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DMSTATS(8)                   MAINTENANCE COMMANDS                   DMSTATS(8)

NAME
       dmstats -- device-mapper statistics management
SYNOPSIS
       dmsetup stats command [OPTIONS]
       dmstats command device_name | --major major --minor minor | -u|--uuid
              uuid [-v|--verbose]
       dmstats clear device_name [--allprograms|--programid id]
              [--allregions|--regionid id]
       dmstats create device_name...|file_path...|--alldevices [--areas
              nr_areas|--areasize area_size] [--bounds histogram_boundaries]
              [--filemap] [--follow follow_mode] [--foreground] [--nomonitor]
              [--nogroup] [--precise] [--start start_sector --length
              length|--segments] [--userdata user_data] [--programid id]
       dmstats delete device_name|--alldevices [--allprograms|--programid id]
              [--allregions|--regionid id]
       dmstats group [device_name|--alldevices] [--alias name] [--regions
              regions]
       dmstats help [-c|-C|--columns]
       dmstats list [device_name] [--histogram] [--allprograms|--programid id]
              [--units units] [--area] [--region] [--group] [--nosuffix]
              [--notimesuffix] [-v|--verbose]
       dmstats print [device_name] [--clear] [--allprograms|--programid id]
              [--allregions|--regionid id]
       dmstats report [device_name] [--interval seconds] [--count count]
              [--units units] [--histogram] [--allprograms|--programid id]
              [--allregions|--regionid id] [--area] [--region] [--group]
              [-O|--sort sort_fields] [-S|--select selection] [--units units]
              [--nosuffix] [--notimesuffix]
       dmstats ungroup [device_name|--alldevices] [--groupid id]
       dmstats update_filemap file_path [--groupid id] [--follow follow_mode]
              [--foreground]
DESCRIPTION
       The  dmstats program manages IO statistics regions for devices that use
       the device-mapper driver. Statistics regions may be  created,  deleted,
       listed and reported on using the tool.
       The first argument to dmstats is a command.
       The  second  argument  is the device name, uuid or major and minor num-
       bers.
       Further options permit the selection of regions, output format control,
       and reporting behaviour.
       When no device argument is given dmstats will by default operate on all
       device-mapper devices present. The create and delete  commands  require
       the use of --alldevices when used in this way.
OPTIONS
       --alias name
              Specify an alias name for a group.
       --alldevices
              If  no device arguments are given allow operation on all devices
              when creating or deleting regions.
       --allprograms
              Include regions from all program IDs for list and report  opera-
              tions.
       --allregions
              Include  all present regions for commands that normally accept a
              single region identifier.
       --area
              When peforming a list or report, include objects of type area in
              the results.
       --areas nr_areas
              Specify  the  number  of statistics areas to create within a new
              region.
       --areasize area_size[b|B|s|S|k|K|m|M|g|G|t|T|p|P|e|E]
              Specify the size of areas into which  a  new  region  should  be
              divided.   An   optional   suffix  selects  units  of:  (b)ytes,
              (s)ectors, (k)ilobytes, (m)egabytes,  (g)igabytes,  (t)erabytes,
              (p)etabytes,  (e)xabytes.   Capitalise  to use multiples of 1000
              (S.I.) instead of 1024.
       --clear
              When printing statistics counters, also atomically reset them to
              zero.
       --count count
              Specify  the iteration count for repeating reports. If the count
              argument is zero reports will continue to  repeat  until  inter-
              rupted.
       --group
              When  peforming  a list or report, include objects of type group
              in the results.
       --filemap
              Instead of creating regions on a device as specified by  command
              line  options,  open  the file found at each file_path argument,
              and create regions corresponding to the locations of the on-disk
              extents allocated to the file(s).
       --nomonitor
              Disable  the  dmfilemapd  daemon  when  creating new file mapped
              groups. Normally the device-mapper  filemap  monitoring  daemon,
              dmfilemapd,  is started for each file mapped group to update the
              set of regions as the file changes on-disk: use of  this  option
              disables this behaviour.
              Regions   in   the   group   may   still  be  updated  with  the
              update_filemap command, or by starting the daemon manually.
