rwtime-nd.8

.TH rwtime-nd 8  "2015-01-30" "USER COMMANDS"
.SH NAME
rwtime-nd \- summarize syscall read() and write() times. Uses Linux SystemTap (non-debuginfo).
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rwtime-nd.stp
[execname]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This traces read() and write() syscalls, producing a histogram summary of their
durations (aka latencies).
.SH REQUIREMENTS
SystemTap.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
execname
An optional argument to specify the process name to trace. All PIDs with this
process name will be observed.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
Trace all syscall read()s and write()s, showing latency summaries:
#
.B rwtime-nd.stp
.TP
Trace all syscall read()s and write()s for processes named "node":
.B rwtime-nd.stp
node
.SH OVERHEAD
While these syscalls are frequent, the overhead should be low as this uses
in-kernel summaries. Test before use to confirm.
.SH SOURCE
This is from the SystemTap lwtools collection.
.IP
https://github.com/brendangregg/systemtap-lwtools
.PP
Also look under the examples directory for a text file containing example
usage, output, and commentary for this tool.
.SH OS
Linux
.SH STABILITY
Unstable - in development.
.SH AUTHOR
Brendan Gregg
.SH SEE ALSO
strace(1)