pgpginbyproc.d - pages pagedin by process name. Uses DTrace. pgpginbyproc.d pgpginbyproc.d is a DTrace OneLiner to a report the number of pages paged in by process name. This may be one way to help identify the process responsible for causing heavy read traffic to the disks. Docs/oneliners.txt and Docs/Examples/oneliners_examples.txt in the DTraceToolkit contain this as a oneliner that can be cut-n-paste to run. Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command. Solaris stable - needs the vminfo provider.

This samples until Ctrl-C is hit. # pgpginbyproc.d

first field The process name. There may be several PIDs that have the same process name, for example with numerous instances of "bash". The value reported will be the sum of them all.

second field The number of pages paged in

See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output. pgpginbyproc.d will sample until Ctrl-C is hit. Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia] iosnoop(1m), dtrace(1M), truss(1)