NAME

       xfsdist - Summarize XFS operation latency. Uses Linux eBPF/bcc.

SYNOPSIS

       xfsdist [-h] [-T] [-m] [-p PID] [interval] [count]

DESCRIPTION

       This tool summarizes time (latency) spent in common XFS file operations: reads, writes, opens, and syncs,
       and  presents  it  as  a  power-of-2  histogram. It uses an in-kernel eBPF map to store the histogram for
       efficiency.

       Since this works by tracing the xfs_file_operations interface functions, it will need updating  to  match
       any changes to these functions.

       Since this uses BPF, only the root user can use this tool.

REQUIREMENTS

       CONFIG_BPF and bcc.

OPTIONS

       -h     Print usage message.

       -T     Don't include timestamps on interval output.

       -m     Output in milliseconds.

       -p PID Trace this PID only.

EXAMPLES

       Trace XFS operation time, and print a summary on Ctrl-C:
              # xfsdist

       Trace PID 181 only:
              # xfsdist -p 181

       Print 1 second summaries, 10 times:
              # xfsdist 1 10

       1 second summaries, printed in milliseconds
              # xfsdist -m 1

FIELDS

       msecs  Range of milliseconds for this bucket.

       usecs  Range of microseconds for this bucket.

       count  Number of operations in this time range.

       distribution
              ASCII representation of the distribution (the count column).

OVERHEAD

       This  adds low-overhead instrumentation to these XFS operations, including reads and writes from the file
       system cache. Such reads and writes can be very frequent (depending on  the  workload;  eg,  1M/sec),  at
       which point the overhead of this tool may become noticeable.  Measure and quantify before use.

SOURCE

       This is from bcc.

              https://github.com/iovisor/bcc

       Also  look  in  the bcc distribution for a companion _examples.txt file containing example usage, output,
       and commentary for this tool.

OS

       Linux

STABILITY

       Unstable - in development.

AUTHOR

       Brendan Gregg

SEE ALSO

       xfssnoop(8)

USER COMMANDS                                      2016-02-12                                         xfsdist(8)