       --follow follow_mode
              Specify the dmfilemapd file following mode. The file  map  moni-
              toring  daemon  can monitor files in two distinct ways: the mode
              affects the behaviour of the daemon when a file under monitoring
              is  renamed or unlinked, and the conditions which cause the dae-
              mon to terminate.
              The follow_mode argument is  either  "inode",  for  follow-inode
              mode, or "path", for follow-path.
              If  follow-inode  mode  is  used,  the daemon will hold the file
              open, and continue to update regions from the same file descrip-
              tor.  This  means  that  the  mapping  will  follow rename, move
              (within the same file system), and unlink operations. This  mode
              is  useful  if  the  file  is  expected to be moved, renamed, or
              unlinked while it is being monitored.
              In follow-inode mode, the daemon will exit once it detects  that
              the file has been unlinked and it is the last holder of a refer-
              ence to it.
              If follow-path is used, the daemon  will  re-open  the  provided
              path  on  each  monitoring  iteration. This means that the group
              will be updated to reflect a new file being moved  to  the  same
              path  as  the  original file. This mode is useful for files that
              are expected to be updated via unlink and rename.
              In follow-path mode, the daemon will exit if the file is removed
              and not replaced within a brief tolerance interval.
              In  either mode, the daemon exits automatically if the monitored
              group is removed.
       --foreground
              Specify that the dmfilemapd daemon should run in the foreground.
              The  daemon  will not fork into the background, and will replace
              the dmstats command that started it.
       --groupid id
              Specify the group to operate on.
       --bounds histogram_boundaries[ns|us|ms|s]
              Specify the boundaries of a latency histogram to be tracked  for
              the  region as a comma separated list of latency values. Latency
              values are given in nanoseconds. An optional unit suffix of  ns,
              us,  ms,  or s may be given after each value to specify units of
              nanoseconds, microseconds, miliseconds or seconds respectively.
       --histogram
              When used with the  report  and  list  commands  select  default
              fields that emphasize latency histogram data.
       --interval seconds
              Specify  the  interval  in seconds between successive iterations
              for repeating reports. If --interval is specified but --count is
              not, reports will continue to repeat until interrupted.
       --length length[b|B|s|S|k|K|m|M|g|G|t|T|p|P|e|E]
              Specify  the  length  of  a new statistics region in sectors. An
              optional  suffix   selects   units   of:   (b)ytes,   (s)ectors,
              (k)ilobytes, (m)egabytes, (g)igabytes, (t)erabytes, (p)etabytes,
              (e)xabytes.  Capitalise to use multiples of 1000 (S.I.)  instead
              of 1024.
       -j|--major major
              Specify the major number.
       -m|--minor minor
              Specify the minor number.
       --nogroup
              When  creating regions mapping the extents of a file in the file
              system, do not create a group or set an alias.
       --nosuffix
              Suppress the suffix on output sizes.  Use with --units (except h
              and H) if processing the output.
       --notimesuffix
              Suppress  the  suffix  on output time values. Histogram boundary
              values will be reported in units of nanoseconds.
       -o|--options
              Specify which report fields to display.
       -O|--sort sort_fields
              Sort output according to the list of fields given.  Precede  any
              sort field with '-' for a reverse sort on that column.
       --precise
              Attempt  to  use nanosecond precision counters when creating new
              statistics regions.
       --programid id
              Specify a  program  ID  string.  When  creating  new  statistics
              regions this string is stored with the region. Subsequent opera-
              tions may supply a program ID in order to  select  only  regions
              with  a  matching value. The default program ID for dmstats-man-
              aged regions is "dmstats".
       --region
              When peforming a list or report, include objects of type  region
              in the results.
       --regionid id
              Specify the region to operate on.
       --regions region_list
              Specify  a  list of regions to group. The group list is a comma-
              separated list of region identifiers.  Continuous  sequences  of
              identifiers  may  be  expressed as a hyphen separated range, for
              example: '1-10'.
       --relative
              If displaying the histogram report  show  relative  (percentage)
              values instead of absolute counts.
       -S|--select selection
              Display  only  rows that match selection criteria. All rows with
              the additional "selected" column (-o selected) showing 1 if  the
              row  matches the selection and 0 otherwise. The selection crite-
              ria are defined by specifying column names and their valid  val-
              ues while making use of supported comparison operators.
