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.\" $NetBSD: tprof.8,v 1.1 2011/11/26 05:02:44 yamt Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: tprof.8,v 1.2 2011/11/26 22:49:37 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c)2011 YAMAMOTO Takashi,
.\" All rights reserved.
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.Sh NAME
.Nm tprof
.Nd record tprof profiling samples
.Dt LS 1
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
is a simpling based profiler.
is a sampling based profiler.
.Pp
.Nm
utility makes the kernel driver start profiling,
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.Pp
The
.Nm tprof
pseudo driver and its suitable backend should be loaded beforehand.
pseudo driver and a suitable backend should be loaded beforehand.
.Pp
The
.Nm
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.It Fl o Ar file
Write the collected samples to the file named
.Ar file .
The default is "tprof.out".
The default is
.Dq Pa tprof.out .
.It Fl c
Write the collected samples to the standard output.
Note that the output is a binary stream.
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.It buf
The number of buffers successfully prepared for userland consumption.
.It emptybuf
The number of buffers which has been dropped because they were empty.
The number of buffers which have been dropped because they were empty.
.It dropbuf
The number of buffers dropped because the number of buffers kept in the kernel
exceeds the limit.
.It dropbuf_samples
The number of samples dropped because the buffer contained the samples
The number of samples dropped because the buffers containing the samples
were dropped.
.El
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.\utility first appeared in
.\.Nx XXX .
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr tpfmt 1 ,
.Xr tprof 4
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility is written by
.An YAMAMOTO Takashi .
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr tpfmt 1 ,
.Xr tprof 4