vmstat.8

Linux下进程监控相关源代码

.\"  This page Copyright (C) 1994 Henry Ware <[e-mail]>
.\"  Distributed under the GPL, Copyleft 1994.
.TH VMSTAT 8 "27 July 1994 " "Throatwobbler Ginkgo Labs" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
.SH NAME
vmstat \- Report virtual memory statistics
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft B
.B vmstat
.RB [ "\-n" ]
.RI [ delay " [ " count ]]
.br
.BR vmstat [ "\-V" ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBvmstat\fP reports information about processes, memory, paging,
block IO, traps, and cpu activity.

The first report produced gives averages since the last reboot.  Additional
reports give information on a sampling period of length \fIdelay\fP.
The process and memory reports are instantaneous in either case.

.SS Options
The \fB-n\fP switch  causes the header to be displayed only once rather than periodically.
.PP
.I delay
is the delay between updates in seconds.  If no delay is specified,
only one report is printed with the average values since boot.
.PP
.I count
is the number of updates.  If no count is specified and delay is
defined, \fIcount\fP defaults to infinity.
.PP
The \fB-V\fP switch results in displaying version information.
.PP
.SH FIELD DESCRIPTIONS
.SS
.B "Procs"
.nf
r: The number of processes waiting for run time.  
b: The number of processes in uninterruptable sleep.
w: The number of processes swapped out but otherwise runnable.  This 
   field is calculated, but Linux never desperation swaps.
.fi
.PP
.SS
.B "Memory"
.nf
swpd: the amount of virtual memory used (kB).
free: the amount of idle memory (kB).
buff: the amount of memory used as buffers (kB).
.fi
.PP
.SS
.B "Swap"
.nf
si: Amount of memory swapped in from disk (kB/s).
so: Amount of memory swapped to disk (kB/s).
.fi
.PP
.SS
.B "IO"
.nf
bi: Blocks sent to a block device (blocks/s).
bo: Blocks received from a block device (blocks/s).
.fi
.PP
.SS
.B "System"
.nf
in: The number of interrupts per second, including the clock.
cs: The number of context switches per second.
.if
.PP
.SS
.B "CPU "
These are percentages of total CPU time.
.nf
us: user time
sy: system time
id: idle time 
.nf
.SH NOTES
.B "vmstat "
does not require special permissions.
.PP
These reports are intended to help identify system bottlenecks.  Linux
.B "vmstat "
does not count itself as a running process.
.PP
All linux blocks are currently 1k, except for CD-ROM blocks which are 2k.
.PP
.SH FILES
.ta
.nf
/proc/meminfo
/proc/stat
/proc/*/stat
.fi

.SH "SEE ALSO"
ps(1), top(1), free(1)
.PP
.SH BUGS
Does not tabulate the block io per device or count the number of system calls.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Henry Ware <[e-mail]>.