The Profile Action
The profile action produces a text file that summarizes the various metrics regarding profiles. The usage for this action is:
-a profile [-util [n]] [-detail] [-range T1 [T2]]
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| util [n] |
Show CPU utilization for n second intervals, default 1 second |
| detail |
Show CPU samples bucketed by process and module if symbol decoding is not enabled and by process and function name if symbol decoding is enabled |
| range T1 [T2] |
Show data between times T1 and T2, both in use. If T2 is not present, the end of the trace is used instead |
| freq |
Show constant sampling frequency zones in the trace |
If no report type is selected, default is to show the CPU utilization report.