vfs_time_audit(8)

Usage

vfs objects = time_audit

Overview

This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite.

The time_audit VFS module logs system calls that take longer than the number of milliseconds defined by the variable time_audit:timeout. It will log the calls and the time spent in it.

It's kind of comparable with strace -T and is helpful to reveal performance problems with the underlying file and storage subsystems.

This module is stackable.

Options

time_audit:timeout = number of milliseconds

VFS calls that take longer than the defined number of milliseconds that should be logged. The default is 10000 (10s).

Examples

This would log VFS calls that take longer than 3 seconds:

        [sample_share]
	path = /test/sample_share
	vfs objects = time_audit
	time_audit:timeout = 3000

Version

This man page is part of version 4.25.1 of the Samba suite.

History

Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
Debian 13 (Trixie)
Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Debian 11 (Bullseye)
Debian 10 (Buster)
Debian 9 (Stretch)
Debian 8 (Jessie)