It will give this sort of information, among many other things,
and it doesn't soak up any cycles.
Karim
Torrey Hoffman wrote:
>
> "top" and similar tools don't seem to capture the time spent in kernel
> which isn't on behalf of a user process.
>
> I vaguely remember mention on this list of a tool that soaks up as many
> cycles as it can get to obtain an accurate measurement of the true
> system time.
>
> Can some one give me a pointer? I've had no luck with Google...
>
> thanks,
>
> Torrey Hoffman
> thoffman@arnor.net
> torrey.hoffman@myrio.com
>
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