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mpstat Command in Linux with Examples

Last Updated : 23 Oct, 2024

mpstat is a powerful and versatile command-line tool within a Linux system that allows detailed reporting of various processor-related statistics. Indeed, part of the sysstat package, mpstat delivers comprehensive CPU utilization and performance data, thus becoming an essential utility for both system administrators and performance analysts as well as developers aiming to optimize system resources.

mpstat is most useful with multi-processor environments, and statistics can be gathered for each individual CPU core. It sets up the first processor to be CPU 0, the second to be CPU 1, and so forth. Therefore, by employing mpstat, you can analyze systems with multiple cores in great detail in search of bottlenecks, balance the workloads, or fine-tune the system performance.

Before you get going with the usage of mpstat, verify it is installed on your system. Installation instructions depend on your Linux distribution:

sudo yum install sysstat

 sudo apt install sysstat

Immediately after installation, you may need to activate the sysstat service in order for it to collect the data properly:

sudo systemctl enable sysstat && sudo systemctl start sysstat

mpstat [options] [interval [count]]

where,

• options: Numerous flags to customize the output
• interval: Secs between reports
• count: Number of reports

mpstat

This command prints an aggregate view of CPU-usage statistics since system startup. There is much useful metrics like:

• %usr: Percentage of CPU spent at user-level
• %sys: Percentage of CPU spent at kernel level
• %iowait: Percent of CPU spent idle due to wait of input/output requests
• %idle: CPU idle time, not including wait time for I/O operations

Option

Description

-P

print CPU utilization of specified processor(s)

-A

Display all CPU statistics and report percpu statistics

-u

print CPU utilization

-I

print interrupt statistics

-n

print network statistics

--dec=

Print in specified number of decimal places, from 0 to 2.

All CPUs, 2 second intervals for 5 reports:

mpstat -P ALL 2 5

This will print out an overview of the details of the performance for each CPU, on a 10-second period, updating every 2 seconds. It is also very useful in detecting imbalances of workload distribution among cores.

mpstat -I ALL

This command would print out some statistics detailing interrupts, from both hardware and software points of view. It is particularly very helpful in tracking interrupt-related performance problems.

mpstat -P ALL --dec=2 1 2

This command will print statistics of all CPUs to two decimal places of precision, updating every one second for 3 reports. Increased precision improves the analysis.

To properly analyze your system, you need to be familiar with how to read the output of mpstat. Here's a more detailed explanation of the most important metrics.

Metric

Description

Interpretation

%usr

User-level CPU usage

High values indicate CPU-bound application workloads

%sys

System CPU usage percentage

This could imply excessive number of system calls or some driver problem

%iowait

CPU idled while waiting for I/O completion

High %iowait can imply some form of I/O bottleneck (disks or networks)

%idle

CPU idled time, excluding iowait

Low values indicate high %cpu utilization

%irq

CPU usage for servicing hardware interrupts

High values may indicate problems due to hardware or drivers

%soft

percentage of time spent servicing software interrupts

high values may indicate that network or I/O processing is going on

Let's look at a few real world scenarios where mpstat can be quite helpful:

mpstat -P ALL 1 10 | grep -v CPU | awk '$12 < 10 {print $3, $12}'

This command identifies the CPUs which are idling less than 10%, thus possibly CPU-bound processes. Combine it with 'top' or 'ps' to figure which ones are really eating high CPU usage time

mpstat 1 60 | awk '$6 > 10 {print "High I/O wait at " strftime("%H:%M:%S"), "iowait: " $6}'

This command will monitor I/O wait times for 60 seconds, alerting when they exceed 10%. High I/O waits might be indicative of a disk or network bottleneck.

mpstat -I SUM -P ALL 1 5

This command can be used to analyze how interrupts are being distributed across the CPUs. A very uneven or skewed distribution might suggest that some interrupt balancing or CPU affinity adjustments need to be done.

This is one powerful tool the Linux system administrator will want to have in his bag of tricks. It provides detailed, real-time information on CPU performance and can be quite useful for performance tuning, capacity planning, and troubleshooting. Once you master mpstat along with other system monitoring tools, you are virtually at the helm of running your system at its best.

With the advent of multi-core processors and highly virtualized environments, mpstat becomes even more relevant, as with regular monitoring and analysis via mpstat, performance issues can be detected before they start to hurt the users, ensuring a smooth and efficient function of your Linux systems.

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