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.TH PMADVISE 1 "Sep 25, 2008"
.SH NAME
pmadvise \- applies advice about memory to a process
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBpmadvise\fR \fB-o\fR \fIoption\fR[,\fIoption\fR] [\fB-F\fR] [\fB-l\fR] [\fB-v\fR] \fIpid\fR...
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
\fBpmadvise\fR applies advice about how memory is used in the specified process
using \fBmadvise\fR(3C).
.sp
.LP
\fBpmadvise\fR allows users to apply advice to a specific sub-range at a
specific instant in time. \fBpmadvise\fR differs from \fBmadv.so.1\fR(1) in
that \fBmadv.so.1\fR(1) applies the advice throughout execution of the target
program to all segments of a specified type.
.SH OPTIONS
.LP
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-F\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Force by grabbing the target process even if another process has control.
.sp
You should exercise caution when using the \fB-F\fR option. See \fBproc\fR(1).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-l\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Show unresolved dynamic linker map names.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-o\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Specify advice to apply in the following form:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
private=\fBadvice\fR
shared=\fBadvice\fR
heap=\fBadvice\fR
stack=\fBadvice\fR
\fBaddress\fR[:\fBlength\fR]=\fBadvice\fR
.fi
.in -2
.sp

where the \fBadvice\fR can be one of the following:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
normal
random
sequential
willneed
dontneed
free
access_lwp
access_many
access_default
purge
.fi
.in -2
.sp

An \fBaddress\fR and \fBlength\fR can be given to specify a subrange to apply
the advice.The \fBaddress\fR should be hexadecimal and the \fBlength\fR should
be in bytes by default.
.sp
If \fBlength\fR is not specified and the starting address refers to the start
of a segment, the advice is applied to that segment. \fBlength\fR can be
qualified by \fBK\fR, \fBM\fR, \fBG\fR, \fBT\fR, \fBP\fR, or \fBE\fR to specify
kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, or exabytes respectively as the
unit of measure.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-v\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Print verbose output. Display output as \fBpmap\fR(1) does, showing what advice
is being applied where. This can be useful when the advice is being applied to
a named region (for example, private, shared, and so forth) to get feedback on
exactly where the advice is being applied.
.RE

.sp
.LP
\fBpmadvise\fR tries to process all legal options. If an illegal address range
is specified, an error message is printed and the offending option is skipped.
\fBpmadvise\fR quits without processing any options and prints a usage message
when there is a syntax error.
.sp
.LP
If conflicting advice is given on a region, the order of precedence is from
most specific advice to least, that is, most general. In other words, advice
specified for a particular address range takes precedence over advice for heap
and stack which in turn takes precedence over advice for private and shared
memory.
.sp
.LP
Moreover, the advice in each of the following groups are mutually exclusive
from the other advice within the same group:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
MADV_NORMAL, MADV_RANDOM, MADV_SEQUENTIAL
MADV_WILLNEED, MADV_DONTNEED, MADV_FREE, MADV_PURGE
MADV_ACCESS_DEFAULT, MADV_ACCESS_LWP, MADV_ACCESS_MANY
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.SH OPERANDS
.LP
The following operands are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIpid\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
Process ID.
.RE

.SH EXAMPLES
\fBExample 1 \fRApplying Advice to a Segment at Specified Address
.sp
.LP
The following example applies advice to a segment at a specified address:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
% pmap $$
100666: tcsh
00010000     312K r-x--  /usr/bin/tcsh
0006C000      48K rwx--  /usr/bin/tcsh
00078000     536K rwx--    [ heap ]
FF100000     856K r-x--  /lib/libc.so.1
FF1E6000      32K rwx--  /lib/libc.so.1
FF1EE000       8K rwx--  /lib/libc.so.1
FF230000     168K r-x--  /lib/libcurses.so.1
FF26A000      32K rwx--  /lib/libcurses.so.1
FF272000       8K rwx--  /lib/libcurses.so.1
FF280000     576K r-x--  /lib/libnsl.so.1
FF310000      40K rwx--  /lib/libnsl.so.1
FF31A000      24K rwx--  /lib/libnsl.so.1
FF364000       8K rwxs-    [ anon ]
FF370000      48K r-x--  /lib/libsocket.so.1
FF38C000       8K rwx--  /lib/libsocket.so.1
FF3A0000       8K r-x--  /platform/sun4u-us3/lib/libc_psr.so.1
FF3B0000     176K r-x--  /lib/ld.so.1
FF3EC000       8K rwx--  /lib/ld.so.1
FF3EE000       8K rwx--  /lib/ld.so.1
FFBE6000     104K rw---    [ stack ]
%
% pmadvise -o 78000=access_lwp $$

%
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.LP
\fBExample 2 \fRUsing the \fB-v\fR Option
.sp
.LP
The following example displays verbose output from \fBpmadvise\fR:

.sp
.in +2
.nf

% pmadvise -o heap=access_lwp,stack=access_default -v $$
1720:   -sh
00010000      88K r-x--  /sbin/sh
00036000       8K rwx--  /sbin/sh
00038000      16K rwx--    [ heap ]           <= access_lwp
FF250000      24K r-x--  /lib/libgen.so.1
FF266000       8K rwx--  /lib/libgen.so.1
FF272000       8K rwxs-    [ anon ]
FF280000     840K r-x--  /lib/libc.so.1
FF362000      32K rwx--  /lib/libc.so.1
FF36A000      16K rwx--  /lib/libc.so.1
FF380000       8K r-x--  /platform/sun4u-us3/lib/libc_psr.so.1
FF390000      64K rwx--    [ anon ]
FF3B0000     168K r-x--  /lib/ld.so.1
FF3EA000       8K rwx--  /lib/ld.so.1
FF3EC000       8K rwx--  /lib/ld.so.1
FFBFE000       8K rw---    [ stack ]          <= access_default
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.SH EXIT STATUS
.LP
The following exit values are returned:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
Successful completion.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBnon-zero\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
An error occurred.
.RE

.SH FILES
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/proc/*\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 19n
Process files
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/prob/lib/*\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 19n
\fBproc\fR tools support files
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	See below.
.TE

.sp
.LP
The command syntax is Evolving. The output formats are Unstable.
.SH SEE ALSO
.LP
\fBmadv.so.1\fR(1), \fBpmap\fR(1), \fBproc\fR(1), \fBmadvise\fR(3C),
\fBattributes\fR(5)