpu_stat0:intrthread 15054222
 225 cpu_stat:1:cpu_stat1:intr       426073
 226 cpu_stat:1:cpu_stat1:intrblk    51
 227 cpu_stat:1:cpu_stat1:intrthread 289668
 228 cpu_stat:2:cpu_stat2:intr       134160
 229 cpu_stat:2:cpu_stat2:intrblk    0
 230 cpu_stat:2:cpu_stat2:intrthread 131
 231 cpu_stat:3:cpu_stat3:intr       196566
 232 cpu_stat:3:cpu_stat3:intrblk    30
 233 cpu_stat:3:cpu_stat3:intrthread 59626
 234 .fi
 235 .in -2
 236 .sp
 237 
 238 .LP
 239 \fBExample 3 \fRUsing the \fBkstat\fR Command
 240 .sp
 241 .in +2
 242 .nf
 243 example$ \fBkstat -p :::state ':::avenrun*'\fR
 244 example$ \fBkstat -p :::state :::/^avenrun/\fR
 245 
 246 cpu_info:0:cpu_info0:state      on-line
 247 cpu_info:1:cpu_info1:state      on-line
 248 cpu_info:2:cpu_info2:state      on-line
 249 cpu_info:3:cpu_info3:state      on-line
 250 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_15min        4
 251 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_1min 10
 252 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_5min 3
 253 .fi
 254 .in -2
 255 .sp
 256 
 257 .LP
 258 \fBExample 4 \fRUsing the \fBkstat\fR Command
 259 .sp
 260 .in +2
 261 .nf
 262 example$ \fBkstat -p 'unix:0:system_misc:avenrun*' 1 3\fR
 263 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_15min        15
 264 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_1min 11


 350 
 351 .SH FILES
 352 .sp
 353 .ne 2
 354 .na
 355 \fB\fB/dev/kstat\fR\fR
 356 .ad
 357 .RS 14n
 358 kernel statistics driver
 359 .RE
 360 
 361 .SH SEE ALSO
 362 .sp
 363 .LP
 364 \fBdate\fR(1), \fBsh\fR(1), \fBtime\fR(2), \fBgmatch\fR(3GEN),
 365 \fBkstat\fR(3KSTAT), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBkstat\fR(7D), \fBsd\fR(7D),
 366 \fBkstat\fR(9S)
 367 .SH NOTES
 368 .sp
 369 .LP
 370 If the pattern argument contains glob or Perl RE metacharacters which are also
 371 shell metacharacters, it will be necessary to enclose the pattern with
 372 appropriate shell quotes.
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   6 .TH KSTAT 1M "Nov 22, 2012"
   7 .SH NAME
   8 kstat \- display kernel statistics
   9 .SH SYNOPSIS
  10 .LP
  11 .nf
  12 \fBkstat\fR [\fB-Cjlpq\fR] [\fB-T\fR u | d ] [\fB-c\fR \fIclass\fR] [\fB-m\fR \fImodule\fR]
  13      [\fB-i\fR \fIinstance\fR] [\fB-n\fR \fIname\fR] [\fB-s\fR \fIstatistic\fR]
  14      [interval [count]]
  15 .fi
  16 
  17 .LP
  18 .nf
  19 \fBkstat\fR [\fB-Cjlpq\fR] [\fB-T\fR u | d ] [\fB-c\fR \fIclass\fR]
  20      [\fImodule\fR:\fIinstance\fR:\fIname\fR:\fIstatistic\fR]...
  21      [interval [count]]
  22 .fi
  23 
  24 .SH DESCRIPTION
  25 .sp
  26 .LP
  27 The \fBkstat\fR utility examines the available kernel statistics, or kstats, on
  28 the system and reports those statistics which match the criteria specified on
  29 the command line. Each matching statistic is printed with its module, instance,
  30 and name fields, as well as its actual value.
  31 .sp
  32 .LP
  33 Kernel statistics may be published by various kernel subsystems, such as
  34 drivers or loadable modules; each kstat has a module field that denotes its
  35 publisher. Since each module might have countable entities (such as multiple
  36 disks associated with the \fBsd\fR(7D) driver) for which it wishes to report
  37 statistics, the kstat also has an instance field to index the statistics for
  38 each entity; kstat instances are numbered starting from zero. Finally, the
  39 kstat is given a name unique within its module.


