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1 | The LTTng Documentation |
2 | ======================= | |
3 | Philippe Proulx <pproulx@efficios.com> | |
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5 | |
6 | ||
7 | include::../common/copyright.txt[] | |
8 | ||
9 | ||
10 | include::../common/welcome.txt[] | |
11 | ||
12 | ||
13 | include::../common/audience.txt[] | |
14 | ||
15 | ||
16 | [[chapters]] | |
17 | === What's in this documentation? | |
18 | ||
19 | The LTTng Documentation is divided into the following sections: | |
20 | ||
21 | * **<<nuts-and-bolts,Nuts and bolts>>** explains the | |
22 | rudiments of software tracing and the rationale behind the | |
23 | LTTng project. | |
24 | + | |
25 | You can skip this section if you’re familiar with software tracing and | |
26 | with the LTTng project. | |
27 | ||
28 | * **<<installing-lttng,Installation>>** describes the steps to | |
29 | install the LTTng packages on common Linux distributions and from | |
30 | their sources. | |
31 | + | |
32 | You can skip this section if you already properly installed LTTng on | |
33 | your target system. | |
34 | ||
35 | * **<<getting-started,Quick start>>** is a concise guide to | |
36 | getting started quickly with LTTng kernel and user space tracing. | |
37 | + | |
38 | We recommend this section if you're new to LTTng or to software tracing | |
39 | in general. | |
40 | + | |
41 | You can skip this section if you're not new to LTTng. | |
42 | ||
43 | * **<<core-concepts,Core concepts>>** explains the concepts at | |
44 | the heart of LTTng. | |
45 | + | |
46 | It's a good idea to become familiar with the core concepts | |
47 | before attempting to use the toolkit. | |
48 | ||
49 | * **<<plumbing,Components of LTTng>>** describes the various components | |
50 | of the LTTng machinery, like the daemons, the libraries, and the | |
51 | command-line interface. | |
52 | * **<<instrumenting,Instrumentation>>** shows different ways to | |
53 | instrument user applications and the Linux kernel. | |
54 | + | |
55 | Instrumenting source code is essential to provide a meaningful | |
56 | source of events. | |
57 | + | |
58 | You can skip this section if you do not have a programming background. | |
59 | ||
60 | * **<<controlling-tracing,Tracing control>>** is divided into topics | |
61 | which demonstrate how to use the vast array of features that | |
62 | LTTng{nbsp}{revision} offers. | |
63 | * **<<reference,Reference>>** contains reference tables. | |
64 | * **<<glossary,Glossary>>** is a specialized dictionary of terms related | |
65 | to LTTng or to the field of software tracing. | |
66 | ||
67 | ||
68 | include::../common/convention.txt[] | |
69 | ||
70 | ||
71 | include::../common/acknowledgements.txt[] | |
72 | ||
73 | ||
74 | [[whats-new]] | |
75 | == What's new in LTTng {revision}? | |
76 | ||
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77 | LTTng{nbsp}{revision} bears the name _Joannès_. A Berliner Weisse style |
78 | beer from the http://letreflenoir.com/[Trèfle Noir] microbrewery in | |
79 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouyn-Noranda[Rouyn-Noranda], the | |
80 | https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/20537/238967/[_**Joannès**_] | |
81 | is a tangy beer with a distinct pink dress and intense fruit flavor, | |
82 | thanks to the presence of fresh blackcurrant grown in Témiscamingue. | |
83 | ||
84 | New features and changes in LTTng{nbsp}{revision}: | |
85 | ||
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86 | * **Tracing control**: |
87 | ** You can override the name or the URL of a tracing session | |
88 | configuration when you use man:lttng-load(1) thanks to the new | |
89 | opt:lttng-load(1):--override-name and | |
90 | opt:lttng-load(1):--override-url options. | |
91 | ** The new `lttng regenerate` command replaces the now deprecated | |
92 | `lttng metadata` command of LTTng 2.8. man:lttng-regenerate(1) can | |
93 | also <<regenerate-statedump,generate the state dump event records>> | |
94 | of a given tracing session on demand, a handy feature when | |
95 | <<taking-a-snapshot,taking a snapshot>>. | |
96 | ** You can add PMU counters by raw ID with man:lttng-add-context(1): | |
97 | + | |
98 | -- | |
99 | [role="term"] | |
100 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 101 | $ lttng add-context --kernel --type=perf:cpu:raw:r0013c:x86unhalted |
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102 | ---- |
103 | -- | |
104 | + | |
105 | The format of the raw ID is the same as used with man:perf-record(1). | |
106 | See <<adding-context,Add context fields to a channel>> for more | |
107 | examples. | |
108 | ||
109 | ** The LTTng <<lttng-relayd,relay daemon>> is now supported on | |
110 | OS{nbsp}X and macOS for a smoother integration within a trace | |
111 | analysis workflow, regardless of the platform used. | |
112 | ||
113 | * **User space tracing**: | |
114 | ** Improved performance (tested on x86-64 and ARMv7-A | |
115 | (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubieboard[Cubieboard]) | |
116 | architectures). | |
117 | ** New helper library (`liblttng-ust-fd`) to help with | |
118 | <<liblttng-ust-fd,applications which close file descriptors that | |
119 | don't belong to them>>, for example, in a loop which closes file | |
120 | descriptors after man:fork(2), or BSD's `closeall()`. | |
121 | ** More accurate <<liblttng-ust-dl,dynamic linker instrumentation>> and | |
122 | state dump event records, especially when a dynamically loaded | |
123 | library manually loads its own dependencies. | |
124 | ** New `ctf_*()` field definition macros (see man:lttng-ust(3)): | |
125 | *** `ctf_array_hex()` | |
126 | *** `ctf_array_network()` | |
127 | *** `ctf_array_network_hex()` | |
128 | *** `ctf_sequence_hex()` | |
129 | *** `ctf_sequence_network()` | |
130 | *** `ctf_sequence_network_hex()` | |
131 | ** New `lttng_ust_loaded` weak symbol defined by `liblttng-ust` for | |
132 | an application to know if the LTTng-UST shared library is loaded | |
133 | or not: | |
134 | + | |
135 | -- | |
136 | [source,c] | |
137 | ---- | |
138 | #include <stdio.h> | |
139 | ||
140 | int lttng_ust_loaded __attribute__((weak)); | |
141 | ||
142 | int main(void) | |
143 | { | |
144 | if (lttng_ust_loaded) { | |
145 | puts("LTTng-UST is loaded!"); | |
146 | } else { | |
147 | puts("LTTng-UST is not loaded!"); | |
148 | } | |
149 | ||
150 | return 0; | |
151 | } | |
152 | ---- | |
153 | -- | |
154 | ||
155 | ** LTTng-UST thread names have the `-ust` suffix. | |
156 | ||
157 | * **Linux kernel tracing**: | |
158 | ** Improved performance (tested on x86-64 and ARMv7-A | |
159 | (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubieboard[Cubieboard]) | |
160 | architectures). | |
161 | ** New enumeration <<lttng-modules-tp-fields,field definition macros>>: | |
162 | `ctf_enum()` and `ctf_user_enum()`. | |
163 | ** IPv4, IPv6, and TCP header data is recorded in the event records | |
164 | produced by tracepoints starting with `net_`. | |
165 | ** Detailed system call event records: `select`, `pselect6`, `poll`, | |
166 | `ppoll`, `epoll_wait`, `epoll_pwait`, and `epoll_ctl` on all | |
167 | architectures supported by LTTng-modules, and `accept4` on x86-64. | |
168 | ** New I²C instrumentation: the `extract_sensitive_payload` parameter | |
169 | of the new `lttng-probe-i2c` LTTng module controls whether or not | |
170 | the payloads of I²C messages are recorded in I²C event records, since | |
171 | they may contain sensitive data (for example, keystrokes). | |
172 | ** When the LTTng kernel modules are built into the Linux kernel image, | |
173 | the `CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS` configuration option is automatically | |
174 | selected. | |
175 | ||
176 | ||
177 | [[nuts-and-bolts]] | |
178 | == Nuts and bolts | |
179 | ||
180 | What is LTTng? As its name suggests, the _Linux Trace Toolkit: next | |
181 | generation_ is a modern toolkit for tracing Linux systems and | |
182 | applications. So your first question might be: | |
183 | **what is tracing?** | |
184 | ||
185 | ||
186 | [[what-is-tracing]] | |
187 | === What is tracing? | |
188 | ||
189 | As the history of software engineering progressed and led to what | |
190 | we now take for granted--complex, numerous and | |
191 | interdependent software applications running in parallel on | |
192 | sophisticated operating systems like Linux--the authors of such | |
193 | components, software developers, began feeling a natural | |
194 | urge to have tools that would ensure the robustness and good performance | |
195 | of their masterpieces. | |
196 | ||
197 | One major achievement in this field is, inarguably, the | |
198 | https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/[GNU debugger (GDB)], | |
199 | an essential tool for developers to find and fix bugs. But even the best | |
200 | debugger won't help make your software run faster, and nowadays, faster | |
201 | software means either more work done by the same hardware, or cheaper | |
202 | hardware for the same work. | |
203 | ||
204 | A _profiler_ is often the tool of choice to identify performance | |
205 | bottlenecks. Profiling is suitable to identify _where_ performance is | |
206 | lost in a given software. The profiler outputs a profile, a statistical | |
207 | summary of observed events, which you may use to discover which | |
208 | functions took the most time to execute. However, a profiler won't | |
209 | report _why_ some identified functions are the bottleneck. Bottlenecks | |
210 | might only occur when specific conditions are met, conditions that are | |
211 | sometimes impossible to capture by a statistical profiler, or impossible | |
212 | to reproduce with an application altered by the overhead of an | |
213 | event-based profiler. For a thorough investigation of software | |
214 | performance issues, a history of execution is essential, with the | |
215 | recorded values of variables and context fields you choose, and | |
216 | with as little influence as possible on the instrumented software. This | |
217 | is where tracing comes in handy. | |
218 | ||
219 | _Tracing_ is a technique used to understand what goes on in a running | |
220 | software system. The software used for tracing is called a _tracer_, | |
221 | which is conceptually similar to a tape recorder. When recording, | |
222 | specific instrumentation points placed in the software source code | |
223 | generate events that are saved on a giant tape: a _trace_ file. You | |
224 | can trace user applications and the operating system at the same time, | |
225 | opening the possibility of resolving a wide range of problems that would | |
226 | otherwise be extremely challenging. | |
227 | ||
228 | Tracing is often compared to _logging_. However, tracers and loggers are | |
229 | two different tools, serving two different purposes. Tracers are | |
230 | designed to record much lower-level events that occur much more | |
231 | frequently than log messages, often in the range of thousands per | |
232 | second, with very little execution overhead. Logging is more appropriate | |
233 | for a very high-level analysis of less frequent events: user accesses, | |
234 | exceptional conditions (errors and warnings, for example), database | |
235 | transactions, instant messaging communications, and such. Simply put, | |
236 | logging is one of the many use cases that can be satisfied with tracing. | |
237 | ||
238 | The list of recorded events inside a trace file can be read manually | |
239 | like a log file for the maximum level of detail, but it is generally | |
240 | much more interesting to perform application-specific analyses to | |
241 | produce reduced statistics and graphs that are useful to resolve a | |
242 | given problem. Trace viewers and analyzers are specialized tools | |
243 | designed to do this. | |
244 | ||
245 | In the end, this is what LTTng is: a powerful, open source set of | |
246 | tools to trace the Linux kernel and user applications at the same time. | |
247 | LTTng is composed of several components actively maintained and | |
248 | developed by its link:/community/#where[community]. | |
249 | ||
250 | ||
251 | [[lttng-alternatives]] | |
252 | === Alternatives to noch:{LTTng} | |
253 | ||
254 | Excluding proprietary solutions, a few competing software tracers | |
255 | exist for Linux: | |
256 | ||
257 | * https://github.com/dtrace4linux/linux[dtrace4linux] is a port of | |
258 | Sun Microsystems's DTrace to Linux. The cmd:dtrace tool interprets | |
259 | user scripts and is responsible for loading code into the | |
260 | Linux kernel for further execution and collecting the outputted data. | |
261 | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Packet_Filter[eBPF] is a | |
262 | subsystem in the Linux kernel in which a virtual machine can execute | |
263 | programs passed from the user space to the kernel. You can attach | |
264 | such programs to tracepoints and KProbes thanks to a system call, and | |
265 | they can output data to the user space when executed thanks to | |
266 | different mechanisms (pipe, VM register values, and eBPF maps, to name | |
267 | a few). | |
268 | * https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt[ftrace] | |
269 | is the de facto function tracer of the Linux kernel. Its user | |
270 | interface is a set of special files in sysfs. | |
271 | * https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/[perf] is | |
272 | a performance analyzing tool for Linux which supports hardware | |
273 | performance counters, tracepoints, as well as other counters and | |
274 | types of probes. perf's controlling utility is the cmd:perf command | |
275 | line/curses tool. | |
276 | * http://linux.die.net/man/1/strace[strace] | |
277 | is a command-line utility which records system calls made by a | |
278 | user process, as well as signal deliveries and changes of process | |
279 | state. strace makes use of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptrace[ptrace] | |
280 | to fulfill its function. | |
281 | * http://www.sysdig.org/[sysdig], like SystemTap, uses scripts to | |
282 | analyze Linux kernel events. You write scripts, or _chisels_ in | |
283 | sysdig's jargon, in Lua and sysdig executes them while the system is | |
284 | being traced or afterwards. sysdig's interface is the cmd:sysdig | |
285 | command-line tool as well as the curses-based cmd:csysdig tool. | |
286 | * https://sourceware.org/systemtap/[SystemTap] is a Linux kernel and | |
287 | user space tracer which uses custom user scripts to produce plain text | |
288 | traces. SystemTap converts the scripts to the C language, and then | |
289 | compiles them as Linux kernel modules which are loaded to produce | |
290 | trace data. SystemTap's primary user interface is the cmd:stap | |
291 | command-line tool. | |
292 | ||
293 | The main distinctive features of LTTng is that it produces correlated | |
294 | kernel and user space traces, as well as doing so with the lowest | |
295 | overhead amongst other solutions. It produces trace files in the | |
296 | http://diamon.org/ctf[CTF] format, a file format optimized | |
297 | for the production and analyses of multi-gigabyte data. | |
298 | ||
299 | LTTng is the result of more than 10 years of active open source | |
300 | development by a community of passionate developers. | |
301 | LTTng{nbsp}{revision} is currently available on major desktop and server | |
302 | Linux distributions. | |
303 | ||
304 | The main interface for tracing control is a single command-line tool | |
305 | named cmd:lttng. The latter can create several tracing sessions, enable | |
306 | and disable events on the fly, filter events efficiently with custom | |
307 | user expressions, start and stop tracing, and much more. LTTng can | |
308 | record the traces on the file system or send them over the network, and | |
309 | keep them totally or partially. You can view the traces once tracing | |
310 | becomes inactive or in real-time. | |
311 | ||
312 | <<installing-lttng,Install LTTng now>> and | |
313 | <<getting-started,start tracing>>! | |
314 | ||
315 | ||
316 | [[installing-lttng]] | |
317 | == Installation | |
318 | ||
319 | **LTTng** is a set of software <<plumbing,components>> which interact to | |
320 | <<instrumenting,instrument>> the Linux kernel and user applications, and | |
321 | to <<controlling-tracing,control tracing>> (start and stop | |
322 | tracing, enable and disable event rules, and the rest). Those | |
323 | components are bundled into the following packages: | |
324 | ||
325 | * **LTTng-tools**: Libraries and command-line interface to | |
326 | control tracing. | |
327 | * **LTTng-modules**: Linux kernel modules to instrument and | |
328 | trace the kernel. | |
329 | * **LTTng-UST**: Libraries and Java/Python packages to instrument and | |
330 | trace user applications. | |
331 | ||
332 | Most distributions mark the LTTng-modules and LTTng-UST packages as | |
333 | optional when installing LTTng-tools (which is always required). In the | |
334 | following sections, we always provide the steps to install all three, | |
335 | but note that: | |
336 | ||
337 | * You only need to install LTTng-modules if you intend to trace the | |
338 | Linux kernel. | |
339 | * You only need to install LTTng-UST if you intend to trace user | |
340 | applications. | |
341 | ||
342 | [role="growable"] | |
fe764bb9 | 343 | .Availability of LTTng{nbsp}{revision} for major Linux distributions as of 25 July 2017. |
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344 | |==== |
345 | |Distribution |Available in releases |Alternatives | |
346 | ||
4515af6e | 347 | |https://www.ubuntu.com/[Ubuntu] |
fe764bb9 | 348 | |<<ubuntu,Ubuntu{nbsp}17.04 _Zesty Zapus_>>. |
01b2f702 | 349 | |
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350 | Ubuntu{nbsp}14.04 _Trusty Tahr_ and Ubuntu{nbsp}16.04 _Xenial Xerus_: |
351 | <<ubuntu-ppa,use the LTTng Stable{nbsp}{revision} PPA>>. | |
352 | |<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for | |
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353 | other Ubuntu releases. |
354 | ||
4515af6e | 355 | |https://getfedora.org/[Fedora] |
fe764bb9 | 356 | |<<fedora,Fedora{nbsp}26>>. |
01b2f702 PP |
357 | |link:/docs/v2.8#doc-fedora[LTTng{nbsp}2.8 for Fedora 25]. |
358 | ||
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359 | <<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for |
360 | other Fedora releases. | |
7e35c904 | 361 | |
4515af6e | 362 | |https://www.debian.org/[Debian] |
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363 | |xref:debian[Debian "stretch" (stable), Debian "buster" (testing), |
364 | and Debian "sid" (unstable)]. | |
01b2f702 PP |
365 | |<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for |
366 | other Debian releases. | |
7e35c904 | 367 | |
4515af6e | 368 | |https://www.archlinux.org/[Arch Linux] |
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369 | |<<arch-linux,Latest AUR packages>>. |
370 | | | |
371 | ||
4515af6e | 372 | |https://alpinelinux.org/[Alpine Linux] |
01b2f702 PP |
373 | |<<alpine-linux,Alpine Linux "edge">>. |
374 | |<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for | |
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375 | other Alpine Linux releases. |
376 | ||
4515af6e | 377 | |https://www.redhat.com/[RHEL] and https://www.suse.com/[SLES] |
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378 | |See http://packages.efficios.com/[EfficiOS Enterprise Packages]. |
379 | | | |
380 | ||
4515af6e | 381 | |https://buildroot.org/[Buildroot] |
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382 | |<<buildroot,Buildroot{nbsp}2017.02 and Buildroot{nbsp}2017.05>>. |
383 | |link:/docs/v2.8#doc-buildroot[LTTng{nbsp}2.8 for Buildroot{nbsp}2016.11]. | |
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384 | |
385 | <<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for | |
386 | other Buildroot releases. | |
387 | ||
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388 | |http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/Main_Page[OpenEmbedded] and |
389 | https://www.yoctoproject.org/[Yocto] | |
fe764bb9 | 390 | |<<oe-yocto,Yocto Project{nbsp}2.3 _Pyro_>> (`openembedded-core` layer). |
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391 | |link:/docs/v2.8#doc-oe-yocto[LTTng{nbsp}2.8 for Yocto Project{nbsp}2.2 _Morty_] |
392 | (`openembedded-core` layer). | |
393 | ||
394 | <<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for | |
395 | other OpenEmbedded releases. | |
396 | |==== | |
397 | ||
398 | ||
399 | [[ubuntu]] | |
400 | === [[ubuntu-official-repositories]]Ubuntu | |
401 | ||
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402 | LTTng{nbsp}{revision} is available on Ubuntu{nbsp}17.04 _Zesty Zapus_. |
403 | For previous releases of Ubuntu, <<ubuntu-ppa,use the LTTng | |
404 | Stable{nbsp}{revision} PPA>>. | |
405 | ||
406 | To install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} on Ubuntu{nbsp}17.04 _Zesty Zapus_: | |
407 | ||
408 | . Install the main LTTng{nbsp}{revision} packages: | |
409 | + | |
410 | -- | |
411 | [role="term"] | |
412 | ---- | |
413 | # apt-get install lttng-tools | |
414 | # apt-get install lttng-modules-dkms | |
415 | # apt-get install liblttng-ust-dev | |
416 | ---- | |
417 | -- | |
418 | ||
419 | . **If you need to instrument and trace | |
420 | <<java-application,Java applications>>**, install the LTTng-UST | |
421 | Java agent: | |
422 | + | |
423 | -- | |
424 | [role="term"] | |
425 | ---- | |
426 | # apt-get install liblttng-ust-agent-java | |
427 | ---- | |
428 | -- | |
429 | ||
430 | . **If you need to instrument and trace | |
431 | <<python-application,Python{nbsp}3 applications>>**, install the | |
432 | LTTng-UST Python agent: | |
433 | + | |
434 | -- | |
435 | [role="term"] | |
436 | ---- | |
437 | # apt-get install python3-lttngust | |
438 | ---- | |
439 | -- | |
440 | ||
441 | ||
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442 | [[ubuntu-ppa]] |
443 | ==== noch:{LTTng} Stable {revision} PPA | |
444 | ||
445 | The https://launchpad.net/~lttng/+archive/ubuntu/stable-{revision}[LTTng | |
446 | Stable{nbsp}{revision} PPA] offers the latest stable | |
447 | LTTng{nbsp}{revision} packages for: | |
448 | ||
449 | * Ubuntu{nbsp}14.04 _Trusty Tahr_ | |
450 | * Ubuntu{nbsp}16.04 _Xenial Xerus_ | |
451 | ||
452 | To install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from the LTTng Stable{nbsp}{revision} PPA: | |
453 | ||
454 | . Add the LTTng Stable{nbsp}{revision} PPA repository and update the | |
455 | list of packages: | |
456 | + | |
457 | -- | |
458 | [role="term"] | |
459 | ---- | |
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460 | # apt-add-repository ppa:lttng/stable-2.9 |
461 | # apt-get update | |
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462 | ---- |
463 | -- | |
464 | ||
465 | . Install the main LTTng{nbsp}{revision} packages: | |
466 | + | |
467 | -- | |
468 | [role="term"] | |
469 | ---- | |
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470 | # apt-get install lttng-tools |
471 | # apt-get install lttng-modules-dkms | |
472 | # apt-get install liblttng-ust-dev | |
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473 | ---- |
474 | -- | |
475 | ||
476 | . **If you need to instrument and trace | |
477 | <<java-application,Java applications>>**, install the LTTng-UST | |
478 | Java agent: | |
479 | + | |
480 | -- | |
481 | [role="term"] | |
482 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 483 | # apt-get install liblttng-ust-agent-java |
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484 | ---- |
485 | -- | |
486 | ||
487 | . **If you need to instrument and trace | |
488 | <<python-application,Python{nbsp}3 applications>>**, install the | |
489 | LTTng-UST Python agent: | |
490 | + | |
491 | -- | |
492 | [role="term"] | |
493 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 494 | # apt-get install python3-lttngust |
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495 | ---- |
496 | -- | |
497 | ||
498 | ||
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499 | [[fedora]] |
500 | === Fedora | |
501 | ||
502 | To install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} on Fedora{nbsp}26: | |
503 | ||
504 | . Install the LTTng-tools{nbsp}{revision} and LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision} | |
505 | packages: | |
506 | + | |
507 | -- | |
508 | [role="term"] | |
509 | ---- | |
510 | # yum install lttng-tools | |
511 | # yum install lttng-ust | |
512 | ---- | |
513 | -- | |
514 | ||
515 | . Download, build, and install the latest LTTng-modules{nbsp}{revision}: | |
516 | + | |
517 | -- | |
518 | [role="term"] | |
519 | ---- | |
520 | $ cd $(mktemp -d) && | |
521 | wget http://lttng.org/files/lttng-modules/lttng-modules-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && | |
522 | tar -xf lttng-modules-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && | |
523 | cd lttng-modules-2.9.* && | |
524 | make && | |
525 | sudo make modules_install && | |
526 | sudo depmod -a | |
527 | ---- | |
528 | -- | |
529 | ||
530 | [IMPORTANT] | |
531 | .Java and Python application instrumentation and tracing | |
532 | ==== | |
533 | If you need to instrument and trace <<java-application,Java | |
534 | applications>> on Fedora, you need to build and install | |
535 | LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision} <<building-from-source,from source>> and pass | |
536 | the `--enable-java-agent-jul`, `--enable-java-agent-log4j`, or | |
537 | `--enable-java-agent-all` options to the `configure` script, depending | |
538 | on which Java logging framework you use. | |
539 | ||
540 | If you need to instrument and trace <<python-application,Python | |
541 | applications>> on Fedora, you need to build and install | |
542 | LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision} from source and pass the | |
543 | `--enable-python-agent` option to the `configure` script. | |
544 | ==== | |
545 | ||
546 | ||
01b2f702 PP |
547 | [[debian]] |
548 | === Debian | |
549 | ||
fe764bb9 PP |
550 | To install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} on Debian "stretch" (stable), |
551 | Debian "buster" (testing), or Debian "sid" (unstable): | |
01b2f702 PP |
552 | |
553 | . Install the main LTTng{nbsp}{revision} packages: | |
554 | + | |
555 | -- | |
556 | [role="term"] | |
557 | ---- | |
558 | # apt-get install lttng-modules-dkms | |
559 | # apt-get install liblttng-ust-dev | |
560 | # apt-get install lttng-tools | |
561 | ---- | |
562 | -- | |
563 | ||
564 | . **If you need to instrument and trace <<java-application,Java | |
565 | applications>>**, install the LTTng-UST Java agent: | |
566 | + | |
567 | -- | |
568 | [role="term"] | |
569 | ---- | |
570 | # apt-get install liblttng-ust-agent-java | |
571 | ---- | |
572 | -- | |
573 | ||
574 | . **If you need to instrument and trace <<python-application,Python | |
575 | applications>>**, install the LTTng-UST Python agent: | |
576 | + | |
577 | -- | |
578 | [role="term"] | |
579 | ---- | |
580 | # apt-get install python3-lttngust | |
581 | ---- | |
582 | -- | |
583 | ||
584 | ||
7e35c904 PP |
585 | [[arch-linux]] |
586 | === Arch Linux | |
587 | ||
588 | To install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} on Arch Linux using | |
fe764bb9 | 589 | https://github.com/rmarquis/pacaur[pacaur]: |
7e35c904 PP |
590 | |
591 | . Install the main LTTng{nbsp}{revision} packages: | |
592 | + | |
593 | -- | |
594 | [role="term"] | |
595 | ---- | |
fe764bb9 PP |
596 | $ pacaur -Sy lttng-tools |
597 | $ pacaur -Sy lttng-ust | |
598 | $ pacaur -Sy lttng-modules | |
7e35c904 PP |
599 | ---- |
600 | -- | |
601 | ||
602 | . **If you need to instrument and trace <<python-application,Python | |
603 | applications>>**, install the LTTng-UST Python agent: | |
604 | + | |
605 | -- | |
606 | [role="term"] | |
607 | ---- | |
fe764bb9 PP |
608 | $ pacaur -Sy python-lttngust |
609 | $ pacaur -Sy python2-lttngust | |
7e35c904 PP |
610 | ---- |
611 | -- | |
612 | ||
613 | ||
01b2f702 PP |
614 | [[alpine-linux]] |
615 | === Alpine Linux | |
616 | ||
617 | To install LTTng-tools{nbsp}{revision} and LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision} on | |
618 | Alpine Linux "edge": | |
619 | ||
620 | . Make sure your system is | |
621 | https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Edge[configured for "edge"]. | |
622 | . Enable the _testing_ repository by uncommenting the corresponding | |
623 | line in path:{/etc/apk/repositories}. | |
624 | . Add the LTTng packages: | |
625 | + | |
626 | -- | |
627 | [role="term"] | |
628 | ---- | |
629 | # apk add lttng-tools | |
630 | # apk add lttng-ust-dev | |
631 | ---- | |
632 | -- | |
633 | ||
634 | To install LTTng-modules{nbsp}{revision} (Linux kernel tracing support) | |
635 | on Alpine Linux "edge": | |
636 | ||
637 | . Add the vanilla Linux kernel: | |
638 | + | |
639 | -- | |
640 | [role="term"] | |
641 | ---- | |
642 | # apk add linux-vanilla linux-vanilla-dev | |
643 | ---- | |
644 | -- | |
645 | ||
646 | . Reboot with the vanilla Linux kernel. | |
647 | . Download, build, and install the latest LTTng-modules{nbsp}{revision}: | |
648 | + | |
649 | -- | |
650 | [role="term"] | |
651 | ---- | |
652 | $ cd $(mktemp -d) && | |
fe764bb9 PP |
653 | wget http://lttng.org/files/lttng-modules/lttng-modules-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && |
654 | tar -xf lttng-modules-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && | |
655 | cd lttng-modules-2.9.* && | |
01b2f702 PP |
656 | make && |
657 | sudo make modules_install && | |
658 | sudo depmod -a | |
659 | ---- | |
660 | -- | |
661 | ||
662 | ||
7e35c904 PP |
663 | [[enterprise-distributions]] |
664 | === RHEL, SUSE, and other enterprise distributions | |
665 | ||
666 | To install LTTng on enterprise Linux distributions, such as Red Hat | |
667 | Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SUSE), please | |
668 | see http://packages.efficios.com/[EfficiOS Enterprise Packages]. | |
669 | ||
670 | ||
