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diff --git a/man/systemd-bootchart.xml b/man/systemd-bootchart.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 538666760..000000000 --- a/man/systemd-bootchart.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,323 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> -<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> - -<!-- - This file is part of systemd. - - Copyright 2012 Intel Corporation - - Authors: - Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com> - William Giokas <1007380@gmail.com> - - systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it - under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or - (at your option) any later version. - - systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but - WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - Lesser General Public License for more details. - - You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License - along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. ---> - -<refentry id="systemd-bootchart" conditional='ENABLE_BOOTCHART' - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> - - <refentryinfo> - <title>systemd-bootchart</title> - <productname>systemd</productname> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <contrib>Developer</contrib> - <firstname>Auke</firstname> - <surname>Kok</surname> - <email>auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com</email> - </author> - </authorgroup> - </refentryinfo> - - <refmeta> - <refentrytitle>systemd-bootchart</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> - </refmeta> - - <refnamediv> - <refname>systemd-bootchart</refname> - <refpurpose>Boot performance graphing tool</refpurpose> - </refnamediv> - - <refsect1> - <title>Description</title> - <para> - <command>systemd-bootchart</command> is a tool, usually run at - system startup, that collects the CPU load, disk load, memory - usage, as well as per-process information from a running system. - Collected results are output as an SVG graph. Normally, - systemd-bootchart is invoked by the kernel by passing - <option>init=<filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-bootchart</filename></option> - on the kernel command line. systemd-bootchart will then fork the - real init off to resume normal system startup, while monitoring - and logging startup information in the background. - </para> - <para> - After collecting a certain amount of data (usually 15-30 - seconds, default 20 s) the logging stops and a graph is - generated from the logged information. This graph contains vital - clues as to which resources are being used, in which order, and - where possible problems exist in the startup sequence of the - system. It is essentially a more detailed version of the - <command>systemd-analyze plot</command> function. - </para> - <para> - Of course, bootchart can also be used at any moment in time to - collect and graph some data for an amount of time. It is - recommended to use the <option>--rel</option> switch in this - case. - </para> - <para> - Bootchart does not require root privileges, and will happily run - as a normal user. - </para> - <para> - Bootchart graphs are by default written time-stamped in - <filename>/run/log</filename> and saved to the journal with - <varname>MESSAGE_ID=9f26aa562cf440c2b16c773d0479b518</varname>. - Journal field <varname>BOOTCHART=</varname> contains the - bootchart in SVG format. - </para> - - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Invocation</title> - - <para><command>systemd-bootchart</command> can be invoked in several different ways:</para> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis>Kernel invocation</emphasis></term> - <listitem><para>The kernel can invoke - <command>systemd-bootchart</command> instead of the init - process. In turn, <command>systemd-bootchart</command> will - invoke <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd</command>. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis>Started as a standalone program</emphasis></term> - <listitem><para>One can execute - <command>systemd-bootchart</command> as normal application - from the command line. In this mode it is highly recommended - to pass the <option>-r</option> flag in order to not graph the - time elapsed since boot and before systemd-bootchart was - started, as it may result in extremely large graphs. The time - elapsed since boot might also include any time that the system - was suspended.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Options</title> - - <para>These options can also be set in the - <filename>/etc/systemd/bootchart.conf</filename> file. See - <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>bootchart.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. - </para> - - <variablelist> - <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-n</option></term> - <term><option>--sample <replaceable>N</replaceable></option></term> - <listitem><para>Specify the number of samples, - <replaceable>N</replaceable>, to record. Samples will be - recorded at intervals defined with <option>--freq</option>. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-f</option></term> - <term><option>--freq <replaceable>f</replaceable></option></term> - <listitem><para>Specify the sample log frequency, a positive - real <replaceable>f</replaceable>, in Hz. Most systems can - cope with values up to 25-50 without creating too much - overhead.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-r</option></term> - <term><option>--rel</option></term> - <listitem><para>Use relative times instead of absolute times. - This is useful for using bootchart at post-boot time to - profile an already booted system. Without this option the - graph would become extremely large. If set, the horizontal - axis starts at the first recorded sample instead of time - 0.0.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-F</option></term> - <term><option>--no-filter</option></term> - <listitem><para>Disable filtering of tasks that did not - contribute significantly to the boot. Processes that are too - short-lived (only seen in one sample) or that do not consume - any significant CPU time (less than 0.001 s) will not be - displayed in the output graph. </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-C</option></term> - <term><option>--cmdline</option></term> - <listitem><para>Display the full command line with arguments - of processes, instead of only the process name. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-g</option></term> - <term><option>--control-group</option></term> - <listitem><para>Display process control group - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-o</option></term> - <term><option>--output <replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term> - <listitem><para>Specify the output directory for the graphs. - By default, bootchart writes the graphs to - <filename>/run/log</filename>.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-i</option></term> - <term><option>--init <replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term> - <listitem><para>Use this init binary. Defaults to - <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd</command>. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-p</option></term> - <term><option>--pss</option></term> - <listitem><para>Enable logging and graphing of processes' PSS - (Proportional Set Size) memory consumption. See - <filename>filesystems/proc.txt</filename> in the kernel - documentation for an explanation of this field. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-e</option></term> - <term><option>--entropy</option></term> - <listitem><para>Enable logging and graphing of the kernel - random entropy pool size.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-x</option></term> - <term><option>--scale-x <replaceable>N</replaceable></option></term> - <listitem><para>Horizontal scaling factor for all variable - graph components.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>-y</option></term> - <term><option>--scale-y <replaceable>N</replaceable></option></term> - <listitem><para>Vertical scaling factor for all variable graph - components.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Output</title> - - <para><command>systemd-bootchart</command> generates SVG graphs. - In order to render those on a graphical display any SVG capable - viewer can be used. It should be noted that the SVG render engines - in most browsers (including Chrome and Firefox) are many times - faster than dedicated graphical applications like Gimp and - Inkscape. Just point your browser at - <ulink url="file:///run/log/" />! - </para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>History</title> - - <para>This version of bootchart was implemented from scratch, but - is inspired by former bootchart incantations:</para> - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis>Original bash</emphasis></term> - <listitem><para>The original bash/shell code implemented - bootchart. This version created a compressed tarball for - processing with external applications. This version did not - graph anything, only generated data.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis>Ubuntu C Implementation</emphasis></term> - <listitem><para>This version replaced the shell version with a - fast and efficient data logger, but also did not graph the - data.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis>Java bootchart</emphasis></term> - <listitem><para>This was the original graphing application for - charting the data, written in java.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis>pybootchartgui.py</emphasis></term> - <listitem><para>pybootchart created a graph from the data - collected by either the bash or C version.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - - <para>The version of bootchart you are using now combines both the - data collection and the charting into a single application, making - it more efficient and simpler. There are no longer any timing - issues with the data collector and the grapher, as the graphing - cannot be run until the data has been collected. Also, the data - kept in memory is reduced to the absolute minimum needed.</para> - - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>See Also</title> - - <para> - <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>bootchart.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> - </para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Bugs</title> - - <para>systemd-bootchart does not get the model information for the - hard drive unless the root device is specified with - <code>root=/dev/sdxY</code>. Using UUIDs or PARTUUIDs will boot - fine, but the hard drive model will not be added to the - chart.</para> - <para>For bugs, please contact the author and current maintainer:</para> - <simplelist> - <member>Auke Kok <email>auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com</email></member> - </simplelist> - </refsect1> - -</refentry> |