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#### Flame Command
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Software flamegraphs are useful in diagnosing software performance bottlenecks. Run `perfspect flame` to capture a system-wide software flamegraph.
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Software flamegraphs are useful in diagnosing software performance bottlenecks. Run `perfspect flame` to capture a system-wide software flamegraph. **Important Note:** The target system must have perl installed and on the PATH to process the data required for flamegraphs.
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#### Lock Command
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As systems contain more and more cores, it can be useful to analyze the kernel lock overhead and potential false-sharing that impacts system scalability. Run `perfspect lock` to collect system wide hotspot, c2c and lock contention information. Experienced performance engineers can analyze the collected information to identify bottlenecks.

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