01b2f702 PP |
671 | [[buildroot]] |
672 | === Buildroot | |
673 | ||
fe764bb9 PP |
674 | To install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} on Buildroot{nbsp}2017.02 or |
675 | Buildroot{nbsp}2017.05: | |
01b2f702 PP |
676 | |
677 | . Launch the Buildroot configuration tool: | |
678 | + | |
679 | -- | |
680 | [role="term"] | |
681 | ---- | |
682 | $ make menuconfig | |
683 | ---- | |
684 | -- | |
685 | ||
686 | . In **Kernel**, check **Linux kernel**. | |
687 | . In **Toolchain**, check **Enable WCHAR support**. | |
688 | . In **Target packages**{nbsp}→ **Debugging, profiling and benchmark**, | |
689 | check **lttng-modules** and **lttng-tools**. | |
690 | . In **Target packages**{nbsp}→ **Libraries**{nbsp}→ | |
691 | **Other**, check **lttng-libust**. | |
692 | ||
693 | ||
fe764bb9 PP |
694 | [[oe-yocto]] |
695 | === OpenEmbedded and Yocto | |
696 | ||
697 | LTTng{nbsp}{revision} recipes are available in the | |
698 | http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/layer/openembedded-core/[`openembedded-core`] | |
699 | layer for Yocto Project{nbsp}2.3 _Pyro_ under the following names: | |
700 | ||
701 | * `lttng-tools` | |
702 | * `lttng-modules` | |
703 | * `lttng-ust` | |
704 | ||
705 | With BitBake, the simplest way to include LTTng recipes in your target | |
706 | image is to add them to `IMAGE_INSTALL_append` in path:{conf/local.conf}: | |
707 | ||
708 | ---- | |
709 | IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " lttng-tools lttng-modules lttng-ust" | |
710 | ---- | |
711 | ||
712 | If you use Hob: | |
713 | ||
714 | . Select a machine and an image recipe. | |
715 | . Click **Edit image recipe**. | |
716 | . Under the **All recipes** tab, search for **lttng**. | |
717 | . Check the desired LTTng recipes. | |
718 | ||
719 | [IMPORTANT] | |
720 | .Java and Python application instrumentation and tracing | |
721 | ==== | |
722 | If you need to instrument and trace <<java-application,Java | |
723 | applications>> on Yocto/OpenEmbedded, you need to build and install | |
724 | LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision} <<building-from-source,from source>> and pass | |
725 | the `--enable-java-agent-jul`, `--enable-java-agent-log4j`, or | |
726 | `--enable-java-agent-all` options to the `configure` script, depending | |
727 | on which Java logging framework you use. | |
728 | ||
729 | If you need to instrument and trace <<python-application,Python | |
730 | applications>> on Yocto/OpenEmbedded, you need to build and install | |
731 | LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision} from source and pass the | |
732 | `--enable-python-agent` option to the `configure` script. | |
733 | ==== | |
734 | ||
735 | ||
7e35c904 PP |
736 | [[building-from-source]] |
737 | === Build from source | |
738 | ||
739 | To build and install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source: | |
740 | ||
741 | . Using your distribution's package manager, or from source, install | |
742 | the following dependencies of LTTng-tools and LTTng-UST: | |
743 | + | |
744 | -- | |
745 | * https://sourceforge.net/projects/libuuid/[libuuid] | |
746 | * http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Popt[popt] | |
747 | * http://liburcu.org/[Userspace RCU] | |
748 | * http://www.xmlsoft.org/[libxml2] | |
749 | -- | |
750 | ||
751 | . Download, build, and install the latest LTTng-modules{nbsp}{revision}: | |
752 | + | |
753 | -- | |
754 | [role="term"] | |
755 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 756 | $ cd $(mktemp -d) && |
7e35c904 PP |
757 | wget http://lttng.org/files/lttng-modules/lttng-modules-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && |
758 | tar -xf lttng-modules-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && | |
759 | cd lttng-modules-2.9.* && | |
760 | make && | |
761 | sudo make modules_install && | |
762 | sudo depmod -a | |
763 | ---- | |
764 | -- | |
765 | ||
766 | . Download, build, and install the latest LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision}: | |
767 | + | |
768 | -- | |
769 | [role="term"] | |
770 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 771 | $ cd $(mktemp -d) && |
7e35c904 PP |
772 | wget http://lttng.org/files/lttng-ust/lttng-ust-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && |
773 | tar -xf lttng-ust-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && | |
774 | cd lttng-ust-2.9.* && | |
775 | ./configure && | |
776 | make && | |
777 | sudo make install && | |
778 | sudo ldconfig | |
779 | ---- | |
780 | -- | |
781 | + | |
782 | -- | |
783 | [IMPORTANT] | |
784 | .Java and Python application tracing | |
785 | ==== | |
786 | If you need to instrument and trace <<java-application,Java | |
787 | applications>>, pass the `--enable-java-agent-jul`, | |
788 | `--enable-java-agent-log4j`, or `--enable-java-agent-all` options to the | |
789 | `configure` script, depending on which Java logging framework you use. | |
790 | ||
791 | If you need to instrument and trace <<python-application,Python | |
792 | applications>>, pass the `--enable-python-agent` option to the | |
793 | `configure` script. You can set the `PYTHON` environment variable to the | |
794 | path to the Python interpreter for which to install the LTTng-UST Python | |
795 | agent package. | |
796 | ==== | |
797 | -- | |
798 | + | |
799 | -- | |
800 | [NOTE] | |
801 | ==== | |
802 | By default, LTTng-UST libraries are installed to | |
803 | dir:{/usr/local/lib}, which is the de facto directory in which to | |
804 | keep self-compiled and third-party libraries. | |
805 | ||
806 | When <<building-tracepoint-providers-and-user-application,linking an | |
807 | instrumented user application with `liblttng-ust`>>: | |
808 | ||
809 | * Append `/usr/local/lib` to the env:LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment | |
810 | variable. | |
811 | * Pass the `-L/usr/local/lib` and `-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib` options to | |
812 | man:gcc(1), man:g++(1), or man:clang(1). | |
813 | ==== | |
814 | -- | |
815 | ||
816 | . Download, build, and install the latest LTTng-tools{nbsp}{revision}: | |
817 | + | |
818 | -- | |
819 | [role="term"] | |
820 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 821 | $ cd $(mktemp -d) && |
7e35c904 PP |
822 | wget http://lttng.org/files/lttng-tools/lttng-tools-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && |
823 | tar -xf lttng-tools-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && | |
824 | cd lttng-tools-2.9.* && | |
825 | ./configure && | |
826 | make && | |
827 | sudo make install && | |
828 | sudo ldconfig | |
829 | ---- | |
830 | -- | |
831 | ||
832 | TIP: The https://github.com/eepp/vlttng[vlttng tool] can do all the | |
833 | previous steps automatically for a given version of LTTng and confine | |
834 | the installed files in a specific directory. This can be useful to test | |
835 | LTTng without installing it on your system. | |
836 | ||
837 | ||
838 | [[getting-started]] | |
839 | == Quick start | |
840 | ||
841 | This is a short guide to get started quickly with LTTng kernel and user | |
842 | space tracing. | |
843 | ||
844 | Before you follow this guide, make sure to <<installing-lttng,install>> | |
845 | LTTng. | |
846 | ||
847 | This tutorial walks you through the steps to: | |
848 | ||
849 | . <<tracing-the-linux-kernel,Trace the Linux kernel>>. | |
850 | . <<tracing-your-own-user-application,Trace a user application>> written | |
851 | in C. | |
852 | . <<viewing-and-analyzing-your-traces,View and analyze the | |
853 | recorded events>>. | |
854 | ||
855 | ||
856 | [[tracing-the-linux-kernel]] | |
857 | === Trace the Linux kernel | |
858 | ||
ded02698 PP |
859 | The following command lines start with the `#` prompt because you need |
860 | root privileges to trace the Linux kernel. You can also trace the kernel | |
861 | as a regular user if your Unix user is a member of the | |
862 | <<tracing-group,tracing group>>. | |
7e35c904 | 863 | |
cdd6b153 PP |
864 | . Create a <<tracing-session,tracing session>> which writes its traces |
865 | to dir:{/tmp/my-kernel-trace}: | |
7e35c904 PP |
866 | + |
867 | -- | |
868 | [role="term"] | |
869 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 870 | # lttng create my-kernel-session --output=/tmp/my-kernel-trace |
7e35c904 PP |
871 | ---- |
872 | -- | |
873 | ||
874 | . List the available kernel tracepoints and system calls: | |
875 | + | |
876 | -- | |
877 | [role="term"] | |
878 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
879 | # lttng list --kernel |
880 | # lttng list --kernel --syscall | |
7e35c904 PP |
881 | ---- |
882 | -- | |
883 | ||
cdd6b153 PP |
884 | . Create <<event,event rules>> which match the desired instrumentation |
885 | point names, for example the `sched_switch` and `sched_process_fork` | |
886 | tracepoints, and the man:open(2) and man:close(2) system calls: | |
7e35c904 PP |
887 | + |
888 | -- | |
889 | [role="term"] | |
890 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
891 | # lttng enable-event --kernel sched_switch,sched_process_fork |
892 | # lttng enable-event --kernel --syscall open,close | |
7e35c904 PP |
893 | ---- |
894 | -- | |
895 | + | |
cdd6b153 | 896 | You can also create an event rule which matches _all_ the Linux kernel |
7e35c904 PP |
897 | tracepoints (this will generate a lot of data when tracing): |
898 | + | |
899 | -- | |
900 | [role="term"] | |
901 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 902 | # lttng enable-event --kernel --all |
7e35c904 PP |
903 | ---- |
904 | -- | |
905 | ||
cdd6b153 | 906 | . <<basic-tracing-session-control,Start tracing>>: |
7e35c904 PP |
907 | + |
908 | -- | |
909 | [role="term"] | |
910 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 911 | # lttng start |
7e35c904 PP |
912 | ---- |
913 | -- | |
914 | ||
915 | . Do some operation on your system for a few seconds. For example, | |
916 | load a website, or list the files of a directory. | |
cdd6b153 PP |
917 | . <<basic-tracing-session-control,Stop tracing>> and destroy the |
918 | tracing session: | |
7e35c904 PP |
919 | + |
920 | -- | |
921 | [role="term"] | |
922 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
923 | # lttng stop |
924 | # lttng destroy | |
7e35c904 PP |
925 | ---- |
926 | -- | |
927 | + | |
928 | The man:lttng-destroy(1) command does not destroy the trace data; it | |
929 | only destroys the state of the tracing session. | |
930 | ||
cdd6b153 PP |
931 | . For the sake of this example, make the recorded trace accessible to |
932 | the non-root users: | |
933 | + | |
934 | -- | |
935 | [role="term"] | |
936 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 937 | # chown -R $(whoami) /tmp/my-kernel-trace |
cdd6b153 PP |
938 | ---- |
939 | -- | |
7e35c904 PP |
940 | |
941 | See <<viewing-and-analyzing-your-traces,View and analyze the | |
942 | recorded events>> to view the recorded events. | |
943 | ||
944 | ||
945 | [[tracing-your-own-user-application]] | |
946 | === Trace a user application | |
947 | ||
948 | This section steps you through a simple example to trace a | |
949 | _Hello world_ program written in C. | |
950 | ||
951 | To create the traceable user application: | |
952 | ||
953 | . Create the tracepoint provider header file, which defines the | |
954 | tracepoints and the events they can generate: | |
955 | + | |
956 | -- | |
957 | [source,c] | |
958 | .path:{hello-tp.h} | |
959 | ---- | |
960 | #undef TRACEPOINT_PROVIDER | |
961 | #define TRACEPOINT_PROVIDER hello_world | |
962 | ||
963 | #undef TRACEPOINT_INCLUDE | |
964 | #define TRACEPOINT_INCLUDE "./hello-tp.h" | |
965 | ||
966 | #if !defined(_HELLO_TP_H) || defined(TRACEPOINT_HEADER_MULTI_READ) | |
967 | #define _HELLO_TP_H | |
968 | ||
969 | #include <lttng/tracepoint.h> | |
970 | ||
971 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT( | |
972 | hello_world, | |
973 | my_first_tracepoint, | |
974 | TP_ARGS( | |
975 | int, my_integer_arg, | |
976 | char*, my_string_arg | |
977 | ), | |
978 | TP_FIELDS( | |
979 | ctf_string(my_string_field, my_string_arg) | |
980 | ctf_integer(int, my_integer_field, my_integer_arg) | |
981 | ) | |
982 | ) | |
983 | ||
984 | #endif /* _HELLO_TP_H */ | |
985 | ||
986 | #include <lttng/tracepoint-event.h> | |
987 | ---- | |
988 | -- | |
989 | ||
990 | . Create the tracepoint provider package source file: | |
991 | + | |
992 | -- | |
993 | [source,c] | |
994 | .path:{hello-tp.c} | |
995 | ---- | |
996 | #define TRACEPOINT_CREATE_PROBES | |
997 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
998 | ||
999 | #include "hello-tp.h" | |
1000 | ---- | |
1001 | -- | |
1002 | ||
1003 | . Build the tracepoint provider package: | |
1004 | + | |
1005 | -- | |
1006 | [role="term"] | |
1007 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1008 | $ gcc -c -I. hello-tp.c |
7e35c904 PP |
1009 | ---- |
1010 | -- | |
1011 | ||
1012 | . Create the _Hello World_ application source file: | |
1013 | + | |
1014 | -- | |
1015 | [source,c] | |
1016 | .path:{hello.c} | |
1017 | ---- | |
1018 | #include <stdio.h> | |
1019 | #include "hello-tp.h" | |
1020 | ||
1021 | int main(int argc, char *argv[]) | |
1022 | { | |
1023 | int x; | |
1024 | ||
1025 | puts("Hello, World!\nPress Enter to continue..."); | |
1026 | ||
1027 | /* | |
1028 | * The following getchar() call is only placed here for the purpose | |
1029 | * of this demonstration, to pause the application in order for | |
1030 | * you to have time to list its tracepoints. It is not | |
1031 | * needed otherwise. | |
1032 | */ | |
1033 | getchar(); | |
1034 | ||
1035 | /* | |
1036 | * A tracepoint() call. | |
1037 | * | |
1038 | * Arguments, as defined in hello-tp.h: | |
1039 | * | |
1040 | * 1. Tracepoint provider name (required) | |
1041 | * 2. Tracepoint name (required) | |
1042 | * 3. my_integer_arg (first user-defined argument) | |
1043 | * 4. my_string_arg (second user-defined argument) | |
1044 | * | |
1045 | * Notice the tracepoint provider and tracepoint names are | |
1046 | * NOT strings: they are in fact parts of variables that the | |
1047 | * macros in hello-tp.h create. | |
1048 | */ | |
1049 | tracepoint(hello_world, my_first_tracepoint, 23, "hi there!"); | |
1050 | ||
1051 | for (x = 0; x < argc; ++x) { | |
1052 | tracepoint(hello_world, my_first_tracepoint, x, argv[x]); | |
1053 | } | |
1054 | ||
1055 | puts("Quitting now!"); | |
1056 | tracepoint(hello_world, my_first_tracepoint, x * x, "x^2"); | |
1057 | ||
1058 | return 0; | |
1059 | } | |
1060 | ---- | |
1061 | -- | |
1062 | ||
1063 | . Build the application: | |
1064 | + | |
1065 | -- | |
1066 | [role="term"] | |
1067 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1068 | $ gcc -c hello.c |
7e35c904 PP |
1069 | ---- |
1070 | -- | |
1071 | ||
1072 | . Link the application with the tracepoint provider package, | |
1073 | `liblttng-ust`, and `libdl`: | |
1074 | + | |
1075 | -- | |
1076 | [role="term"] | |
1077 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1078 | $ gcc -o hello hello.o hello-tp.o -llttng-ust -ldl |
7e35c904 PP |
1079 | ---- |
1080 | -- | |
1081 | ||
1082 | Here's the whole build process: | |
1083 | ||
1084 | [role="img-100"] | |
1085 | .User space tracing tutorial's build steps. | |
1086 | image::ust-flow.png[] | |
1087 | ||
1088 | To trace the user application: | |
1089 | ||
1090 | . Run the application with a few arguments: | |
1091 | + | |
1092 | -- | |
1093 | [role="term"] | |
1094 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1095 | $ ./hello world and beyond |
7e35c904 PP |
1096 | ---- |
1097 | -- | |
1098 | + | |
1099 | You see: | |
1100 | + | |
1101 | -- | |
1102 | ---- | |
1103 | Hello, World! | |
1104 | Press Enter to continue... | |
1105 | ---- | |
1106 | -- | |
1107 | ||
1108 | . Start an LTTng <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>>: | |
1109 | + | |
1110 | -- | |
1111 | [role="term"] | |
1112 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1113 | $ lttng-sessiond --daemonize |
7e35c904 PP |
1114 | ---- |
1115 | -- | |
1116 | + | |
1117 | Note that a session daemon might already be running, for example as | |
1118 | a service that the distribution's service manager started. | |
1119 | ||
1120 | . List the available user space tracepoints: | |
1121 | + | |
1122 | -- | |
1123 | [role="term"] | |
1124 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1125 | $ lttng list --userspace |
7e35c904 PP |
1126 | ---- |
1127 | -- | |
1128 | + | |
1129 | You see the `hello_world:my_first_tracepoint` tracepoint listed | |
1130 | under the `./hello` process. | |
1131 | ||
1132 | . Create a <<tracing-session,tracing session>>: | |
1133 | + | |
1134 | -- | |
1135 | [role="term"] | |
1136 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1137 | $ lttng create my-user-space-session |
7e35c904 PP |
1138 | ---- |
1139 | -- | |
1140 | ||
1141 | . Create an <<event,event rule>> which matches the | |
1142 | `hello_world:my_first_tracepoint` event name: | |
1143 | + | |
1144 | -- | |
1145 | [role="term"] | |
1146 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1147 | $ lttng enable-event --userspace hello_world:my_first_tracepoint |
7e35c904 PP |
1148 | ---- |
1149 | -- | |
1150 | ||
cdd6b153 | 1151 | . <<basic-tracing-session-control,Start tracing>>: |
7e35c904 PP |
1152 | + |
1153 | -- | |
1154 | [role="term"] | |
1155 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1156 | $ lttng start |
7e35c904 PP |
1157 | ---- |
1158 | -- | |
1159 | ||
1160 | . Go back to the running `hello` application and press Enter. The | |
1161 | program executes all `tracepoint()` instrumentation points and exits. | |
cdd6b153 PP |
1162 | . <<basic-tracing-session-control,Stop tracing>> and destroy the |
1163 | tracing session: | |
7e35c904 PP |
1164 | + |
1165 | -- | |
1166 | [role="term"] | |
1167 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
1168 | $ lttng stop |
1169 | $ lttng destroy | |
7e35c904 PP |
1170 | ---- |
1171 | -- | |
1172 | + | |
1173 | The man:lttng-destroy(1) command does not destroy the trace data; it | |
1174 | only destroys the state of the tracing session. | |
1175 | ||
1176 | By default, LTTng saves the traces in | |
1177 | +$LTTNG_HOME/lttng-traces/__name__-__date__-__time__+, | |
cdd6b153 | 1178 | where +__name__+ is the tracing session name. The |
7e35c904 PP |
1179 | env:LTTNG_HOME environment variable defaults to `$HOME` if not set. |
1180 | ||
1181 | See <<viewing-and-analyzing-your-traces,View and analyze the | |
1182 | recorded events>> to view the recorded events. | |
1183 | ||
1184 | ||
1185 | [[viewing-and-analyzing-your-traces]] | |
1186 | === View and analyze the recorded events | |
1187 | ||
1188 | Once you have completed the <<tracing-the-linux-kernel,Trace the Linux | |
1189 | kernel>> and <<tracing-your-own-user-application,Trace a user | |
1190 | application>> tutorials, you can inspect the recorded events. | |
1191 | ||
1192 | Many tools are available to read LTTng traces: | |
1193 | ||
1194 | * **cmd:babeltrace** is a command-line utility which converts trace | |
1195 | formats; it supports the format that LTTng produces, CTF, as well as a | |
1196 | basic text output which can be ++grep++ed. The cmd:babeltrace command | |
1197 | is part of the http://diamon.org/babeltrace[Babeltrace] project. | |
1198 | * Babeltrace also includes | |
1199 | **https://www.python.org/[Python] bindings** so | |
1200 | that you can easily open and read an LTTng trace with your own script, | |
1201 | benefiting from the power of Python. | |
1202 | * http://tracecompass.org/[**Trace Compass**] | |
1203 | is a graphical user interface for viewing and analyzing any type of | |
1204 | logs or traces, including LTTng's. | |
1205 | * https://github.com/lttng/lttng-analyses[**LTTng analyses**] is a | |
1206 | project which includes many high-level analyses of LTTng kernel | |
1207 | traces, like scheduling statistics, interrupt frequency distribution, | |
1208 | top CPU usage, and more. | |
1209 | ||
1210 | NOTE: This section assumes that the traces recorded during the previous | |
1211 | tutorials were saved to their default location, in the | |
cdd6b153 | 1212 | dir:{$LTTNG_HOME/lttng-traces} directory. The env:LTTNG_HOME |
7e35c904 PP |
1213 | environment variable defaults to `$HOME` if not set. |
1214 | ||
1215 | ||
1216 | [[viewing-and-analyzing-your-traces-bt]] | |
1217 | ==== Use the cmd:babeltrace command-line tool | |
1218 | ||
1219 | The simplest way to list all the recorded events of a trace is to pass | |
1220 | its path to cmd:babeltrace with no options: | |
1221 | ||
1222 | [role="term"] | |
1223 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1224 | $ babeltrace ~/lttng-traces/my-user-space-session* |
7e35c904 PP |
1225 | ---- |
1226 | ||
1227 | cmd:babeltrace finds all traces recursively within the given path and | |
1228 | prints all their events, merging them in chronological order. | |
1229 | ||
1230 | You can pipe the output of cmd:babeltrace into a tool like man:grep(1) for | |
1231 | further filtering: | |
1232 | ||
1233 | [role="term"] | |
1234 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1235 | $ babeltrace /tmp/my-kernel-trace | grep _switch |
7e35c904 PP |
1236 | ---- |
1237 | ||
1238 | You can pipe the output of cmd:babeltrace into a tool like man:wc(1) to | |
1239 | count the recorded events: | |
1240 | ||
1241 | [role="term"] | |
1242 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1243 | $ babeltrace /tmp/my-kernel-trace | grep _open | wc --lines |
7e35c904 PP |
1244 | ---- |
1245 | ||
1246 | ||
1247 | [[viewing-and-analyzing-your-traces-bt-python]] | |
1248 | ==== Use the Babeltrace Python bindings | |
1249 | ||
1250 | The <<viewing-and-analyzing-your-traces-bt,text output of cmd:babeltrace>> | |
1251 | is useful to isolate events by simple matching using man:grep(1) and | |
1252 | similar utilities. However, more elaborate filters, such as keeping only | |
1253 | event records with a field value falling within a specific range, are | |
1254 | not trivial to write using a shell. Moreover, reductions and even the | |
1255 | most basic computations involving multiple event records are virtually | |
1256 | impossible to implement. | |
1257 | ||
1258 | Fortunately, Babeltrace ships with Python 3 bindings which makes it easy | |
1259 | to read the event records of an LTTng trace sequentially and compute the | |
1260 | desired information. | |
1261 | ||
1262 | The following script accepts an LTTng Linux kernel trace path as its | |
1263 | first argument and prints the short names of the top 5 running processes | |
1264 | on CPU 0 during the whole trace: | |
1265 | ||
1266 | [source,python] | |
1267 | .path:{top5proc.py} | |
1268 | ---- | |
1269 | from collections import Counter | |
1270 | import babeltrace | |
1271 | import sys | |
1272 | ||
1273 | ||
1274 | def top5proc(): | |
1275 | if len(sys.argv) != 2: | |
1276 | msg = 'Usage: python3 {} TRACEPATH'.format(sys.argv[0]) | |
1277 | print(msg, file=sys.stderr) | |
1278 | return False | |
1279 | ||
1280 | # A trace collection contains one or more traces | |
1281 | col = babeltrace.TraceCollection() | |
1282 | ||
1283 | # Add the trace provided by the user (LTTng traces always have | |
1284 | # the 'ctf' format) | |
1285 | if col.add_trace(sys.argv[1], 'ctf') is None: | |
1286 | raise RuntimeError('Cannot add trace') | |
1287 | ||
1288 | # This counter dict contains execution times: | |
1289 | # | |
1290 | # task command name -> total execution time (ns) | |
1291 | exec_times = Counter() | |
1292 | ||
1293 | # This contains the last `sched_switch` timestamp | |
1294 | last_ts = None | |
1295 | ||
1296 | # Iterate on events | |
1297 | for event in col.events: | |
1298 | # Keep only `sched_switch` events | |
1299 | if event.name != 'sched_switch': | |
1300 | continue | |
1301 | ||
1302 | # Keep only events which happened on CPU 0 | |
1303 | if event['cpu_id'] != 0: | |
1304 | continue | |
1305 | ||
1306 | # Event timestamp | |
1307 | cur_ts = event.timestamp | |
1308 | ||
1309 | if last_ts is None: | |
1310 | # We start here | |
1311 | last_ts = cur_ts | |
1312 | ||
1313 | # Previous task command (short) name | |
1314 | prev_comm = event['prev_comm'] | |
1315 | ||
1316 | # Initialize entry in our dict if not yet done | |
1317 | if prev_comm not in exec_times: | |
1318 | exec_times[prev_comm] = 0 | |
1319 | ||
1320 | # Compute previous command execution time | |
1321 | diff = cur_ts - last_ts | |
1322 | ||
1323 | # Update execution time of this command | |
1324 | exec_times[prev_comm] += diff | |
1325 | ||
1326 | # Update last timestamp | |
1327 | last_ts = cur_ts | |
1328 | ||
1329 | # Display top 5 | |
1330 | for name, ns in exec_times.most_common(5): | |
1331 | s = ns / 1000000000 | |
1332 | print('{:20}{} s'.format(name, s)) | |
1333 | ||
1334 | return True | |
1335 | ||
1336 | ||
1337 | if __name__ == '__main__': | |
1338 | sys.exit(0 if top5proc() else 1) | |
1339 | ---- | |
1340 | ||
1341 | Run this script: | |
1342 | ||
1343 | [role="term"] | |
1344 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1345 | $ python3 top5proc.py /tmp/my-kernel-trace/kernel |
7e35c904 PP |
1346 | ---- |
1347 | ||
1348 | Output example: | |
1349 | ||
1350 | ---- | |
1351 | swapper/0 48.607245889 s | |
1352 | chromium 7.192738188 s | |
1353 | pavucontrol 0.709894415 s | |
1354 | Compositor 0.660867933 s | |
1355 | Xorg.bin 0.616753786 s | |
1356 | ---- | |
1357 | ||
1358 | Note that `swapper/0` is the "idle" process of CPU 0 on Linux; since we | |
1359 | weren't using the CPU that much when tracing, its first position in the | |
1360 | list makes sense. | |
1361 | ||
1362 | ||
1363 | [[core-concepts]] | |
1364 | == [[understanding-lttng]]Core concepts | |
1365 | ||
1366 | From a user's perspective, the LTTng system is built on a few concepts, | |
1367 | or objects, on which the <<lttng-cli,cmd:lttng command-line tool>> | |
1368 | operates by sending commands to the <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>>. | |
1369 | Understanding how those objects relate to eachother is key in mastering | |
1370 | the toolkit. | |
1371 | ||
1372 | The core concepts are: | |
1373 | ||
1374 | * <<tracing-session,Tracing session>> | |
1375 | * <<domain,Tracing domain>> | |
1376 | * <<channel,Channel and ring buffer>> | |
1377 | * <<"event","Instrumentation point, event rule, event, and event record">> | |
1378 | ||
1379 | ||
1380 | [[tracing-session]] | |
1381 | === Tracing session | |
1382 | ||
1383 | A _tracing session_ is a stateful dialogue between you and | |
1384 | a <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>>. You can | |
1385 | <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,create a new tracing | |
1386 | session>> with the `lttng create` command. | |
1387 | ||
1388 | Anything that you do when you control LTTng tracers happens within a | |
1389 | tracing session. In particular, a tracing session: | |
1390 | ||
1391 | * Has its own name. | |
1392 | * Has its own set of trace files. | |
1393 | * Has its own state of activity (started or stopped). | |
1394 | * Has its own <<tracing-session-mode,mode>> (local, network streaming, | |
1395 | snapshot, or live). | |
1396 | * Has its own <<channel,channels>> which have their own | |
1397 | <<event,event rules>>. | |
1398 | ||
1399 | [role="img-100"] | |
1400 | .A _tracing session_ contains <<channel,channels>> that are members of <<domain,tracing domains>> and contain <<event,event rules>>. | |
1401 | image::concepts.png[] | |
1402 | ||
1403 | Those attributes and objects are completely isolated between different | |
1404 | tracing sessions. | |
1405 | ||
1406 | A tracing session is analogous to a cash machine session: | |
1407 | the operations you do on the banking system through the cash machine do | |
1408 | not alter the data of other users of the same system. In the case of | |
1409 | the cash machine, a session lasts as long as your bank card is inside. | |
1410 | In the case of LTTng, a tracing session lasts from the `lttng create` | |
1411 | command to the `lttng destroy` command. | |
1412 | ||
1413 | [role="img-100"] | |
1414 | .Each Unix user has its own set of tracing sessions. | |
1415 | image::many-sessions.png[] | |
1416 | ||
1417 | ||
1418 | [[tracing-session-mode]] | |
1419 | ==== Tracing session mode | |
1420 | ||
1421 | LTTng can send the generated trace data to different locations. The | |
1422 | _tracing session mode_ dictates where to send it. The following modes | |
1423 | are available in LTTng{nbsp}{revision}: | |
1424 | ||
1425 | Local mode:: | |
1426 | LTTng writes the traces to the file system of the machine being traced | |
1427 | (target system). | |
1428 | ||
1429 | Network streaming mode:: | |
1430 | LTTng sends the traces over the network to a | |
1431 | <<lttng-relayd,relay daemon>> running on a remote system. | |
1432 | ||
1433 | Snapshot mode:: | |
1434 | LTTng does not write the traces by default. Instead, you can request | |
1435 | LTTng to <<taking-a-snapshot,take a snapshot>>, that is, a copy of the | |
1436 | current tracing buffers, and to write it to the target's file system | |
1437 | or to send it over the network to a <<lttng-relayd,relay daemon>> | |
1438 | running on a remote system. | |
1439 | ||
1440 | Live mode:: | |
1441 | This mode is similar to the network streaming mode, but a live | |
1442 | trace viewer can connect to the distant relay daemon to | |
1443 | <<lttng-live,view event records as LTTng generates them>> by | |
1444 | the tracers. | |
1445 | ||
1446 | ||
1447 | [[domain]] | |
1448 | === Tracing domain | |
1449 | ||
1450 | A _tracing domain_ is a namespace for event sources. A tracing domain | |
1451 | has its own properties and features. | |
1452 | ||
1453 | There are currently five available tracing domains: | |
1454 | ||
1455 | * Linux kernel | |
1456 | * User space | |
1457 | * `java.util.logging` (JUL) | |
1458 | * log4j | |
1459 | * Python | |
1460 | ||
1461 | You must specify a tracing domain when using some commands to avoid | |
1462 | ambiguity. For example, since all the domains support named tracepoints | |
1463 | as event sources (instrumentation points that you manually insert in the | |
