Ubuntu Manpage: ptsematest - Start two threads and measure the latency of interprocess communication with

NAME

       ptsematest  - Start two threads and measure the latency of interprocess communication with
       POSIX mutex.

SYNOPSIS

       ptsematest   [-a|--affinity   [PROC]]   [-b|--breaktrace   USEC]   [-d|--distance    DIST]
       [-D|--duration TIME] [-h|--help] [-i|--interval INTV] [--json FILENAME] [-l|--loops LOOPS]
       [-p|--prio PRIO] [-q|--quiet] [-S|--smp] [-t|--threads [NUM]]

DESCRIPTION

       The   program   ptsematest   starts   two    threads    that    are    synchronized    via
       pthread_mutex_unlock()/pthread_mutex_lock() and measures the latency between releasing and
       getting the lock.

OPTIONS

-a, --affinity[=PROC]
Run on processor number PROC. If PROC is not specified, run on current processor.

-b, --breaktrace=USEC
Send break trace command when latency > USEC. This is a debugging option to control
the latency tracer in the realtime preemption patch. It is useful to track down
unexpected large latencies of a system.

-d, --distance=DIST
Set the distance of thread intervals in microseconds (default is 500 us). When
cyclictest is called with the -t option and more than one thread is created, then
this distance value is added to the interval of the threads: Interval(thread N) =
Interval(thread N-1) + DIST

-D, --duration=TIME
Specify a length for the test run.
Append 'm', 'h', or 'd' to specify minutes, hours or days.

-h, --help
Print help message.

-i, --interval=INTV
Set the base interval of the thread(s) in microseconds (default is 1000 us). This
sets the interval of the first thread. See also -d.

--json=FILENAME
Write final results into FILENAME, JSON formatted.

-l, --loops=LOOPS
Set the number of loops. The default is 0 (endless). This option is useful for
automated tests with a given number of test cycles. ptsematest is stopped once the
number of timer intervals has been reached.

-p, --prio=PRIO
Set the priority of the process.

-q, --quiet
Print a summary only on exit. Useful for automated tests, where only the summary
output needs to be captured.

-S, --smp
SMP testing: options -a -t and same priority

-t, --threads[=NUM]
Set the number of test threads (default is 1, if this option is not given). If NUM
is specified, create NUM test threads. If NUM is not specified, NUM is set to the
number of available CPUs.

EXAMPLES

       The following example was running on a 4-way processor:

       # ptsematest -a -t -p99 -i100 -d25 -l1000000
       #0: ID8672, P99, CPU0, I100; #1: ID8673, P99, CPU0, Cycles 1000000
       #2: ID8674, P98, CPU1, I125; #3: ID8675, P98, CPU1, Cycles 811035
       #4: ID8676, P97, CPU2, I150; #5: ID8677, P97, CPU2, Cycles 668130
       #6: ID8678, P96, CPU3, I175; #7: ID8679, P96, CPU3, Cycles 589423
       #1 -> #0, Min    1, Cur    1, Avg    2, Max   11
       #3 -> #2, Min    1, Cur    2, Avg    2, Max   13
       #5 -> #4, Min    1, Cur    4, Avg    3, Max   12
       #7 -> #6, Min    1, Cur    4, Avg    2, Max   12

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