README

   1 LTTNG USERSPACE TRACER
   2
   3 Dependencies:
   4
   5 - liburcu
   6   Userspace RCU library, by Mathieu Desnoyers and Paul E. McKenney
   7   http://ltt.polymtl.ca/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=userspace-rcu.git;a=summary
   8
   9 - libkcompat
  10   Linux kernel userspace compatibility library.
  11   http://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca
  12
  13 Installation instruction:
  14
  15 - Download, compile and install liburcu and libkcompat.
  16 - In this package's tree, run ./configure.
  17 - Run make.
  18 - See the manual in the doc/ directory for usage instructions.
  19
  20 Package contents:
  21
  22 - libust
  23   The actual userspace tracing library that must be linked to the
  24   instrumented programs.
  25
  26 - ustctl
  27   A program to control the tracing of userspace applications. It can list
  28   markers, start the tracing, stop the tracing, enable/disable markers, etc.
  29
  30 - ustd
  31   The daemon that collects trace data and writes it to the disk.
  32
  33 - Documentation
  34
  35 - hello
  36   An example application that uses the userspace tracer.
  37
  38 - libmallocwrap
  39   An example library that can be LD_PRELOAD'ed to instrument calls to malloc()
  40   in any program without need to recompile it.
  41
  42 - libinterfork
  43   A library that is LD_PRELOAD'ed, and that hijacks calls to several system
  44   calls in order to trace across these calls.