1464 | source code), you need to specify a tracing domain when | |
1465 | <<enabling-disabling-events,creating an event rule>> because all the | |
1466 | tracing domains could have tracepoints with the same names. | |
1467 | ||
1468 | Some features are reserved to specific tracing domains. Dynamic function | |
1469 | entry and return instrumentation points, for example, are currently only | |
1470 | supported in the Linux kernel tracing domain, but support for other | |
1471 | tracing domains could be added in the future. | |
1472 | ||
1473 | You can create <<channel,channels>> in the Linux kernel and user space | |
1474 | tracing domains. The other tracing domains have a single default | |
1475 | channel. | |
1476 | ||
1477 | ||
1478 | [[channel]] | |
1479 | === Channel and ring buffer | |
1480 | ||
1481 | A _channel_ is an object which is responsible for a set of ring buffers. | |
1482 | Each ring buffer is divided into multiple sub-buffers. When an LTTng | |
1483 | tracer emits an event, it can record it to one or more | |
1484 | sub-buffers. The attributes of a channel determine what to do when | |
1485 | there's no space left for a new event record because all sub-buffers | |
1486 | are full, where to send a full sub-buffer, and other behaviours. | |
1487 | ||
1488 | A channel is always associated to a <<domain,tracing domain>>. The | |
1489 | `java.util.logging` (JUL), log4j, and Python tracing domains each have | |
1490 | a default channel which you cannot configure. | |
1491 | ||
1492 | A channel also owns <<event,event rules>>. When an LTTng tracer emits | |
1493 | an event, it records it to the sub-buffers of all | |
1494 | the enabled channels with a satisfied event rule, as long as those | |
1495 | channels are part of active <<tracing-session,tracing sessions>>. | |
1496 | ||
1497 | ||
1498 | [[channel-buffering-schemes]] | |
1499 | ==== Per-user vs. per-process buffering schemes | |
1500 | ||
1501 | A channel has at least one ring buffer _per CPU_. LTTng always | |
1502 | records an event to the ring buffer associated to the CPU on which it | |
1503 | occurred. | |
1504 | ||
1505 | Two _buffering schemes_ are available when you | |
1506 | <<enabling-disabling-channels,create a channel>> in the | |
1507 | user space <<domain,tracing domain>>: | |
1508 | ||
1509 | Per-user buffering:: | |
1510 | Allocate one set of ring buffers--one per CPU--shared by all the | |
1511 | instrumented processes of each Unix user. | |
1512 | + | |
1513 | -- | |
1514 | [role="img-100"] | |
1515 | .Per-user buffering scheme. | |
1516 | image::per-user-buffering.png[] | |
1517 | -- | |
1518 | ||
1519 | Per-process buffering:: | |
1520 | Allocate one set of ring buffers--one per CPU--for each | |
1521 | instrumented process. | |
1522 | + | |
1523 | -- | |
1524 | [role="img-100"] | |
1525 | .Per-process buffering scheme. | |
1526 | image::per-process-buffering.png[] | |
1527 | -- | |
1528 | + | |
1529 | The per-process buffering scheme tends to consume more memory than the | |
1530 | per-user option because systems generally have more instrumented | |
1531 | processes than Unix users running instrumented processes. However, the | |
1532 | per-process buffering scheme ensures that one process having a high | |
1533 | event throughput won't fill all the shared sub-buffers of the same | |
1534 | user, only its own. | |
1535 | ||
1536 | The Linux kernel tracing domain has only one available buffering scheme | |
1537 | which is to allocate a single set of ring buffers for the whole system. | |
1538 | This scheme is similar to the per-user option, but with a single, global | |
1539 | user "running" the kernel. | |
1540 | ||
1541 | ||
1542 | [[channel-overwrite-mode-vs-discard-mode]] | |
1543 | ==== Overwrite vs. discard event loss modes | |
1544 | ||
1545 | When an event occurs, LTTng records it to a specific sub-buffer (yellow | |
1546 | arc in the following animation) of a specific channel's ring buffer. | |
1547 | When there's no space left in a sub-buffer, the tracer marks it as | |
1548 | consumable (red) and another, empty sub-buffer starts receiving the | |
1549 | following event records. A <<lttng-consumerd,consumer daemon>> | |
1550 | eventually consumes the marked sub-buffer (returns to white). | |
1551 | ||
1552 | [NOTE] | |
1553 | [role="docsvg-channel-subbuf-anim"] | |
1554 | ==== | |
1555 | {note-no-anim} | |
1556 | ==== | |
1557 | ||
1558 | In an ideal world, sub-buffers are consumed faster than they are filled, | |
1559 | as is the case in the previous animation. In the real world, | |
1560 | however, all sub-buffers can be full at some point, leaving no space to | |
1561 | record the following events. | |
1562 | ||
1563 | By design, LTTng is a _non-blocking_ tracer: when no empty sub-buffer is | |
1564 | available, it is acceptable to lose event records when the alternative | |
1565 | would be to cause substantial delays in the instrumented application's | |
1566 | execution. LTTng privileges performance over integrity; it aims at | |
1567 | perturbing the traced system as little as possible in order to make | |
1568 | tracing of subtle race conditions and rare interrupt cascades possible. | |
1569 | ||
1570 | When it comes to losing event records because no empty sub-buffer is | |
1571 | available, the channel's _event loss mode_ determines what to do. The | |
1572 | available event loss modes are: | |
1573 | ||
1574 | Discard mode:: | |
1575 | Drop the newest event records until a the tracer | |
1576 | releases a sub-buffer. | |
1577 | ||
1578 | Overwrite mode:: | |
1579 | Clear the sub-buffer containing the oldest event records and start | |
1580 | writing the newest event records there. | |
1581 | + | |
1582 | This mode is sometimes called _flight recorder mode_ because it's | |
1583 | similar to a | |
1584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_recorder[flight recorder]: | |
1585 | always keep a fixed amount of the latest data. | |
1586 | ||
1587 | Which mechanism you should choose depends on your context: prioritize | |
1588 | the newest or the oldest event records in the ring buffer? | |
1589 | ||
1590 | Beware that, in overwrite mode, the tracer abandons a whole sub-buffer | |
1591 | as soon as a there's no space left for a new event record, whereas in | |
1592 | discard mode, the tracer only discards the event record that doesn't | |
1593 | fit. | |
1594 | ||
1595 | In discard mode, LTTng increments a count of lost event records when | |
1596 | an event record is lost and saves this count to the trace. In | |
1597 | overwrite mode, LTTng keeps no information when it overwrites a | |
1598 | sub-buffer before consuming it. | |
1599 | ||
1600 | There are a few ways to decrease your probability of losing event | |
1601 | records. | |
1602 | <<channel-subbuf-size-vs-subbuf-count,Sub-buffer count and size>> shows | |
1603 | how you can fine-une the sub-buffer count and size of a channel to | |
1604 | virtually stop losing event records, though at the cost of greater | |
1605 | memory usage. | |
1606 | ||
1607 | ||
1608 | [[channel-subbuf-size-vs-subbuf-count]] | |
1609 | ==== Sub-buffer count and size | |
1610 | ||
1611 | When you <<enabling-disabling-channels,create a channel>>, you can | |
1612 | set its number of sub-buffers and their size. | |
1613 | ||
1614 | Note that there is noticeable CPU overhead introduced when | |
1615 | switching sub-buffers (marking a full one as consumable and switching | |
1616 | to an empty one for the following events to be recorded). Knowing this, | |
1617 | the following list presents a few practical situations along with how | |
1618 | to configure the sub-buffer count and size for them: | |
1619 | ||
1620 | * **High event throughput**: In general, prefer bigger sub-buffers to | |
1621 | lower the risk of losing event records. | |
1622 | + | |
4ef3b81e PP |
1623 | Having bigger sub-buffers also ensures a lower |
1624 | <<channel-switch-timer,sub-buffer switching frequency>>. | |
7e35c904 PP |
1625 | + |
1626 | The number of sub-buffers is only meaningful if you create the channel | |
1627 | in overwrite mode: in this case, if a sub-buffer overwrite happens, the | |
1628 | other sub-buffers are left unaltered. | |
1629 | ||
1630 | * **Low event throughput**: In general, prefer smaller sub-buffers | |
1631 | since the risk of losing event records is low. | |
1632 | + | |
1633 | Because events occur less frequently, the sub-buffer switching frequency | |
1634 | should remain low and thus the tracer's overhead should not be a | |
1635 | problem. | |
1636 | ||
1637 | * **Low memory system**: If your target system has a low memory | |
1638 | limit, prefer fewer first, then smaller sub-buffers. | |
1639 | + | |
1640 | Even if the system is limited in memory, you want to keep the | |
1641 | sub-buffers as big as possible to avoid a high sub-buffer switching | |
1642 | frequency. | |
1643 | ||
1644 | Note that LTTng uses http://diamon.org/ctf/[CTF] as its trace format, | |
1645 | which means event data is very compact. For example, the average | |
1646 | LTTng kernel event record weights about 32{nbsp}bytes. Thus, a | |
1647 | sub-buffer size of 1{nbsp}MiB is considered big. | |
1648 | ||
1649 | The previous situations highlight the major trade-off between a few big | |
1650 | sub-buffers and more, smaller sub-buffers: sub-buffer switching | |
1651 | frequency vs. how much data is lost in overwrite mode. Assuming a | |
1652 | constant event throughput and using the overwrite mode, the two | |
1653 | following configurations have the same ring buffer total size: | |
1654 | ||
1655 | [NOTE] | |
1656 | [role="docsvg-channel-subbuf-size-vs-count-anim"] | |
1657 | ==== | |
1658 | {note-no-anim} | |
1659 | ==== | |
1660 | ||
1661 | * **2 sub-buffers of 4{nbsp}MiB each**: Expect a very low sub-buffer | |
1662 | switching frequency, but if a sub-buffer overwrite happens, half of | |
1663 | the event records so far (4{nbsp}MiB) are definitely lost. | |
1664 | * **8 sub-buffers of 1{nbsp}MiB each**: Expect 4{nbsp}times the tracer's | |
1665 | overhead as the previous configuration, but if a sub-buffer | |
1666 | overwrite happens, only the eighth of event records so far are | |
1667 | definitely lost. | |
1668 | ||
1669 | In discard mode, the sub-buffers count parameter is pointless: use two | |
1670 | sub-buffers and set their size according to the requirements of your | |
1671 | situation. | |
1672 | ||
1673 | ||
1674 | [[channel-switch-timer]] | |
1675 | ==== Switch timer period | |
1676 | ||
1677 | The _switch timer period_ is an important configurable attribute of | |
1678 | a channel to ensure periodic sub-buffer flushing. | |
1679 | ||
1680 | When the _switch timer_ expires, a sub-buffer switch happens. You can | |
1681 | set the switch timer period attribute when you | |
1682 | <<enabling-disabling-channels,create a channel>> to ensure that event | |
1683 | data is consumed and committed to trace files or to a distant relay | |
1684 | daemon periodically in case of a low event throughput. | |
1685 | ||
1686 | [NOTE] | |
1687 | [role="docsvg-channel-switch-timer"] | |
1688 | ==== | |
1689 | {note-no-anim} | |
1690 | ==== | |
1691 | ||
1692 | This attribute is also convenient when you use big sub-buffers to cope | |
1693 | with a sporadic high event throughput, even if the throughput is | |
1694 | normally low. | |
1695 | ||
1696 | ||
1697 | [[channel-read-timer]] | |
1698 | ==== Read timer period | |
1699 | ||
1700 | By default, the LTTng tracers use a notification mechanism to signal a | |
1701 | full sub-buffer so that a consumer daemon can consume it. When such | |
1702 | notifications must be avoided, for example in real-time applications, | |
1703 | you can use the channel's _read timer_ instead. When the read timer | |
1704 | fires, the <<lttng-consumerd,consumer daemon>> checks for full, | |
1705 | consumable sub-buffers. | |
1706 | ||
1707 | ||
1708 | [[tracefile-rotation]] | |
1709 | ==== Trace file count and size | |
1710 | ||
1711 | By default, trace files can grow as large as needed. You can set the | |
1712 | maximum size of each trace file that a channel writes when you | |
1713 | <<enabling-disabling-channels,create a channel>>. When the size of | |
1714 | a trace file reaches the channel's fixed maximum size, LTTng creates | |
1715 | another file to contain the next event records. LTTng appends a file | |
1716 | count to each trace file name in this case. | |
1717 | ||
1718 | If you set the trace file size attribute when you create a channel, the | |
1719 | maximum number of trace files that LTTng creates is _unlimited_ by | |
1720 | default. To limit them, you can also set a maximum number of trace | |
1721 | files. When the number of trace files reaches the channel's fixed | |
1722 | maximum count, the oldest trace file is overwritten. This mechanism is | |
1723 | called _trace file rotation_. | |
1724 | ||
1725 | ||
1726 | [[event]] | |
1727 | === Instrumentation point, event rule, event, and event record | |
1728 | ||
1729 | An _event rule_ is a set of conditions which must be **all** satisfied | |
1730 | for LTTng to record an occuring event. | |
1731 | ||
1732 | You set the conditions when you <<enabling-disabling-events,create | |
1733 | an event rule>>. | |
1734 | ||
1735 | You always attach an event rule to <<channel,channel>> when you create | |
1736 | it. | |
1737 | ||
1738 | When an event passes the conditions of an event rule, LTTng records it | |
1739 | in one of the attached channel's sub-buffers. | |
1740 | ||
1741 | The available conditions, as of LTTng{nbsp}{revision}, are: | |
1742 | ||
1743 | * The event rule _is enabled_. | |
1744 | * The instrumentation point's type _is{nbsp}T_. | |
1745 | * The instrumentation point's name (sometimes called _event name_) | |
1746 | _matches{nbsp}N_, but _is not{nbsp}E_. | |
1747 | * The instrumentation point's log level _is as severe as{nbsp}L_, or | |
1748 | _is exactly{nbsp}L_. | |
1749 | * The fields of the event's payload _satisfy_ a filter | |
1750 | expression{nbsp}__F__. | |
1751 | ||
1752 | As you can see, all the conditions but the dynamic filter are related to | |
1753 | the event rule's status or to the instrumentation point, not to the | |
1754 | occurring events. This is why, without a filter, checking if an event | |
1755 | passes an event rule is not a dynamic task: when you create or modify an | |
1756 | event rule, all the tracers of its tracing domain enable or disable the | |
1757 | instrumentation points themselves once. This is possible because the | |
1758 | attributes of an instrumentation point (type, name, and log level) are | |
1759 | defined statically. In other words, without a dynamic filter, the tracer | |
1760 | _does not evaluate_ the arguments of an instrumentation point unless it | |
1761 | matches an enabled event rule. | |
1762 | ||
1763 | Note that, for LTTng to record an event, the <<channel,channel>> to | |
1764 | which a matching event rule is attached must also be enabled, and the | |
1765 | tracing session owning this channel must be active. | |
1766 | ||
1767 | [role="img-100"] | |
1768 | .Logical path from an instrumentation point to an event record. | |
1769 | image::event-rule.png[] | |
1770 | ||
1771 | .Event, event record, or event rule? | |
1772 | **** | |
1773 | With so many similar terms, it's easy to get confused. | |
1774 | ||
1775 | An **event** is the consequence of the execution of an _instrumentation | |
1776 | point_, like a tracepoint that you manually place in some source code, | |
1777 | or a Linux kernel KProbe. An event is said to _occur_ at a specific | |
310431f4 | 1778 | time. Different actions can be taken upon the occurrence of an event, |
7e35c904 PP |
1779 | like record the event's payload to a buffer. |
1780 | ||
1781 | An **event record** is the representation of an event in a sub-buffer. A | |
1782 | tracer is responsible for capturing the payload of an event, current | |
1783 | context variables, the event's ID, and the event's timestamp. LTTng | |
1784 | can append this sub-buffer to a trace file. | |
1785 | ||
1786 | An **event rule** is a set of conditions which must all be satisfied for | |
1787 | LTTng to record an occuring event. Events still occur without | |
1788 | satisfying event rules, but LTTng does not record them. | |
1789 | **** | |
1790 | ||
1791 | ||
1792 | [[plumbing]] | |
1793 | == Components of noch:{LTTng} | |
1794 | ||
1795 | The second _T_ in _LTTng_ stands for _toolkit_: it would be wrong | |
1796 | to call LTTng a simple _tool_ since it is composed of multiple | |
1797 | interacting components. This section describes those components, | |
1798 | explains their respective roles, and shows how they connect together to | |
1799 | form the LTTng ecosystem. | |
1800 | ||
1801 | The following diagram shows how the most important components of LTTng | |
1802 | interact with user applications, the Linux kernel, and you: | |
1803 | ||
1804 | [role="img-100"] | |
1805 | .Control and trace data paths between LTTng components. | |
1806 | image::plumbing.png[] | |
1807 | ||
1808 | The LTTng project incorporates: | |
1809 | ||
1810 | * **LTTng-tools**: Libraries and command-line interface to | |
1811 | control tracing sessions. | |
1812 | ** <<lttng-sessiond,Session daemon>> (man:lttng-sessiond(8)). | |
1813 | ** <<lttng-consumerd,Consumer daemon>> (man:lttng-consumerd(8)). | |
1814 | ** <<lttng-relayd,Relay daemon>> (man:lttng-relayd(8)). | |
1815 | ** <<liblttng-ctl-lttng,Tracing control library>> (`liblttng-ctl`). | |
1816 | ** <<lttng-cli,Tracing control command-line tool>> (man:lttng(1)). | |
1817 | * **LTTng-UST**: Libraries and Java/Python packages to trace user | |
1818 | applications. | |
1819 | ** <<lttng-ust,User space tracing library>> (`liblttng-ust`) and its | |
1820 | headers to instrument and trace any native user application. | |
1821 | ** <<prebuilt-ust-helpers,Preloadable user space tracing helpers>>: | |
1822 | *** `liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper` | |
1823 | *** `liblttng-ust-pthread-wrapper` | |
1824 | *** `liblttng-ust-cyg-profile` | |
1825 | *** `liblttng-ust-cyg-profile-fast` | |
1826 | *** `liblttng-ust-dl` | |
1827 | ** User space tracepoint provider source files generator command-line | |
1828 | tool (man:lttng-gen-tp(1)). | |
1829 | ** <<lttng-ust-agents,LTTng-UST Java agent>> to instrument and trace | |
1830 | Java applications using `java.util.logging` or | |
1831 | Apache log4j 1.2 logging. | |
1832 | ** <<lttng-ust-agents,LTTng-UST Python agent>> to instrument | |
1833 | Python applications using the standard `logging` package. | |
1834 | * **LTTng-modules**: <<lttng-modules,Linux kernel modules>> to trace | |
1835 | the kernel. | |
1836 | ** LTTng kernel tracer module. | |
1837 | ** Tracing ring buffer kernel modules. | |
1838 | ** Probe kernel modules. | |
1839 | ** LTTng logger kernel module. | |
1840 | ||
1841 | ||
1842 | [[lttng-cli]] | |
1843 | === Tracing control command-line interface | |
1844 | ||
1845 | [role="img-100"] | |
1846 | .The tracing control command-line interface. | |
1847 | image::plumbing-lttng-cli.png[] | |
1848 | ||
1849 | The _man:lttng(1) command-line tool_ is the standard user interface to | |
1850 | control LTTng <<tracing-session,tracing sessions>>. The cmd:lttng tool | |
1851 | is part of LTTng-tools. | |
1852 | ||
1853 | The cmd:lttng tool is linked with | |
1854 | <<liblttng-ctl-lttng,`liblttng-ctl`>> to communicate with | |
1855 | one or more <<lttng-sessiond,session daemons>> behind the scenes. | |
1856 | ||
1857 | The cmd:lttng tool has a Git-like interface: | |
1858 | ||
1859 | [role="term"] | |
1860 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 1861 | $ lttng <GENERAL OPTIONS> <COMMAND> <COMMAND OPTIONS> |
7e35c904 PP |
1862 | ---- |
1863 | ||
1864 | The <<controlling-tracing,Tracing control>> section explores the | |
1865 | available features of LTTng using the cmd:lttng tool. | |
1866 | ||
1867 | ||
1868 | [[liblttng-ctl-lttng]] | |
1869 | === Tracing control library | |
1870 | ||
1871 | [role="img-100"] | |
1872 | .The tracing control library. | |
1873 | image::plumbing-liblttng-ctl.png[] | |
1874 | ||
1875 | The _LTTng control library_, `liblttng-ctl`, is used to communicate | |
1876 | with a <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>> using a C API that hides the | |
1877 | underlying protocol's details. `liblttng-ctl` is part of LTTng-tools. | |
1878 | ||
1879 | The <<lttng-cli,cmd:lttng command-line tool>> | |
1880 | is linked with `liblttng-ctl`. | |
1881 | ||
1882 | You can use `liblttng-ctl` in C or $$C++$$ source code by including its | |
1883 | "master" header: | |
1884 | ||
1885 | [source,c] | |
1886 | ---- | |
1887 | #include <lttng/lttng.h> | |
1888 | ---- | |
1889 | ||
1890 | Some objects are referenced by name (C string), such as tracing | |
1891 | sessions, but most of them require to create a handle first using | |
1892 | `lttng_create_handle()`. | |
1893 | ||
1894 | The best available developer documentation for `liblttng-ctl` is, as of | |
1895 | LTTng{nbsp}{revision}, its installed header files. Every function and | |
1896 | structure is thoroughly documented. | |
1897 | ||
1898 | ||
1899 | [[lttng-ust]] | |
1900 | === User space tracing library | |
1901 | ||
1902 | [role="img-100"] | |
1903 | .The user space tracing library. | |
1904 | image::plumbing-liblttng-ust.png[] | |
1905 | ||
1906 | The _user space tracing library_, `liblttng-ust` (see man:lttng-ust(3)), | |
1907 | is the LTTng user space tracer. It receives commands from a | |
1908 | <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>>, for example to | |
1909 | enable and disable specific instrumentation points, and writes event | |
1910 | records to ring buffers shared with a | |
1911 | <<lttng-consumerd,consumer daemon>>. | |
1912 | `liblttng-ust` is part of LTTng-UST. | |
1913 | ||
1914 | Public C header files are installed beside `liblttng-ust` to | |
1915 | instrument any <<c-application,C or $$C++$$ application>>. | |
1916 | ||
1917 | <<lttng-ust-agents,LTTng-UST agents>>, which are regular Java and Python | |
1918 | packages, use their own library providing tracepoints which is | |
1919 | linked with `liblttng-ust`. | |
1920 | ||
1921 | An application or library does not have to initialize `liblttng-ust` | |
1922 | manually: its constructor does the necessary tasks to properly register | |
1923 | to a session daemon. The initialization phase also enables the | |
1924 | instrumentation points matching the <<event,event rules>> that you | |
1925 | already created. | |
1926 | ||
1927 | ||
1928 | [[lttng-ust-agents]] | |
1929 | === User space tracing agents | |
1930 | ||
1931 | [role="img-100"] | |
1932 | .The user space tracing agents. | |
1933 | image::plumbing-lttng-ust-agents.png[] | |
1934 | ||
1935 | The _LTTng-UST Java and Python agents_ are regular Java and Python | |
1936 | packages which add LTTng tracing capabilities to the | |
1937 | native logging frameworks. The LTTng-UST agents are part of LTTng-UST. | |
1938 | ||
1939 | In the case of Java, the | |
1940 | https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/logging/package-summary.html[`java.util.logging` | |
1941 | core logging facilities] and | |
1942 | https://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/[Apache log4j 1.2] are supported. | |
1943 | Note that Apache Log4{nbsp}2 is not supported. | |
1944 | ||
1945 | In the case of Python, the standard | |
1946 | https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html[`logging`] package | |
1947 | is supported. Both Python 2 and Python 3 modules can import the | |
1948 | LTTng-UST Python agent package. | |
1949 | ||
1950 | The applications using the LTTng-UST agents are in the | |
1951 | `java.util.logging` (JUL), | |
1952 | log4j, and Python <<domain,tracing domains>>. | |
1953 | ||
1954 | Both agents use the same mechanism to trace the log statements. When an | |
1955 | agent is initialized, it creates a log handler that attaches to the root | |
1956 | logger. The agent also registers to a <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>>. | |
1957 | When the application executes a log statement, it is passed to the | |
1958 | agent's log handler by the root logger. The agent's log handler calls a | |
1959 | native function in a tracepoint provider package shared library linked | |
1960 | with <<lttng-ust,`liblttng-ust`>>, passing the formatted log message and | |
1961 | other fields, like its logger name and its log level. This native | |
1962 | function contains a user space instrumentation point, hence tracing the | |
1963 | log statement. | |
1964 | ||
1965 | The log level condition of an | |
1966 | <<event,event rule>> is considered when tracing | |
1967 | a Java or a Python application, and it's compatible with the standard | |
1968 | JUL, log4j, and Python log levels. | |
1969 | ||
1970 | ||
1971 | [[lttng-modules]] | |
1972 | === LTTng kernel modules | |
1973 | ||
1974 | [role="img-100"] | |
1975 | .The LTTng kernel modules. | |
1976 | image::plumbing-lttng-modules.png[] | |
1977 | ||
1978 | The _LTTng kernel modules_ are a set of Linux kernel modules | |
1979 | which implement the kernel tracer of the LTTng project. The LTTng | |
1980 | kernel modules are part of LTTng-modules. | |
1981 | ||
1982 | The LTTng kernel modules include: | |
1983 | ||
1984 | * A set of _probe_ modules. | |
1985 | + | |
1986 | Each module attaches to a specific subsystem | |
1987 | of the Linux kernel using its tracepoint instrument points. There are | |
1988 | also modules to attach to the entry and return points of the Linux | |
1989 | system call functions. | |
1990 | ||
1991 | * _Ring buffer_ modules. | |
1992 | + | |
1993 | A ring buffer implementation is provided as kernel modules. The LTTng | |
1994 | kernel tracer writes to the ring buffer; a | |
1995 | <<lttng-consumerd,consumer daemon>> reads from the ring buffer. | |
1996 | ||
1997 | * The _LTTng kernel tracer_ module. | |
1998 | * The _LTTng logger_ module. | |
1999 | + | |
2000 | The LTTng logger module implements the special path:{/proc/lttng-logger} | |
2001 | file so that any executable can generate LTTng events by opening and | |
2002 | writing to this file. | |
2003 | + | |
2004 | See <<proc-lttng-logger-abi,LTTng logger>>. | |
2005 | ||
2006 | Generally, you do not have to load the LTTng kernel modules manually | |
2007 | (using man:modprobe(8), for example): a root <<lttng-sessiond,session | |
2008 | daemon>> loads the necessary modules when starting. If you have extra | |
2009 | probe modules, you can specify to load them to the session daemon on | |
2010 | the command line. | |
2011 | ||
2012 | The LTTng kernel modules are installed in | |
2013 | +/usr/lib/modules/__release__/extra+ by default, where +__release__+ is | |
2014 | the kernel release (see `uname --kernel-release`). | |
2015 | ||
2016 | ||
2017 | [[lttng-sessiond]] | |
2018 | === Session daemon | |
2019 | ||
2020 | [role="img-100"] | |
2021 | .The session daemon. | |
2022 | image::plumbing-sessiond.png[] | |
2023 | ||
2024 | The _session daemon_, man:lttng-sessiond(8), is a daemon responsible for | |
2025 | managing tracing sessions and for controlling the various components of | |
2026 | LTTng. The session daemon is part of LTTng-tools. | |
2027 | ||
2028 | The session daemon sends control requests to and receives control | |
2029 | responses from: | |
2030 | ||
2031 | * The <<lttng-ust,user space tracing library>>. | |
2032 | + | |
2033 | Any instance of the user space tracing library first registers to | |
2034 | a session daemon. Then, the session daemon can send requests to | |
2035 | this instance, such as: | |
2036 | + | |
2037 | -- | |
2038 | ** Get the list of tracepoints. | |
2039 | ** Share an <<event,event rule>> so that the user space tracing library | |
2040 | can enable or disable tracepoints. Amongst the possible conditions | |
2041 | of an event rule is a filter expression which `liblttng-ust` evalutes | |
2042 | when an event occurs. | |
2043 | ** Share <<channel,channel>> attributes and ring buffer locations. | |
2044 | -- | |
2045 | + | |
2046 | The session daemon and the user space tracing library use a Unix | |
2047 | domain socket for their communication. | |
2048 | ||
2049 | * The <<lttng-ust-agents,user space tracing agents>>. | |
2050 | + | |
2051 | Any instance of a user space tracing agent first registers to | |
2052 | a session daemon. Then, the session daemon can send requests to | |
2053 | this instance, such as: | |
2054 | + | |
2055 | -- | |
2056 | ** Get the list of loggers. | |
2057 | ** Enable or disable a specific logger. | |
2058 | -- | |
2059 | + | |
2060 | The session daemon and the user space tracing agent use a TCP connection | |
2061 | for their communication. | |
2062 | ||
2063 | * The <<lttng-modules,LTTng kernel tracer>>. | |
2064 | * The <<lttng-consumerd,consumer daemon>>. | |
2065 | + | |
2066 | The session daemon sends requests to the consumer daemon to instruct | |
2067 | it where to send the trace data streams, amongst other information. | |
2068 | ||
2069 | * The <<lttng-relayd,relay daemon>>. | |
2070 | ||
2071 | The session daemon receives commands from the | |
2072 | <<liblttng-ctl-lttng,tracing control library>>. | |
2073 | ||
2074 | The root session daemon loads the appropriate | |
2075 | <<lttng-modules,LTTng kernel modules>> on startup. It also spawns | |
2076 | a <<lttng-consumerd,consumer daemon>> as soon as you create | |
2077 | an <<event,event rule>>. | |
2078 | ||
2079 | The session daemon does not send and receive trace data: this is the | |
2080 | role of the <<lttng-consumerd,consumer daemon>> and | |
2081 | <<lttng-relayd,relay daemon>>. It does, however, generate the | |
2082 | http://diamon.org/ctf/[CTF] metadata stream. | |
2083 | ||
2084 | Each Unix user can have its own session daemon instance. The | |
2085 | tracing sessions managed by different session daemons are completely | |
2086 | independent. | |
2087 | ||
2088 | The root user's session daemon is the only one which is | |
2089 | allowed to control the LTTng kernel tracer, and its spawned consumer | |
