Performance Management Guide

Performance-Related Subroutines

The following subroutines can be used in monitoring and tuning performance:

bindprocessor()

Binds kernel threads to a processor

getpri()

Determines the scheduling priority of a running process

getpriority()

Determines the nice value of a running process

getrusage()

Retrieves information about the use of system resources

nice()

Increments the nice value of the current process

psdanger()

Retrieves information about paging space use

setpri()

Changes the priority of a running process to a fixed priority

setpriority()

Sets the nice value of a running process