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[Xen-devel] Tools for tracing process switching in dom0


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  • From: "Roger Cruz" <rcruz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:36:40 -0400
  • Delivery-date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:37:07 -0700
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
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  • Thread-topic: Tools for tracing process switching in dom0

We are putting a heavy load on dom0 and some occasions we see cases
where processes appear to stall (based on timestamp information in their
log files).  I have not been able to determine what causes these
processes to starve for CPU cycles but I'm guessing some other higher
priority process/service may be coming in periodically and disrupting
our process.

I'm wondering if there are any Linux tracing/probing tools that work in
dom0 that would allow me to capture (with a timestamp) all process
context switches.  

Thanks
Roger



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