2090 | daemon is the only one which is allowed to consume trace data from the | |
2091 | LTTng kernel tracer. Note, however, that any Unix user which is a member | |
2092 | of the <<tracing-group,tracing group>> is allowed | |
2093 | to create <<channel,channels>> in the | |
2094 | Linux kernel <<domain,tracing domain>>, and thus to trace the Linux | |
2095 | kernel. | |
2096 | ||
2097 | The <<lttng-cli,cmd:lttng command-line tool>> automatically starts a | |
2098 | session daemon when using its `create` command if none is currently | |
2099 | running. You can also start the session daemon manually. | |
2100 | ||
2101 | ||
2102 | [[lttng-consumerd]] | |
2103 | === Consumer daemon | |
2104 | ||
2105 | [role="img-100"] | |
2106 | .The consumer daemon. | |
2107 | image::plumbing-consumerd.png[] | |
2108 | ||
2109 | The _consumer daemon_, man:lttng-consumerd(8), is a daemon which shares | |
2110 | ring buffers with user applications or with the LTTng kernel modules to | |
2111 | collect trace data and send it to some location (on disk or to a | |
2112 | <<lttng-relayd,relay daemon>> over the network). The consumer daemon | |
2113 | is part of LTTng-tools. | |
2114 | ||
2115 | You do not start a consumer daemon manually: a consumer daemon is always | |
2116 | spawned by a <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>> as soon as you create an | |
2117 | <<event,event rule>>, that is, before you start tracing. When you kill | |
2118 | its owner session daemon, the consumer daemon also exits because it is | |
2119 | the session daemon's child process. Command-line options of | |
2120 | man:lttng-sessiond(8) target the consumer daemon process. | |
2121 | ||
2122 | There are up to two running consumer daemons per Unix user, whereas only | |
2123 | one session daemon can run per user. This is because each process can be | |
2124 | either 32-bit or 64-bit: if the target system runs a mixture of 32-bit | |
2125 | and 64-bit processes, it is more efficient to have separate | |
2126 | corresponding 32-bit and 64-bit consumer daemons. The root user is an | |
2127 | exception: it can have up to _three_ running consumer daemons: 32-bit | |
2128 | and 64-bit instances for its user applications, and one more | |
2129 | reserved for collecting kernel trace data. | |
2130 | ||
2131 | ||
2132 | [[lttng-relayd]] | |
2133 | === Relay daemon | |
2134 | ||
2135 | [role="img-100"] | |
2136 | .The relay daemon. | |
2137 | image::plumbing-relayd.png[] | |
2138 | ||
2139 | The _relay daemon_, man:lttng-relayd(8), is a daemon acting as a bridge | |
2140 | between remote session and consumer daemons, local trace files, and a | |
2141 | remote live trace viewer. The relay daemon is part of LTTng-tools. | |
2142 | ||
2143 | The main purpose of the relay daemon is to implement a receiver of | |
2144 | <<sending-trace-data-over-the-network,trace data over the network>>. | |
2145 | This is useful when the target system does not have much file system | |
2146 | space to record trace files locally. | |
2147 | ||
2148 | The relay daemon is also a server to which a | |
2149 | <<lttng-live,live trace viewer>> can | |
2150 | connect. The live trace viewer sends requests to the relay daemon to | |
2151 | receive trace data as the target system emits events. The | |
2152 | communication protocol is named _LTTng live_; it is used over TCP | |
2153 | connections. | |
2154 | ||
2155 | Note that you can start the relay daemon on the target system directly. | |
2156 | This is the setup of choice when the use case is to view events as | |
2157 | the target system emits them without the need of a remote system. | |
2158 | ||
2159 | ||
2160 | [[instrumenting]] | |
2161 | == [[using-lttng]]Instrumentation | |
2162 | ||
2163 | There are many examples of tracing and monitoring in our everyday life: | |
2164 | ||
2165 | * You have access to real-time and historical weather reports and | |
2166 | forecasts thanks to weather stations installed around the country. | |
2167 | * You know your heart is safe thanks to an electrocardiogram. | |
2168 | * You make sure not to drive your car too fast and to have enough fuel | |
2169 | to reach your destination thanks to gauges visible on your dashboard. | |
2170 | ||
2171 | All the previous examples have something in common: they rely on | |
2172 | **instruments**. Without the electrodes attached to the surface of your | |
2173 | body's skin, cardiac monitoring is futile. | |
2174 | ||
2175 | LTTng, as a tracer, is no different from those real life examples. If | |
2176 | you're about to trace a software system or, in other words, record its | |
2177 | history of execution, you better have **instrumentation points** in the | |
2178 | subject you're tracing, that is, the actual software. | |
2179 | ||
2180 | Various ways were developed to instrument a piece of software for LTTng | |
2181 | tracing. The most straightforward one is to manually place | |
2182 | instrumentation points, called _tracepoints_, in the software's source | |
2183 | code. It is also possible to add instrumentation points dynamically in | |
2184 | the Linux kernel <<domain,tracing domain>>. | |
2185 | ||
2186 | If you're only interested in tracing the Linux kernel, your | |
2187 | instrumentation needs are probably already covered by LTTng's built-in | |
2188 | <<lttng-modules,Linux kernel tracepoints>>. You may also wish to trace a | |
2189 | user application which is already instrumented for LTTng tracing. | |
2190 | In such cases, you can skip this whole section and read the topics of | |
2191 | the <<controlling-tracing,Tracing control>> section. | |
2192 | ||
2193 | Many methods are available to instrument a piece of software for LTTng | |
2194 | tracing. They are: | |
2195 | ||
2196 | * <<c-application,User space instrumentation for C and $$C++$$ | |
2197 | applications>>. | |
2198 | * <<prebuilt-ust-helpers,Prebuilt user space tracing helpers>>. | |
2199 | * <<java-application,User space Java agent>>. | |
2200 | * <<python-application,User space Python agent>>. | |
2201 | * <<proc-lttng-logger-abi,LTTng logger>>. | |
2202 | * <<instrumenting-linux-kernel,LTTng kernel tracepoints>>. | |
2203 | ||
2204 | ||
2205 | [[c-application]] | |
2206 | === [[cxx-application]]User space instrumentation for C and $$C++$$ applications | |
2207 | ||
2208 | The procedure to instrument a C or $$C++$$ user application with | |
2209 | the <<lttng-ust,LTTng user space tracing library>>, `liblttng-ust`, is: | |
2210 | ||
2211 | . <<tracepoint-provider,Create the source files of a tracepoint provider | |
2212 | package>>. | |
2213 | . <<probing-the-application-source-code,Add tracepoints to | |
2214 | the application's source code>>. | |
2215 | . <<building-tracepoint-providers-and-user-application,Build and link | |
2216 | a tracepoint provider package and the user application>>. | |
2217 | ||
2218 | If you need quick, man:printf(3)-like instrumentation, you can skip | |
2219 | those steps and use <<tracef,`tracef()`>> or <<tracelog,`tracelog()`>> | |
2220 | instead. | |
2221 | ||
2222 | IMPORTANT: You need to <<installing-lttng,install>> LTTng-UST to | |
2223 | instrument a user application with `liblttng-ust`. | |
2224 | ||
2225 | ||
2226 | [[tracepoint-provider]] | |
2227 | ==== Create the source files of a tracepoint provider package | |
2228 | ||
2229 | A _tracepoint provider_ is a set of compiled functions which provide | |
2230 | **tracepoints** to an application, the type of instrumentation point | |
2231 | supported by LTTng-UST. Those functions can emit events with | |
2232 | user-defined fields and serialize those events as event records to one | |
2233 | or more LTTng-UST <<channel,channel>> sub-buffers. The `tracepoint()` | |
2234 | macro, which you <<probing-the-application-source-code,insert in a user | |
2235 | application's source code>>, calls those functions. | |
2236 | ||
2237 | A _tracepoint provider package_ is an object file (`.o`) or a shared | |
2238 | library (`.so`) which contains one or more tracepoint providers. | |
2239 | Its source files are: | |
2240 | ||
2241 | * One or more <<tpp-header,tracepoint provider header>> (`.h`). | |
2242 | * A <<tpp-source,tracepoint provider package source>> (`.c`). | |
2243 | ||
2244 | A tracepoint provider package is dynamically linked with `liblttng-ust`, | |
2245 | the LTTng user space tracer, at run time. | |
2246 | ||
2247 | [role="img-100"] | |
2248 | .User application linked with `liblttng-ust` and containing a tracepoint provider. | |
2249 | image::ust-app.png[] | |
2250 | ||
2251 | NOTE: If you need quick, man:printf(3)-like instrumentation, you can | |
2252 | skip creating and using a tracepoint provider and use | |
2253 | <<tracef,`tracef()`>> or <<tracelog,`tracelog()`>> instead. | |
2254 | ||
2255 | ||
2256 | [[tpp-header]] | |
2257 | ===== Create a tracepoint provider header file template | |
2258 | ||
2259 | A _tracepoint provider header file_ contains the tracepoint | |
2260 | definitions of a tracepoint provider. | |
2261 | ||
2262 | To create a tracepoint provider header file: | |
2263 | ||
2264 | . Start from this template: | |
2265 | + | |
2266 | -- | |
2267 | [source,c] | |
2268 | .Tracepoint provider header file template (`.h` file extension). | |
2269 | ---- | |
2270 | #undef TRACEPOINT_PROVIDER | |
2271 | #define TRACEPOINT_PROVIDER provider_name | |
2272 | ||
2273 | #undef TRACEPOINT_INCLUDE | |
2274 | #define TRACEPOINT_INCLUDE "./tp.h" | |
2275 | ||
2276 | #if !defined(_TP_H) || defined(TRACEPOINT_HEADER_MULTI_READ) | |
2277 | #define _TP_H | |
2278 | ||
2279 | #include <lttng/tracepoint.h> | |
2280 | ||
2281 | /* | |
2282 | * Use TRACEPOINT_EVENT(), TRACEPOINT_EVENT_CLASS(), | |
2283 | * TRACEPOINT_EVENT_INSTANCE(), and TRACEPOINT_LOGLEVEL() here. | |
2284 | */ | |
2285 | ||
2286 | #endif /* _TP_H */ | |
2287 | ||
2288 | #include <lttng/tracepoint-event.h> | |
2289 | ---- | |
2290 | -- | |
2291 | ||
2292 | . Replace: | |
2293 | + | |
2294 | * `provider_name` with the name of your tracepoint provider. | |
2295 | * `"tp.h"` with the name of your tracepoint provider header file. | |
2296 | ||
2297 | . Below the `#include <lttng/tracepoint.h>` line, put your | |
2298 | <<defining-tracepoints,tracepoint definitions>>. | |
2299 | ||
2300 | Your tracepoint provider name must be unique amongst all the possible | |
2301 | tracepoint provider names used on the same target system. We | |
2302 | suggest to include the name of your project or company in the name, | |
2303 | for example, `org_lttng_my_project_tpp`. | |
2304 | ||
2305 | TIP: [[lttng-gen-tp]]You can use the man:lttng-gen-tp(1) tool to create | |
2306 | this boilerplate for you. When using cmd:lttng-gen-tp, all you need to | |
2307 | write are the <<defining-tracepoints,tracepoint definitions>>. | |
2308 | ||
2309 | ||
2310 | [[defining-tracepoints]] | |
2311 | ===== Create a tracepoint definition | |
2312 | ||
2313 | A _tracepoint definition_ defines, for a given tracepoint: | |
2314 | ||
2315 | * Its **input arguments**. They are the macro parameters that the | |
2316 | `tracepoint()` macro accepts for this particular tracepoint | |
2317 | in the user application's source code. | |
2318 | * Its **output event fields**. They are the sources of event fields | |
2319 | that form the payload of any event that the execution of the | |
2320 | `tracepoint()` macro emits for this particular tracepoint. | |
2321 | ||
2322 | You can create a tracepoint definition by using the | |
2323 | `TRACEPOINT_EVENT()` macro below the `#include <lttng/tracepoint.h>` | |
2324 | line in the | |
2325 | <<tpp-header,tracepoint provider header file template>>. | |
2326 | ||
2327 | The syntax of the `TRACEPOINT_EVENT()` macro is: | |
2328 | ||
2329 | [source,c] | |
2330 | .`TRACEPOINT_EVENT()` macro syntax. | |
2331 | ---- | |
2332 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT( | |
2333 | /* Tracepoint provider name */ | |
2334 | provider_name, | |
2335 | ||
2336 | /* Tracepoint name */ | |
2337 | tracepoint_name, | |
2338 | ||
2339 | /* Input arguments */ | |
2340 | TP_ARGS( | |
2341 | arguments | |
2342 | ), | |
2343 | ||
2344 | /* Output event fields */ | |
2345 | TP_FIELDS( | |
2346 | fields | |
2347 | ) | |
2348 | ) | |
2349 | ---- | |
2350 | ||
2351 | Replace: | |
2352 | ||
2353 | * `provider_name` with your tracepoint provider name. | |
2354 | * `tracepoint_name` with your tracepoint name. | |
2355 | * `arguments` with the <<tpp-def-input-args,input arguments>>. | |
2356 | * `fields` with the <<tpp-def-output-fields,output event field>> | |
2357 | definitions. | |
2358 | ||
2359 | This tracepoint emits events named `provider_name:tracepoint_name`. | |
2360 | ||
2361 | [IMPORTANT] | |
2362 | .Event name's length limitation | |
2363 | ==== | |
2364 | The concatenation of the tracepoint provider name and the | |
2365 | tracepoint name must not exceed **254 characters**. If it does, the | |
2366 | instrumented application compiles and runs, but LTTng throws multiple | |
2367 | warnings and you could experience serious issues. | |
2368 | ==== | |
2369 | ||
2370 | [[tpp-def-input-args]]The syntax of the `TP_ARGS()` macro is: | |
2371 | ||
2372 | [source,c] | |
2373 | .`TP_ARGS()` macro syntax. | |
2374 | ---- | |
2375 | TP_ARGS( | |
2376 | type, arg_name | |
2377 | ) | |
2378 | ---- | |
2379 | ||
2380 | Replace: | |
2381 | ||
2382 | * `type` with the C type of the argument. | |
2383 | * `arg_name` with the argument name. | |
2384 | ||
2385 | You can repeat `type` and `arg_name` up to 10 times to have | |
2386 | more than one argument. | |
2387 | ||
2388 | .`TP_ARGS()` usage with three arguments. | |
2389 | ==== | |
2390 | [source,c] | |
2391 | ---- | |
2392 | TP_ARGS( | |
2393 | int, count, | |
2394 | float, ratio, | |
2395 | const char*, query | |
2396 | ) | |
2397 | ---- | |
2398 | ==== | |
2399 | ||
2400 | The `TP_ARGS()` and `TP_ARGS(void)` forms are valid to create a | |
2401 | tracepoint definition with no input arguments. | |
2402 | ||
2403 | [[tpp-def-output-fields]]The `TP_FIELDS()` macro contains a list of | |
2404 | `ctf_*()` macros. Each `ctf_*()` macro defines one event field. See | |
2405 | man:lttng-ust(3) for a complete description of the available `ctf_*()` | |
2406 | macros. A `ctf_*()` macro specifies the type, size, and byte order of | |
2407 | one event field. | |
2408 | ||
2409 | Each `ctf_*()` macro takes an _argument expression_ parameter. This is a | |
2410 | C expression that the tracer evalutes at the `tracepoint()` macro site | |
2411 | in the application's source code. This expression provides a field's | |
2412 | source of data. The argument expression can include input argument names | |
2413 | listed in the `TP_ARGS()` macro. | |
2414 | ||
2415 | Each `ctf_*()` macro also takes a _field name_ parameter. Field names | |
2416 | must be unique within a given tracepoint definition. | |
2417 | ||
2418 | Here's a complete tracepoint definition example: | |
2419 | ||
2420 | .Tracepoint definition. | |
2421 | ==== | |
2422 | The following tracepoint definition defines a tracepoint which takes | |
2423 | three input arguments and has four output event fields. | |
2424 | ||
2425 | [source,c] | |
2426 | ---- | |
2427 | #include "my-custom-structure.h" | |
2428 | ||
2429 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT( | |
2430 | my_provider, | |
2431 | my_tracepoint, | |
2432 | TP_ARGS( | |
2433 | const struct my_custom_structure*, my_custom_structure, | |
2434 | float, ratio, | |
2435 | const char*, query | |
2436 | ), | |
2437 | TP_FIELDS( | |
2438 | ctf_string(query_field, query) | |
2439 | ctf_float(double, ratio_field, ratio) | |
2440 | ctf_integer(int, recv_size, my_custom_structure->recv_size) | |
2441 | ctf_integer(int, send_size, my_custom_structure->send_size) | |
2442 | ) | |
2443 | ) | |
2444 | ---- | |
2445 | ||
2446 | You can refer to this tracepoint definition with the `tracepoint()` | |
2447 | macro in your application's source code like this: | |
2448 | ||
2449 | [source,c] | |
2450 | ---- | |
2451 | tracepoint(my_provider, my_tracepoint, | |
2452 | my_structure, some_ratio, the_query); | |
2453 | ---- | |
2454 | ==== | |
2455 | ||
2456 | NOTE: The LTTng tracer only evaluates tracepoint arguments at run time | |
2457 | if they satisfy an enabled <<event,event rule>>. | |
2458 | ||
2459 | ||
2460 | [[using-tracepoint-classes]] | |
2461 | ===== Use a tracepoint class | |
2462 | ||
2463 | A _tracepoint class_ is a class of tracepoints which share the same | |
2464 | output event field definitions. A _tracepoint instance_ is one | |
2465 | instance of such a defined tracepoint class, with its own tracepoint | |
2466 | name. | |
2467 | ||
2468 | The <<defining-tracepoints,`TRACEPOINT_EVENT()` macro>> is actually a | |
2469 | shorthand which defines both a tracepoint class and a tracepoint | |
2470 | instance at the same time. | |
2471 | ||
2472 | When you build a tracepoint provider package, the C or $$C++$$ compiler | |
2473 | creates one serialization function for each **tracepoint class**. A | |
2474 | serialization function is responsible for serializing the event fields | |
2475 | of a tracepoint to a sub-buffer when tracing. | |
2476 | ||
2477 | For various performance reasons, when your situation requires multiple | |
2478 | tracepoint definitions with different names, but with the same event | |
2479 | fields, we recommend that you manually create a tracepoint class | |
2480 | and instantiate as many tracepoint instances as needed. One positive | |
2481 | effect of such a design, amongst other advantages, is that all | |
2482 | tracepoint instances of the same tracepoint class reuse the same | |
2483 | serialization function, thus reducing | |
2484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_pollution[cache pollution]. | |
2485 | ||
2486 | .Use a tracepoint class and tracepoint instances. | |
2487 | ==== | |
2488 | Consider the following three tracepoint definitions: | |
2489 | ||
2490 | [source,c] | |
2491 | ---- | |
2492 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT( | |
2493 | my_app, | |
2494 | get_account, | |
2495 | TP_ARGS( | |
2496 | int, userid, | |
2497 | size_t, len | |
2498 | ), | |
2499 | TP_FIELDS( | |
2500 | ctf_integer(int, userid, userid) | |
2501 | ctf_integer(size_t, len, len) | |
2502 | ) | |
2503 | ) | |
2504 | ||
2505 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT( | |
2506 | my_app, | |
2507 | get_settings, | |
2508 | TP_ARGS( | |
2509 | int, userid, | |
2510 | size_t, len | |
2511 | ), | |
2512 | TP_FIELDS( | |
2513 | ctf_integer(int, userid, userid) | |
2514 | ctf_integer(size_t, len, len) | |
2515 | ) | |
2516 | ) | |
2517 | ||
2518 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT( | |
2519 | my_app, | |
2520 | get_transaction, | |
2521 | TP_ARGS( | |
2522 | int, userid, | |
2523 | size_t, len | |
2524 | ), | |
2525 | TP_FIELDS( | |
2526 | ctf_integer(int, userid, userid) | |
2527 | ctf_integer(size_t, len, len) | |
2528 | ) | |
2529 | ) | |
2530 | ---- | |
2531 | ||
2532 | In this case, we create three tracepoint classes, with one implicit | |
2533 | tracepoint instance for each of them: `get_account`, `get_settings`, and | |
2534 | `get_transaction`. However, they all share the same event field names | |
2535 | and types. Hence three identical, yet independent serialization | |
2536 | functions are created when you build the tracepoint provider package. | |
2537 | ||
2538 | A better design choice is to define a single tracepoint class and three | |
2539 | tracepoint instances: | |
2540 | ||
2541 | [source,c] | |
2542 | ---- | |
2543 | /* The tracepoint class */ | |
2544 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT_CLASS( | |
2545 | /* Tracepoint provider name */ | |
2546 | my_app, | |
2547 | ||
2548 | /* Tracepoint class name */ | |
2549 | my_class, | |
2550 | ||
2551 | /* Input arguments */ | |
2552 | TP_ARGS( | |
2553 | int, userid, | |
2554 | size_t, len | |
2555 | ), | |
2556 | ||
2557 | /* Output event fields */ | |
2558 | TP_FIELDS( | |
2559 | ctf_integer(int, userid, userid) | |
2560 | ctf_integer(size_t, len, len) | |
2561 | ) | |
2562 | ) | |
2563 | ||
2564 | /* The tracepoint instances */ | |
2565 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT_INSTANCE( | |
2566 | /* Tracepoint provider name */ | |
2567 | my_app, | |
2568 | ||
2569 | /* Tracepoint class name */ | |
2570 | my_class, | |
2571 | ||
2572 | /* Tracepoint name */ | |
2573 | get_account, | |
2574 | ||
2575 | /* Input arguments */ | |
2576 | TP_ARGS( | |
2577 | int, userid, | |
2578 | size_t, len | |
2579 | ) | |
2580 | ) | |
2581 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT_INSTANCE( | |
2582 | my_app, | |
2583 | my_class, | |
2584 | get_settings, | |
2585 | TP_ARGS( | |
2586 | int, userid, | |
2587 | size_t, len | |
2588 | ) | |
2589 | ) | |
2590 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT_INSTANCE( | |
2591 | my_app, | |
2592 | my_class, | |
2593 | get_transaction, | |
2594 | TP_ARGS( | |
2595 | int, userid, | |
2596 | size_t, len | |
2597 | ) | |
2598 | ) | |
2599 | ---- | |
2600 | ==== | |
2601 | ||
2602 | ||
2603 | [[assigning-log-levels]] | |
2604 | ===== Assign a log level to a tracepoint definition | |
2605 | ||
2606 | You can assign an optional _log level_ to a | |
2607 | <<defining-tracepoints,tracepoint definition>>. | |
2608 | ||
2609 | Assigning different levels of severity to tracepoint definitions can | |
2610 | be useful: when you <<enabling-disabling-events,create an event rule>>, | |
2611 | you can target tracepoints having a log level as severe as a specific | |
2612 | value. | |
2613 | ||
2614 | The concept of LTTng-UST log levels is similar to the levels found | |
2615 | in typical logging frameworks: | |
2616 | ||
2617 | * In a logging framework, the log level is given by the function | |
2618 | or method name you use at the log statement site: `debug()`, | |
2619 | `info()`, `warn()`, `error()`, and so on. | |
2620 | * In LTTng-UST, you statically assign the log level to a tracepoint | |
2621 | definition; any `tracepoint()` macro invocation which refers to | |
2622 | this definition has this log level. | |
2623 | ||
2624 | You can assign a log level to a tracepoint definition with the | |
2625 | `TRACEPOINT_LOGLEVEL()` macro. You must use this macro _after_ the | |
2626 | <<defining-tracepoints,`TRACEPOINT_EVENT()`>> or | |
2627 | <<using-tracepoint-classes,`TRACEPOINT_INSTANCE()`>> macro for a given | |
2628 | tracepoint. | |
2629 | ||
2630 | The syntax of the `TRACEPOINT_LOGLEVEL()` macro is: | |
2631 | ||
2632 | [source,c] | |
2633 | .`TRACEPOINT_LOGLEVEL()` macro syntax. | |
2634 | ---- | |
2635 | TRACEPOINT_LOGLEVEL(provider_name, tracepoint_name, log_level) | |
2636 | ---- | |
2637 | ||
2638 | Replace: | |
2639 | ||
2640 | * `provider_name` with the tracepoint provider name. | |
2641 | * `tracepoint_name` with the tracepoint name. | |
2642 | * `log_level` with the log level to assign to the tracepoint | |
2643 | definition named `tracepoint_name` in the `provider_name` | |
2644 | tracepoint provider. | |
2645 | + | |
2646 | See man:lttng-ust(3) for a list of available log level names. | |
2647 | ||
2648 | .Assign the `TRACE_DEBUG_UNIT` log level to a tracepoint definition. | |
2649 | ==== | |
2650 | [source,c] | |
2651 | ---- | |
2652 | /* Tracepoint definition */ | |
2653 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT( | |
2654 | my_app, | |
2655 | get_transaction, | |
2656 | TP_ARGS( | |
2657 | int, userid, | |
2658 | size_t, len | |
2659 | ), | |
2660 | TP_FIELDS( | |
2661 | ctf_integer(int, userid, userid) | |
2662 | ctf_integer(size_t, len, len) | |
2663 | ) | |
2664 | ) | |
2665 | ||
2666 | /* Log level assignment */ | |
2667 | TRACEPOINT_LOGLEVEL(my_app, get_transaction, TRACE_DEBUG_UNIT) | |
2668 | ---- | |
2669 | ==== | |
2670 | ||
2671 | ||
2672 | [[tpp-source]] | |
2673 | ===== Create a tracepoint provider package source file | |
2674 | ||
2675 | A _tracepoint provider package source file_ is a C source file which | |
2676 | includes a <<tpp-header,tracepoint provider header file>> to expand its | |
2677 | macros into event serialization and other functions. | |
2678 | ||
2679 | You can always use the following tracepoint provider package source | |
2680 | file template: | |
2681 | ||
2682 | [source,c] | |
2683 | .Tracepoint provider package source file template. | |
2684 | ---- | |
2685 | #define TRACEPOINT_CREATE_PROBES | |
2686 | ||
2687 | #include "tp.h" | |
2688 | ---- | |
2689 | ||
2690 | Replace `tp.h` with the name of your <<tpp-header,tracepoint provider | |
2691 | header file>> name. You may also include more than one tracepoint | |
2692 | provider header file here to create a tracepoint provider package | |
2693 | holding more than one tracepoint providers. | |
2694 | ||
2695 | ||
2696 | [[probing-the-application-source-code]] | |
2697 | ==== Add tracepoints to an application's source code | |
2698 | ||
2699 | Once you <<tpp-header,create a tracepoint provider header file>>, you | |
2700 | can use the `tracepoint()` macro in your application's | |
2701 | source code to insert the tracepoints that this header | |
2702 | <<defining-tracepoints,defines>>. | |
2703 | ||
2704 | The `tracepoint()` macro takes at least two parameters: the tracepoint | |
2705 | provider name and the tracepoint name. The corresponding tracepoint | |
2706 | definition defines the other parameters. | |
2707 | ||
2708 | .`tracepoint()` usage. | |
2709 | ==== | |
2710 | The following <<defining-tracepoints,tracepoint definition>> defines a | |
2711 | tracepoint which takes two input arguments and has two output event | |
2712 | fields. | |
2713 | ||
2714 | [source,c] | |
2715 | .Tracepoint provider header file. | |
2716 | ---- | |
2717 | #include "my-custom-structure.h" | |
2718 | ||
2719 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT( | |
2720 | my_provider, | |
2721 | my_tracepoint, | |
2722 | TP_ARGS( | |
2723 | int, argc, | |
2724 | const char*, cmd_name | |
2725 | ), | |
2726 | TP_FIELDS( | |
2727 | ctf_string(cmd_name, cmd_name) | |
2728 | ctf_integer(int, number_of_args, argc) | |
2729 | ) | |
2730 | ) | |
2731 | ---- | |
2732 | ||
2733 | You can refer to this tracepoint definition with the `tracepoint()` | |
2734 | macro in your application's source code like this: | |
2735 | ||
2736 | [source,c] | |
2737 | .Application's source file. | |
2738 | ---- | |
2739 | #include "tp.h" | |
2740 | ||
2741 | int main(int argc, char* argv[]) | |
2742 | { | |
2743 | tracepoint(my_provider, my_tracepoint, argc, argv[0]); | |
2744 | ||
2745 | return 0; | |
2746 | } | |
2747 | ---- | |
2748 | ||
2749 | Note how the application's source code includes | |
2750 | the tracepoint provider header file containing the tracepoint | |
2751 | definitions to use, path:{tp.h}. | |
2752 | ==== | |
2753 | ||
2754 | .`tracepoint()` usage with a complex tracepoint definition. | |
2755 | ==== | |
2756 | Consider this complex tracepoint definition, where multiple event | |
2757 | fields refer to the same input arguments in their argument expression | |
2758 | parameter: | |
2759 | ||
2760 | [source,c] | |
2761 | .Tracepoint provider header file. | |
2762 | ---- | |
2763 | /* For `struct stat` */ | |
2764 | #include <sys/types.h> | |
2765 | #include <sys/stat.h> | |
2766 | #include <unistd.h> | |
2767 | ||
2768 | TRACEPOINT_EVENT( | |
2769 | my_provider, | |
2770 | my_tracepoint, | |
2771 | TP_ARGS( | |
2772 | int, my_int_arg, | |
2773 | char*, my_str_arg, | |
2774 | struct stat*, st | |
2775 | ), | |
2776 | TP_FIELDS( | |
2777 | ctf_integer(int, my_constant_field, 23 + 17) | |
2778 | ctf_integer(int, my_int_arg_field, my_int_arg) | |
2779 | ctf_integer(int, my_int_arg_field2, my_int_arg * my_int_arg) | |
2780 | ctf_integer(int, sum4_field, my_str_arg[0] + my_str_arg[1] + | |
2781 | my_str_arg[2] + my_str_arg[3]) | |
2782 | ctf_string(my_str_arg_field, my_str_arg) | |
2783 | ctf_integer_hex(off_t, size_field, st->st_size) | |
2784 | ctf_float(double, size_dbl_field, (double) st->st_size) | |
2785 | ctf_sequence_text(char, half_my_str_arg_field, my_str_arg, | |
2786 | size_t, strlen(my_str_arg) / 2) | |
2787 | ) | |
2788 | ) | |
2789 | ---- | |
2790 | ||
2791 | You can refer to this tracepoint definition with the `tracepoint()` | |
2792 | macro in your application's source code like this: | |
2793 | ||
2794 | [source,c] | |
2795 | .Application's source file. | |
2796 | ---- | |
2797 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
2798 | #include "tp.h" | |
2799 | ||
2800 | int main(void) | |
2801 | { | |
2802 | struct stat s; | |
2803 | ||
2804 | stat("/etc/fstab", &s); | |
2805 | tracepoint(my_provider, my_tracepoint, 23, "Hello, World!", &s); | |
2806 | ||
2807 | return 0; | |
2808 | } | |
2809 | ---- | |
2810 | ||
2811 | If you look at the event record that LTTng writes when tracing this | |
2812 | program, assuming the file size of path:{/etc/fstab} is 301{nbsp}bytes, | |
2813 | it should look like this: | |
2814 | ||
2815 | .Event record fields | |
2816 | |==== | |
2817 | |Field's name |Field's value | |
2818 | |`my_constant_field` |40 | |
2819 | |`my_int_arg_field` |23 | |
2820 | |`my_int_arg_field2` |529 | |
2821 | |`sum4_field` |389 | |
2822 | |`my_str_arg_field` |`Hello, World!` | |
2823 | |`size_field` |0x12d | |
2824 | |`size_dbl_field` |301.0 | |
2825 | |`half_my_str_arg_field` |`Hello,` | |
2826 | |==== | |
2827 | ==== | |
2828 | ||
2829 | Sometimes, the arguments you pass to `tracepoint()` are expensive to | |
2830 | compute--they use the call stack, for example. To avoid this | |
2831 | computation when the tracepoint is disabled, you can use the | |
2832 | `tracepoint_enabled()` and `do_tracepoint()` macros. | |
2833 | ||
2834 | The syntax of the `tracepoint_enabled()` and `do_tracepoint()` macros | |
2835 | is: | |
2836 | ||
2837 | [source,c] | |
2838 | .`tracepoint_enabled()` and `do_tracepoint()` macros syntax. | |
2839 | ---- | |
2840 | tracepoint_enabled(provider_name, tracepoint_name) | |
2841 | do_tracepoint(provider_name, tracepoint_name, ...) | |
2842 | ---- | |
2843 | ||
2844 | Replace: | |
2845 | ||
2846 | * `provider_name` with the tracepoint provider name. | |
2847 | * `tracepoint_name` with the tracepoint name. | |
