Overview of information generated by the curt command

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Review the following information to learn the different information that is generated by the curt command, and how you generate specialized reports.

The following is an overview of the content of the report that the curt command generates:

A report header, including the trace file name, the trace size, and the date and time the trace was taken. The header also includes the command that was used when the trace was run. If the PURR register was used to calculate CPU times, this information is also included in the report header.
For each CPU (and a summary of all the CPUs), processing time expressed in milliseconds and as a percentage (idle and non-idle percentages are included) for various CPU usage categories.
For each CPU (and a summary of all the CPUs), processing time expressed in milliseconds and as a percentage for CPU usage in application mode for various application usage categories.
Average thread affinity across all CPUs and for each individual CPU.
For each CPU (and for all the CPUs), the Physical CPU time spent and the percentage of total time this represents.
Average physical CPU affinity across all CPUs and for each individual CPU.
The physical CPU dispatch histogram of each CPU.
The number of preemptions, and the number of H_CEDE and H_CONFER hypervisor calls for each individual CPU.
The total number of idle and non-idle process dispatches for each individual CPU.
Average pthread affinity across all CPUs and for each individual CPU.
The total number of idle and non-idle pthread dispatches for each individual CPU.
Information on the amount of CPU time spent in application and system call (syscall) mode expressed in milliseconds and as a percentage by thread, process, and process type. Also included are the number of threads per process and per process type.
Information on the amount of CPU time spent executing each kernel process, including the idle process, expressed in milliseconds and as a percentage of the total CPU time.
Information on the amount of CPU time spent executing calls to libpthread, expressed in milliseconds and as percentages of the total time and the total application time.
Information on completed system calls that includes the name and address of the system call, the number of times the system call was executed, and the total CPU time expressed in milliseconds and as a percentage with average, minimum, and maximum time the system call was running.
Information on pending system calls, that is, system calls for which the system call return has not occurred at the end of the trace. The information includes the name and address of the system call, the thread or process which made the system call, and the accumulated CPU time the system call was running expressed in milliseconds.
Information on completed hypervisor calls that includes the name and address of the hypervisor call, the number of times the hypervisor call was executed, and the total CPU time expressed in milliseconds and as a percentage with average, minimum, and maximum time the hypervisor call was running.
Information on pending hypervisor calls, which are hypervisor calls that were not completed by the end of the trace. The information includes the name and address of the hypervisor call, the thread or process which made the hypervisor call, and the accumulated CPU time the hypervisor call was running, expressed in milliseconds.
Information on completed pthread calls that includes the name of the pthread call routine, the number of times the pthread call was executed, and the total CPU time expressed in milliseconds and the average, minimum, and maximum time the pthread call was running.
Information on pending pthread calls, that is, pthread calls for which the pthread call return has not occurred at the end of the trace. The information includes the name of the pthread call, the process, the thread and the pthread which made the pthread call, and the accumulated CPU time the pthread call was running expressed in milliseconds.
Information on completed NFS operations that includes the name of the NFS operation, the number of times the NFS operation was executed, and the total CPU time, expressed in milliseconds, and as a percentage with average, minimum, and maximum time the NFS operation call was running.
Information on pending NFS operations, where the NFS operations did not complete before the end of the trace. The information includes the sequence number for NFS V2/V3, or opcode for NFS V4, the thread or process which made the NFS operation, and the accumulated CPU time that the NFS operation was running, expressed in milliseconds.
Information on the first level interrupt handlers (FLIHs) that includes the type of interrupt, the number of times the interrupt occurred, and the total CPU time spent handling the interrupt with average, minimum, and maximum time. This information is given for all CPUs and for each individual CPU. If there are any pending FLIHs (FLIHs for which the resume has not occurred at the end of the trace), for each CPU the accumulated time and the pending FLIH type is reported.
Information on the second level interrupt handlers (SLIHs), which includes the interrupt handler name and address, the number of times the interrupt handler was called, and the total CPU time spent handling the interrupt with average, minimum, and maximum time. This information is given for all CPUs and for each individual CPU. If there are any pending SLIHs (SLIHs for which the return has not occurred at the end of the trace), the accumulated time and the pending SLIH name and address is reported for each CPU.

To create additional, specialized reports, run the curt command using the following flags:

Item	Descriptor
-e	Produces reports containing statistics and additional information on the System Calls Summary Report, Pending System Calls Summary Report, Hypervisor Calls Summary Report, Pending Hypervisor Calls Summary Report, System NFS Calls Summary Report, Pending NFS Calls Summary, Pthread Calls Summary, and the Pending Pthread Calls Summary. The additional information pertains to the total, average, maximum, and minimum elapsed times that a system call was running.
-s	Produces a report containing a list of errors returned by system calls.
-t	Produces a report containing a detailed report on thread status that includes the amount of CPU time the thread was in application and system call mode, what system calls the thread made, processor affinity, the number of times the thread was dispatched, and to which CPU(s) it was dispatched. The report also includes dispatch wait time and details of interrupts.
-p	Produces a report containing a detailed report on process status that includes the amount of CPU time the process was in application and system call mode, application time details, threads that were in the process, pthreads that were in the process, pthread calls that the process made and system calls that the process made.
-P	Produces a report containing a detailed report on pthread status that includes the amount of CPU time the pthread was in application and system call mode, system calls made by the pthread, pthread calls made by the pthread, processor affinity, the number of times the pthread was dispatched and to which CPU(s) it was dispatched, thread affinity, and the number of times the pthread was dispatched and to which kernel thread(s) it was dispatched. The report also includes dispatch wait time and details of interrupts.