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Feature #1363

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add vmregs[] variable to DTrace

Added by Bryan Cantrill about 12 years ago. Updated about 12 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Category:
-
Start date:
2011-08-11
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Difficulty:
Medium
Tags:
needs-triage
Gerrit CR:
External Bug:

Description

When using DTrace to understand KVM performance, it's very useful to be able to pull out VM registers from the current VMCS. Like uregs[], this is a DTrace-defined associative array, with indices specified by the constants specified by the architecture. This allows for DTrace one-liners like:

# dtrace -n kvm-guest-exit'{@[pid, vmregs[VMX_GUEST_RIP]] = count()}' -n tick-1sec'{printf("%10s %20s %s\n", "PID", "GUEST RIP", "COUNT"); printa("%10d %20x %@d\n", @); clear(@); }' -q

       PID            GUEST RIP COUNT
      5026             fee61bc4 0
      5026     fffffffffb8ba740 0
      4668     ffffffff8100a72d 1
      5026             fe931ace 1
      5026     fffffffffb84d9c1 1
      5026     fffffffffb84d9cd 1
      5026     fffffffffb84da03 1
      5026     fffffffffb84da0f 1
      5026     fffffffffb84db0c 1
      5026     fffffffffb84db18 1
      5026     fffffffffb84db73 1
      5026     fffffffffb84db7f 1
      4668     ffffffff81031afa 2
      4668     ffffffff81031b0a 2
      4668     ffffffff81031b1f 2
      4668     ffffffff814c753f 2
      5026     fffffffff794c158 2
      5026     fffffffff794d0e6 2
      5026     fffffffff794d15a 2
      5026     fffffffff794d168 2
      5026     fffffffffb84dae2 2
      5026     fffffffffb84daee 2
      5026     fffffffffb84da49 3
      5026     fffffffffb84da55 3
      5026     fffffffffb84da6b 3
      5026     fffffffffb84da77 3
      5026     fffffffffb84da8e 3
      5026     fffffffffb84da9a 3
      5026     fffffffffb84dab1 3
      5026     fffffffffb84dabd 3
      4668     ffffffff81037f0a 12
      4668     ffffffff8103163b 26
      5026     fffffffff794c074 119
      5026     fffffffffb84072d 121
      5026     fffffffff794d10a 137
^C
Actions #1

Updated by Garrett D'Amore about 12 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

changeset: 13431:e7ec489c7cf5
tag: tip
user: Bryan Cantrill <>
date: Sat Aug 13 02:06:39 2011 -0700
description:
1362 add kvmstat for monitoring of KVM statistics
1363 add vmregs[] variable to DTrace
1364 need disassembler support for VMX instructions
1365 mdb needs 16-bit disassembler support
Reviewed by: Brendan Gregg <>
Reviewed by: Robert Mustacchi <>
Approved by: Garrett D'Amore <>

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