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40 .Nd generate a dump of the operating system's profile buffers
49 utility is used when profiling the operating system.
50 When no arguments are supplied,
52 indicates the state of operating system profiling as running,
53 off, or not configured.
60 extracts profile data from the operating system and produces a
62 file suitable for later analysis by
65 The options are as follows:
68 Resume the collection of high resolution profile data.
70 Resume the collection of low resolution profile data.
72 Stop the collection of profile data.
74 Dump the contents of the profile buffers into a
78 Reset all the profile buffers.
81 flag is also specified, the
83 file is generated before the buffers are reset.
85 Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
86 instead of the default
89 Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the
100 is specified, the state of profiling collection remains unchanged.
103 flag is specified and profile data is being collected,
104 profiling will be momentarily suspended,
105 the operating system profile buffers will be dumped,
106 and profiling will be immediately resumed.
108 The profile buffers should be reset when the resolution
109 of the profile data is changed.
111 .Bl -tag -width /dev/kmemx -compact
121 Users with only read permission on
123 cannot change the state
124 of profiling collection.
127 file with the warning that the data may be
128 inconsistent if profiling is in progress.