  42 Each kstat may be a special kstat type, an array of name-value pairs, or raw
  43 data. In the name-value case, each reported value is given a label, which we
  44 refer to as the statistic. Known raw and special kstats are given statistic
  45 labels for each of their values by \fBkstat\fR; thus, all published values can
  46 be referenced as \fImodule\fR:\fIinstance\fR:\fIname\fR:\fIstatistic\fR.
  47 .sp
  48 .LP
  49 When invoked without any module operands or options, kstat will match all
  50 defined statistics on the system. Example invocations are provided below. All
  51 times are displayed as fractional seconds since system boot.
  52 .SH OPTIONS
  53 .sp
  54 .LP
  55 The tests specified by the following options are logically ANDed, and all
  56 matching kstats will be selected. A regular expression containing shell
  57 metacharacters must be protected from the shell by enclosing it with the
  58 appropriate quotes.
  59 .sp
  60 .LP
  61 The argument for the \fB-c\fR, \fB-i\fR, \fB-m\fR, \fB-n\fR, and \fB-s\fR
  62 options may be specified as a shell glob pattern.
  63 .sp
  64 .ne 2
  65 .na
  66 \fB\fB-C\fR\fR
  67 .ad
  68 .RS 16n
  69 Displays output in parseable format with a colon as separator.
  70 .RE
  71 
  72 .sp
  73 .ne 2
  74 .na
  75 \fB\fB-c\fR \fIclass\fR\fR
  76 .ad
  77 .RS 16n
  78 Displays only kstats that match the specified class. \fIclass\fR is a
  79 kernel-defined string which classifies the "type" of the kstat.
  80 .RE
  81 
  82 .sp
  83 .ne 2
  84 .na
  85 \fB\fB-i\fR \fIinstance\fR\fR
  86 .ad
  87 .RS 16n
  88 Displays only kstats that match the specified instance.
  89 .RE
  90 
  91 .sp
  92 .ne 2
  93 .na
  94 \fB\fB-j\fR\fR
  95 .ad
  96 .RS 16n
  97 Displays output in JSON format.
  98 .RE
  99 
 100 .sp
 101 .ne 2
 102 .na
 103 \fB\fB-l\fR\fR
 104 .ad
 105 .RS 16n
 106 Lists matching kstat names without displaying values.
 107 .RE
 108 
 109 .sp
 110 .ne 2
 111 .na
 112 \fB\fB-m\fR \fImodule\fR\fR
 113 .ad
 114 .RS 16n
 115 Displays only kstats that match the specified module.
 116 .RE
 117 
 118 .sp
 119 .ne 2
 120 .na
 121 \fB\fB-n\fR \fIname\fR\fR
 122 .ad


