Kernel Profiling

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Preface

1. Overview of the Performance Analyzer

2. Performance Data

3. Collecting Performance Data

4. The Performance Analyzer Tool

5. The er_print Command Line Performance Analysis Tool

6. Understanding the Performance Analyzer and Its Data

7. Understanding Annotated Source and Disassembly Data

8. Manipulating Experiments

9. Kernel Profiling

Kernel Experiments

Setting Up Your System for Kernel Profiling

Running the er_kernel Utility

Profiling the Kernel

Profiling Under Load

Profiling the Kernel and Load Together

Profiling the Kernel for Hardware Counter Overflows

Profiling Kernel and User Processes

Analyzing a Kernel Profile

Index

Chapter 9

This chapter describes how you can use the Oracle Solaris Studio performance tools to profile the kernel while Oracle Solaris is running a load. Kernel profiling is available if you are running Oracle Solaris Studio software on Oracle Solaris 10 or Oracle Solaris 11. Kernel profiling is not available on Linux systems.

This chapter covers the following topics:

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