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37 .Nd generate a dump of the operating system's profile buffers
45 is a tool used when profiling the operating system.
46 When no arguments are supplied,
48 indicates the state of operating system profiling as running,
49 off, or not configured
56 extracts profile data from the operating system and produces a
58 file suitable for later analysis by
61 The options are as follows:
64 Resume the collection of profile data.
68 Stop the collection of profile data.
70 Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
71 instead of the default
74 Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the
78 Dump the contents of the profile buffers into a
82 Reset all the profile buffers.
85 flag is also specified, the
87 file is generated before the buffers are reset.
94 is specified, the state of profiling collection remains unchanged.
97 flag is specified and profile data is being collected,
98 profiling will be momentarily suspended,
99 the operating system profile buffers will be dumped,
100 and profiling will be immediately resumed.
102 .Bl -tag -width /dev/kmemx -compact
109 Users with only read permission on
111 cannot change the state of profiling collection.
114 file with the warning that the data may be
115 inconsistent if profiling is in progress.