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  1. ================
  2. rtla-timerlat
  3. ================
  4. -------------------------------------------
  5. Measures the operating system timer latency
  6. -------------------------------------------
  7. :Manual section: 1
  8. SYNOPSIS
  9. ========
  10. **rtla timerlat** [*MODE*] ...
  11. DESCRIPTION
  12. ===========
  13. .. include:: common_timerlat_description.rst
  14. The *timerlat* tracer outputs information in two ways. It periodically
  15. prints the timer latency at the timer *IRQ* handler and the *Thread* handler.
  16. It also provides information for each noise via the **osnoise:** tracepoints.
  17. The **rtla timerlat top** mode displays a summary of the periodic output
  18. from the *timerlat* tracer. The **rtla hist hist** mode displays a histogram
  19. of each tracer event occurrence. For further details, please refer to the
  20. respective man page.
  21. MODES
  22. =====
  23. **top**
  24. Prints the summary from *timerlat* tracer.
  25. **hist**
  26. Prints a histogram of timerlat samples.
  27. If no *MODE* is given, the top mode is called, passing the arguments.
  28. OPTIONS
  29. =======
  30. **-h**, **--help**
  31. Display the help text.
  32. For other options, see the man page for the corresponding mode.
  33. SEE ALSO
  34. ========
  35. **rtla-timerlat-top**\(1), **rtla-timerlat-hist**\(1)
  36. *timerlat* tracer documentation: <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/trace/timerlat-tracer.html>
  37. AUTHOR
  38. ======
  39. Written by Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <[email protected]>
  40. .. include:: common_appendix.rst