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KGMON(8)                NetBSD System Manager's Manual                KGMON(8)


NAME

     kgmon - generate a dump of the operating system's profile buffers


SYNOPSIS

     kgmon [-bdhpr] [-M core] [-N system]


DESCRIPTION

     kgmon is a tool used when profiling the operating system.  When no argu-
     ments are supplied, kgmon indicates the state of operating system profil-
     ing as running, off, or not configured.  (see config(8)) If the -p flag
     is specified, kgmon extracts profile data from the operating system and
     produces a gmon.out file suitable for later analysis by gprof(1).

     The options are as follows:

     -b      Resume the collection of profile data.

     -d      Enable debug output.

     -h      Stop the collection of profile data.

     -p      Dump the contents of the profile buffers into a gmon.out file.

     -r      Reset all the profile buffers.  If the -p flag is also specified,
             the gmon.out file is generated before the buffers are reset.

     -M      Extract values associated with the name list from the specified
             core instead of the default /dev/kmem.

     -N      Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the
             default /netbsd.

     If neither -b nor -h is specified, the state of profiling collection re-
     mains unchanged.  For example, if the -p flag is specified and profile
     data is being collected, profiling will be momentarily suspended, the op-
     erating system profile buffers will be dumped, and profiling will be im-
     mediately resumed.


FILES

     /netbsd     the default system
     /dev/kmem   the default memory


DIAGNOSTICS

     Users with only read permission on /dev/kmem cannot change the state of
     profiling collection.  They can get a gmon.out file with the warning that
     the data may be inconsistent if profiling is in progress.


SEE ALSO

     gprof(1), config(8)


HISTORY

     The kgmon command appeared in 4.2BSD.

NetBSD 1.6                       June 6, 1993                                1