.TH xcallsbypid.d 1m "$Date: 2015/09/30 22:01:09 $" "USER COMMANDS" .SH NAME xcallsbypid.d \- CPU cross calls by PID. Uses DTrace. .SH SYNOPSIS .B xcallsbypid.d .SH DESCRIPTION xcallsbypid.d reports the number of CPU cross calls by process name and process ID. Cross calls occur when a CPU requests another CPU to do work on it's behalf. A great number of these can be a burden on the system. Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command. .SH OS Solaris .SH STABILITY stable - needs the sysinfo provider. .SH EXAMPLES .TP This samples until Ctrl\-C is hit. # .B xcallsbypid.d .PP .SH FIELDS .TP PID process ID .TP CMD process name .TP XCALLS number cross calls .PP .SH DOCUMENTATION See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output. .SH EXIT xcallsbypid.d will sample until Ctrl\-C is hit. .SH AUTHOR Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia] .SH SEE ALSO mpstat(1m), dtrace(1M) |