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36.Dd Jun 8, 2006
37.Dt PCTRACK 8
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm pctrack
41.Nd print kernel system/interrupt pc sampling history
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Op Fl fnsi
45.Op Fl c Ar cpu
46.Op Fl N Ar execfile
47.Op Fl M Ar corefile
48.Op Ar interval
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50Kernels compiled with DEBUG_PCTRACK record the program counter (PC) of
51the code interrupted by the statistics clock interrupt.
52This information can be dumped with the
53.Nm
54utility
55.Pp
56The following options are available:
57.Bl -tag -width ".Fl N Ar execfile"
58.It Fl c Ar cpu
59Specify which cpu to dump.  If not specified, all cpus will be dumped.
60.It Fl f
61If a single cpu and either
62.Op Fl i
63or
64.Op Fl s
65is specified, this option will use the repeat interval to detect changes
66and dump them as they occur.
67.It Fl i
68Dump the interrupt tracking buffer.
69.It Fl s
70Dump the kernel tracking buffer.
71If neither
72.Op Fl i
73or
74.Op Fl s
75is specified, both tracking buffers will be dumped.
76.It Fl n
77.Nm
78normally tries to translate the PC into symbols.  This option forces hex
79values to be displayed instead.
80.It Fl N Ar execfile
81The kernel image to resolve symbols from.
82The default is the value returned via
83.Xr getbootfile 3 .
84.It Fl M Ar corefile
85The core file or memory image to read from.
86The default is
87.Pa /dev/mem .
88.El
89.Sh OPERATIONAL NOTES
90.Sh HISTORY
91The
92.Nm
93utility first appeared in
94.Dx 1.5 .
95.Sh AUTHORS
96.An -nosplit
97The
98.Nm
99utility was originally implemented by
100.An Matthew Dillon
101for
102.Dx .
103