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Bug ID 6496550
Synopsis DTrace needs a way to get time linear sequential output on multi-cpu systems.
State 1-Dispatched (Default State)
Category:Subcategory kernel:dtrace
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Reported Against snv_51 , snv_52 , s10u2_fcs
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Release Fixed
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Submit Date 22-November-2006
Last Update Date 17-May-2007
Description 
Because dtrace places the per-cpu trace information in per-cpu buffers and then consolidates them when the dtrace utility downloads the buffers,  blocks of the final output may appear out of order. This has proven to be somewhat frustrating to users, and is often very confusing to new users until they know what is going on. Dtrace needs a way to produce the output in sequential order.
Work Around 
The workaround is to print a timestamp on each line and then sort the output.
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