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@chapter CPU Usage Statistics

@section Introduction

The CPU usage statistics manager is an RTEMS support

component that provides a convenient way to manipulate

the CPU usage information associated with each task

The routines provided by the CPU usage statistics manager are:

@itemize @bullet

@item @code{CPU_usage_Dump} - Report CPU Usage Statistics

@item @code{CPU_usage_Reset} - Reset CPU Usage Statistics

@end itemize

@section Background

@section Operations

@section Report CPU Usage Statistics

@subsection Reporting Period Statistics

The application may dynamically report the CPU usage for every

task in the system by calling the @code{CPU_usage_Dump} routine.

This routine prints a table with the following information per task:

@itemize @bullet

@item task id

@item task name

@item number of clock ticks executed

@item percentage of time consumed by this task

@end itemize

The following is an example of the report generated:

@example

@group

CPU Usage by thread

   ID        NAME        TICKS    PERCENT

0x04010001   IDLE           0     0.000

0x08010002   TA1         1203     0.748

0x08010003   TA2          203     0.126

0x08010004   TA3          202     0.126

Ticks since last reset = 1600

Total Units = 1608

@end group

@end example

Notice that the "Total Units" is greater than the ticks per reset.

This is an artifact of the way in which RTEMS keeps track of CPU

usage.  When a task is context switched into the CPU, the number

of clock ticks it has executed is incremented.  While the task

is executing, this number is incremented on each clock tick.

Otherwise, if a task begins and completes execution between

successive clock ticks, there would be no way to tell that it

executed at all.

Another thing to keep in mind when looking at idle time, is that

many systems -- especially during debug -- have a task providing

some type of debug interface.  It is usually fine to think of the

total idle time as being the sum of the IDLE task and a debug

task that will not be included in a production build of an application.

@section Reset CPU Usage Statistics

Invoking the @code{CPU_usage_Reset} routine resets the CPU usage

statistics for all tasks in the system.

@section Directives

This section details the CPU usage statistics manager's directives.

A subsection is dedicated to each of this manager's directives

and describes the calling sequence, related constants, usage,

and status codes.

@page

@subsection CPU_usage_Dump - Report CPU Usage Statistics

@subheading CALLING SEQUENCE:

@ifset is-C

@example

void CPU_usage_Dump( void );

@end example

@end ifset

@ifset is-Ada

@example

An Ada interface is not currently available.

@end example

@end ifset

@subheading STATUS CODES: NONE

@subheading DESCRIPTION:

This routine prints out a table detailing the CPU usage statistics for

all tasks in the system.

@subheading NOTES:

NONE

@page

@subsection CPU_usage_Reset - Reset CPU Usage Statistics

@subheading CALLING SEQUENCE:

@ifset is-C

@example

void CPU_usage_Reset( void );

@end example

@end ifset

@ifset is-Ada

@example

An Ada interface is not currently available.

@end example

@end ifset

@subheading STATUS CODES: NONE

@subheading DESCRIPTION:

This routine re-initializes the CPU usage statistics for all tasks

in the system to their initial state.  The initial state is that

a task has not executed and thus has consumed no CPU time.

default state which is when zero period executions have occurred.

@subheading NOTES:

NONE