       --start start[b|B|s|S|k|K|m|M|g|G|t|T|p|P|e|E]
              Specify  the start offset of a new statistics region in sectors.
              An  optional  suffix  selects  units  of:  (b)ytes,   (s)ectors,
              (k)ilobytes, (m)egabytes, (g)igabytes, (t)erabytes, (p)etabytes,
              (e)xabytes.  Capitalise to use multiples of 1000 (S.I.)  instead
              of 1024.
       --segments
              When  used  with create, create a new statistics region for each
              target contained in the given device(s). This causes a  separate
              region to be allocated for each segment of the device.
              The  newly created regions are automatically placed into a group
              unless the --nogroup option is given. When grouping is enabled a
              group alias may be specified using the --alias option.
       --units [units][h|H|b|B|s|S|k|K|m|M|g|G|t|T|p|P|e|E]
              Set  the  display units for report output.  All sizes are output
              in   these   units:   (h)uman-readable,   (b)ytes,    (s)ectors,
              (k)ilobytes, (m)egabytes, (g)igabytes, (t)erabytes, (p)etabytes,
              (e)xabytes.  Capitalise to use multiples of 1000 (S.I.)  instead
              of 1024.  Can also specify custom units e.g. --units 3M.
       --userdata user_data
              Specify  user  data (a word) to be stored with a new region. The
              value is added to any internal  auxilliary  data  (for  example,
              group  information),  and stored with the region in the aux_data
              field provided by the kernel. Whitespace is not permitted.
       -u|--uuid
              Specify the uuid.
       -v|--verbose [-v|--verbose]
              Produce additional output.
COMMANDS
       clear device_name [--allprograms|--programid id]
              [--allregions|--regionid id]
              Instructs the kernel to clear statistics counters for the spefi-
              cied regions (with the exception of in-flight IO counters).
       create device_name...|file_path...|--alldevices [--areas
              nr_areas|--areasize area_size] [--bounds histogram_boundaries]
              [--filemap] [--follow follow_mode] [--foreground] [--nomonitor]
              [--nogroup] [--precise] [--start start_sector --length
              length|--segments] [--userdata user_data] [--programid id]
              Creates one or more new  statistics  regions  on  the  specified
              device(s).
              The  region  will  span  the  entire  device  unless --start and
              --length or  --segments  are  given.  The  --start  an  --length
              options  allow  a  region of arbitrary length to be placed at an
              arbitrary offset into the device. The --segments option causes a
              new  region  to  be created for each target in the corresponding
              device-mapper device's table.
              If the --precise option is used the command will attempt to cre-
              ate a region using nanosecond precision counters.
              If --bounds is given a latency histogram will be tracked for the
              new region. The boundaries of the histogram bins are given as  a
              comma  separated  list  of  latency values. There is an implicit
              lower bound of zero on the first bin and an implicit upper bound
              of  infinity  (or the configured interval duration) on the final
              bin.
              Latencies are given in nanoseconds. An optional unit  suffix  of
              ns,  us, ms, or s may be given after each value to specify units
              of nanoseconds, microseconds,  miliseconds  or  seconds  respec-
              tively,  so for example, 10ms is equivalent to 10000000. Latency
              values with a precision of less than one milisecond can only  be
              used  when  precise  timestamps are enabled: if --precise is not
              given and values less than one milisecond are used  it  will  be
              enabled automatically.
              An  optional  program_id  or  user_data string may be associated
              with the region. A program_id may then be used to select regions
              for subsequent list, print, and report operations. The user_data
              stores an arbitrary string and is not used  by  dmstats  or  the
              device-mapper kernel statistics subsystem.
              By   default  dmstats  creates  regions  with  a  program_id  of
              "dmstats".
              On success the region_id of the newly created region is  printed
              to stdout.
              If the --filemap option is given with a regular file, or list of
              files, as the file_path argument, instead  of  creating  regions
              with parameters specified on the command line, dmstats will open
              the files located at file_path and create regions  corresponding
              to  the physical extents allocated to the file. This can be used
              to monitor statistics for individual files in the  file  system,
              for  example, virtual machine images, swap areas, or large data-
              base files.