2848 | ||
2849 | `tracepoint_enabled()` returns a non-zero value if the tracepoint named | |
2850 | `tracepoint_name` from the provider named `provider_name` is enabled | |
2851 | **at run time**. | |
2852 | ||
2853 | `do_tracepoint()` is like `tracepoint()`, except that it doesn't check | |
2854 | if the tracepoint is enabled. Using `tracepoint()` with | |
2855 | `tracepoint_enabled()` is dangerous since `tracepoint()` also contains | |
2856 | the `tracepoint_enabled()` check, thus a race condition is | |
2857 | possible in this situation: | |
2858 | ||
2859 | [source,c] | |
2860 | .Possible race condition when using `tracepoint_enabled()` with `tracepoint()`. | |
2861 | ---- | |
2862 | if (tracepoint_enabled(my_provider, my_tracepoint)) { | |
2863 | stuff = prepare_stuff(); | |
2864 | } | |
2865 | ||
2866 | tracepoint(my_provider, my_tracepoint, stuff); | |
2867 | ---- | |
2868 | ||
2869 | If the tracepoint is enabled after the condition, then `stuff` is not | |
2870 | prepared: the emitted event will either contain wrong data, or the whole | |
2871 | application could crash (segmentation fault, for example). | |
2872 | ||
2873 | NOTE: Neither `tracepoint_enabled()` nor `do_tracepoint()` have an | |
2874 | `STAP_PROBEV()` call. If you need it, you must emit | |
2875 | this call yourself. | |
2876 | ||
2877 | ||
2878 | [[building-tracepoint-providers-and-user-application]] | |
2879 | ==== Build and link a tracepoint provider package and an application | |
2880 | ||
2881 | Once you have one or more <<tpp-header,tracepoint provider header | |
2882 | files>> and a <<tpp-source,tracepoint provider package source file>>, | |
2883 | you can create the tracepoint provider package by compiling its source | |
2884 | file. From here, multiple build and run scenarios are possible. The | |
2885 | following table shows common application and library configurations | |
2886 | along with the required command lines to achieve them. | |
2887 | ||
2888 | In the following diagrams, we use the following file names: | |
2889 | ||
2890 | `app`:: | |
2891 | Executable application. | |
2892 | ||
2893 | `app.o`:: | |
2894 | Application's object file. | |
2895 | ||
2896 | `tpp.o`:: | |
2897 | Tracepoint provider package object file. | |
2898 | ||
2899 | `tpp.a`:: | |
2900 | Tracepoint provider package archive file. | |
2901 | ||
2902 | `libtpp.so`:: | |
2903 | Tracepoint provider package shared object file. | |
2904 | ||
2905 | `emon.o`:: | |
2906 | User library object file. | |
2907 | ||
2908 | `libemon.so`:: | |
2909 | User library shared object file. | |
2910 | ||
2911 | We use the following symbols in the diagrams of table below: | |
2912 | ||
2913 | [role="img-100"] | |
2914 | .Symbols used in the build scenario diagrams. | |
2915 | image::ust-sit-symbols.png[] | |
2916 | ||
2917 | We assume that path:{.} is part of the env:LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment | |
2918 | variable in the following instructions. | |
2919 | ||
2920 | [role="growable ust-scenarios",cols="asciidoc,asciidoc"] | |
2921 | .Common tracepoint provider package scenarios. | |
2922 | |==== | |
2923 | |Scenario |Instructions | |
2924 | ||
2925 | | | |
2926 | The instrumented application is statically linked with | |
2927 | the tracepoint provider package object. | |
2928 | ||
2929 | image::ust-sit+app-linked-with-tp-o+app-instrumented.png[] | |
2930 | ||
2931 | | | |
2932 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-o.txt[] | |
2933 | ||
2934 | To build the instrumented application: | |
2935 | ||
2936 | . In path:{app.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the following line: | |
2937 | + | |
2938 | -- | |
2939 | [source,c] | |
2940 | ---- | |
2941 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
2942 | ---- | |
2943 | -- | |
2944 | ||
2945 | . Compile the application source file: | |
2946 | + | |
2947 | -- | |
2948 | [role="term"] | |
2949 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 2950 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
2951 | ---- |
2952 | -- | |
2953 | ||
2954 | . Build the application: | |
2955 | + | |
2956 | -- | |
2957 | [role="term"] | |
2958 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 2959 | $ gcc -o app app.o tpp.o -llttng-ust -ldl |
7e35c904 PP |
2960 | ---- |
2961 | -- | |
2962 | ||
2963 | To run the instrumented application: | |
2964 | ||
2965 | * Start the application: | |
2966 | + | |
2967 | -- | |
2968 | [role="term"] | |
2969 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 2970 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
2971 | ---- |
2972 | -- | |
2973 | ||
2974 | | | |
2975 | The instrumented application is statically linked with the | |
2976 | tracepoint provider package archive file. | |
2977 | ||
2978 | image::ust-sit+app-linked-with-tp-a+app-instrumented.png[] | |
2979 | ||
2980 | | | |
2981 | To create the tracepoint provider package archive file: | |
2982 | ||
2983 | . Compile the <<tpp-source,tracepoint provider package source file>>: | |
2984 | + | |
2985 | -- | |
2986 | [role="term"] | |
2987 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 2988 | $ gcc -I. -c tpp.c |
7e35c904 PP |
2989 | ---- |
2990 | -- | |
2991 | ||
2992 | . Create the tracepoint provider package archive file: | |
2993 | + | |
2994 | -- | |
2995 | [role="term"] | |
2996 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 2997 | $ ar rcs tpp.a tpp.o |
7e35c904 PP |
2998 | ---- |
2999 | -- | |
3000 | ||
3001 | To build the instrumented application: | |
3002 | ||
3003 | . In path:{app.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the following line: | |
3004 | + | |
3005 | -- | |
3006 | [source,c] | |
3007 | ---- | |
3008 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3009 | ---- | |
3010 | -- | |
3011 | ||
3012 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3013 | + | |
3014 | -- | |
3015 | [role="term"] | |
3016 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3017 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3018 | ---- |
3019 | -- | |
3020 | ||
3021 | . Build the application: | |
3022 | + | |
3023 | -- | |
3024 | [role="term"] | |
3025 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3026 | $ gcc -o app app.o tpp.a -llttng-ust -ldl |
7e35c904 PP |
3027 | ---- |
3028 | -- | |
3029 | ||
3030 | To run the instrumented application: | |
3031 | ||
3032 | * Start the application: | |
3033 | + | |
3034 | -- | |
3035 | [role="term"] | |
3036 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3037 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3038 | ---- |
3039 | -- | |
3040 | ||
3041 | | | |
3042 | The instrumented application is linked with the tracepoint provider | |
3043 | package shared object. | |
3044 | ||
3045 | image::ust-sit+app-linked-with-tp-so+app-instrumented.png[] | |
3046 | ||
3047 | | | |
3048 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-so.txt[] | |
3049 | ||
3050 | To build the instrumented application: | |
3051 | ||
3052 | . In path:{app.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the following line: | |
3053 | + | |
3054 | -- | |
3055 | [source,c] | |
3056 | ---- | |
3057 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3058 | ---- | |
3059 | -- | |
3060 | ||
3061 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3062 | + | |
3063 | -- | |
3064 | [role="term"] | |
3065 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3066 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3067 | ---- |
3068 | -- | |
3069 | ||
3070 | . Build the application: | |
3071 | + | |
3072 | -- | |
3073 | [role="term"] | |
3074 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3075 | $ gcc -o app app.o -ldl -L. -ltpp |
7e35c904 PP |
3076 | ---- |
3077 | -- | |
3078 | ||
3079 | To run the instrumented application: | |
3080 | ||
3081 | * Start the application: | |
3082 | + | |
3083 | -- | |
3084 | [role="term"] | |
3085 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3086 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3087 | ---- |
3088 | -- | |
3089 | ||
3090 | | | |
3091 | The tracepoint provider package shared object is preloaded before the | |
3092 | instrumented application starts. | |
3093 | ||
3094 | image::ust-sit+tp-so-preloaded+app-instrumented.png[] | |
3095 | ||
3096 | | | |
3097 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-so.txt[] | |
3098 | ||
3099 | To build the instrumented application: | |
3100 | ||
3101 | . In path:{app.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the | |
3102 | following lines: | |
3103 | + | |
3104 | -- | |
3105 | [source,c] | |
3106 | ---- | |
3107 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3108 | #define TRACEPOINT_PROBE_DYNAMIC_LINKAGE | |
3109 | ---- | |
3110 | -- | |
3111 | ||
3112 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3113 | + | |
3114 | -- | |
3115 | [role="term"] | |
3116 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3117 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3118 | ---- |
3119 | -- | |
3120 | ||
3121 | . Build the application: | |
3122 | + | |
3123 | -- | |
3124 | [role="term"] | |
3125 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3126 | $ gcc -o app app.o -ldl |
7e35c904 PP |
3127 | ---- |
3128 | -- | |
3129 | ||
3130 | To run the instrumented application with tracing support: | |
3131 | ||
3132 | * Preload the tracepoint provider package shared object and | |
3133 | start the application: | |
3134 | + | |
3135 | -- | |
3136 | [role="term"] | |
3137 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3138 | $ LD_PRELOAD=./libtpp.so ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3139 | ---- |
3140 | -- | |
3141 | ||
3142 | To run the instrumented application without tracing support: | |
3143 | ||
3144 | * Start the application: | |
3145 | + | |
3146 | -- | |
3147 | [role="term"] | |
3148 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3149 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3150 | ---- |
3151 | -- | |
3152 | ||
3153 | | | |
3154 | The instrumented application dynamically loads the tracepoint provider | |
3155 | package shared object. | |
3156 | ||
3157 | See the <<dlclose-warning,warning about `dlclose()`>>. | |
3158 | ||
3159 | image::ust-sit+app-dlopens-tp-so+app-instrumented.png[] | |
3160 | ||
3161 | | | |
3162 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-so.txt[] | |
3163 | ||
3164 | To build the instrumented application: | |
3165 | ||
3166 | . In path:{app.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the | |
3167 | following lines: | |
3168 | + | |
3169 | -- | |
3170 | [source,c] | |
3171 | ---- | |
3172 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3173 | #define TRACEPOINT_PROBE_DYNAMIC_LINKAGE | |
3174 | ---- | |
3175 | -- | |
3176 | ||
3177 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3178 | + | |
3179 | -- | |
3180 | [role="term"] | |
3181 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3182 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3183 | ---- |
3184 | -- | |
3185 | ||
3186 | . Build the application: | |
3187 | + | |
3188 | -- | |
3189 | [role="term"] | |
3190 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3191 | $ gcc -o app app.o -ldl |
7e35c904 PP |
3192 | ---- |
3193 | -- | |
3194 | ||
3195 | To run the instrumented application: | |
3196 | ||
3197 | * Start the application: | |
3198 | + | |
3199 | -- | |
3200 | [role="term"] | |
3201 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3202 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3203 | ---- |
3204 | -- | |
3205 | ||
3206 | | | |
3207 | The application is linked with the instrumented user library. | |
3208 | ||
3209 | The instrumented user library is statically linked with the tracepoint | |
3210 | provider package object file. | |
3211 | ||
3212 | image::ust-sit+app-linked-with-lib+lib-linked-with-tp-o+lib-instrumented.png[] | |
3213 | ||
3214 | | | |
3215 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-o-fpic.txt[] | |
3216 | ||
3217 | To build the instrumented user library: | |
3218 | ||
3219 | . In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the | |
3220 | following line: | |
3221 | + | |
3222 | -- | |
3223 | [source,c] | |
3224 | ---- | |
3225 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3226 | ---- | |
3227 | -- | |
3228 | ||
3229 | . Compile the user library source file: | |
3230 | + | |
3231 | -- | |
3232 | [role="term"] | |
3233 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3234 | $ gcc -I. -fpic -c emon.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3235 | ---- |
3236 | -- | |
3237 | ||
3238 | . Build the user library shared object: | |
3239 | + | |
3240 | -- | |
3241 | [role="term"] | |
3242 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3243 | $ gcc -shared -o libemon.so emon.o tpp.o -llttng-ust -ldl |
7e35c904 PP |
3244 | ---- |
3245 | -- | |
3246 | ||
3247 | To build the application: | |
3248 | ||
3249 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3250 | + | |
3251 | -- | |
3252 | [role="term"] | |
3253 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3254 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3255 | ---- |
3256 | -- | |
3257 | ||
3258 | . Build the application: | |
3259 | + | |
3260 | -- | |
3261 | [role="term"] | |
3262 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3263 | $ gcc -o app app.o -L. -lemon |
7e35c904 PP |
3264 | ---- |
3265 | -- | |
3266 | ||
3267 | To run the application: | |
3268 | ||
3269 | * Start the application: | |
3270 | + | |
3271 | -- | |
3272 | [role="term"] | |
3273 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3274 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3275 | ---- |
3276 | -- | |
3277 | ||
3278 | | | |
3279 | The application is linked with the instrumented user library. | |
3280 | ||
3281 | The instrumented user library is linked with the tracepoint provider | |
3282 | package shared object. | |
3283 | ||
3284 | image::ust-sit+app-linked-with-lib+lib-linked-with-tp-so+lib-instrumented.png[] | |
3285 | ||
3286 | | | |
3287 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-so.txt[] | |
3288 | ||
3289 | To build the instrumented user library: | |
3290 | ||
3291 | . In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the | |
3292 | following line: | |
3293 | + | |
3294 | -- | |
3295 | [source,c] | |
3296 | ---- | |
3297 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3298 | ---- | |
3299 | -- | |
3300 | ||
3301 | . Compile the user library source file: | |
3302 | + | |
3303 | -- | |
3304 | [role="term"] | |
3305 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3306 | $ gcc -I. -fpic -c emon.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3307 | ---- |
3308 | -- | |
3309 | ||
3310 | . Build the user library shared object: | |
3311 | + | |
3312 | -- | |
3313 | [role="term"] | |
3314 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3315 | $ gcc -shared -o libemon.so emon.o -ldl -L. -ltpp |
7e35c904 PP |
3316 | ---- |
3317 | -- | |
3318 | ||
3319 | To build the application: | |
3320 | ||
3321 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3322 | + | |
3323 | -- | |
3324 | [role="term"] | |
3325 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3326 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3327 | ---- |
3328 | -- | |
3329 | ||
3330 | . Build the application: | |
3331 | + | |
3332 | -- | |
3333 | [role="term"] | |
3334 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3335 | $ gcc -o app app.o -L. -lemon |
7e35c904 PP |
3336 | ---- |
3337 | -- | |
3338 | ||
3339 | To run the application: | |
3340 | ||
3341 | * Start the application: | |
3342 | + | |
3343 | -- | |
3344 | [role="term"] | |
3345 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3346 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3347 | ---- |
3348 | -- | |
3349 | ||
3350 | | | |
3351 | The tracepoint provider package shared object is preloaded before the | |
3352 | application starts. | |
3353 | ||
3354 | The application is linked with the instrumented user library. | |
3355 | ||
3356 | image::ust-sit+tp-so-preloaded+app-linked-with-lib+lib-instrumented.png[] | |
3357 | ||
3358 | | | |
3359 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-so.txt[] | |
3360 | ||
3361 | To build the instrumented user library: | |
3362 | ||
3363 | . In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the | |
3364 | following lines: | |
3365 | + | |
3366 | -- | |
3367 | [source,c] | |
3368 | ---- | |
3369 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3370 | #define TRACEPOINT_PROBE_DYNAMIC_LINKAGE | |
3371 | ---- | |
3372 | -- | |
3373 | ||
3374 | . Compile the user library source file: | |
3375 | + | |
3376 | -- | |
3377 | [role="term"] | |
3378 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3379 | $ gcc -I. -fpic -c emon.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3380 | ---- |
3381 | -- | |
3382 | ||
3383 | . Build the user library shared object: | |
3384 | + | |
3385 | -- | |
3386 | [role="term"] | |
3387 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3388 | $ gcc -shared -o libemon.so emon.o -ldl |
7e35c904 PP |
3389 | ---- |
3390 | -- | |
3391 | ||
3392 | To build the application: | |
3393 | ||
3394 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3395 | + | |
3396 | -- | |
3397 | [role="term"] | |
3398 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3399 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3400 | ---- |
3401 | -- | |
3402 | ||
3403 | . Build the application: | |
3404 | + | |
3405 | -- | |
3406 | [role="term"] | |
3407 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3408 | $ gcc -o app app.o -L. -lemon |
7e35c904 PP |
3409 | ---- |
3410 | -- | |
3411 | ||
3412 | To run the application with tracing support: | |
3413 | ||
3414 | * Preload the tracepoint provider package shared object and | |
3415 | start the application: | |
3416 | + | |
3417 | -- | |
3418 | [role="term"] | |
3419 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3420 | $ LD_PRELOAD=./libtpp.so ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3421 | ---- |
3422 | -- | |
3423 | ||
3424 | To run the application without tracing support: | |
3425 | ||
3426 | * Start the application: | |
3427 | + | |
3428 | -- | |
3429 | [role="term"] | |
3430 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3431 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3432 | ---- |
3433 | -- | |
3434 | ||
3435 | | | |
3436 | The application is linked with the instrumented user library. | |
3437 | ||
3438 | The instrumented user library dynamically loads the tracepoint provider | |
3439 | package shared object. | |
3440 | ||
3441 | See the <<dlclose-warning,warning about `dlclose()`>>. | |
3442 | ||
3443 | image::ust-sit+app-linked-with-lib+lib-dlopens-tp-so+lib-instrumented.png[] | |
3444 | ||
3445 | | | |
3446 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-so.txt[] | |
3447 | ||
3448 | To build the instrumented user library: | |
3449 | ||
3450 | . In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the | |
3451 | following lines: | |
3452 | + | |
3453 | -- | |
3454 | [source,c] | |
3455 | ---- | |
3456 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3457 | #define TRACEPOINT_PROBE_DYNAMIC_LINKAGE | |
3458 | ---- | |
3459 | -- | |
3460 | ||
3461 | . Compile the user library source file: | |
3462 | + | |
3463 | -- | |
3464 | [role="term"] | |
3465 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3466 | $ gcc -I. -fpic -c emon.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3467 | ---- |
3468 | -- | |
3469 | ||
3470 | . Build the user library shared object: | |
3471 | + | |
3472 | -- | |
3473 | [role="term"] | |
3474 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3475 | $ gcc -shared -o libemon.so emon.o -ldl |
7e35c904 PP |
3476 | ---- |
3477 | -- | |
3478 | ||
3479 | To build the application: | |
3480 | ||
3481 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3482 | + | |
3483 | -- | |
3484 | [role="term"] | |
3485 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3486 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3487 | ---- |
3488 | -- | |
3489 | ||
3490 | . Build the application: | |
3491 | + | |
3492 | -- | |
3493 | [role="term"] | |
3494 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3495 | $ gcc -o app app.o -L. -lemon |
7e35c904 PP |
3496 | ---- |
3497 | -- | |
3498 | ||
3499 | To run the application: | |
3500 | ||
3501 | * Start the application: | |
3502 | + | |
3503 | -- | |
3504 | [role="term"] | |
3505 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3506 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3507 | ---- |
3508 | -- | |
3509 | ||
3510 | | | |
3511 | The application dynamically loads the instrumented user library. | |
3512 | ||
3513 | The instrumented user library is linked with the tracepoint provider | |
3514 | package shared object. | |
3515 | ||
3516 | See the <<dlclose-warning,warning about `dlclose()`>>. | |
3517 | ||
3518 | image::ust-sit+app-dlopens-lib+lib-linked-with-tp-so+lib-instrumented.png[] | |
3519 | ||
3520 | | | |
3521 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-so.txt[] | |
3522 | ||
3523 | To build the instrumented user library: | |
3524 | ||
3525 | . In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the | |
3526 | following line: | |
3527 | + | |
3528 | -- | |
3529 | [source,c] | |
3530 | ---- | |
3531 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3532 | ---- | |
3533 | -- | |
3534 | ||
3535 | . Compile the user library source file: | |
3536 | + | |
3537 | -- | |
3538 | [role="term"] | |
3539 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3540 | $ gcc -I. -fpic -c emon.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3541 | ---- |
3542 | -- | |
3543 | ||
3544 | . Build the user library shared object: | |
3545 | + | |
3546 | -- | |
3547 | [role="term"] | |
3548 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3549 | $ gcc -shared -o libemon.so emon.o -ldl -L. -ltpp |
7e35c904 PP |
3550 | ---- |
3551 | -- | |
3552 | ||
3553 | To build the application: | |
3554 | ||
3555 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3556 | + | |
3557 | -- | |
3558 | [role="term"] | |
3559 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3560 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3561 | ---- |
3562 | -- | |
3563 | ||
3564 | . Build the application: | |
3565 | + | |
3566 | -- | |
3567 | [role="term"] | |
3568 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3569 | $ gcc -o app app.o -ldl -L. -lemon |
7e35c904 PP |
3570 | ---- |
3571 | -- | |
3572 | ||
3573 | To run the application: | |
3574 | ||
3575 | * Start the application: | |
3576 | + | |
3577 | -- | |
3578 | [role="term"] | |
3579 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3580 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3581 | ---- |
3582 | -- | |
3583 | ||
3584 | | | |
3585 | The application dynamically loads the instrumented user library. | |
3586 | ||
3587 | The instrumented user library dynamically loads the tracepoint provider | |
3588 | package shared object. | |
3589 | ||
3590 | See the <<dlclose-warning,warning about `dlclose()`>>. | |
3591 | ||
3592 | image::ust-sit+app-dlopens-lib+lib-dlopens-tp-so+lib-instrumented.png[] | |
3593 | ||
3594 | | | |
3595 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-so.txt[] | |
3596 | ||
3597 | To build the instrumented user library: | |
3598 | ||
3599 | . In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the | |
3600 | following lines: | |
3601 | + | |
3602 | -- | |
3603 | [source,c] | |
3604 | ---- | |
3605 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3606 | #define TRACEPOINT_PROBE_DYNAMIC_LINKAGE | |
3607 | ---- | |
3608 | -- | |
3609 | ||
3610 | . Compile the user library source file: | |
3611 | + | |
3612 | -- | |
3613 | [role="term"] | |
3614 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3615 | $ gcc -I. -fpic -c emon.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3616 | ---- |
3617 | -- | |
3618 | ||
3619 | . Build the user library shared object: | |
3620 | + | |
3621 | -- | |
3622 | [role="term"] | |
3623 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3624 | $ gcc -shared -o libemon.so emon.o -ldl |
7e35c904 PP |
3625 | ---- |
3626 | -- | |
3627 | ||
3628 | To build the application: | |
3629 | ||
3630 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3631 | + | |
3632 | -- | |
3633 | [role="term"] | |
3634 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3635 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3636 | ---- |
3637 | -- | |
3638 | ||
3639 | . Build the application: | |
3640 | + | |
3641 | -- | |
3642 | [role="term"] | |
3643 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3644 | $ gcc -o app app.o -ldl -L. -lemon |
7e35c904 PP |
3645 | ---- |
3646 | -- | |
3647 | ||
3648 | To run the application: | |
3649 | ||
3650 | * Start the application: | |
3651 | + | |
3652 | -- | |
3653 | [role="term"] | |
3654 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3655 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3656 | ---- |
3657 | -- | |
3658 | ||
3659 | | | |
3660 | The tracepoint provider package shared object is preloaded before the | |
3661 | application starts. | |
3662 | ||
3663 | The application dynamically loads the instrumented user library. | |
3664 | ||
3665 | image::ust-sit+tp-so-preloaded+app-dlopens-lib+lib-instrumented.png[] | |
3666 | ||
3667 | | | |
3668 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-so.txt[] | |
3669 | ||
3670 | To build the instrumented user library: | |
3671 | ||
3672 | . In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the | |
3673 | following lines: | |
3674 | + | |
3675 | -- | |
3676 | [source,c] | |
3677 | ---- | |
3678 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3679 | #define TRACEPOINT_PROBE_DYNAMIC_LINKAGE | |
3680 | ---- | |
3681 | -- | |
3682 | ||
3683 | . Compile the user library source file: | |
3684 | + | |
3685 | -- | |
3686 | [role="term"] | |
3687 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3688 | $ gcc -I. -fpic -c emon.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3689 | ---- |
3690 | -- | |
3691 | ||
3692 | . Build the user library shared object: | |
3693 | + | |
3694 | -- | |
3695 | [role="term"] | |
3696 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3697 | $ gcc -shared -o libemon.so emon.o -ldl |
7e35c904 PP |
3698 | ---- |
3699 | -- | |
3700 | ||
3701 | To build the application: | |
3702 | ||
3703 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3704 | + | |
3705 | -- | |
3706 | [role="term"] | |
3707 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3708 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3709 | ---- |
3710 | -- | |
3711 | ||
3712 | . Build the application: | |
3713 | + | |
3714 | -- | |
3715 | [role="term"] | |
3716 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3717 | $ gcc -o app app.o -L. -lemon |
7e35c904 PP |
3718 | ---- |
3719 | -- | |
3720 | ||
3721 | To run the application with tracing support: | |
3722 | ||
3723 | * Preload the tracepoint provider package shared object and | |
3724 | start the application: | |
3725 | + | |
3726 | -- | |
3727 | [role="term"] | |
3728 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3729 | $ LD_PRELOAD=./libtpp.so ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3730 | ---- |
3731 | -- | |
3732 | ||
3733 | To run the application without tracing support: | |
3734 | ||
3735 | * Start the application: | |
3736 | + | |
3737 | -- | |
3738 | [role="term"] | |
3739 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3740 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3741 | ---- |
3742 | -- | |
3743 | ||
3744 | | | |
3745 | The application is statically linked with the tracepoint provider | |
3746 | package object file. | |
3747 | ||
3748 | The application is linked with the instrumented user library. | |
3749 | ||
3750 | image::ust-sit+app-linked-with-tp-o+app-linked-with-lib+lib-instrumented.png[] | |
3751 | ||
3752 | | | |
3753 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-o.txt[] | |
3754 | ||
3755 | To build the instrumented user library: | |
3756 | ||
3757 | . In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the | |
3758 | following line: | |
3759 | + | |
3760 | -- | |
3761 | [source,c] | |
3762 | ---- | |
3763 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3764 | ---- | |
3765 | -- | |
3766 | ||
3767 | . Compile the user library source file: | |
3768 | + | |
3769 | -- | |
3770 | [role="term"] | |
3771 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3772 | $ gcc -I. -fpic -c emon.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3773 | ---- |
3774 | -- | |
3775 | ||
3776 | . Build the user library shared object: | |
3777 | + | |
3778 | -- | |
3779 | [role="term"] | |
3780 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3781 | $ gcc -shared -o libemon.so emon.o |
7e35c904 PP |
3782 | ---- |
3783 | -- | |
3784 | ||
3785 | To build the application: | |
3786 | ||
3787 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3788 | + | |
3789 | -- | |
3790 | [role="term"] | |
3791 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3792 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3793 | ---- |
3794 | -- | |
3795 | ||
3796 | . Build the application: | |
3797 | + | |
3798 | -- | |
3799 | [role="term"] | |
3800 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3801 | $ gcc -o app app.o tpp.o -llttng-ust -ldl -L. -lemon |
7e35c904 PP |
3802 | ---- |
3803 | -- | |
3804 | ||
3805 | To run the instrumented application: | |
3806 | ||
3807 | * Start the application: | |
3808 | + | |
3809 | -- | |
3810 | [role="term"] | |
3811 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3812 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3813 | ---- |
3814 | -- | |
3815 | ||
3816 | | | |
3817 | The application is statically linked with the tracepoint provider | |
3818 | package object file. | |
3819 | ||
3820 | The application dynamically loads the instrumented user library. | |
3821 | ||
3822 | image::ust-sit+app-linked-with-tp-o+app-dlopens-lib+lib-instrumented.png[] | |
3823 | ||
3824 | | | |
3825 | include::../common/ust-sit-step-tp-o.txt[] | |
