Ubuntu Manpage: svsematest - Start two threads or fork two processes and measure the latency of SYSV semaphores

NAME

       svsematest - Start two threads or fork two processes and measure the latency of SYSV semaphores

SYNTAX

       svsematest   [-a|--affinity   NUM]  [-b|--breaktrace  USEC]  [-d|--distance  DIST]  [-D|--duration  TIME]
       [-f|--fork [OPT]] [-i|--interval INTV] [--json FILENAME] [-l|--loops LOOPS] [-p|--prio PRIO] [-q|--quiet]
       [-S|--smp] [-t|--threads [NUM]]

DESCRIPTION

       The program svsematest starts two threads or, optionally, forks two processes that are  synchronized  via
       SYSV  semaphores and measures the latency between releasing a semaphore on one side and getting it on the
       other side.

OPTIONS

-a, --affinity[=NUM]
Run on processor number NUM. If PROC is not specified, run on current processor.

-b, --breaktrace=USEC
Send break trace command when latency > USEC. This is a debugging option to control the latency
tracer in the realtime preemption patch. It is useful to track down unexpected large latencies of
a system.

-d, --distance=DIST
Set the distance of thread intervals in microseconds (default is 500 us). When cyclictest is
called with the -t option and more than one thread is created, then this distance value is added
to the interval of the threads: Interval(thread N) = Interval(thread N-1) + DIST

-D, --duration=TIME
Specify a length for the test run.
Append 'm', 'h', or 'd' to specify minutes, hours or days.

-f, --fork
Instead of creating threads (which is the default), fork new processes

-i, --interval=INTV
Set the base interval of the thread(s) in microseconds (default is 1000 us). This sets the
interval of the first thread. See also -d.

--json=FILENAME
Write final results into FILENAME, JSON formatted.

-l, --loops=LOOPS
Set the number of loops. The default is 0 (endless). This option is useful for automated tests
with a given number of test cycles. svsematest is stopped once the number of timer intervals has
been reached.

-p, --prio=PRIO
Set the priority of the process.

-q, --quiet
Print a summary only on exit. Useful for automated tests, where only the summary output needs to
be captured.

-S, --smp
SMP testing: options -a -t and same priority of all threads

-t, --threads[=NUM]
Set the number of test threads (default is 1, if this option is not given). If NUM is specified,
create NUM test threads. If NUM is not specified, NUM is set to the number of available CPUs.

EXAMPLES

       The following example was running on a 4-way CPU:

       # svsematest -a -t -p99 -i100 -d25 -l1000000
       #0: ID13110, P99, CPU0, I100; #1: ID13111, P99, CPU0, Cycles 1000000
       #2: ID13112, P98, CPU1, I125; #3: ID13113, P98, CPU1, Cycles 813573
       #4: ID13114, P97, CPU2, I150; #5: ID13115, P97, CPU2, Cycles 667285
       #6: ID13116, P96, CPU3, I175; #7: ID13117, P96, CPU3, Cycles 591403
       #1 -> #0, Min    1, Cur    2, Avg    2, Max   12
       #3 -> #2, Min    1, Cur    3, Avg    2, Max   12
       #5 -> #4, Min    1, Cur    3, Avg    3, Max   12
       #7 -> #6, Min    1, Cur    2, Avg    3, Max   11

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