              To work with the --filemap option, files must be  located  on  a
              local  file  system, backed by a device-mapper device, that sup-
              ports physical extent data using the FIEMAP ioctl (Ext4 and  XFS
              for e.g.).
              By  default  regions that map a file are placed into a group and
              the group alias is set to the basename of the file. This  behav-
              iour can be overridden with the --alias and --nogroup options.
              Creating a group that maps a file automatically starts a daemon,
              dmfilemapd to monitor the file and update  the  mapping  as  the
              extents allocated to the file change. This behaviour can be dis-
              abled using the --nomonitor option.
              Use the --group option to only display  information  for  groups
              when listing and reporting.
       delete device_name|--alldevices [--allprograms|--programid id]
              [--allregions|--regionid id]
              Delete  the  specified  statistics  region.  All  counters   and
              resources  used  by  the region are released and the region will
              not appear in the output of subsequent list,  print,  or  report
              operations.
              All regions registered on a device may be removed using --allre-
              gions.
              To remove all regions  on  all  devices  both  --allregions  and
              --alldevices must be used.
              If a --groupid is given instead of a --regionid the command will
              attempt to delete the group and all regions that it contains.
              If a deleted region is the first member of a  group  of  regions
              the group will also be removed.
       group [device_name|--alldevices] [--alias name] [--regions regions]
              Combine  one  or more statistics regions on the specified device
              into a group.
              The list of regions to be grouped is  specified  with  --regions
              and  an  optional alias may be assigned with --alias. The set of
              regions is given as a comma-separated  list  of  region  identi-
              fiers.  A  continuous range of identifers spanning from R1 to R2
              may be expressed as 'R1-R2'.
              Regions that have a histogram configured can be grouped: in this
              case  the  number  of histogram bins and their bounds must match
              exactly.
              On success the group list and newly created group_id are printed
              to stdout.
              The  group  metadata  is stored with the first (lowest numbered)
              region_id in the group: deleting this region  will  also  delete
              the  group  and  other  group  members will be returned to their
              prior state.
       help [-c|-C|--columns]
              Outputs a summary of the commands available, optionally  includ-
              ing the list of report fields.
       list [device_name] [--histogram] [--allprograms|--programid id]
              [--units units] [--area] [--region] [--group] [--nosuffix]
              [--notimesuffix] [-v|--verbose]
              List  the statistics regions, areas, or groups registered on the
              device.  If the --allprograms switch is given all  regions  will
              be listed regardless of region program ID values.
              By  default only regions and groups are included in list output.
              If -v or --verbose is given the report will also include  a  row
              of  information for each configured group and for each area con-
              tained in each region displayed.
              Regions that contain a single area are by default  omitted  from
              the  verbose  list  since  their properties are identical to the
              area that they contain - to view all regions regardless  of  the
              number  of  areas  present use --region). To also view the areas
              contained within regions use --area.
              If --histogram is given the report will include  the  bin  count
              and latency boundary values for any configured histograms.
       print [device_name] [--clear] [--allprograms|--programid id]
              [--allregions|--regionid id]
              Print raw statistics counters for the specified  region  or  for
              all present regions.
       report [device_name] [--interval seconds] [--count count] [--units
              units] [--histogram] [--allprograms|--programid id]
              [--allregions|--regionid id] [--area] [--region] [--group]
              [-O|--sort sort_fields] [-S|--select selection] [--units units]
              [--nosuffix] [--notimesuffix]
              Start  a  report  for  the  specified  object or for all present
              objects. If the count argument is  specified,  the  report  will
              repeat  at  a  fixed  interval set by the --interval option. The
              default interval is one second.
              If the --allprograms  switch  is  given,  all  regions  will  be
              listed, regardless of region program ID values.
              If  the  --histogram  is  given the report will include the his-
              togram values and latency boundaries.
              If the --relative is used the default histogram  field  displays
              bin values as a percentage of the total number of I/Os.
              Object  types  (areas,  regions  and  groups)  to include in the
              report are selected using  the  --area,  --region,  and  --group
              options.
       ungroup [device_name|--alldevices] [--groupid id]
              Remove  an  existing group and return all the group's regions to
              their original state.
