NAME

mpstat − report per-processor statistics

SYNOPSIS

/usr/bin/mpstat [ interval [ count ] ]

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

mpstat reports per-processor statistics in tabular form.  Each row of the table represents the activity of one processor.  The first table summarizes all activity since boot; each subsequent table summarizes activity for the preceding interval.  All values are rates (events per second) unless otherwise noted. 

mpstat reports the following information:

CPU processor ID

minf minor faults

mjf major faults

xcal inter-processor cross-calls

intr interrupts

ithr interrupts as threads (not counting clock interrupt)

csw context switches

icsw involuntary context switches

migr thread migrations (to another processor)

smtx spins on mutexes (lock not acquired on first try)

srw spins on readers/writer locks (lock not acquired on first try)

syscl system calls

usr percent user time

sys percent system time

wt percent wait time

idl percent idle time

OPTIONS

interval Report once each interval seconds. 

count Only print count reports. 

SEE ALSO

sar(1), iostat(1M), sar(1M), vmstat(1M)

SunOS 5.5/x86  —  Last change: 10 Sep 1994