diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_description.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_description.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8973c5df888f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_description.rst @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +The **rtla osnoise** tool is an interface for the *osnoise* tracer. The +*osnoise* tracer dispatches a kernel thread per-cpu. These threads read the +time in a loop while with preemption, softirq and IRQs enabled, thus +allowing all the sources of operating systme noise during its execution. +The *osnoise*'s tracer threads take note of the delta between each time +read, along with an interference counter of all sources of interference. +At the end of each period, the *osnoise* tracer displays a summary of +the results. diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla-osnoise.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla-osnoise.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c129b206ce34 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla-osnoise.rst @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +=============== +rtla-osnoise +=============== +------------------------------------------------------------------ +Measure the operating system noise +------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:Manual section: 1 + +SYNOPSIS +======== +**rtla osnoise** [*MODE*] ... + +DESCRIPTION +=========== + +.. include:: common_osnoise_description.rst + +The *osnoise* tracer outputs information in two ways. It periodically prints +a summary of the noise of the operating system, including the counters of +the occurrence of the source of interference. It also provides information +for each noise via the **osnoise:** tracepoints. The **rtla osnoise top** +mode displays information about the periodic summary from the *osnoise* tracer. +The **rtla osnoise hist** mode displays information about the noise using +the **osnoise:** tracepoints. For further details, please refer to the +respective man page. + +MODES +===== +**top** + + Prints the summary from osnoise tracer. + +**hist** + + Prints a histogram of osnoise samples. + +If no MODE is given, the top mode is called, passing the arguments. + +OPTIONS +======= + +**-h**, **--help** + + Display the help text. + +For other options, see the man page for the corresponding mode. + +SEE ALSO +======== +**rtla-osnoise-top**\(1), **rtla-osnoise-hist**\(1) + +Osnoise tracer documentation: + +AUTHOR +====== +Written by Daniel Bristot de Oliveira + +.. include:: common_appendix.rst