              The group to be removed is specified using --groupid.
       update_filemap file_path [--groupid id] [--follow follow_mode] [--fore-
              ground]
              Update  a  group  of dmstats regions specified by group_id, that
              were previously created with --filemap, either directly,  or  by
              starting the monitoring daemon, dmfilemapd.
              This will add and remove regions to reflect changes in the allo-
              cated extents of the file on-disk, since the time  that  it  was
              crated or last updated.
              Use  of this command is not normally needed since the dmfilemapd
              daemon will automatically monitor  filemap  groups  and  perform
              these updates when required.
              If  a filemapped group was created with --nomonitor, or the dae-
              mon has been killed, the update_filemap can be used to  manually
              force an update or start a new daemon.
              Use  --nomonitor  to  force a direct update and disable starting
              the monitoring daemon.
REGIONS, AREAS, AND GROUPS
       The device-mapper statistics facility allows separate performance coun-
       ters  to  be  maintained for arbitrary regions of devices. A region may
       span any range: from a single sector to the whole device. A region  may
       be  further  sub-divided into a number of distinct areas (one or more),
       each with its own counter set. In this case a  summary  value  for  the
       entire region is also available for use in reports.
       In  addition,  one or more regions on one device can be combined into a
       statistics group. Groups allow several regions  to  be  aggregated  and
       reported  as  a  single  entity; counters for all regions and areas are
       summed and used to report totals for all  group  members.  Groups  also
       permit  the  assignment of an optional alias, allowing meaningful names
       to be associated with sets of regions.
       The group metadata is stored with the first (lowest numbered) region_id
       in the group: deleting this region will also delete the group and other
       group members will be returned to their prior state.
       By default new regions span the entire device. The --start and --length
       options allows a region of any size to be placed at any location on the
       device.
       Using offsets it is possible to  create  regions  that  map  individual
       objects within a block device (for example: partitions, files in a file
       system, or stripes or other structures in a RAID volume). Groups  allow
       several  non-contiguous  regions to be assembled together for reporting
       and data aggregation.
       A region may be either divided into the specified number of equal-sized
       areas,  or into areas of the given size by specifying one of --areas or
       --areasize when creating a region with the create command. Depending on
       the  size  of the areas and the device region the final area within the
       region may be smaller than requested.
       Region identifiers
       Each region is assigned an identifier when it is created that  is  used
       to  reference  the  region in subsequent operations. Region identifiers
       are unique within a given device (including across different program_id
       values).
       Depending  on  the  sequence  of create and delete operations, gaps may
       exist in the sequence of region_id values for a particular device.
       The region_id should be treated as an opaque identifier used to  refer-
       ence the region.
       Group identifiers
       Groups  are  also assigned an integer identifier at creation time; like
       region identifiers, group identifiers are unique within the  containing
       device.
       The  group_id  should be treated as an opaque identifier used to refer-
       ence the group.
FILE MAPPING
       Using --filemap, it is possible to create regions  that  correspond  to
       the  extents of a file in the file system. This allows IO statistics to
       be monitored on a per-file basis, for example to observe large database
       files, virtual machine images, or other files of interest.
       To  be  able  to use file mapping, the file must be backed by a device-
       mapper device, and in a file system that supports the FIEMAP ioctl (and
       which  returns  data describing the physical location of extents). This
       currently includes xfs(5) and ext4(5).
       By default the regions making up a file are placed together in a group,
       and  the group alias is set to the basename(3) of the file. This allows
       statistics to be reported for the file as a whole,  aggregating  values
       for the regions making up the group. To see only the whole file (group)
       when using the list and report commands, use --group.
       Since it is possible for the file to change after the initial group  of
       regions  is  created, the update_filemap command, and dmfilemapd daemon
       are provided to update file mapped groups either manually or  automati-
       cally.
       File follow modes
       The  file map monitoring daemon can monitor files in two distinct ways:
       follow-inode mode, and follow-path mode.
       The mode affects the behaviour of the daemon when a file under monitor-
       ing  is  renamed or unlinked, and the conditions which cause the daemon
       to terminate.
       If follow-inode mode is used, the daemon will hold the file  open,  and
       continue  to  update  regions from the same file descriptor. This means
       that the mapping will follow rename, move (within the  same  file  sys-
       tem),  and  unlink  operations.  This  mode  is  useful  if the file is
       expected to be moved, renamed, or unlinked while it is being monitored.
