1 .TH kstat_types.d 1m "$Date:: 2007-08-05 #$" "USER COMMANDS"
3 kstat_types.d \- Trace kstat reads with type info. Uses DTrace.
7 kstat is the Kernel Statistics framework, which is used by tools
8 such as vmstat, iostat, mpstat and sar. Try running vmstat while
9 kstat_types.d is tracing - you should see details of the kstat
12 Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the
13 dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command.
17 unstable - this script uses fbt provider probes which may change for
18 future updates of the OS, invalidating this script. Please read
19 Docs/Notes/ALLfbt_notes.txt for further details about these fbt scripts.
22 Trace kstat reads as they occur,
32 kstat class (ks_class)
35 kstat type as a string (ks_type)
38 kstat module:instance:name
41 See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the
42 Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked
43 examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output.
45 kstat_types.d will trace until Ctrl\-C is hit.
50 dtrace(1M), kstat(1M), kstat(3KSTAT)