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PLOCKSTAT(1)                                                                                    PLOCKSTAT(1)



NAME
       plockstat - front-end to DTrace to print statistics about POSIX mutexes and read/write locks

SYNOPSIS
       plockstat [-vACHV] [-n count] [-s depth] [-e secs] [-x opt[=val]]
       command [arg...]

       plockstat [-vACHV] [-n count] [-s depth] [-e secs] [-x opt[=val]]
       -p pid

OPTIONS
       -v     print a message when tracing starts

       -A     trace contention and hold events (same as -CH)

       -C     trace contention events for mutexes and rwlocks

       -H     trace hold events for mutexes and rwlocks

       -V     print the dtrace script to run

       -n count
              display only 'count' entries for each event type

       -s depth
              show stack trace upto 'depth' entries

       -e secs
              exit after specified seconds

       -x arg[=val]
              enable a DTrace runtime option or a D compiler option

       -p pid attach and trace the specified process id

SEE ALSO
       dtrace(1)



1.0                                               July 2007                                     PLOCKSTAT(1)

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