Service graphs
Graph Information
This graph shows the number of interrupts and context switches on the system. These are typically high on a busy system.
| Field |
Internal name |
Type |
Warn |
Crit |
Info |
| device interrupts |
devint |
derive |
|
|
Device interrupts come from hardware (exceptions, NMI, IRQ) |
| software interrupts |
softint |
derive |
|
|
Software interrupts are typically deferred processing from hardware interrupts |
| context switches |
ctx |
derive |
|
|
A context switch occurs when a multitasking operatings system suspends the currently running process, and starts executing another. |