3826 | ||
3827 | To build the application: | |
3828 | ||
3829 | . In path:{app.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the following line: | |
3830 | + | |
3831 | -- | |
3832 | [source,c] | |
3833 | ---- | |
3834 | #define TRACEPOINT_DEFINE | |
3835 | ---- | |
3836 | -- | |
3837 | ||
3838 | . Compile the application source file: | |
3839 | + | |
3840 | -- | |
3841 | [role="term"] | |
3842 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3843 | $ gcc -c app.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3844 | ---- |
3845 | -- | |
3846 | ||
3847 | . Build the application: | |
3848 | + | |
3849 | -- | |
3850 | [role="term"] | |
3851 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3852 | $ gcc -Wl,--export-dynamic -o app app.o tpp.o \ |
7e35c904 PP |
3853 | -llttng-ust -ldl |
3854 | ---- | |
3855 | -- | |
3856 | + | |
3857 | The `--export-dynamic` option passed to the linker is necessary for the | |
3858 | dynamically loaded library to ``see'' the tracepoint symbols defined in | |
3859 | the application. | |
3860 | ||
3861 | To build the instrumented user library: | |
3862 | ||
3863 | . Compile the user library source file: | |
3864 | + | |
3865 | -- | |
3866 | [role="term"] | |
3867 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3868 | $ gcc -I. -fpic -c emon.c |
7e35c904 PP |
3869 | ---- |
3870 | -- | |
3871 | ||
3872 | . Build the user library shared object: | |
3873 | + | |
3874 | -- | |
3875 | [role="term"] | |
3876 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3877 | $ gcc -shared -o libemon.so emon.o |
7e35c904 PP |
3878 | ---- |
3879 | -- | |
3880 | ||
3881 | To run the application: | |
3882 | ||
3883 | * Start the application: | |
3884 | + | |
3885 | -- | |
3886 | [role="term"] | |
3887 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3888 | $ ./app |
7e35c904 PP |
3889 | ---- |
3890 | -- | |
3891 | |==== | |
3892 | ||
3893 | [[dlclose-warning]] | |
3894 | [IMPORTANT] | |
3895 | .Do not use man:dlclose(3) on a tracepoint provider package | |
3896 | ==== | |
3897 | Never use man:dlclose(3) on any shared object which: | |
3898 | ||
3899 | * Is linked with, statically or dynamically, a tracepoint provider | |
3900 | package. | |
3901 | * Calls man:dlopen(3) itself to dynamically open a tracepoint provider | |
3902 | package shared object. | |
3903 | ||
3904 | This is currently considered **unsafe** due to a lack of reference | |
3905 | counting from LTTng-UST to the shared object. | |
3906 | ||
3907 | A known workaround (available since glibc 2.2) is to use the | |
3908 | `RTLD_NODELETE` flag when calling man:dlopen(3) initially. This has the | |
3909 | effect of not unloading the loaded shared object, even if man:dlclose(3) | |
3910 | is called. | |
3911 | ||
3912 | You can also preload the tracepoint provider package shared object with | |
3913 | the env:LD_PRELOAD environment variable to overcome this limitation. | |
3914 | ==== | |
3915 | ||
3916 | ||
3917 | [[using-lttng-ust-with-daemons]] | |
3918 | ===== Use noch:{LTTng-UST} with daemons | |
3919 | ||
3920 | If your instrumented application calls man:fork(2), man:clone(2), | |
3921 | or BSD's man:rfork(2), without a following man:exec(3)-family | |
3922 | system call, you must preload the path:{liblttng-ust-fork.so} shared | |
3923 | object when you start the application. | |
3924 | ||
3925 | [role="term"] | |
3926 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3927 | $ LD_PRELOAD=liblttng-ust-fork.so ./my-app |
7e35c904 PP |
3928 | ---- |
3929 | ||
3930 | If your tracepoint provider package is | |
3931 | a shared library which you also preload, you must put both | |
3932 | shared objects in env:LD_PRELOAD: | |
3933 | ||
3934 | [role="term"] | |
3935 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3936 | $ LD_PRELOAD=liblttng-ust-fork.so:/path/to/tp.so ./my-app |
7e35c904 PP |
3937 | ---- |
3938 | ||
3939 | ||
3940 | [role="since-2.9"] | |
3941 | [[liblttng-ust-fd]] | |
3942 | ===== Use noch:{LTTng-UST} with applications which close file descriptors that don't belong to them | |
3943 | ||
3944 | If your instrumented application closes one or more file descriptors | |
3945 | which it did not open itself, you must preload the | |
3946 | path:{liblttng-ust-fd.so} shared object when you start the application: | |
3947 | ||
3948 | [role="term"] | |
3949 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3950 | $ LD_PRELOAD=liblttng-ust-fd.so ./my-app |
7e35c904 PP |
3951 | ---- |
3952 | ||
3953 | Typical use cases include closing all the file descriptors after | |
3954 | man:fork(2) or man:rfork(2) and buggy applications doing | |
3955 | ``double closes''. | |
3956 | ||
3957 | ||
3958 | [[lttng-ust-pkg-config]] | |
3959 | ===== Use noch:{pkg-config} | |
3960 | ||
3961 | On some distributions, LTTng-UST ships with a | |
3962 | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/[pkg-config] | |
3963 | metadata file. If this is your case, then you can use cmd:pkg-config to | |
3964 | build an application on the command line: | |
3965 | ||
3966 | [role="term"] | |
3967 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3968 | $ gcc -o my-app my-app.o tp.o $(pkg-config --cflags --libs lttng-ust) |
7e35c904 PP |
3969 | ---- |
3970 | ||
3971 | ||
3972 | [[instrumenting-32-bit-app-on-64-bit-system]] | |
3973 | ===== [[advanced-instrumenting-techniques]]Build a 32-bit instrumented application for a 64-bit target system | |
3974 | ||
3975 | In order to trace a 32-bit application running on a 64-bit system, | |
3976 | LTTng must use a dedicated 32-bit | |
3977 | <<lttng-consumerd,consumer daemon>>. | |
3978 | ||
3979 | The following steps show how to build and install a 32-bit consumer | |
3980 | daemon, which is _not_ part of the default 64-bit LTTng build, how to | |
3981 | build and install the 32-bit LTTng-UST libraries, and how to build and | |
3982 | link an instrumented 32-bit application in that context. | |
3983 | ||
3984 | To build a 32-bit instrumented application for a 64-bit target system, | |
3985 | assuming you have a fresh target system with no installed Userspace RCU | |
3986 | or LTTng packages: | |
3987 | ||
3988 | . Download, build, and install a 32-bit version of Userspace RCU: | |
3989 | + | |
3990 | -- | |
3991 | [role="term"] | |
3992 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 3993 | $ cd $(mktemp -d) && |
7e35c904 PP |
3994 | wget http://lttng.org/files/urcu/userspace-rcu-latest-0.9.tar.bz2 && |
3995 | tar -xf userspace-rcu-latest-0.9.tar.bz2 && | |
3996 | cd userspace-rcu-0.9.* && | |
3997 | ./configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib32 CFLAGS=-m32 && | |
3998 | make && | |
3999 | sudo make install && | |
4000 | sudo ldconfig | |
4001 | ---- | |
4002 | -- | |
4003 | ||
4004 | . Using your distribution's package manager, or from source, install | |
4005 | the following 32-bit versions of the following dependencies of | |
4006 | LTTng-tools and LTTng-UST: | |
4007 | + | |
4008 | -- | |
4009 | * https://sourceforge.net/projects/libuuid/[libuuid] | |
4010 | * http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Popt[popt] | |
4011 | * http://www.xmlsoft.org/[libxml2] | |
4012 | -- | |
4013 | ||
4014 | . Download, build, and install a 32-bit version of the latest | |
4015 | LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision}: | |
4016 | + | |
4017 | -- | |
4018 | [role="term"] | |
4019 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4020 | $ cd $(mktemp -d) && |
7e35c904 PP |
4021 | wget http://lttng.org/files/lttng-ust/lttng-ust-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && |
4022 | tar -xf lttng-ust-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && | |
4023 | cd lttng-ust-2.9.* && | |
4024 | ./configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib32 \ | |
4025 | CFLAGS=-m32 CXXFLAGS=-m32 \ | |
4026 | LDFLAGS='-L/usr/local/lib32 -L/usr/lib32' && | |
4027 | make && | |
4028 | sudo make install && | |
4029 | sudo ldconfig | |
4030 | ---- | |
4031 | -- | |
4032 | + | |
4033 | [NOTE] | |
4034 | ==== | |
4035 | Depending on your distribution, | |
4036 | 32-bit libraries could be installed at a different location than | |
4037 | `/usr/lib32`. For example, Debian is known to install | |
4038 | some 32-bit libraries in `/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu`. | |
4039 | ||
4040 | In this case, make sure to set `LDFLAGS` to all the | |
4041 | relevant 32-bit library paths, for example: | |
4042 | ||
4043 | [role="term"] | |
4044 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4045 | $ LDFLAGS='-L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib32' |
7e35c904 PP |
4046 | ---- |
4047 | ==== | |
4048 | ||
4049 | . Download the latest LTTng-tools{nbsp}{revision}, build, and install | |
4050 | the 32-bit consumer daemon: | |
4051 | + | |
4052 | -- | |
4053 | [role="term"] | |
4054 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4055 | $ cd $(mktemp -d) && |
7e35c904 PP |
4056 | wget http://lttng.org/files/lttng-tools/lttng-tools-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && |
4057 | tar -xf lttng-tools-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && | |
4058 | cd lttng-tools-2.9.* && | |
4059 | ./configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib32 CFLAGS=-m32 CXXFLAGS=-m32 \ | |
060d8534 JG |
4060 | LDFLAGS='-L/usr/local/lib32 -L/usr/lib32' \ |
4061 | --disable-bin-lttng --disable-bin-lttng-crash \ | |
4062 | --disable-bin-lttng-relayd --disable-bin-lttng-sessiond && | |
7e35c904 PP |
4063 | make && |
4064 | cd src/bin/lttng-consumerd && | |
4065 | sudo make install && | |
4066 | sudo ldconfig | |
4067 | ---- | |
4068 | -- | |
4069 | ||
4070 | . From your distribution or from source, | |
4071 | <<installing-lttng,install>> the 64-bit versions of | |
4072 | LTTng-UST and Userspace RCU. | |
4073 | . Download, build, and install the 64-bit version of the | |
4074 | latest LTTng-tools{nbsp}{revision}: | |
4075 | + | |
4076 | -- | |
4077 | [role="term"] | |
4078 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4079 | $ cd $(mktemp -d) && |
7e35c904 PP |
4080 | wget http://lttng.org/files/lttng-tools/lttng-tools-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && |
4081 | tar -xf lttng-tools-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && | |
4082 | cd lttng-tools-2.9.* && | |
4083 | ./configure --with-consumerd32-libdir=/usr/local/lib32 \ | |
4084 | --with-consumerd32-bin=/usr/local/lib32/lttng/libexec/lttng-consumerd && | |
4085 | make && | |
4086 | sudo make install && | |
4087 | sudo ldconfig | |
4088 | ---- | |
4089 | -- | |
4090 | ||
4091 | . Pass the following options to man:gcc(1), man:g++(1), or man:clang(1) | |
4092 | when linking your 32-bit application: | |
4093 | + | |
4094 | ---- | |
4095 | -m32 -L/usr/lib32 -L/usr/local/lib32 \ | |
4096 | -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib32,-rpath,/usr/local/lib32 | |
4097 | ---- | |
4098 | + | |
4099 | For example, let's rebuild the quick start example in | |
4100 | <<tracing-your-own-user-application,Trace a user application>> as an | |
4101 | instrumented 32-bit application: | |
4102 | + | |
4103 | -- | |
4104 | [role="term"] | |
4105 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
4106 | $ gcc -m32 -c -I. hello-tp.c |
4107 | $ gcc -m32 -c hello.c | |
4108 | $ gcc -m32 -o hello hello.o hello-tp.o \ | |
7e35c904 PP |
4109 | -L/usr/lib32 -L/usr/local/lib32 \ |
4110 | -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib32,-rpath,/usr/local/lib32 \ | |
4111 | -llttng-ust -ldl | |
4112 | ---- | |
4113 | -- | |
4114 | ||
4115 | No special action is required to execute the 32-bit application and | |
4116 | to trace it: use the command-line man:lttng(1) tool as usual. | |
4117 | ||
4118 | ||
4119 | [role="since-2.5"] | |
4120 | [[tracef]] | |
4121 | ==== Use `tracef()` | |
4122 | ||
4123 | man:tracef(3) is a small LTTng-UST API designed for quick, | |
4124 | man:printf(3)-like instrumentation without the burden of | |
4125 | <<tracepoint-provider,creating>> and | |
4126 | <<building-tracepoint-providers-and-user-application,building>> | |
4127 | a tracepoint provider package. | |
4128 | ||
4129 | To use `tracef()` in your application: | |
4130 | ||
4131 | . In the C or C++ source files where you need to use `tracef()`, | |
4132 | include `<lttng/tracef.h>`: | |
4133 | + | |
4134 | -- | |
4135 | [source,c] | |
4136 | ---- | |
4137 | #include <lttng/tracef.h> | |
4138 | ---- | |
4139 | -- | |
4140 | ||
4141 | . In the application's source code, use `tracef()` like you would use | |
4142 | man:printf(3): | |
4143 | + | |
4144 | -- | |
4145 | [source,c] | |
4146 | ---- | |
4147 | /* ... */ | |
4148 | ||
4149 | tracef("my message: %d (%s)", my_integer, my_string); | |
4150 | ||
4151 | /* ... */ | |
4152 | ---- | |
4153 | -- | |
4154 | ||
4155 | . Link your application with `liblttng-ust`: | |
4156 | + | |
4157 | -- | |
4158 | [role="term"] | |
4159 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4160 | $ gcc -o app app.c -llttng-ust |
7e35c904 PP |
4161 | ---- |
4162 | -- | |
4163 | ||
4164 | To trace the events that `tracef()` calls emit: | |
4165 | ||
4166 | * <<enabling-disabling-events,Create an event rule>> which matches the | |
4167 | `lttng_ust_tracef:*` event name: | |
4168 | + | |
4169 | -- | |
4170 | [role="term"] | |
4171 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4172 | $ lttng enable-event --userspace 'lttng_ust_tracef:*' |
7e35c904 PP |
4173 | ---- |
4174 | -- | |
4175 | ||
4176 | [IMPORTANT] | |
4177 | .Limitations of `tracef()` | |
4178 | ==== | |
4179 | The `tracef()` utility function was developed to make user space tracing | |
4180 | super simple, albeit with notable disadvantages compared to | |
4181 | <<defining-tracepoints,user-defined tracepoints>>: | |
4182 | ||
4183 | * All the emitted events have the same tracepoint provider and | |
4184 | tracepoint names, respectively `lttng_ust_tracef` and `event`. | |
4185 | * There is no static type checking. | |
4186 | * The only event record field you actually get, named `msg`, is a string | |
4187 | potentially containing the values you passed to `tracef()` | |
4188 | using your own format string. This also means that you cannot filter | |
4189 | events with a custom expression at run time because there are no | |
4190 | isolated fields. | |
4191 | * Since `tracef()` uses the C standard library's man:vasprintf(3) | |
4192 | function behind the scenes to format the strings at run time, its | |
4193 | expected performance is lower than with user-defined tracepoints, | |
4194 | which do not require a conversion to a string. | |
4195 | ||
4196 | Taking this into consideration, `tracef()` is useful for some quick | |
4197 | prototyping and debugging, but you should not consider it for any | |
4198 | permanent and serious applicative instrumentation. | |
4199 | ==== | |
4200 | ||
4201 | ||
4202 | [role="since-2.7"] | |
4203 | [[tracelog]] | |
4204 | ==== Use `tracelog()` | |
4205 | ||
4206 | The man:tracelog(3) API is very similar to <<tracef,`tracef()`>>, with | |
4207 | the difference that it accepts an additional log level parameter. | |
4208 | ||
4209 | The goal of `tracelog()` is to ease the migration from logging to | |
4210 | tracing. | |
4211 | ||
4212 | To use `tracelog()` in your application: | |
4213 | ||
4214 | . In the C or C++ source files where you need to use `tracelog()`, | |
4215 | include `<lttng/tracelog.h>`: | |
4216 | + | |
4217 | -- | |
4218 | [source,c] | |
4219 | ---- | |
4220 | #include <lttng/tracelog.h> | |
4221 | ---- | |
4222 | -- | |
4223 | ||
4224 | . In the application's source code, use `tracelog()` like you would use | |
4225 | man:printf(3), except for the first parameter which is the log | |
4226 | level: | |
4227 | + | |
4228 | -- | |
4229 | [source,c] | |
4230 | ---- | |
4231 | /* ... */ | |
4232 | ||
4233 | tracelog(TRACE_WARNING, "my message: %d (%s)", | |
4234 | my_integer, my_string); | |
4235 | ||
4236 | /* ... */ | |
4237 | ---- | |
4238 | -- | |
4239 | + | |
4240 | See man:lttng-ust(3) for a list of available log level names. | |
4241 | ||
4242 | . Link your application with `liblttng-ust`: | |
4243 | + | |
4244 | -- | |
4245 | [role="term"] | |
4246 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4247 | $ gcc -o app app.c -llttng-ust |
7e35c904 PP |
4248 | ---- |
4249 | -- | |
4250 | ||
4251 | To trace the events that `tracelog()` calls emit with a log level | |
4252 | _as severe as_ a specific log level: | |
4253 | ||
4254 | * <<enabling-disabling-events,Create an event rule>> which matches the | |
4255 | `lttng_ust_tracelog:*` event name and a minimum level | |
4256 | of severity: | |
4257 | + | |
4258 | -- | |
4259 | [role="term"] | |
4260 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4261 | $ lttng enable-event --userspace 'lttng_ust_tracelog:*' |
7e35c904 PP |
4262 | --loglevel=TRACE_WARNING |
4263 | ---- | |
4264 | -- | |
4265 | ||
4266 | To trace the events that `tracelog()` calls emit with a | |
4267 | _specific log level_: | |
4268 | ||
4269 | * Create an event rule which matches the `lttng_ust_tracelog:*` | |
4270 | event name and a specific log level: | |
4271 | + | |
4272 | -- | |
4273 | [role="term"] | |
4274 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4275 | $ lttng enable-event --userspace 'lttng_ust_tracelog:*' |
7e35c904 PP |
4276 | --loglevel-only=TRACE_INFO |
4277 | ---- | |
4278 | -- | |
4279 | ||
4280 | ||
4281 | [[prebuilt-ust-helpers]] | |
4282 | === Prebuilt user space tracing helpers | |
4283 | ||
4284 | The LTTng-UST package provides a few helpers in the form or preloadable | |
4285 | shared objects which automatically instrument system functions and | |
4286 | calls. | |
4287 | ||
4288 | The helper shared objects are normally found in dir:{/usr/lib}. If you | |
4289 | built LTTng-UST <<building-from-source,from source>>, they are probably | |
4290 | located in dir:{/usr/local/lib}. | |
4291 | ||
4292 | The installed user space tracing helpers in LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision} | |
4293 | are: | |
4294 | ||
4295 | path:{liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper.so}:: | |
4296 | path:{liblttng-ust-pthread-wrapper.so}:: | |
4297 | <<liblttng-ust-libc-pthread-wrapper,C{nbsp}standard library | |
4298 | memory and POSIX threads function tracing>>. | |
4299 | ||
4300 | path:{liblttng-ust-cyg-profile.so}:: | |
4301 | path:{liblttng-ust-cyg-profile-fast.so}:: | |
4302 | <<liblttng-ust-cyg-profile,Function entry and exit tracing>>. | |
4303 | ||
4304 | path:{liblttng-ust-dl.so}:: | |
4305 | <<liblttng-ust-dl,Dynamic linker tracing>>. | |
4306 | ||
4307 | To use a user space tracing helper with any user application: | |
4308 | ||
4309 | * Preload the helper shared object when you start the application: | |
4310 | + | |
4311 | -- | |
4312 | [role="term"] | |
4313 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4314 | $ LD_PRELOAD=liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper.so my-app |
7e35c904 PP |
4315 | ---- |
4316 | -- | |
4317 | + | |
4318 | You can preload more than one helper: | |
4319 | + | |
4320 | -- | |
4321 | [role="term"] | |
4322 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4323 | $ LD_PRELOAD=liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper.so:liblttng-ust-dl.so my-app |
7e35c904 PP |
4324 | ---- |
4325 | -- | |
4326 | ||
4327 | ||
4328 | [role="since-2.3"] | |
4329 | [[liblttng-ust-libc-pthread-wrapper]] | |
4330 | ==== Instrument C standard library memory and POSIX threads functions | |
4331 | ||
4332 | The path:{liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper.so} and | |
4333 | path:{liblttng-ust-pthread-wrapper.so} helpers | |
4334 | add instrumentation to some C standard library and POSIX | |
4335 | threads functions. | |
4336 | ||
4337 | [role="growable"] | |
4338 | .Functions instrumented by preloading path:{liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper.so}. | |
4339 | |==== | |
4340 | |TP provider name |TP name |Instrumented function | |
4341 | ||
4342 | .6+|`lttng_ust_libc` |`malloc` |man:malloc(3) | |
4343 | |`calloc` |man:calloc(3) | |
4344 | |`realloc` |man:realloc(3) | |
4345 | |`free` |man:free(3) | |
4346 | |`memalign` |man:memalign(3) | |
4347 | |`posix_memalign` |man:posix_memalign(3) | |
4348 | |==== | |
4349 | ||
4350 | [role="growable"] | |
4351 | .Functions instrumented by preloading path:{liblttng-ust-pthread-wrapper.so}. | |
4352 | |==== | |
4353 | |TP provider name |TP name |Instrumented function | |
4354 | ||
4355 | .4+|`lttng_ust_pthread` |`pthread_mutex_lock_req` |man:pthread_mutex_lock(3p) (request time) | |
4356 | |`pthread_mutex_lock_acq` |man:pthread_mutex_lock(3p) (acquire time) | |
4357 | |`pthread_mutex_trylock` |man:pthread_mutex_trylock(3p) | |
4358 | |`pthread_mutex_unlock` |man:pthread_mutex_unlock(3p) | |
4359 | |==== | |
4360 | ||
4361 | When you preload the shared object, it replaces the functions listed | |
4362 | in the previous tables by wrappers which contain tracepoints and call | |
4363 | the replaced functions. | |
4364 | ||
4365 | ||
4366 | [[liblttng-ust-cyg-profile]] | |
4367 | ==== Instrument function entry and exit | |
4368 | ||
4369 | The path:{liblttng-ust-cyg-profile*.so} helpers can add instrumentation | |
4370 | to the entry and exit points of functions. | |
4371 | ||
4372 | man:gcc(1) and man:clang(1) have an option named | |
db5a45ee | 4373 | https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Instrumentation-Options.html[`-finstrument-functions`] |
7e35c904 PP |
4374 | which generates instrumentation calls for entry and exit to functions. |
4375 | The LTTng-UST function tracing helpers, | |
4376 | path:{liblttng-ust-cyg-profile.so} and | |
4377 | path:{liblttng-ust-cyg-profile-fast.so}, take advantage of this feature | |
4378 | to add tracepoints to the two generated functions (which contain | |
4379 | `cyg_profile` in their names, hence the helper's name). | |
4380 | ||
4381 | To use the LTTng-UST function tracing helper, the source files to | |
4382 | instrument must be built using the `-finstrument-functions` compiler | |
4383 | flag. | |
4384 | ||
4385 | There are two versions of the LTTng-UST function tracing helper: | |
4386 | ||
4387 | * **path:{liblttng-ust-cyg-profile-fast.so}** is a lightweight variant | |
4388 | that you should only use when it can be _guaranteed_ that the | |
4389 | complete event stream is recorded without any lost event record. | |
4390 | Any kind of duplicate information is left out. | |
4391 | + | |
4392 | Assuming no event record is lost, having only the function addresses on | |
4393 | entry is enough to create a call graph, since an event record always | |
4394 | contains the ID of the CPU that generated it. | |
4395 | + | |
4396 | You can use a tool like man:addr2line(1) to convert function addresses | |
4397 | back to source file names and line numbers. | |
4398 | ||
4399 | * **path:{liblttng-ust-cyg-profile.so}** is a more robust variant | |
4400 | which also works in use cases where event records might get discarded or | |
4401 | not recorded from application startup. | |
4402 | In these cases, the trace analyzer needs more information to be | |
4403 | able to reconstruct the program flow. | |
4404 | ||
4405 | See man:lttng-ust-cyg-profile(3) to learn more about the instrumentation | |
4406 | points of this helper. | |
4407 | ||
4408 | All the tracepoints that this helper provides have the | |
4409 | log level `TRACE_DEBUG_FUNCTION` (see man:lttng-ust(3)). | |
4410 | ||
4411 | TIP: It's sometimes a good idea to limit the number of source files that | |
4412 | you compile with the `-finstrument-functions` option to prevent LTTng | |
4413 | from writing an excessive amount of trace data at run time. When using | |
4414 | man:gcc(1), you can use the | |
4415 | `-finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list` option to avoid | |
4416 | instrument entries and exits of specific function names. | |
4417 | ||
4418 | ||
4419 | [role="since-2.4"] | |
4420 | [[liblttng-ust-dl]] | |
4421 | ==== Instrument the dynamic linker | |
4422 | ||
4423 | The path:{liblttng-ust-dl.so} helper adds instrumentation to the | |
4424 | man:dlopen(3) and man:dlclose(3) function calls. | |
4425 | ||
4426 | See man:lttng-ust-dl(3) to learn more about the instrumentation points | |
4427 | of this helper. | |
4428 | ||
4429 | ||
4430 | [role="since-2.4"] | |
4431 | [[java-application]] | |
4432 | === User space Java agent | |
4433 | ||
4434 | You can instrument any Java application which uses one of the following | |
4435 | logging frameworks: | |
4436 | ||
4437 | * The https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/logging/package-summary.html[**`java.util.logging`**] | |
4438 | (JUL) core logging facilities. | |
4439 | * http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/[**Apache log4j 1.2**], since | |
4440 | LTTng 2.6. Note that Apache Log4j{nbsp}2 is not supported. | |
4441 | ||
4442 | [role="img-100"] | |
4443 | .LTTng-UST Java agent imported by a Java application. | |
4444 | image::java-app.png[] | |
4445 | ||
4446 | Note that the methods described below are new in LTTng{nbsp}{revision}. | |
4447 | Previous LTTng versions use another technique. | |
4448 | ||
4449 | NOTE: We use http://openjdk.java.net/[OpenJDK]{nbsp}8 for development | |
4450 | and https://ci.lttng.org/[continuous integration], thus this version is | |
4451 | directly supported. However, the LTTng-UST Java agent is also tested | |
4452 | with OpenJDK{nbsp}7. | |
4453 | ||
4454 | ||
4455 | [role="since-2.8"] | |
4456 | [[jul]] | |
4457 | ==== Use the LTTng-UST Java agent for `java.util.logging` | |
4458 | ||
4459 | To use the LTTng-UST Java agent in a Java application which uses | |
4460 | `java.util.logging` (JUL): | |
4461 | ||
4462 | . In the Java application's source code, import the LTTng-UST | |
4463 | log handler package for `java.util.logging`: | |
4464 | + | |
4465 | -- | |
4466 | [source,java] | |
4467 | ---- | |
4468 | import org.lttng.ust.agent.jul.LttngLogHandler; | |
4469 | ---- | |
4470 | -- | |
4471 | ||
4472 | . Create an LTTng-UST JUL log handler: | |
4473 | + | |
4474 | -- | |
4475 | [source,java] | |
4476 | ---- | |
4477 | Handler lttngUstLogHandler = new LttngLogHandler(); | |
4478 | ---- | |
4479 | -- | |
4480 | ||
4481 | . Add this handler to the JUL loggers which should emit LTTng events: | |
4482 | + | |
4483 | -- | |
4484 | [source,java] | |
4485 | ---- | |
4486 | Logger myLogger = Logger.getLogger("some-logger"); | |
4487 | ||
4488 | myLogger.addHandler(lttngUstLogHandler); | |
4489 | ---- | |
4490 | -- | |
4491 | ||
4492 | . Use `java.util.logging` log statements and configuration as usual. | |
4493 | The loggers with an attached LTTng-UST log handler can emit | |
4494 | LTTng events. | |
4495 | ||
4496 | . Before exiting the application, remove the LTTng-UST log handler from | |
4497 | the loggers attached to it and call its `close()` method: | |
4498 | + | |
4499 | -- | |
4500 | [source,java] | |
4501 | ---- | |
4502 | myLogger.removeHandler(lttngUstLogHandler); | |
4503 | lttngUstLogHandler.close(); | |
4504 | ---- | |
4505 | -- | |
4506 | + | |
4507 | This is not strictly necessary, but it is recommended for a clean | |
4508 | disposal of the handler's resources. | |
4509 | ||
4510 | . Include the LTTng-UST Java agent's common and JUL-specific JAR files, | |
4511 | path:{lttng-ust-agent-common.jar} and path:{lttng-ust-agent-jul.jar}, | |
4512 | in the | |
4513 | https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/environment/paths.html[class | |
4514 | path] when you build the Java application. | |
4515 | + | |
4516 | The JAR files are typically located in dir:{/usr/share/java}. | |
4517 | + | |
4518 | IMPORTANT: The LTTng-UST Java agent must be | |
4519 | <<installing-lttng,installed>> for the logging framework your | |
4520 | application uses. | |
4521 | ||
4522 | .Use the LTTng-UST Java agent for `java.util.logging`. | |
4523 | ==== | |
4524 | [source,java] | |
4525 | .path:{Test.java} | |
4526 | ---- | |
4527 | import java.io.IOException; | |
4528 | import java.util.logging.Handler; | |
4529 | import java.util.logging.Logger; | |
4530 | import org.lttng.ust.agent.jul.LttngLogHandler; | |
4531 | ||
4532 | public class Test | |
4533 | { | |
4534 | private static final int answer = 42; | |
4535 | ||
4536 | public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception | |
4537 | { | |
4538 | // Create a logger | |
4539 | Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("jello"); | |
4540 | ||
4541 | // Create an LTTng-UST log handler | |
4542 | Handler lttngUstLogHandler = new LttngLogHandler(); | |
4543 | ||
4544 | // Add the LTTng-UST log handler to our logger | |
4545 | logger.addHandler(lttngUstLogHandler); | |
4546 | ||
4547 | // Log at will! | |
4548 | logger.info("some info"); | |
4549 | logger.warning("some warning"); | |
4550 | Thread.sleep(500); | |
4551 | logger.finer("finer information; the answer is " + answer); | |
4552 | Thread.sleep(123); | |
4553 | logger.severe("error!"); | |
4554 | ||
4555 | // Not mandatory, but cleaner | |
4556 | logger.removeHandler(lttngUstLogHandler); | |
4557 | lttngUstLogHandler.close(); | |
4558 | } | |
4559 | } | |
4560 | ---- | |
4561 | ||
4562 | Build this example: | |
4563 | ||
4564 | [role="term"] | |
4565 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4566 | $ javac -cp /usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-common.jar:/usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-jul.jar Test.java |
7e35c904 PP |
4567 | ---- |
4568 | ||
4569 | <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,Create a tracing session>>, | |
4570 | <<enabling-disabling-events,create an event rule>> matching the | |
4571 | `jello` JUL logger, and <<basic-tracing-session-control,start tracing>>: | |
4572 | ||
4573 | [role="term"] | |
4574 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
4575 | $ lttng create |
4576 | $ lttng enable-event --jul jello | |
4577 | $ lttng start | |
7e35c904 PP |
4578 | ---- |
4579 | ||
4580 | Run the compiled class: | |
4581 | ||
4582 | [role="term"] | |
