cpuwalk.bt(8) System Manager's Manual cpuwalk.bt(8) NAME cpuwalk.bt - Sample which CPUs are executing processes.. Uses bpftrace/eBPF. SYNOPSIS cpuwalk.bt DESCRIPTION This tool samples CPUs at 99 Hertz, then prints a histogram showing which CPUs were active. 99 Hertz is used to avoid lockstep sampling that would skew results. This tool can help identify if your application's workload is evenly using the CPUs, or if there is an imbalance problem. Since this uses BPF, only the root user can use this tool. REQUIREMENTS CONFIG_BPF and bpftrace. EXAMPLES Sample CPUs and print a summary on Ctrl-C: # cpuwalk.bt FIELDS 1st, 2nd The CPU is shown in the first field, after the "[". Disregard the second field. 3rd A column showing the number of samples for this CPU. 4th This is an ASCII histogram representing the count column. OVERHEAD This should be negligible. SOURCE This is from bpftrace. https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace Also look in the bpftrace distribution for a companion _examples.txt file containing example usage, output, and commentary for this tool. OS Linux STABILITY Unstable - in development. AUTHOR Brendan Gregg SEE ALSO mpstat(1) USER COMMANDS 2018-09-08 cpuwalk.bt(8)