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rtla-timerlat
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Measures the operating system timer latency
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SYNOPSIS
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**rtla timerlat** [*MODE*] ...
DESCRIPTION
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The *timerlat* tracer outputs information in two ways. It periodically
prints the timer latency at the timer *IRQ* handler and the *Thread* handler.
It also provides information for each noise via the **osnoise:** tracepoints.
The **rtla timerlat top** mode displays a summary of the periodic output
from the *timerlat* tracer. The **rtla hist hist** mode displays a histogram
of each tracer event occurrence. For further details, please refer to the
respective man page.
MODES
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**top**
Prints the summary from *timerlat* tracer.
**hist**
Prints a histogram of timerlat samples.
If no *MODE* is given, the top mode is called, passing the arguments.
OPTIONS
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**-h**, **--help**
Display the help text.
For other options, see the man page for the corresponding mode.
SEE ALSO
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**rtla-timerlat-top**\(1), **rtla-timerlat-hist**\(1)
*timerlat* tracer documentation: <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/trace/timerlat-tracer.html>
AUTHOR
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Written by Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <[email protected]>
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