       In follow-inode mode, the daemon will exit once  it  detects  that  the
       file has been unlinked and it is the last holder of a reference to it.
       If  follow-path  is  used, the daemon will re-open the provided path on
       each monitoring iteration. This means that the group will be updated to
       reflect  a  new file being moved to the same path as the original file.
       This mode is useful for files that  are  expected  to  be  updated  via
       unlink and rename.
       In  follow-path  mode,  the daemon will exit if the file is removed and
       not replaced within a brief tolerance interval (one second).
       To stop the daemon, delete the group containing the mapped regions: the
       daemon will automatically shut down.
       The daemon can also be safely killed at any time and the group kept: if
       the file is still being allocated the mapping will become progressively
       out-of-date  as  extents are added and removed (in this case the daemon
       can be re-started or the group updated manually with the update_filemap
       command).
       See the create command and --filemap, --follow, and --nomonitor options
       for further information.
       Limitations
       The daemon attempts to maintain good synchronisation between  the  file
       extents  and  the regions contained in the group, however, since it can
       only react to new allocations once they have been  written,  there  are
       inevitably  some  IO events that cannot be counted when a file is grow-
       ing, particularly if the file is being  extended  by  a  single  thread
       writing beyond end-of-file (for example, the dd program).
       There  is a further loss of events in that there is currently no way to
       atomically resize a dmstats region and  preserve  its  current  counter
       values.  This  affects  files  when  they  grow  by extending the final
       extent, rather than allocating a new extent: any events that had  accu-
       mulated  in  the  region between any prior operation and the resize are
       lost.
       File mapping is currently most effective in cases where the majority of
       IO does not trigger extent allocation. Future updates may address these
       limitations when kernel support is available.
REPORT FIELDS
       The dmstats report provides several types of field that may be added to
       the default field set, or used to create custom reports.
       All performance counters and metrics are calculated per-area.
   Derived metrics
       A number of metrics fields are included that provide high level perfor-
       mance indicators. These are based on the fields provided by the conven-
       tional Linux iostat program and are derived from the basic counter val-
       ues provided by the kernel for each area.
       reads_merged_per_sec
              Reads merged per second.
       writes_merged_per_sec
              Writes merged per second.
       reads_per_sec
              Reads completed per second.
       writes_per_sec
              Writes completed per second.
       read_size_per_sec
              Size of data read per second.
       write_size_per_sec
              Size of data written per second.
       avg_request_size
              Average request size.
       queue_size
              Average queue size.
       await  The average wait time for read and write operations.
       r_await
              The average wait time for read operations.
       w_await
              The average wait time for write operations.
       throughput
              The device throughput in operations per second.
       service_time
              The average service time (in milliseconds) for operations issued
              to the device.
       util   Percentage  of CPU time during which I/O requests were issued to
              the device (bandwidth utilization for the device). Device  satu-
              ration occurs when this value is close to 100%.
   Group, region and area meta fields
       Meta  fields  provide  information  about the groups, regions, or areas
       that the statistics values relate to. This includes the region and area
       identifier,  start,  length,  and counts, as well as the program ID and
       user data values.
       region_id
              Region identifier. This is a non-negative  integer  returned  by
              the kernel when a statistics region is created.
       region_start
              The  region  start  location.  Display units are selected by the
              --units option.
       region_len
              The length of the region. Display  units  are  selected  by  the
              --units option.
       area_id
              Area  identifier.  Area  identifiers are assigned by the device-
              mapper statistics library and uniquely identify each area within
              a  region.  Each ID corresponds to a distinct set of performance
              counters for that area of the statistics  region.  Area  identi-
              fiers  are  always  monotonically  increasing within a region so
              that higher ID values correspond  to  greater  sector  addresses
              within  the  area  and  no  gaps  in the sequence of identifiers
              exist.
       area_start
              The area start location.  Display  units  are  selected  by  the
              --units option.
       area_len
              The  length  of  the  area.  Display  units  are selected by the
              --units option.
       area_count
              The number of areas in this region.
       program_id
              The program ID value associated with this region.
       user_data
              The user data value associated with this region.
       group_id
              Group identifier. This is a non-negative integer returned by the
              dmstats group command when a statistics group is created.
       interval_ns
              The  estimated  interval  over  which the current counter values
              have accumulated. The value is reported as an interger expressed
              in units of nanoseconds.
       interval
              The  estimated  interval  over  which the current counter values
              have accumulated. The value is reported  as  a  real  number  in
              units of seconds.
