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NAME

       kerneltop - shows linux kernel function usage in a style like top

SYNOPSIS

       kerneltop [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual page documents briefly the kerneltop command.  This manual
       page was written for  the  Debian  distribution  because  the  original
       program does not have a manual page.

       kerneltop  shows  linux  kernel  function  usage  in  a  style like top
       (modules are not included), it is derived from readprofile.

OPTIONS

       -m <mapfile>
              Set the <mapfile> (default = "/boot/System.map").

       -p <pro-file>
              Set the <pro-file> (default = "/proc/profile").

       -l <lines>
              Set number of lines to print (def. = 20; max = 100).

       -s <seconds>
              Set sleep time in seconds (def. = 1).

       -t <ticks>
              Set threshold of number  of  ticks  to  print  (def.  =  1).   A
              function must have this many ticks to be printed.

       -u     Print unsorted (skip the sort).

       -V     Print version and exit.

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page was written by Gustavo Franco <stratus@acm.org>, for
       the Debian project (but may be used by others).

                                 May 27, 2004