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author | ghelmer <ghelmer@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-06-25 22:04:48 +0000 |
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committer | ghelmer <ghelmer@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-06-25 22:04:48 +0000 |
commit | c957b12bc95bfb0a1df6e5625df47e96bdf7df94 (patch) | |
tree | fafff62d318f8b10170b17e0c7a71847b75f1a02 /usr.bin | |
parent | efe4f69151d02fcb79b2344c8d53805f146630da (diff) | |
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Update vmstat portion of man page to reflect the statistics currently
shown by systat's vmstat display.
PR: docs/3764
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/systat/systat.1 | 63 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/systat/systat.1 b/usr.bin/systat/systat.1 index 74210700..08ee849 100644 --- a/usr.bin/systat/systat.1 +++ b/usr.bin/systat/systat.1 @@ -286,7 +286,12 @@ average number of processes (over the last refresh interval) that are runnable (`r'), in page wait (`p'), in disk wait other than paging (`d'), sleeping (`s'), and swapped out but desiring to run (`w'). -Below the queue length listing is a numerical listing and +The row also shows the average number of context switches +(`Csw'), traps (`Trp'; includes page faults), system calls (`Sys'), +interrupts (`Int'), network software interrupts (`Sof'), and page +faults (`Flt'). +.Pp +Below the process queue length listing is a numerical listing and a bar graph showing the amount of system (shown as `='), interrupt (shown as `+'), user (shown as `>'), nice (shown as `-'), and idle time (shown as ` '). @@ -323,41 +328,31 @@ number of disk transfers per second over the last refresh interval; the second row of the display shows the average number of pages transferred per second over the last refresh interval. .Pp -Below the paging statistics is a line listing the average number of -total reclaims ('Rec'), -intransit blocking page faults (`It'), -swap text pages found in free list (`F/S'), -file system text pages found in free list (`F/F'), -reclaims from free list -pages freed by the clock daemon (`Fre'), -and sequential process pages freed (`SFr') +Below the paging statistics is a column of lines regarding the virtual +memory system which list the average number of +pages copied on write (`cow'), +pages zero filled on demand (`zfod'), +pages wired down (`wire'), +active pages (`act'), +inactive pages (`inact'), +pages on the buffer cache queue (`cache'), +number of free pages (`free'), +pages freed by the page daemon (`daefr'), +pages freed by exiting processes (`prcfr'), +pages reactivated from the free list (`react'), +times the page daemon was awakened (`pdwak'), +pages analyzed by the page daemon (`pdpgs'), +and +intransit blocking page faults (`intrn') per second over the refresh interval. .Pp -Below this line are statistics on the average number of -zero filled pages (`zf') and demand filled text pages (`xf') -per second over the refresh period. -The first row indicates the number of requests that were -resolved, the second row shows the number that were set up, -and the last row shows the percentage of setup requests that were -actually used. -Note that this percentage is usually less than 100%, -however it may exceed 100% if a large number of requests -are actually used long after they were set up during a -period when no new pages are being set up. -Thus this figure is most interesting when observed over -a long time period, such as from boot time -(see below on getting such a display). -.Pp -Below the page fill statistics is a column that -lists the average number of context switches (`Csw'), -traps (`Trp'; includes page faults), system calls (`Sys'), interrupts (`Int'), -characters output to DZ ports using -.No pseudo Ns -DMA -(`Pdm'), -network software interrupts (`Sof'), -page faults (`Flt'), pages scanned by the page daemon (`Scn'), -and revolutions of the page daemon's hand (`Rev') -per second over the refresh interval. +At the bottom of this column are lines showing the +amount of memory, in kilobytes, used for the buffer cache (`buf'), +desired maximum size of vnode cache (`desiredvnodes') (mostly unused, +except to size the name cache), +number of vnodes actually allocated (`numvnodes'), +and +number of allocated vnodes that are free (`freevnodes'). .Pp Running down the right hand side of the display is a breakdown of the interrupts being handled by the system. |