   Basic counters
       Basic  counters provide access to the raw counter data from the kernel,
       allowing further processing to be carried out by another program.
       The kernel provides thirteen  separate  counters  for  each  statistics
       area.  The  first  eleven  of  these  match  the  counters  provided in
       /proc/diskstats or /sys/block/*/*/stat. The final pair provide separate
       counters for read and write time.
       read_count
              Count of reads completed this interval.
       reads_merged_count
              Count of reads merged this interval.
       read_sector_count
              Count of 512 byte sectors read this interval.
       read_time
              Accumulated duration of all read requests (ns).
       write_count
              Count of writes completed this interval.
       writes_merged_count
              Count of writes merged this interval.
       write_sector_count
              Count of 512 byte sectors written this interval.
       write_time
              Accumulated duration of all write requests (ns).
       in_progress_count
              Count of requests currently in progress.
       io_ticks
              Nanoseconds spent servicing requests.
       queue_ticks
              This field is incremented at each I/O start, I/O completion, I/O
              merge, or read of these stats by the number of I/Os in  progress
              multiplied  by  the number of milliseconds spent doing I/O since
              the last update of this field.  This can provide an easy measure
              of  both I/O completion time and the backlog that may be accumu-
              lating.
       read_ticks
              Nanoseconds spent servicing reads.
       write_ticks
              Nanoseconds spent servicing writes.
   Histogram fields
       Histograms measure the frequency distribution  of  user  specified  I/O
       latency intervals. Histogram bin boundaries are specified when a region
       is created.
       A brief representation of the histogram values  and  latency  intervals
       can be included in the report using these fields.
       hist_count
              A  list  of the histogram counts for the current statistics area
              in order of ascending latency value. Each value  represents  the
              number  of  I/Os with latency times falling into that bin's time
              range during the sample period.
       hist_count_bounds
              A list of the histogram counts for the current  statistics  area
              in  order  of  ascending latency value including bin boundaries:
              each count is prefixed by the lower bound of  the  corresponding
              histogram bin.
       hist_count_ranges
              A  list  of the histogram counts for the current statistics area
              in order of ascending latency value  including  bin  boundaries:
              each count is prefixed by both the lower and upper bounds of the
              corresponding histogram bin.
       hist_percent
              A list of the relative histogram values for the current  statis-
              tics  area  in  order of ascending latency value, expressed as a
              percentage. Each value represents the proportion  of  I/Os  with
              latency times falling into that bin's time range during the sam-
              ple period.
       hist_percent_bounds
              A list of the relative histogram values for the current  statis-
              tics  area  in  order of ascending latency value, expressed as a
              percentage and including bin boundaries. Each  value  represents
              the  proportion  of  I/Os  with  latency times falling into that
              bin's time range during the sample period and is  prefixed  with
              the corresponding bin's lower bound.
       hist_percent_ranges
              A  list of the relative histogram values for the current statis-
              tics area in order of ascending latency value,  expressed  as  a
              percentage  and  including bin boundaries. Each value represents
              the proportion of I/Os with  latency  times  falling  into  that
              bin's  time  range during the sample period and is prefixed with
              the corresponding bin's lower and upper bounds.
       hist_bounds
              A list of the histogram boundary values for the current  statis-
              tics  area  in order of ascending latency value.  The values are
              expressed in whole units of seconds,  miliseconds,  microseconds
              or nanoseconds with a suffix indicating the unit.
       hist_ranges
              A  list  of  the histogram bin ranges for the current statistics
              area in order  of  ascending  latency  value.   The  values  are
              expressed  as  "LOWER-UPPER" in whole units of seconds, milisec-
              onds, microseconds or nanoseconds with a suffix  indicating  the
              unit.
       hist_bins
              The number of latency histogram bins configured for the area.
