Table 1 Kernel data sources in each operating system
From: Evaluation of desktop operating systems under thrashing conditions
OS | Mechanism | Counters |
|---|---|---|
FreeBSD | sysctl | kern.cp_time |
vm.stats.vm.v_swappgsin | ||
vm.stats.vm.v_swappgsout | ||
OpenSolaris | kstat | cpu_ticks_user |
cpu_ticks_kernel | ||
pgswapin | ||
pgswapout | ||
Linux | /proc | /proc/stat |
/proc/vmstat | ||
Windows XP | perfmon | CPU.%User Time |
CPU.%Privileged Time | ||
memory.Pages Input/sec | ||
memory.Pages Output/sec |