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linux-next/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat.txt
Stefan Raspl 5c1954d25d tools/kvm_stat: add new interactive command 'b'
Toggle display total number of events by guest (debugfs only).
When switching to display of events by guest, field filters remain
active. I.e. the number of events per guest reported considers only
events matching the filters. Likewise with pid/guest filtering.
Note that when switching to display of events by guest, DebugfsProvider
remains to collect data for events as it did before, but the read()
method summarizes the values by pid.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Raspl <raspl@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2017-06-27 16:44:50 +02:00

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kvm_stat(1)
===========
NAME
----
kvm_stat - Report KVM kernel module event counters
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'kvm_stat' [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
kvm_stat prints counts of KVM kernel module trace events. These events signify
state transitions such as guest mode entry and exit.
This tool is useful for observing guest behavior from the host perspective.
Often conclusions about performance or buggy behavior can be drawn from the
output.
While running in regular mode, use any of the keys listed in section
'Interactive Commands' below.
Use batch and logging modes for scripting purposes.
The set of KVM kernel module trace events may be specific to the kernel version
or architecture. It is best to check the KVM kernel module source code for the
meaning of events.
INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
--------------------
[horizontal]
*b*:: toggle events by guests (debugfs only, honors filters)
*c*:: clear filter
*f*:: filter by regular expression
*g*:: filter by guest name
*h*:: display interactive commands reference
*o*:: toggle sorting order (Total vs CurAvg/s)
*p*:: filter by PID
*q*:: quit
*r*:: reset stats
*s*:: set update interval
*x*:: toggle reporting of stats for child trace events
Press any other key to refresh statistics immediately.
OPTIONS
-------
-1::
--once::
--batch::
run in batch mode for one second
-l::
--log::
run in logging mode (like vmstat)
-t::
--tracepoints::
retrieve statistics from tracepoints
-d::
--debugfs::
retrieve statistics from debugfs
-i::
--debugfs-include-past::
include all available data on past events for debugfs
-p<pid>::
--pid=<pid>::
limit statistics to one virtual machine (pid)
-g<guest>::
--guest=<guest_name>::
limit statistics to one virtual machine (guest name)
-f<fields>::
--fields=<fields>::
fields to display (regex)
-h::
--help::
show help message
SEE ALSO
--------
'perf'(1), 'trace-cmd'(1)
AUTHOR
------
Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>