X-Git-Url: http://git.liburcu.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman%2Flttng-ust-dl.3.txt;h=4654ca5719dea81efcdcada5f83f7228e0021057;hb=8a8c2117fb26a42b19975b8745d4333c7aa1a061;hp=28d865c65debb0233a997466963d062c5925d309;hpb=d01f365ab46ae32b002602ee8fe8b7ad4102a659;p=lttng-ust.git diff --git a/doc/man/lttng-ust-dl.3.txt b/doc/man/lttng-ust-dl.3.txt index 28d865c6..4654ca57 100644 --- a/doc/man/lttng-ust-dl.3.txt +++ b/doc/man/lttng-ust-dl.3.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Launch your application by preloading `liblttng-ust-dl.so`: [role="term"] [verse] -*LD_PRELOAD=liblttng-ust-dl.so* my-app +$ *LD_PRELOAD=liblttng-ust-dl.so* my-app DESCRIPTION @@ -27,7 +27,17 @@ man:lttng-ust(3)). See man:lttng(1) to learn more about how to control LTTng tracing sessions. -The following LTTng-UST events are available when using this library: +IMPORTANT: This LTTng-UST helper can also emit _shared library +load/unload_ events (see _Shared library load/unload tracking_ in +man:lttng-ust(3)). You should :not: use the event records generated by +this LTTng-UST helper (prefixed with `lttng_ust_dl:`) to track the +loading and unloading of shared libraries, especially in situations +where a dynamically loaded library loads its own dependencies. Instead, +do preload `liblttng-ust-dl.so`, but use the shared library load/unload +event records, which are more reliable, for your tracking analysis. + +The following LTTng-UST events are available when using this library. + `lttng_ust_dl:dlopen`:: Emitted when man:dlopen(3) is called. @@ -44,8 +54,57 @@ Fields: |`memsz` |Size of loaded library in memory. +|`flags` +|Flags passed to man:dlopen(3). + +|`path` +|Path to loaded library file. + +|`has_build_id` +|Whether or not the loaded library has a build ID. If this field is 1, +you can expect that an `lttng_ust_dl:build_id` event record +follows this one (not necessarily immediately after). + +|`has_debug_link` +|Whether or not the loaded library has debug link information. If this +field is 1, you can expect that an `lttng_ust_dl:debug_link` event +record follows this one (not necessarily immediately after). +|=== + +`lttng_ust_dl:dlmopen`:: + Emitted when man:dlmopen(3) is called. ++ +Fields: ++ +[options="header"] +|=== +|Field name |Description + +|`baddr` +|Base address of loaded library. + +|`memsz` +|Size of loaded library in memory. + +|`nsid` +|ID of the namespace in which the library is loaded (as passed +to man:dlmopen(3)). + +|`flags` +|Flags passed to man:dlmopen(3). + |`path` |Path to loaded library file. + +|`has_build_id` +|Whether or not the loaded library has a build ID. If this field is 1, +you can expect that an `lttng_ust_dl:build_id` event record +follows this one (not necessarily immediately after). + +|`has_debug_link` +|Whether or not the loaded library has debug link information. If this +field is 1, you can expect that an `lttng_ust_dl:debug_link` event +record follows this one (not necessarily immediately after). |=== `lttng_ust_dl:dlclose`::