4583 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4584 | $ java -cp /usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-common.jar:/usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-jul.jar:. Test |
7e35c904 PP |
4585 | ---- |
4586 | ||
4587 | <<basic-tracing-session-control,Stop tracing>> and inspect the | |
4588 | recorded events: | |
4589 | ||
4590 | [role="term"] | |
4591 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
4592 | $ lttng stop |
4593 | $ lttng view | |
7e35c904 PP |
4594 | ---- |
4595 | ==== | |
4596 | ||
00bfce2e PP |
4597 | In the resulting trace, an <<event,event record>> generated by a Java |
4598 | application using `java.util.logging` is named `lttng_jul:event` and | |
4599 | has the following fields: | |
4600 | ||
4601 | `msg`:: | |
4602 | Log record's message. | |
4603 | ||
4604 | `logger_name`:: | |
4605 | Logger name. | |
4606 | ||
4607 | `class_name`:: | |
4608 | Name of the class in which the log statement was executed. | |
4609 | ||
4610 | `method_name`:: | |
4611 | Name of the method in which the log statement was executed. | |
4612 | ||
4613 | `long_millis`:: | |
4614 | Logging time (timestamp in milliseconds). | |
4615 | ||
4616 | `int_loglevel`:: | |
4617 | Log level integer value. | |
4618 | ||
4619 | `int_threadid`:: | |
4620 | ID of the thread in which the log statement was executed. | |
4621 | ||
7e35c904 PP |
4622 | You can use the opt:lttng-enable-event(1):--loglevel or |
4623 | opt:lttng-enable-event(1):--loglevel-only option of the | |
4624 | man:lttng-enable-event(1) command to target a range of JUL log levels | |
4625 | or a specific JUL log level. | |
4626 | ||
4627 | ||
4628 | [role="since-2.8"] | |
4629 | [[log4j]] | |
4630 | ==== Use the LTTng-UST Java agent for Apache log4j | |
4631 | ||
4632 | To use the LTTng-UST Java agent in a Java application which uses | |
4633 | Apache log4j 1.2: | |
4634 | ||
4635 | . In the Java application's source code, import the LTTng-UST | |
4636 | log appender package for Apache log4j: | |
4637 | + | |
4638 | -- | |
4639 | [source,java] | |
4640 | ---- | |
4641 | import org.lttng.ust.agent.log4j.LttngLogAppender; | |
4642 | ---- | |
4643 | -- | |
4644 | ||
4645 | . Create an LTTng-UST log4j log appender: | |
4646 | + | |
4647 | -- | |
4648 | [source,java] | |
4649 | ---- | |
4650 | Appender lttngUstLogAppender = new LttngLogAppender(); | |
4651 | ---- | |
4652 | -- | |
4653 | ||
4654 | . Add this appender to the log4j loggers which should emit LTTng events: | |
4655 | + | |
4656 | -- | |
4657 | [source,java] | |
4658 | ---- | |
4659 | Logger myLogger = Logger.getLogger("some-logger"); | |
4660 | ||
4661 | myLogger.addAppender(lttngUstLogAppender); | |
4662 | ---- | |
4663 | -- | |
4664 | ||
4665 | . Use Apache log4j log statements and configuration as usual. The | |
4666 | loggers with an attached LTTng-UST log appender can emit LTTng events. | |
4667 | ||
4668 | . Before exiting the application, remove the LTTng-UST log appender from | |
4669 | the loggers attached to it and call its `close()` method: | |
4670 | + | |
4671 | -- | |
4672 | [source,java] | |
4673 | ---- | |
4674 | myLogger.removeAppender(lttngUstLogAppender); | |
4675 | lttngUstLogAppender.close(); | |
4676 | ---- | |
4677 | -- | |
4678 | + | |
4679 | This is not strictly necessary, but it is recommended for a clean | |
4680 | disposal of the appender's resources. | |
4681 | ||
4682 | . Include the LTTng-UST Java agent's common and log4j-specific JAR | |
4683 | files, path:{lttng-ust-agent-common.jar} and | |
4684 | path:{lttng-ust-agent-log4j.jar}, in the | |
4685 | https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/environment/paths.html[class | |
4686 | path] when you build the Java application. | |
4687 | + | |
4688 | The JAR files are typically located in dir:{/usr/share/java}. | |
4689 | + | |
4690 | IMPORTANT: The LTTng-UST Java agent must be | |
4691 | <<installing-lttng,installed>> for the logging framework your | |
4692 | application uses. | |
4693 | ||
4694 | .Use the LTTng-UST Java agent for Apache log4j. | |
4695 | ==== | |
4696 | [source,java] | |
4697 | .path:{Test.java} | |
4698 | ---- | |
4699 | import org.apache.log4j.Appender; | |
4700 | import org.apache.log4j.Logger; | |
4701 | import org.lttng.ust.agent.log4j.LttngLogAppender; | |
4702 | ||
4703 | public class Test | |
4704 | { | |
4705 | private static final int answer = 42; | |
4706 | ||
4707 | public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception | |
4708 | { | |
4709 | // Create a logger | |
4710 | Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("jello"); | |
4711 | ||
4712 | // Create an LTTng-UST log appender | |
4713 | Appender lttngUstLogAppender = new LttngLogAppender(); | |
4714 | ||
4715 | // Add the LTTng-UST log appender to our logger | |
4716 | logger.addAppender(lttngUstLogAppender); | |
4717 | ||
4718 | // Log at will! | |
4719 | logger.info("some info"); | |
4720 | logger.warn("some warning"); | |
4721 | Thread.sleep(500); | |
4722 | logger.debug("debug information; the answer is " + answer); | |
4723 | Thread.sleep(123); | |
4724 | logger.fatal("error!"); | |
4725 | ||
4726 | // Not mandatory, but cleaner | |
4727 | logger.removeAppender(lttngUstLogAppender); | |
4728 | lttngUstLogAppender.close(); | |
4729 | } | |
4730 | } | |
4731 | ||
4732 | ---- | |
4733 | ||
4734 | Build this example (`$LOG4JPATH` is the path to the Apache log4j JAR | |
4735 | file): | |
4736 | ||
4737 | [role="term"] | |
4738 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4739 | $ javac -cp /usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-common.jar:/usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-log4j.jar:$LOG4JPATH Test.java |
7e35c904 PP |
4740 | ---- |
4741 | ||
4742 | <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,Create a tracing session>>, | |
4743 | <<enabling-disabling-events,create an event rule>> matching the | |
4744 | `jello` log4j logger, and <<basic-tracing-session-control,start tracing>>: | |
4745 | ||
4746 | [role="term"] | |
4747 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
4748 | $ lttng create |
4749 | $ lttng enable-event --log4j jello | |
4750 | $ lttng start | |
7e35c904 PP |
4751 | ---- |
4752 | ||
4753 | Run the compiled class: | |
4754 | ||
4755 | [role="term"] | |
4756 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4757 | $ java -cp /usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-common.jar:/usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-log4j.jar:$LOG4JPATH:. Test |
7e35c904 PP |
4758 | ---- |
4759 | ||
4760 | <<basic-tracing-session-control,Stop tracing>> and inspect the | |
4761 | recorded events: | |
4762 | ||
4763 | [role="term"] | |
4764 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
4765 | $ lttng stop |
4766 | $ lttng view | |
7e35c904 PP |
4767 | ---- |
4768 | ==== | |
4769 | ||
00bfce2e PP |
4770 | In the resulting trace, an <<event,event record>> generated by a Java |
4771 | application using log4j is named `lttng_log4j:event` and | |
4772 | has the following fields: | |
4773 | ||
4774 | `msg`:: | |
4775 | Log record's message. | |
4776 | ||
4777 | `logger_name`:: | |
4778 | Logger name. | |
4779 | ||
4780 | `class_name`:: | |
4781 | Name of the class in which the log statement was executed. | |
4782 | ||
4783 | `method_name`:: | |
4784 | Name of the method in which the log statement was executed. | |
4785 | ||
4786 | `filename`:: | |
4787 | Name of the file in which the executed log statement is located. | |
4788 | ||
4789 | `line_number`:: | |
4790 | Line number at which the log statement was executed. | |
4791 | ||
4792 | `timestamp`:: | |
4793 | Logging timestamp. | |
4794 | ||
4795 | `int_loglevel`:: | |
4796 | Log level integer value. | |
4797 | ||
4798 | `thread_name`:: | |
4799 | Name of the Java thread in which the log statement was executed. | |
4800 | ||
7e35c904 PP |
4801 | You can use the opt:lttng-enable-event(1):--loglevel or |
4802 | opt:lttng-enable-event(1):--loglevel-only option of the | |
4803 | man:lttng-enable-event(1) command to target a range of Apache log4j log levels | |
4804 | or a specific log4j log level. | |
4805 | ||
4806 | ||
4807 | [role="since-2.8"] | |
4808 | [[java-application-context]] | |
4809 | ==== Provide application-specific context fields in a Java application | |
4810 | ||
4811 | A Java application-specific context field is a piece of state provided | |
4812 | by the application which <<adding-context,you can add>>, using the | |
4813 | man:lttng-add-context(1) command, to each <<event,event record>> | |
4814 | produced by the log statements of this application. | |
4815 | ||
4816 | For example, a given object might have a current request ID variable. | |
4817 | You can create a context information retriever for this object and | |
4818 | assign a name to this current request ID. You can then, using the | |
4819 | man:lttng-add-context(1) command, add this context field by name to | |
4820 | the JUL or log4j <<channel,channel>>. | |
4821 | ||
4822 | To provide application-specific context fields in a Java application: | |
4823 | ||
4824 | . In the Java application's source code, import the LTTng-UST | |
4825 | Java agent context classes and interfaces: | |
4826 | + | |
4827 | -- | |
4828 | [source,java] | |
4829 | ---- | |
4830 | import org.lttng.ust.agent.context.ContextInfoManager; | |
4831 | import org.lttng.ust.agent.context.IContextInfoRetriever; | |
4832 | ---- | |
4833 | -- | |
4834 | ||
4835 | . Create a context information retriever class, that is, a class which | |
4836 | implements the `IContextInfoRetriever` interface: | |
4837 | + | |
4838 | -- | |
4839 | [source,java] | |
4840 | ---- | |
4841 | class MyContextInfoRetriever implements IContextInfoRetriever | |
4842 | { | |
4843 | @Override | |
4844 | public Object retrieveContextInfo(String key) | |
4845 | { | |
4846 | if (key.equals("intCtx")) { | |
4847 | return (short) 17; | |
4848 | } else if (key.equals("strContext")) { | |
4849 | return "context value!"; | |
4850 | } else { | |
4851 | return null; | |
4852 | } | |
4853 | } | |
4854 | } | |
4855 | ---- | |
4856 | -- | |
4857 | + | |
4858 | This `retrieveContextInfo()` method is the only member of the | |
4859 | `IContextInfoRetriever` interface. Its role is to return the current | |
4860 | value of a state by name to create a context field. The names of the | |
4861 | context fields and which state variables they return depends on your | |
4862 | specific scenario. | |
4863 | + | |
4864 | All primitive types and objects are supported as context fields. | |
4865 | When `retrieveContextInfo()` returns an object, the context field | |
4866 | serializer calls its `toString()` method to add a string field to | |
4867 | event records. The method can also return `null`, which means that | |
4868 | no context field is available for the required name. | |
4869 | ||
4870 | . Register an instance of your context information retriever class to | |
4871 | the context information manager singleton: | |
4872 | + | |
4873 | -- | |
4874 | [source,java] | |
4875 | ---- | |
4876 | IContextInfoRetriever cir = new MyContextInfoRetriever(); | |
4877 | ContextInfoManager cim = ContextInfoManager.getInstance(); | |
4878 | cim.registerContextInfoRetriever("retrieverName", cir); | |
4879 | ---- | |
4880 | -- | |
4881 | ||
4882 | . Before exiting the application, remove your context information | |
4883 | retriever from the context information manager singleton: | |
4884 | + | |
4885 | -- | |
4886 | [source,java] | |
4887 | ---- | |
4888 | ContextInfoManager cim = ContextInfoManager.getInstance(); | |
4889 | cim.unregisterContextInfoRetriever("retrieverName"); | |
4890 | ---- | |
4891 | -- | |
4892 | + | |
4893 | This is not strictly necessary, but it is recommended for a clean | |
4894 | disposal of some manager's resources. | |
4895 | ||
4896 | . Build your Java application with LTTng-UST Java agent support as | |
4897 | usual, following the procedure for either the <<jul,JUL>> or | |
4898 | <<log4j,Apache log4j>> framework. | |
4899 | ||
4900 | ||
4901 | .Provide application-specific context fields in a Java application. | |
4902 | ==== | |
4903 | [source,java] | |
4904 | .path:{Test.java} | |
4905 | ---- | |
4906 | import java.util.logging.Handler; | |
4907 | import java.util.logging.Logger; | |
4908 | import org.lttng.ust.agent.jul.LttngLogHandler; | |
4909 | import org.lttng.ust.agent.context.ContextInfoManager; | |
4910 | import org.lttng.ust.agent.context.IContextInfoRetriever; | |
4911 | ||
4912 | public class Test | |
4913 | { | |
4914 | // Our context information retriever class | |
4915 | private static class MyContextInfoRetriever | |
4916 | implements IContextInfoRetriever | |
4917 | { | |
4918 | @Override | |
4919 | public Object retrieveContextInfo(String key) { | |
4920 | if (key.equals("intCtx")) { | |
4921 | return (short) 17; | |
4922 | } else if (key.equals("strContext")) { | |
4923 | return "context value!"; | |
4924 | } else { | |
4925 | return null; | |
4926 | } | |
4927 | } | |
4928 | } | |
4929 | ||
4930 | private static final int answer = 42; | |
4931 | ||
4932 | public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception | |
4933 | { | |
4934 | // Get the context information manager instance | |
4935 | ContextInfoManager cim = ContextInfoManager.getInstance(); | |
4936 | ||
4937 | // Create and register our context information retriever | |
4938 | IContextInfoRetriever cir = new MyContextInfoRetriever(); | |
4939 | cim.registerContextInfoRetriever("myRetriever", cir); | |
4940 | ||
4941 | // Create a logger | |
4942 | Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("jello"); | |
4943 | ||
4944 | // Create an LTTng-UST log handler | |
4945 | Handler lttngUstLogHandler = new LttngLogHandler(); | |
4946 | ||
4947 | // Add the LTTng-UST log handler to our logger | |
4948 | logger.addHandler(lttngUstLogHandler); | |
4949 | ||
4950 | // Log at will! | |
4951 | logger.info("some info"); | |
4952 | logger.warning("some warning"); | |
4953 | Thread.sleep(500); | |
4954 | logger.finer("finer information; the answer is " + answer); | |
4955 | Thread.sleep(123); | |
4956 | logger.severe("error!"); | |
4957 | ||
4958 | // Not mandatory, but cleaner | |
4959 | logger.removeHandler(lttngUstLogHandler); | |
4960 | lttngUstLogHandler.close(); | |
4961 | cim.unregisterContextInfoRetriever("myRetriever"); | |
4962 | } | |
4963 | } | |
4964 | ---- | |
4965 | ||
4966 | Build this example: | |
4967 | ||
4968 | [role="term"] | |
4969 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4970 | $ javac -cp /usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-common.jar:/usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-jul.jar Test.java |
7e35c904 PP |
4971 | ---- |
4972 | ||
4973 | <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,Create a tracing session>> | |
4974 | and <<enabling-disabling-events,create an event rule>> matching the | |
4975 | `jello` JUL logger: | |
4976 | ||
4977 | [role="term"] | |
4978 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
4979 | $ lttng create |
4980 | $ lttng enable-event --jul jello | |
7e35c904 PP |
4981 | ---- |
4982 | ||
4983 | <<adding-context,Add the application-specific context fields>> to the | |
4984 | JUL channel: | |
4985 | ||
4986 | [role="term"] | |
4987 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
4988 | $ lttng add-context --jul --type='$app.myRetriever:intCtx' |
4989 | $ lttng add-context --jul --type='$app.myRetriever:strContext' | |
7e35c904 PP |
4990 | ---- |
4991 | ||
4992 | <<basic-tracing-session-control,Start tracing>>: | |
4993 | ||
4994 | [role="term"] | |
4995 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 4996 | $ lttng start |
7e35c904 PP |
4997 | ---- |
4998 | ||
4999 | Run the compiled class: | |
5000 | ||
5001 | [role="term"] | |
5002 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5003 | $ java -cp /usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-common.jar:/usr/share/java/jarpath/lttng-ust-agent-jul.jar:. Test |
7e35c904 PP |
5004 | ---- |
5005 | ||
5006 | <<basic-tracing-session-control,Stop tracing>> and inspect the | |
5007 | recorded events: | |
5008 | ||
5009 | [role="term"] | |
5010 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
5011 | $ lttng stop |
5012 | $ lttng view | |
7e35c904 PP |
5013 | ---- |
5014 | ==== | |
5015 | ||
5016 | ||
5017 | [role="since-2.7"] | |
5018 | [[python-application]] | |
5019 | === User space Python agent | |
5020 | ||
5021 | You can instrument a Python 2 or Python 3 application which uses the | |
5022 | standard https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html[`logging`] | |
5023 | package. | |
5024 | ||
5025 | Each log statement emits an LTTng event once the | |
5026 | application module imports the | |
5027 | <<lttng-ust-agents,LTTng-UST Python agent>> package. | |
5028 | ||
5029 | [role="img-100"] | |
5030 | .A Python application importing the LTTng-UST Python agent. | |
5031 | image::python-app.png[] | |
5032 | ||
5033 | To use the LTTng-UST Python agent: | |
5034 | ||
5035 | . In the Python application's source code, import the LTTng-UST Python | |
5036 | agent: | |
5037 | + | |
5038 | -- | |
5039 | [source,python] | |
5040 | ---- | |
5041 | import lttngust | |
5042 | ---- | |
5043 | -- | |
5044 | + | |
5045 | The LTTng-UST Python agent automatically adds its logging handler to the | |
5046 | root logger at import time. | |
5047 | + | |
5048 | Any log statement that the application executes before this import does | |
5049 | not emit an LTTng event. | |
5050 | + | |
5051 | IMPORTANT: The LTTng-UST Python agent must be | |
5052 | <<installing-lttng,installed>>. | |
5053 | ||
5054 | . Use log statements and logging configuration as usual. | |
5055 | Since the LTTng-UST Python agent adds a handler to the _root_ | |
5056 | logger, you can trace any log statement from any logger. | |
5057 | ||
5058 | .Use the LTTng-UST Python agent. | |
5059 | ==== | |
5060 | [source,python] | |
5061 | .path:{test.py} | |
5062 | ---- | |
5063 | import lttngust | |
5064 | import logging | |
5065 | import time | |
5066 | ||
5067 | ||
5068 | def example(): | |
5069 | logging.basicConfig() | |
5070 | logger = logging.getLogger('my-logger') | |
5071 | ||
5072 | while True: | |
5073 | logger.debug('debug message') | |
5074 | logger.info('info message') | |
5075 | logger.warn('warn message') | |
5076 | logger.error('error message') | |
5077 | logger.critical('critical message') | |
5078 | time.sleep(1) | |
5079 | ||
5080 | ||
5081 | if __name__ == '__main__': | |
5082 | example() | |
5083 | ---- | |
5084 | ||
5085 | NOTE: `logging.basicConfig()`, which adds to the root logger a basic | |
5086 | logging handler which prints to the standard error stream, is not | |
5087 | strictly required for LTTng-UST tracing to work, but in versions of | |
5088 | Python preceding 3.2, you could see a warning message which indicates | |
5089 | that no handler exists for the logger `my-logger`. | |
5090 | ||
5091 | <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,Create a tracing session>>, | |
5092 | <<enabling-disabling-events,create an event rule>> matching the | |
5093 | `my-logger` Python logger, and <<basic-tracing-session-control,start | |
5094 | tracing>>: | |
5095 | ||
5096 | [role="term"] | |
5097 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
5098 | $ lttng create |
5099 | $ lttng enable-event --python my-logger | |
5100 | $ lttng start | |
7e35c904 PP |
5101 | ---- |
5102 | ||
5103 | Run the Python script: | |
5104 | ||
5105 | [role="term"] | |
5106 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5107 | $ python test.py |
7e35c904 PP |
5108 | ---- |
5109 | ||
5110 | <<basic-tracing-session-control,Stop tracing>> and inspect the recorded | |
5111 | events: | |
5112 | ||
5113 | [role="term"] | |
5114 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
5115 | $ lttng stop |
5116 | $ lttng view | |
7e35c904 PP |
5117 | ---- |
5118 | ==== | |
5119 | ||
00bfce2e PP |
5120 | In the resulting trace, an <<event,event record>> generated by a Python |
5121 | application is named `lttng_python:event` and has the following fields: | |
5122 | ||
5123 | `asctime`:: | |
5124 | Logging time (string). | |
5125 | ||
5126 | `msg`:: | |
5127 | Log record's message. | |
5128 | ||
5129 | `logger_name`:: | |
5130 | Logger name. | |
5131 | ||
5132 | `funcName`:: | |
5133 | Name of the function in which the log statement was executed. | |
5134 | ||
5135 | `lineno`:: | |
5136 | Line number at which the log statement was executed. | |
5137 | ||
5138 | `int_loglevel`:: | |
5139 | Log level integer value. | |
5140 | ||
5141 | `thread`:: | |
5142 | ID of the Python thread in which the log statement was executed. | |
5143 | ||
5144 | `threadName`:: | |
5145 | Name of the Python thread in which the log statement was executed. | |
5146 | ||
7e35c904 PP |
5147 | You can use the opt:lttng-enable-event(1):--loglevel or |
5148 | opt:lttng-enable-event(1):--loglevel-only option of the | |
5149 | man:lttng-enable-event(1) command to target a range of Python log levels | |
5150 | or a specific Python log level. | |
5151 | ||
5152 | When an application imports the LTTng-UST Python agent, the agent tries | |
5153 | to register to a <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>>. Note that you must | |
5154 | <<start-sessiond,start the session daemon>> _before_ you run the Python | |
5155 | application. If a session daemon is found, the agent tries to register | |
5156 | to it during 5{nbsp}seconds, after which the application continues | |
5157 | without LTTng tracing support. You can override this timeout value with | |
5158 | the env:LTTNG_UST_PYTHON_REGISTER_TIMEOUT environment variable | |
5159 | (milliseconds). | |
5160 | ||
5161 | If the session daemon stops while a Python application with an imported | |
5162 | LTTng-UST Python agent runs, the agent retries to connect and to | |
5163 | register to a session daemon every 3{nbsp}seconds. You can override this | |
5164 | delay with the env:LTTNG_UST_PYTHON_REGISTER_RETRY_DELAY environment | |
5165 | variable. | |
5166 | ||
5167 | ||
5168 | [role="since-2.5"] | |
5169 | [[proc-lttng-logger-abi]] | |
5170 | === LTTng logger | |
5171 | ||
5172 | The `lttng-tracer` Linux kernel module, part of | |
5173 | <<lttng-modules,LTTng-modules>>, creates the special LTTng logger file | |
5174 | path:{/proc/lttng-logger} when it's loaded. Any application can write | |
5175 | text data to this file to emit an LTTng event. | |
5176 | ||
5177 | [role="img-100"] | |
5178 | .An application writes to the LTTng logger file to emit an LTTng event. | |
5179 | image::lttng-logger.png[] | |
5180 | ||
5181 | The LTTng logger is the quickest method--not the most efficient, | |
5182 | however--to add instrumentation to an application. It is designed | |
5183 | mostly to instrument shell scripts: | |
5184 | ||
5185 | [role="term"] | |
5186 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5187 | $ echo "Some message, some $variable" > /proc/lttng-logger |
7e35c904 PP |
5188 | ---- |
5189 | ||
5190 | Any event that the LTTng logger emits is named `lttng_logger` and | |
5191 | belongs to the Linux kernel <<domain,tracing domain>>. However, unlike | |
5192 | other instrumentation points in the kernel tracing domain, **any Unix | |
5193 | user** can <<enabling-disabling-events,create an event rule>> which | |
2e333859 PP |
5194 | matches its event name, not only the root user or users in the |
5195 | <<tracing-group,tracing group>>. | |
7e35c904 PP |
5196 | |
5197 | To use the LTTng logger: | |
5198 | ||
5199 | * From any application, write text data to the path:{/proc/lttng-logger} | |
5200 | file. | |
5201 | ||
5202 | The `msg` field of `lttng_logger` event records contains the | |
5203 | recorded message. | |
5204 | ||
5205 | NOTE: The maximum message length of an LTTng logger event is | |
5206 | 1024{nbsp}bytes. Writing more than this makes the LTTng logger emit more | |
5207 | than one event to contain the remaining data. | |
5208 | ||
5209 | You should not use the LTTng logger to trace a user application which | |
5210 | can be instrumented in a more efficient way, namely: | |
5211 | ||
5212 | * <<c-application,C and $$C++$$ applications>>. | |
5213 | * <<java-application,Java applications>>. | |
5214 | * <<python-application,Python applications>>. | |
5215 | ||
5216 | .Use the LTTng logger. | |
5217 | ==== | |
5218 | [source,bash] | |
5219 | .path:{test.bash} | |
5220 | ---- | |
5221 | echo 'Hello, World!' > /proc/lttng-logger | |
5222 | sleep 2 | |
5223 | df --human-readable --print-type / > /proc/lttng-logger | |
5224 | ---- | |
5225 | ||
5226 | <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,Create a tracing session>>, | |
5227 | <<enabling-disabling-events,create an event rule>> matching the | |
5228 | `lttng_logger` Linux kernel tracepoint, and | |
5229 | <<basic-tracing-session-control,start tracing>>: | |
5230 | ||
5231 | [role="term"] | |
5232 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
5233 | $ lttng create |
5234 | $ lttng enable-event --kernel lttng_logger | |
5235 | $ lttng start | |
7e35c904 PP |
5236 | ---- |
5237 | ||
5238 | Run the Bash script: | |
5239 | ||
5240 | [role="term"] | |
5241 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5242 | $ bash test.bash |
7e35c904 PP |
5243 | ---- |
5244 | ||
5245 | <<basic-tracing-session-control,Stop tracing>> and inspect the recorded | |
5246 | events: | |
5247 | ||
5248 | [role="term"] | |
5249 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
5250 | $ lttng stop |
5251 | $ lttng view | |
7e35c904 PP |
5252 | ---- |
5253 | ==== | |
5254 | ||
5255 | ||
5256 | [[instrumenting-linux-kernel]] | |
5257 | === LTTng kernel tracepoints | |
5258 | ||
5259 | NOTE: This section shows how to _add_ instrumentation points to the | |
5260 | Linux kernel. The kernel's subsystems are already thoroughly | |
5261 | instrumented at strategic places for LTTng when you | |
5262 | <<installing-lttng,install>> the <<lttng-modules,LTTng-modules>> | |
5263 | package. | |
5264 | ||
5265 | //// | |
5266 | There are two methods to instrument the Linux kernel: | |
5267 | ||
5268 | . <<linux-add-lttng-layer,Add an LTTng layer>> over an existing ftrace | |
5269 | tracepoint which uses the `TRACE_EVENT()` API. | |
5270 | + | |
5271 | Choose this if you want to instrumentation a Linux kernel tree with an | |
5272 | instrumentation point compatible with ftrace, perf, and SystemTap. | |
5273 | ||
5274 | . Use an <<linux-lttng-tracepoint-event,LTTng-only approach>> to | |
5275 | instrument an out-of-tree kernel module. | |
5276 | + | |
5277 | Choose this if you don't need ftrace, perf, or SystemTap support. | |
5278 | //// | |
5279 | ||
5280 | ||
5281 | [[linux-add-lttng-layer]] | |
5282 | ==== [[instrumenting-linux-kernel-itself]][[mainline-trace-event]][[lttng-adaptation-layer]]Add an LTTng layer to an existing ftrace tracepoint | |
5283 | ||
5284 | This section shows how to add an LTTng layer to existing ftrace | |
5285 | instrumentation using the `TRACE_EVENT()` API. | |
5286 | ||
5287 | This section does not document the `TRACE_EVENT()` macro. You can | |
5288 | read the following articles to learn more about this API: | |
5289 | ||
5290 | * http://lwn.net/Articles/379903/[Using the TRACE_EVENT() macro (Part 1)] | |
5291 | * http://lwn.net/Articles/381064/[Using the TRACE_EVENT() macro (Part 2)] | |
5292 | * http://lwn.net/Articles/383362/[Using the TRACE_EVENT() macro (Part 3)] | |
5293 | ||
5294 | The following procedure assumes that your ftrace tracepoints are | |
5295 | correctly defined in their own header and that they are created in | |
5296 | one source file using the `CREATE_TRACE_POINTS` definition. | |
5297 | ||
5298 | To add an LTTng layer over an existing ftrace tracepoint: | |
5299 | ||
5300 | . Make sure the following kernel configuration options are | |
5301 | enabled: | |
5302 | + | |
5303 | -- | |
5304 | * `CONFIG_MODULES` | |
5305 | * `CONFIG_KALLSYMS` | |
5306 | * `CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS` | |
5307 | * `CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS` | |
5308 | -- | |
5309 | ||
5310 | . Build the Linux source tree with your custom ftrace tracepoints. | |
5311 | . Boot the resulting Linux image on your target system. | |
5312 | + | |
5313 | Confirm that the tracepoints exist by looking for their names in the | |
5314 | dir:{/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/subsys} directory, where `subsys` | |
5315 | is your subsystem's name. | |
5316 | ||
5317 | . Get a copy of the latest LTTng-modules{nbsp}{revision}: | |
5318 | + | |
5319 | -- | |
5320 | [role="term"] | |
5321 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5322 | $ cd $(mktemp -d) && |
7e35c904 PP |
5323 | wget http://lttng.org/files/lttng-modules/lttng-modules-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && |
5324 | tar -xf lttng-modules-latest-2.9.tar.bz2 && | |
5325 | cd lttng-modules-2.9.* | |
5326 | ---- | |
5327 | -- | |
5328 | ||
5329 | . In dir:{instrumentation/events/lttng-module}, relative to the root | |
5330 | of the LTTng-modules source tree, create a header file named | |
5331 | +__subsys__.h+ for your custom subsystem +__subsys__+ and write your | |
5332 | LTTng-modules tracepoint definitions using the LTTng-modules | |
5333 | macros in it. | |
5334 | + | |
5335 | Start with this template: | |
5336 | + | |
5337 | -- | |
5338 | [source,c] | |
5339 | .path:{instrumentation/events/lttng-module/my_subsys.h} | |
5340 | ---- | |
5341 | #undef TRACE_SYSTEM | |
5342 | #define TRACE_SYSTEM my_subsys | |
5343 | ||
5344 | #if !defined(_LTTNG_MY_SUBSYS_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ) | |
5345 | #define _LTTNG_MY_SUBSYS_H | |
5346 | ||
5347 | #include "../../../probes/lttng-tracepoint-event.h" | |
5348 | #include <linux/tracepoint.h> | |
5349 | ||
5350 | LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT( | |
5351 | /* | |
5352 | * Format is identical to TRACE_EVENT()'s version for the three | |
5353 | * following macro parameters: | |
5354 | */ | |
5355 | my_subsys_my_event, | |
5356 | TP_PROTO(int my_int, const char *my_string), | |
