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  2. bootstat.h
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  4. bootstat_get_last
  5. bootstat_log.cc
  6. bootstat_summary
  7. bootstat_test.cc
  8. BUILD.gn
  9. OWNERS
  10. README.md
bootstat/README.md

CrOS bootstat

This is the Chromium OS ‘bootstat’ utility. The utility is used to generate timestamps and other performance statistics during system boot.

CLI Specification

bootstat

bootstat <event-name>

This command gathers and records the contents of /proc/uptime and disk statistics for the boot disk (the full disk, not the boot partition), and associates the data with the passed in <event-name>.

bootstat_get_last

bootstat_get_last <event-name> [ <stat> ... ]

Print on standard output the value of the selected statistics recorded when the specified event occurred. These are the available statistics:

  • time: Total time since kernel startup at the time of the event.
  • read-sectors: Total sectors read from any partition of the boot device since kernel startup.
  • write-sectors: Total sectors written to any partition of the boot device since kernel startup.

If multiple statistics are requested, they are reported in order, one per line. If no statistics are listed on the command line, the default is to report time.

If an event has occurred more than once since kernel startup, only the statistics from the last occurrence are reported.

API Specification

The C and C++ API is defined in bootstat.h. See that header for specification details.

Design and Implementation Details

Uptime data are stored in a file named /tmp/uptime-<event-name>; disk statistics are stored in a file named /tmp/disk-<event-name>. This convention is a concession to pre-existing code that depends on these files existing with these specific names, including the platform.BootPerf test, the boot-complete upstart job, and the Chrome code to report boot time on the login screen.

New code should treat the file names as an implementation detail, not as the interface. You should not add new code that depends on the file names; instead, you should enhance the bootstat command and/or library to provide access to the data you need.