VMS Help V73 Features, Programming Features, SDA Commands for Spinlock Tracing *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX) |
The OpenVMS Version 7.3 software release includes the new Spinlock Tracing utility. With the implementation of this utility, you can now tell which spinlock is heavily used, and who is acquiring and releasing the contended spinlocks. The Spinlock Tracing utility allows a characterization of spinlock usage, as well as collection of performance data for a given spinlock on a per-CPU basis. The tracing ability can be enabled or disabled while the system is running, allowing the collection of spinlock data for a given period of time without system interruption. To use the Spinlock Tracing utility, SDA has implemented new commands and qualifiers. These SDA commands and qualifiers are described as follows:
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