EXAMPLES
       Create a whole-device region with one area on vg00/lvol1
       # dmstats create vg00/lvol1
       vg00/lvol1: Created new region with 1 area(s) as region ID 0
       Create a 32M region 1G into device d0
       # dmstats create --start 1G --length 32M d0
       d0: Created new region with 1 area(s) as region ID 0
       Create a whole-device region with 8 areas on every device
       # dmstats create --areas 8
       vg00-lvol1: Created new region with 8 area(s) as region ID 0
       vg00-lvol2: Created new region with 8 area(s) as region ID 0
       vg00-lvol3: Created new region with 8 area(s) as region ID 0
       vg01-lvol0: Created new region with 8 area(s) as region ID 2
       vg01-lvol1: Created new region with 8 area(s) as region ID 0
       vg00-lvol2: Created new region with 8 area(s) as region ID 1
       Delete all regions on all devices
       # dmstats delete --alldevices --allregions
       Create  a  whole-device  region  with areas 10GiB in size on vg00/lvol1
       using dmsetup
       # dmsetup stats create --areasize 10G vg00/lvol1
       vg00-lvol1: Created new region with 5 area(s) as region ID 1
       Create a 1GiB region with 16 areas at the start of vg00/lvol1
       # dmstats create --start 0 --len 1G --areas=16 vg00/lvol1
       vg00-lvol1: Created new region with 16 area(s) as region ID 0
       List the statistics regions registered on vg00/lvol1
       # dmstats list vg00/lvol1
       Name             RgID  RStart RSize  #Areas ASize  ProgID
       vg00-lvol1           0      0 61.00g      1 61.00g dmstats
       vg00-lvol1           1 61.00g 19.20g      1 19.20g dmstats
       vg00-lvol1           2 80.20g  2.14g      1  2.14g dmstats
       Display five statistics reports for vg00/lvol1 at an  interval  of  one
       second
       # dmstats report --interval 1 --count 5 vg00/lvol1
       # dmstats report
       Name              RgID  ArID  AStart ASize  RRqM/s   WRqM/s   R/s   W/s
       RSz/s WSz/s   AvRqSz  QSize Util%      AWait RdAWa WrAWa
       vg_hex-lv_home       0     0       0  61.00g      0.00      0.00   0.00
       218.00     0   1.04m   4.50k  2.97      81.70 13.62  0.00 13.62
       vg_hex-lv_home        1      0  61.00g  19.20g      0.00     0.00  0.00
       5.00     0 548.00k 109.50k  0.14      11.00 27.40  0.00 27.40
       vg_hex-lv_home       2     0  80.20g   2.14g      0.00      0.00   0.00
       14.00     0   1.15m  84.00k  0.39      18.70 27.71  0.00 27.71
       Create one region for reach target contained in device vg00/lvol1
       # dmstats create --segments vg00/lvol1
       vg00-lvol1: Created new region with 1 area(s) as region ID 0
       vg00-lvol1: Created new region with 1 area(s) as region ID 1
       vg00-lvol1: Created new region with 1 area(s) as region ID 2
       Create  regions  mapping  each  file in the directory images/ and place
       them into separate groups, each named after the corresponding file
       # dmstats create --filemap images/*
       images/vm1.qcow2: Created new group with 87 region(s) as group ID 0.
       images/vm1-1.qcow2: Created new group with 8 region(s) as group ID 87.
       images/vm2.qcow2: Created new group with 11 region(s) as group ID 95.
       images/vm2-1.qcow2: Created new group with 1454 region(s) as  group  ID
       106.
       images/vm3.img: Created new group with 2 region(s) as group ID 1560.
       Print raw counters for region 4 on device d0
       # dmstats print --regionid 4 d0
       2097152+65536 0 0 0 0 29 0 264 701 0 41 701 0 41
AUTHORS
       Bryn M. Reeves <bmr AT redhat.com>
SEE ALSO
       dmsetup(8)
       LVM2 resource page: https://www.sourceware.org/lvm2/
       Device-mapper resource page: http://sources.redhat.com/dm/
       Device-mapper statistics kernel documentation
       Documentation/device-mapper/statistics.txt

Linux                             Jun 23 2016                       DMSTATS(8)