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+#pmieconf-rules 1
+# --- DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE --- see pmieconf(4)
+#
+
+rule cpu.syscall
+ summary = "$rule$"
+ predicate =
+"some_host (
+ kernel.all.syscall $hosts$
+ > hinv.ncpu $hosts$ * $threshold$ count/sec
+)"
+ enabled = yes
+ version = 1
+ help =
+"Average number of system calls per CPU per second exceeded
+threshold over the past sample interval.";
+
+string rule
+ default = "High aggregate system call rate"
+ modify = no
+ display = no;
+
+double threshold
+ default = 10000
+ help =
+"The threshold of system calls per second per CPU. The appropriate
+value here is a function of the processor type and the workload, but
+here are some indicative figures of sustained system call rates for a
+single process:
+ getpid() - 380000 syscalls/sec
+ lseek() to start of file - 280000 syscalls/sec
+ gettimeofday() - 200000 syscalls/sec
+ read() at end of file - 83000 syscalls/sec
+ file creat() and close() - 65000 syscalls/sec
+ socket(), connect() and close() - 7000 syscalls/sec
+(generated using an otherwise idle system with 180MHz R10000 processors).";
+
+string action_expand
+ default = %vscall/s@%h
+ display = no
+ modify = no;
+
+string email_expand
+ default = "host: %h aggregate syscalls/sec: %v"
+ display = no
+ modify = no;
+
+
+# Configuration info specific to non-PCP tools follows...
+#
+
+# for SGI Embedded Support Partner integration:
+string esp_type
+ default = "0x200043"
+ display = no
+ modify = no;
+
+# for EnlightenDSM integration:
+string enln_test
+ default = cpu.syscall
+ display = no
+ modify = no;
+string enln_units
+ default = scall/s
+ display = no
+ modify = no;
+
+#
+# --- DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE --- see pmieconf(4)