dispqlen.d(1m)

dispqlen.d1m

Dispatcher queue length by cpu. uses dtrace.

Usage

dispqlen.d

Overview

The dispatcher queue length is an indication of CPU saturation. It is not an indicatior of utilisation - the CPUs may or may not be utilised when the dispatcher queue reports a length of zero.

This script measures this activity by sampling at 1000 Hertz per CPU.

Since this uses DTrace, only users with root privileges can run this command.

Examples

Print dispatcher queue length by CPU.

# dispqlen.d

Documentation

See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output.

Exit

dispqlen.d will sample until Ctrl-C is hit.

Releases

115 releases since Mac OS X 10.5; the text changed 1 time.

  1. 10.5–10.5.8
  2. 10.6–26.5

Author

Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia]

From dtrace 413 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.