sar -w

sar -w

      -w     Report task creation and system switching activity.
             proc/s
                    Total number of tasks created per second.
             cswch/s
                    Total number of context switches per second.

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/17868720

03:18:01 PM    proc/s   cswch/s
03:19:01 PM      4.48  53128.04
03:20:01 PM      1.13  85850.44
03:21:01 PM      0.93  63526.27
03:22:01 PM      0.95  91457.65
03:23:01 PM      0.95  90476.60

Related

• Context switch
• nmon
• nice

See also

• process, thread, NLWP, context switch sar -w, Multitasking, Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL), POSIX Threads, Grand Central Dispatch (GCD or libdispatch), mutex, futex