This chapter describes the tools that are available to use the MPO functionality that is available in the Oracle Solaris operating system.
This chapter discusses the following topics:
The pmadvise utility describes the tool that applies rules that define the memory use of a process.
Using the madv.so.1 Shared Object describes the madv.so.1 shared object and how to use it to configure virtual memory advice.
The plgrp tool describes the tool that can display and set a thread's affinity for a locality group.
The lgrpinfo Tool prints information about the lgroup hierarchy, contents, and characteristics.
The Solaris::lgrp Module describes a Perl interface to the locality group API that is described in Chapter 3, Locality Group APIs.