 161 .ad
 162 .RS 16n
 163 Displays a time stamp before each statistics block, either in \fBdate\fR(1)
 164 format (\fBd\fR) or as an alphanumeric representation of the value returned by
 165 \fBtime\fR(2) (\fBu\fR).
 166 .RE
 167 
 168 .SH OPERANDS
 169 .sp
 170 .LP
 171 The following operands are supported:
 172 .sp
 173 .ne 2
 174 .na
 175 \fB\fImodule\fR:\fIinstance\fR:\fIname\fR:\fIstatistic\fR\fR
 176 .ad
 177 .sp .6
 178 .RS 4n
 179 Alternate method of specifying module, instance, name, and statistic as
 180 described above. Each of the module, instance, name, or statistic specifiers
 181 may be a shell glob pattern.
 182 It is possible to use both specifier types within a single operand.
 183 Leaving a specifier empty is equivalent to using the '*' glob pattern for that
 184 specifier.
 185 .RE
 186 
 187 .sp
 188 .ne 2
 189 .na
 190 \fB\fIinterval\fR\fR
 191 .ad
 192 .sp .6
 193 .RS 4n
 194 The number of seconds between reports.
 195 .RE
 196 
 197 .sp
 198 .ne 2
 199 .na
 200 \fB\fIcount\fR\fR
 201 .ad
 202 .sp .6
 203 .RS 4n
 204 The number of reports to be printed.
 205 .RE
 206 
 207 .SH EXAMPLES
 208 .sp
 209 .LP
 210 In the following examples, all the command lines in a block produce the same
 211 output, as shown immediately below. The exact statistics and values will of
 212 course vary from machine to machine.
 213 .LP
 214 \fBExample 1 \fRUsing the \fBkstat\fR Command
 215 .sp
 216 .in +2
 217 .nf
 218 example$ \fBkstat -p -m unix -i 0 -n system_misc -s 'avenrun*'\fR
 219 example$ \fBkstat -p -s 'avenrun*'\fR
 220 example$ \fBkstat -p 'unix:0:system_misc:avenrun*'\fR
 221 example$ \fBkstat -p ':::avenrun*'\fR
 222 example$ \fBkstat -p ':::avenrun*min$'\fR
 223 
 224 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_15min        3
 225 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_1min 4
 226 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_5min 2
 227 .fi
 228 .in -2
 229 .sp
 230 
 231 .LP
 232 \fBExample 2 \fRUsing the \fBkstat\fR Command
 233 .sp
 234 .in +2
 235 .nf
 236 example$ \fBkstat -p -m cpu_stat -s 'intr*'\fR
 237 example$ \fBkstat -p 'cpu_stat:::intr*'\fR
 238 
 239 cpu_stat:0:cpu_stat0:intr       29682330
 240 cpu_stat:0:cpu_stat0:intrblk    87
 241 cpu_stat:0:cpu_stat0:intrthread 15054222
 242 cpu_stat:1:cpu_stat1:intr       426073
 243 cpu_stat:1:cpu_stat1:intrblk    51
 244 cpu_stat:1:cpu_stat1:intrthread 289668
 245 cpu_stat:2:cpu_stat2:intr       134160
 246 cpu_stat:2:cpu_stat2:intrblk    0
 247 cpu_stat:2:cpu_stat2:intrthread 131
 248 cpu_stat:3:cpu_stat3:intr       196566
 249 cpu_stat:3:cpu_stat3:intrblk    30
 250 cpu_stat:3:cpu_stat3:intrthread 59626
 251 .fi
 252 .in -2
 253 .sp
 254 
 255 .LP
 256 \fBExample 3 \fRUsing the \fBkstat\fR Command
 257 .sp
 258 .in +2
 259 .nf
 260 example$ \fBkstat -p :::state ':::avenrun*'\fR

 261 
 262 cpu_info:0:cpu_info0:state      on-line
 263 cpu_info:1:cpu_info1:state      on-line
 264 cpu_info:2:cpu_info2:state      on-line
 265 cpu_info:3:cpu_info3:state      on-line
 266 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_15min        4
 267 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_1min 10
 268 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_5min 3
 269 .fi
 270 .in -2
 271 .sp
 272 
 273 .LP
 274 \fBExample 4 \fRUsing the \fBkstat\fR Command
 275 .sp
 276 .in +2
 277 .nf
 278 example$ \fBkstat -p 'unix:0:system_misc:avenrun*' 1 3\fR
 279 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_15min        15
 280 unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_1min 11


 366 
 367 .SH FILES
 368 .sp
 369 .ne 2
 370 .na
 371 \fB\fB/dev/kstat\fR\fR
 372 .ad
 373 .RS 14n
 374 kernel statistics driver
 375 .RE
 376 
 377 .SH SEE ALSO
 378 .sp
 379 .LP
 380 \fBdate\fR(1), \fBsh\fR(1), \fBtime\fR(2), \fBgmatch\fR(3GEN),
 381 \fBkstat\fR(3KSTAT), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBkstat\fR(7D), \fBsd\fR(7D),
 382 \fBkstat\fR(9S)
 383 .SH NOTES
 384 .sp
 385 .LP
 386 If the pattern argument contains glob metacharacters which are also
 387 shell metacharacters, it will be necessary to enclose the pattern with
 388 appropriate shell quotes.