Preemption is based on priorities, so you might want to observe changes in priority over time. The following example uses the change-pri probe to display this information:
sched:::change-pri { @[stringof(args[0]->pr_clname)] = lquantize(args[2] - args[0]->pr_pri, -50, 50, 5); }
The example script captures the degree to which priority is raised or lowered, and aggregates by scheduling class. Running the above script results in output similar to the following example:
# dtrace -s ./pri.d dtrace: script './pri.d' matched 10 probes ^C IA value -------------- Distribution ------------ count < -50 | 20 -50 |@ 38 -45 | 4 -40 | 13 -35 | 12 -30 | 18 -25 | 18 -20 | 23 -15 | 6 -10 |@@@@@@@@ 201 -5 |@@@@@@ 160 0 |@@@@@ 138 5 |@ 47 10 |@@ 66 15 |@ 36 20 |@ 26 25 |@ 28 30 | 18 35 | 22 40 | 8 45 | 11 >= 50 |@ 34 TS value -------------- Distribution ------------ count -15 | 0 -10 |@ 1 -5 |@@@@@@@@@@@@ 7 0 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 12 5 | 0 10 |@@@@@ 3 15 | 0 |
The output shows the priority manipulation of the Interactive (IA) scheduling class. Instead of seeing priority manipulation, you might want to see the priority values of a particular process and thread over time. The following script uses the change-pri probe to display this information:
#pragma D option quiet BEGIN { start = timestamp; } sched:::change-pri /args[1]->pr_pid == $1 && args[0]->pr_lwpid == $2/ { printf("%d %d\n", timestamp - start, args[2]); } tick-1sec /++n == 5/ { exit(0); }
To see the change in priorities over time, type the following command in one window:
$ echo $$ 139208 $ while true ; do let i=0 ; done |
In another window, run the script and redirect the output to a file:
# dtrace -s ./pritime.d 139208 1 > /tmp/pritime.out # |
You can use the file /tmp/pritime.out that is generated above as input to plotting software to graphically display priority over time. gnuplot is a freely available plotting package that is included in the Solaris Freeware Companion CD. By default, gnuplot is installed in /opt/sfw/bin.