5357 | TP_ARGS(my_int, my_string), | |
5358 | ||
5359 | /* LTTng-modules specific macros */ | |
5360 | TP_FIELDS( | |
5361 | ctf_integer(int, my_int_field, my_int) | |
5362 | ctf_string(my_bar_field, my_bar) | |
5363 | ) | |
5364 | ) | |
5365 | ||
5366 | #endif /* !defined(_LTTNG_MY_SUBSYS_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ) */ | |
5367 | ||
5368 | #include "../../../probes/define_trace.h" | |
5369 | ---- | |
5370 | -- | |
5371 | + | |
5372 | The entries in the `TP_FIELDS()` section are the list of fields for the | |
5373 | LTTng tracepoint. This is similar to the `TP_STRUCT__entry()` part of | |
5374 | ftrace's `TRACE_EVENT()` macro. | |
5375 | + | |
5376 | See <<lttng-modules-tp-fields,Tracepoint fields macros>> for a | |
5377 | complete description of the available `ctf_*()` macros. | |
5378 | ||
5379 | . Create the LTTng-modules probe's kernel module C source file, | |
5380 | +probes/lttng-probe-__subsys__.c+, where +__subsys__+ is your | |
5381 | subsystem name: | |
5382 | + | |
5383 | -- | |
5384 | [source,c] | |
5385 | .path:{probes/lttng-probe-my-subsys.c} | |
5386 | ---- | |
5387 | #include <linux/module.h> | |
5388 | #include "../lttng-tracer.h" | |
5389 | ||
5390 | /* | |
5391 | * Build-time verification of mismatch between mainline | |
5392 | * TRACE_EVENT() arguments and the LTTng-modules adaptation | |
5393 | * layer LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT() arguments. | |
5394 | */ | |
5395 | #include <trace/events/my_subsys.h> | |
5396 | ||
5397 | /* Create LTTng tracepoint probes */ | |
5398 | #define LTTNG_PACKAGE_BUILD | |
5399 | #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS | |
5400 | #define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH ../instrumentation/events/lttng-module | |
5401 | ||
5402 | #include "../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/my_subsys.h" | |
5403 | ||
5404 | MODULE_LICENSE("GPL and additional rights"); | |
5405 | MODULE_AUTHOR("Your name <your-email>"); | |
5406 | MODULE_DESCRIPTION("LTTng my_subsys probes"); | |
5407 | MODULE_VERSION(__stringify(LTTNG_MODULES_MAJOR_VERSION) "." | |
5408 | __stringify(LTTNG_MODULES_MINOR_VERSION) "." | |
5409 | __stringify(LTTNG_MODULES_PATCHLEVEL_VERSION) | |
5410 | LTTNG_MODULES_EXTRAVERSION); | |
5411 | ---- | |
5412 | -- | |
5413 | ||
f4d8d998 | 5414 | . Edit path:{probes/KBuild} and add your new kernel module object |
7e35c904 PP |
5415 | next to the existing ones: |
5416 | + | |
5417 | -- | |
5418 | [source,make] | |
f4d8d998 | 5419 | .path:{probes/KBuild} |
7e35c904 PP |
5420 | ---- |
5421 | # ... | |
5422 | ||
5423 | obj-m += lttng-probe-module.o | |
5424 | obj-m += lttng-probe-power.o | |
5425 | ||
5426 | obj-m += lttng-probe-my-subsys.o | |
5427 | ||
5428 | # ... | |
5429 | ---- | |
5430 | -- | |
5431 | ||
5432 | . Build and install the LTTng kernel modules: | |
5433 | + | |
5434 | -- | |
5435 | [role="term"] | |
5436 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
5437 | $ make KERNELDIR=/path/to/linux |
5438 | # make modules_install && depmod -a | |
7e35c904 PP |
5439 | ---- |
5440 | -- | |
5441 | + | |
5442 | Replace `/path/to/linux` with the path to the Linux source tree where | |
5443 | you defined and used tracepoints with ftrace's `TRACE_EVENT()` macro. | |
5444 | ||
5445 | Note that you can also use the | |
5446 | <<lttng-tracepoint-event-code,`LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT_CODE()` macro>> | |
5447 | instead of `LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT()` to use custom local variables and | |
5448 | C code that need to be executed before the event fields are recorded. | |
5449 | ||
5450 | The best way to learn how to use the previous LTTng-modules macros is to | |
5451 | inspect the existing LTTng-modules tracepoint definitions in the | |
5452 | dir:{instrumentation/events/lttng-module} header files. Compare them | |
5453 | with the Linux kernel mainline versions in the | |
5454 | dir:{include/trace/events} directory of the Linux source tree. | |
5455 | ||
5456 | ||
5457 | [role="since-2.7"] | |
5458 | [[lttng-tracepoint-event-code]] | |
5459 | ===== Use custom C code to access the data for tracepoint fields | |
5460 | ||
5461 | Although we recommended to always use the | |
5462 | <<lttng-adaptation-layer,`LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT()`>> macro to describe | |
5463 | the arguments and fields of an LTTng-modules tracepoint when possible, | |
5464 | sometimes you need a more complex process to access the data that the | |
5465 | tracer records as event record fields. In other words, you need local | |
5466 | variables and multiple C{nbsp}statements instead of simple | |
5467 | argument-based expressions that you pass to the | |
5468 | <<lttng-modules-tp-fields,`ctf_*()` macros of `TP_FIELDS()`>>. | |
5469 | ||
5470 | You can use the `LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT_CODE()` macro instead of | |
5471 | `LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT()` to declare custom local variables and define | |
5472 | a block of C{nbsp}code to be executed before LTTng records the fields. | |
5473 | The structure of this macro is: | |
5474 | ||
5475 | [source,c] | |
5476 | .`LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT_CODE()` macro syntax. | |
5477 | ---- | |
5478 | LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT_CODE( | |
5479 | /* | |
5480 | * Format identical to the LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT() | |
5481 | * version for the following three macro parameters: | |
5482 | */ | |
5483 | my_subsys_my_event, | |
5484 | TP_PROTO(int my_int, const char *my_string), | |
5485 | TP_ARGS(my_int, my_string), | |
5486 | ||
5487 | /* Declarations of custom local variables */ | |
5488 | TP_locvar( | |
5489 | int a = 0; | |
5490 | unsigned long b = 0; | |
5491 | const char *name = "(undefined)"; | |
5492 | struct my_struct *my_struct; | |
5493 | ), | |
5494 | ||
5495 | /* | |
5496 | * Custom code which uses both tracepoint arguments | |
5497 | * (in TP_ARGS()) and local variables (in TP_locvar()). | |
5498 | * | |
5499 | * Local variables are actually members of a structure pointed | |
5500 | * to by the special variable tp_locvar. | |
5501 | */ | |
5502 | TP_code( | |
5503 | if (my_int) { | |
5504 | tp_locvar->a = my_int + 17; | |
5505 | tp_locvar->my_struct = get_my_struct_at(tp_locvar->a); | |
5506 | tp_locvar->b = my_struct_compute_b(tp_locvar->my_struct); | |
5507 | tp_locvar->name = my_struct_get_name(tp_locvar->my_struct); | |
5508 | put_my_struct(tp_locvar->my_struct); | |
5509 | ||
5510 | if (tp_locvar->b) { | |
5511 | tp_locvar->a = 1; | |
5512 | } | |
5513 | } | |
5514 | ), | |
5515 | ||
5516 | /* | |
5517 | * Format identical to the LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT() | |
5518 | * version for this, except that tp_locvar members can be | |
5519 | * used in the argument expression parameters of | |
5520 | * the ctf_*() macros. | |
5521 | */ | |
5522 | TP_FIELDS( | |
5523 | ctf_integer(unsigned long, my_struct_b, tp_locvar->b) | |
5524 | ctf_integer(int, my_struct_a, tp_locvar->a) | |
5525 | ctf_string(my_string_field, my_string) | |
5526 | ctf_string(my_struct_name, tp_locvar->name) | |
5527 | ) | |
5528 | ) | |
5529 | ---- | |
5530 | ||
5531 | IMPORTANT: The C code defined in `TP_code()` must not have any side | |
5532 | effects when executed. In particular, the code must not allocate | |
5533 | memory or get resources without deallocating this memory or putting | |
5534 | those resources afterwards. | |
5535 | ||
5536 | ||
5537 | [[instrumenting-linux-kernel-tracing]] | |
5538 | ==== Load and unload a custom probe kernel module | |
5539 | ||
5540 | You must load a <<lttng-adaptation-layer,created LTTng-modules probe | |
5541 | kernel module>> in the kernel before it can emit LTTng events. | |
5542 | ||
5543 | To load the default probe kernel modules and a custom probe kernel | |
5544 | module: | |
5545 | ||
5546 | * Use the opt:lttng-sessiond(8):--extra-kmod-probes option to give extra | |
5547 | probe modules to load when starting a root <<lttng-sessiond,session | |
5548 | daemon>>: | |
5549 | + | |
5550 | -- | |
5551 | .Load the `my_subsys`, `usb`, and the default probe modules. | |
5552 | ==== | |
5553 | [role="term"] | |
5554 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5555 | # lttng-sessiond --extra-kmod-probes=my_subsys,usb |
7e35c904 PP |
5556 | ---- |
5557 | ==== | |
5558 | -- | |
5559 | + | |
5560 | You only need to pass the subsystem name, not the whole kernel module | |
5561 | name. | |
5562 | ||
5563 | To load _only_ a given custom probe kernel module: | |
5564 | ||
5565 | * Use the opt:lttng-sessiond(8):--kmod-probes option to give the probe | |
5566 | modules to load when starting a root session daemon: | |
5567 | + | |
5568 | -- | |
5569 | .Load only the `my_subsys` and `usb` probe modules. | |
5570 | ==== | |
5571 | [role="term"] | |
5572 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5573 | # lttng-sessiond --kmod-probes=my_subsys,usb |
7e35c904 PP |
5574 | ---- |
5575 | ==== | |
5576 | -- | |
5577 | ||
5578 | To confirm that a probe module is loaded: | |
5579 | ||
5580 | * Use man:lsmod(8): | |
5581 | + | |
5582 | -- | |
5583 | [role="term"] | |
5584 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5585 | $ lsmod | grep lttng_probe_usb |
7e35c904 PP |
5586 | ---- |
5587 | -- | |
5588 | ||
5589 | To unload the loaded probe modules: | |
5590 | ||
5591 | * Kill the session daemon with `SIGTERM`: | |
5592 | + | |
5593 | -- | |
5594 | [role="term"] | |
5595 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5596 | # pkill lttng-sessiond |
7e35c904 PP |
5597 | ---- |
5598 | -- | |
5599 | + | |
5600 | You can also use man:modprobe(8)'s `--remove` option if the session | |
5601 | daemon terminates abnormally. | |
5602 | ||
5603 | ||
5604 | [[controlling-tracing]] | |
5605 | == Tracing control | |
5606 | ||
5607 | Once an application or a Linux kernel is | |
5608 | <<instrumenting,instrumented>> for LTTng tracing, | |
5609 | you can _trace_ it. | |
5610 | ||
5611 | This section is divided in topics on how to use the various | |
5612 | <<plumbing,components of LTTng>>, in particular the <<lttng-cli,cmd:lttng | |
5613 | command-line tool>>, to _control_ the LTTng daemons and tracers. | |
5614 | ||
5615 | NOTE: In the following subsections, we refer to an man:lttng(1) command | |
5616 | using its man page name. For example, instead of _Run the `create` | |
5617 | command to..._, we use _Run the man:lttng-create(1) command to..._. | |
5618 | ||
5619 | ||
5620 | [[start-sessiond]] | |
5621 | === Start a session daemon | |
5622 | ||
5623 | In some situations, you need to run a <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>> | |
5624 | (man:lttng-sessiond(8)) _before_ you can use the man:lttng(1) | |
5625 | command-line tool. | |
5626 | ||
5627 | You will see the following error when you run a command while no session | |
5628 | daemon is running: | |
5629 | ||
5630 | ---- | |
5631 | Error: No session daemon is available | |
5632 | ---- | |
5633 | ||
5634 | The only command that automatically runs a session daemon is | |
5635 | man:lttng-create(1), which you use to | |
5636 | <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,create a tracing session>>. While | |
5637 | this is most of the time the first operation that you do, sometimes it's | |
5638 | not. Some examples are: | |
5639 | ||
5640 | * <<list-instrumentation-points,List the available instrumentation points>>. | |
5641 | * <<saving-loading-tracing-session,Load a tracing session configuration>>. | |
5642 | ||
5643 | [[tracing-group]] Each Unix user must have its own running session | |
5644 | daemon to trace user applications. The session daemon that the root user | |
5645 | starts is the only one allowed to control the LTTng kernel tracer. Users | |
5646 | that are part of the _tracing group_ can control the root session | |
5647 | daemon. The default tracing group name is `tracing`; you can set it to | |
5648 | something else with the opt:lttng-sessiond(8):--group option when you | |
5649 | start the root session daemon. | |
5650 | ||
5651 | To start a user session daemon: | |
5652 | ||
5653 | * Run man:lttng-sessiond(8): | |
5654 | + | |
5655 | -- | |
5656 | [role="term"] | |
5657 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5658 | $ lttng-sessiond --daemonize |
7e35c904 PP |
5659 | ---- |
5660 | -- | |
5661 | ||
5662 | To start the root session daemon: | |
5663 | ||
5664 | * Run man:lttng-sessiond(8) as the root user: | |
5665 | + | |
5666 | -- | |
5667 | [role="term"] | |
5668 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5669 | # lttng-sessiond --daemonize |
7e35c904 PP |
5670 | ---- |
5671 | -- | |
5672 | ||
5673 | In both cases, remove the opt:lttng-sessiond(8):--daemonize option to | |
5674 | start the session daemon in foreground. | |
5675 | ||
5676 | To stop a session daemon, use man:kill(1) on its process ID (standard | |
5677 | `TERM` signal). | |
5678 | ||
5679 | Note that some Linux distributions could manage the LTTng session daemon | |
5680 | as a service. In this case, you should use the service manager to | |
5681 | start, restart, and stop session daemons. | |
5682 | ||
5683 | ||
5684 | [[creating-destroying-tracing-sessions]] | |
5685 | === Create and destroy a tracing session | |
5686 | ||
5687 | Almost all the LTTng control operations happen in the scope of | |
5688 | a <<tracing-session,tracing session>>, which is the dialogue between the | |
5689 | <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>> and you. | |
5690 | ||
5691 | To create a tracing session with a generated name: | |
5692 | ||
5693 | * Use the man:lttng-create(1) command: | |
5694 | + | |
5695 | -- | |
5696 | [role="term"] | |
5697 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5698 | $ lttng create |
7e35c904 PP |
5699 | ---- |
5700 | -- | |
5701 | ||
5702 | The created tracing session's name is `auto` followed by the | |
5703 | creation date. | |
5704 | ||
5705 | To create a tracing session with a specific name: | |
5706 | ||
5707 | * Use the optional argument of the man:lttng-create(1) command: | |
5708 | + | |
5709 | -- | |
5710 | [role="term"] | |
5711 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5712 | $ lttng create my-session |
7e35c904 PP |
5713 | ---- |
5714 | -- | |
5715 | + | |
5716 | Replace `my-session` with the specific tracing session name. | |
5717 | ||
5718 | LTTng appends the creation date to the created tracing session's name. | |
5719 | ||
5720 | LTTng writes the traces of a tracing session in | |
5721 | +$LTTNG_HOME/lttng-trace/__name__+ by default, where +__name__+ is the | |
5722 | name of the tracing session. Note that the env:LTTNG_HOME environment | |
5723 | variable defaults to `$HOME` if not set. | |
5724 | ||
5725 | To output LTTng traces to a non-default location: | |
5726 | ||
5727 | * Use the opt:lttng-create(1):--output option of the man:lttng-create(1) command: | |
5728 | + | |
5729 | -- | |
5730 | [role="term"] | |
5731 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5732 | $ lttng create my-session --output=/tmp/some-directory |
7e35c904 PP |
5733 | ---- |
5734 | -- | |
5735 | ||
5736 | You may create as many tracing sessions as you wish. | |
5737 | ||
5738 | To list all the existing tracing sessions for your Unix user: | |
5739 | ||
5740 | * Use the man:lttng-list(1) command: | |
5741 | + | |
5742 | -- | |
5743 | [role="term"] | |
5744 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5745 | $ lttng list |
7e35c904 PP |
5746 | ---- |
5747 | -- | |
5748 | ||
5749 | When you create a tracing session, it is set as the _current tracing | |
5750 | session_. The following man:lttng(1) commands operate on the current | |
5751 | tracing session when you don't specify one: | |
5752 | ||
5753 | [role="list-3-cols"] | |
5754 | * `add-context` | |
5755 | * `destroy` | |
5756 | * `disable-channel` | |
5757 | * `disable-event` | |
5758 | * `enable-channel` | |
5759 | * `enable-event` | |
5760 | * `load` | |
5761 | * `regenerate` | |
5762 | * `save` | |
5763 | * `snapshot` | |
5764 | * `start` | |
5765 | * `stop` | |
5766 | * `track` | |
5767 | * `untrack` | |
5768 | * `view` | |
5769 | ||
5770 | To change the current tracing session: | |
5771 | ||
5772 | * Use the man:lttng-set-session(1) command: | |
5773 | + | |
5774 | -- | |
5775 | [role="term"] | |
5776 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5777 | $ lttng set-session new-session |
7e35c904 PP |
5778 | ---- |
5779 | -- | |
5780 | + | |
5781 | Replace `new-session` by the name of the new current tracing session. | |
5782 | ||
5783 | When you are done tracing in a given tracing session, you can destroy | |
5784 | it. This operation frees the resources taken by the tracing session | |
5785 | to destroy; it does not destroy the trace data that LTTng wrote for | |
5786 | this tracing session. | |
5787 | ||
5788 | To destroy the current tracing session: | |
5789 | ||
5790 | * Use the man:lttng-destroy(1) command: | |
5791 | + | |
5792 | -- | |
5793 | [role="term"] | |
5794 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5795 | $ lttng destroy |
7e35c904 PP |
5796 | ---- |
5797 | -- | |
5798 | ||
5799 | ||
5800 | [[list-instrumentation-points]] | |
5801 | === List the available instrumentation points | |
5802 | ||
5803 | The <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>> can query the running instrumented | |
5804 | user applications and the Linux kernel to get a list of available | |
5805 | instrumentation points. For the Linux kernel <<domain,tracing domain>>, | |
5806 | they are tracepoints and system calls. For the user space tracing | |
5807 | domain, they are tracepoints. For the other tracing domains, they are | |
5808 | logger names. | |
5809 | ||
5810 | To list the available instrumentation points: | |
5811 | ||
5812 | * Use the man:lttng-list(1) command with the requested tracing domain's | |
5813 | option amongst: | |
5814 | + | |
5815 | -- | |
5816 | * opt:lttng-list(1):--kernel: Linux kernel tracepoints (your Unix user | |
5817 | must be a root user, or it must be a member of the | |
5818 | <<tracing-group,tracing group>>). | |
5819 | * opt:lttng-list(1):--kernel with opt:lttng-list(1):--syscall: Linux | |
5820 | kernel system calls (your Unix user must be a root user, or it must be | |
5821 | a member of the tracing group). | |
5822 | * opt:lttng-list(1):--userspace: user space tracepoints. | |
5823 | * opt:lttng-list(1):--jul: `java.util.logging` loggers. | |
5824 | * opt:lttng-list(1):--log4j: Apache log4j loggers. | |
5825 | * opt:lttng-list(1):--python: Python loggers. | |
5826 | -- | |
5827 | ||
5828 | .List the available user space tracepoints. | |
5829 | ==== | |
5830 | [role="term"] | |
5831 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5832 | $ lttng list --userspace |
7e35c904 PP |
5833 | ---- |
5834 | ==== | |
5835 | ||
5836 | .List the available Linux kernel system call tracepoints. | |
5837 | ==== | |
5838 | [role="term"] | |
5839 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5840 | $ lttng list --kernel --syscall |
7e35c904 PP |
5841 | ---- |
5842 | ==== | |
5843 | ||
5844 | ||
5845 | [[enabling-disabling-events]] | |
5846 | === Create and enable an event rule | |
5847 | ||
5848 | Once you <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,create a tracing | |
5849 | session>>, you can create <<event,event rules>> with the | |
5850 | man:lttng-enable-event(1) command. | |
5851 | ||
5852 | You specify each condition with a command-line option. The available | |
5853 | condition options are shown in the following table. | |
5854 | ||
5855 | [role="growable",cols="asciidoc,asciidoc,default"] | |
5856 | .Condition command-line options for the man:lttng-enable-event(1) command. | |
5857 | |==== | |
5858 | |Option |Description |Applicable tracing domains | |
5859 | ||
5860 | | | |
5861 | One of: | |
5862 | ||
5863 | . `--syscall` | |
5864 | . +--probe=__ADDR__+ | |
5865 | . +--function=__ADDR__+ | |
5866 | ||
5867 | | | |
5868 | Instead of using the default _tracepoint_ instrumentation type, use: | |
5869 | ||
5870 | . A Linux system call. | |
5871 | . A Linux https://lwn.net/Articles/132196/[KProbe] (symbol or address). | |
5872 | . The entry and return points of a Linux function (symbol or address). | |
5873 | ||
5874 | |Linux kernel. | |
5875 | ||
5876 | |First positional argument. | |
5877 | ||
5878 | | | |
5879 | Tracepoint or system call name. In the case of a Linux KProbe or | |
5880 | function, this is a custom name given to the event rule. With the | |
5881 | JUL, log4j, and Python domains, this is a logger name. | |
5882 | ||
5883 | With a tracepoint, logger, or system call name, the last character | |
5884 | can be `*` to match anything that remains. | |
5885 | ||
5886 | |All. | |
5887 | ||
5888 | | | |
5889 | One of: | |
5890 | ||
5891 | . +--loglevel=__LEVEL__+ | |
5892 | . +--loglevel-only=__LEVEL__+ | |
5893 | ||
5894 | | | |
5895 | . Match only tracepoints or log statements with a logging level at | |
5896 | least as severe as +__LEVEL__+. | |
5897 | . Match only tracepoints or log statements with a logging level | |
5898 | equal to +__LEVEL__+. | |
5899 | ||
5900 | See man:lttng-enable-event(1) for the list of available logging level | |
5901 | names. | |
5902 | ||
5903 | |User space, JUL, log4j, and Python. | |
5904 | ||
5905 | |+--exclude=__EXCLUSIONS__+ | |
5906 | ||
5907 | | | |
5908 | When you use a `*` character at the end of the tracepoint or logger | |
5909 | name (first positional argument), exclude the specific names in the | |
5910 | comma-delimited list +__EXCLUSIONS__+. | |
5911 | ||
5912 | | | |
5913 | User space, JUL, log4j, and Python. | |
5914 | ||
5915 | |+--filter=__EXPR__+ | |
5916 | ||
5917 | | | |
5918 | Match only events which satisfy the expression +__EXPR__+. | |
5919 | ||
5920 | See man:lttng-enable-event(1) to learn more about the syntax of a | |
5921 | filter expression. | |
5922 | ||
5923 | |All. | |
5924 | ||
5925 | |==== | |
5926 | ||
5927 | You attach an event rule to a <<channel,channel>> on creation. If you do | |
5928 | not specify the channel with the opt:lttng-enable-event(1):--channel | |
5929 | option, and if the event rule to create is the first in its | |
5930 | <<domain,tracing domain>> for a given tracing session, then LTTng | |
5931 | creates a _default channel_ for you. This default channel is reused in | |
5932 | subsequent invocations of the man:lttng-enable-event(1) command for the | |
5933 | same tracing domain. | |
5934 | ||
5935 | An event rule is always enabled at creation time. | |
5936 | ||
5937 | The following examples show how you can combine the previous | |
5938 | command-line options to create simple to more complex event rules. | |
5939 | ||
5940 | .Create an event rule targetting a Linux kernel tracepoint (default channel). | |
5941 | ==== | |
5942 | [role="term"] | |
5943 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5944 | $ lttng enable-event --kernel sched_switch |
7e35c904 PP |
5945 | ---- |
5946 | ==== | |
5947 | ||
5948 | .Create an event rule matching four Linux kernel system calls (default channel). | |
5949 | ==== | |
5950 | [role="term"] | |
5951 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5952 | $ lttng enable-event --kernel --syscall open,write,read,close |
7e35c904 PP |
5953 | ---- |
5954 | ==== | |
5955 | ||
5956 | .Create event rules matching tracepoints with filter expressions (default channel). | |
5957 | ==== | |
5958 | [role="term"] | |
5959 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5960 | $ lttng enable-event --kernel sched_switch --filter='prev_comm == "bash"' |
7e35c904 PP |
5961 | ---- |
5962 | ||
5963 | [role="term"] | |
5964 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5965 | $ lttng enable-event --kernel --all \ |
7e35c904 PP |
5966 | --filter='$ctx.tid == 1988 || $ctx.tid == 1534' |
5967 | ---- | |
5968 | ||
5969 | [role="term"] | |
5970 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5971 | $ lttng enable-event --jul my_logger \ |
7e35c904 PP |
5972 | --filter='$app.retriever:cur_msg_id > 3' |
5973 | ---- | |
5974 | ||
5975 | IMPORTANT: Make sure to always quote the filter string when you | |
5976 | use man:lttng(1) from a shell. | |
5977 | ==== | |
5978 | ||
5979 | .Create an event rule matching any user space tracepoint of a given tracepoint provider with a log level range (default channel). | |
5980 | ==== | |
5981 | [role="term"] | |
5982 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5983 | $ lttng enable-event --userspace my_app:'*' --loglevel=TRACE_INFO |
7e35c904 PP |
5984 | ---- |
5985 | ||
5986 | IMPORTANT: Make sure to always quote the wildcard character when you | |
5987 | use man:lttng(1) from a shell. | |
5988 | ==== | |
5989 | ||
5990 | .Create an event rule matching multiple Python loggers with a wildcard and with exclusions (default channel). | |
5991 | ==== | |
5992 | [role="term"] | |
5993 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 5994 | $ lttng enable-event --python my-app.'*' \ |
7e35c904 PP |
5995 | --exclude='my-app.module,my-app.hello' |
5996 | ---- | |
5997 | ==== | |
5998 | ||
5999 | .Create an event rule matching any Apache log4j logger with a specific log level (default channel). | |
6000 | ==== | |
6001 | [role="term"] | |
6002 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6003 | $ lttng enable-event --log4j --all --loglevel-only=LOG4J_WARN |
7e35c904 PP |
6004 | ---- |
6005 | ==== | |
6006 | ||
6007 | .Create an event rule attached to a specific channel matching a specific user space tracepoint provider and tracepoint. | |
6008 | ==== | |
6009 | [role="term"] | |
6010 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6011 | $ lttng enable-event --userspace my_app:my_tracepoint --channel=my-channel |
7e35c904 PP |
6012 | ---- |
6013 | ==== | |
6014 | ||
6015 | The event rules of a given channel form a whitelist: as soon as an | |
6016 | emitted event passes one of them, LTTng can record the event. For | |
6017 | example, an event named `my_app:my_tracepoint` emitted from a user space | |
6018 | tracepoint with a `TRACE_ERROR` log level passes both of the following | |
6019 | rules: | |
6020 | ||
6021 | [role="term"] | |
6022 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
6023 | $ lttng enable-event --userspace my_app:my_tracepoint |
6024 | $ lttng enable-event --userspace my_app:my_tracepoint \ | |
7e35c904 PP |
6025 | --loglevel=TRACE_INFO |
6026 | ---- | |
6027 | ||
6028 | The second event rule is redundant: the first one includes | |
6029 | the second one. | |
6030 | ||
6031 | ||
6032 | [[disable-event-rule]] | |
6033 | === Disable an event rule | |
6034 | ||
6035 | To disable an event rule that you <<enabling-disabling-events,created>> | |
6036 | previously, use the man:lttng-disable-event(1) command. This command | |
6037 | disables _all_ the event rules (of a given tracing domain and channel) | |
6038 | which match an instrumentation point. The other conditions are not | |
6039 | supported as of LTTng{nbsp}{revision}. | |
6040 | ||
6041 | The LTTng tracer does not record an emitted event which passes | |
6042 | a _disabled_ event rule. | |
6043 | ||
6044 | .Disable an event rule matching a Python logger (default channel). | |
6045 | ==== | |
6046 | [role="term"] | |
6047 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6048 | $ lttng disable-event --python my-logger |
7e35c904 PP |
6049 | ---- |
6050 | ==== | |
6051 | ||
6052 | .Disable an event rule matching all `java.util.logging` loggers (default channel). | |
6053 | ==== | |
6054 | [role="term"] | |
6055 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6056 | $ lttng disable-event --jul '*' |
7e35c904 PP |
6057 | ---- |
6058 | ==== | |
6059 | ||
6060 | .Disable _all_ the event rules of the default channel. | |
6061 | ==== | |
6062 | The opt:lttng-disable-event(1):--all-events option is not, like the | |
6063 | opt:lttng-enable-event(1):--all option of man:lttng-enable-event(1), the | |
6064 | equivalent of the event name `*` (wildcard): it disables _all_ the event | |
6065 | rules of a given channel. | |
6066 | ||
6067 | [role="term"] | |
6068 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6069 | $ lttng disable-event --jul --all-events |
7e35c904 PP |
6070 | ---- |
6071 | ==== | |
6072 | ||
6073 | NOTE: You cannot delete an event rule once you create it. | |
6074 | ||
6075 | ||
6076 | [[status]] | |
6077 | === Get the status of a tracing session | |
6078 | ||
6079 | To get the status of the current tracing session, that is, its | |
6080 | parameters, its channels, event rules, and their attributes: | |
6081 | ||
6082 | * Use the man:lttng-status(1) command: | |
6083 | + | |
6084 | -- | |
6085 | [role="term"] | |
6086 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6087 | $ lttng status |
7e35c904 PP |
6088 | ---- |
6089 | -- | |
6090 | + | |
6091 | ||
6092 | To get the status of any tracing session: | |
6093 | ||
6094 | * Use the man:lttng-list(1) command with the tracing session's name: | |
6095 | + | |
6096 | -- | |
6097 | [role="term"] | |
6098 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6099 | $ lttng list my-session |
7e35c904 PP |
6100 | ---- |
6101 | -- | |
6102 | + | |
6103 | Replace `my-session` with the desired tracing session's name. | |
6104 | ||
6105 | ||
6106 | [[basic-tracing-session-control]] | |
6107 | === Start and stop a tracing session | |
6108 | ||
6109 | Once you <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,create a tracing | |
6110 | session>> and | |
6111 | <<enabling-disabling-events,create one or more event rules>>, | |
6112 | you can start and stop the tracers for this tracing session. | |
6113 | ||
6114 | To start tracing in the current tracing session: | |
6115 | ||
6116 | * Use the man:lttng-start(1) command: | |
6117 | + | |
6118 | -- | |
6119 | [role="term"] | |
6120 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6121 | $ lttng start |
7e35c904 PP |
6122 | ---- |
6123 | -- | |
6124 | ||
6125 | LTTng is very flexible: you can launch user applications before | |
6126 | or after the you start the tracers. The tracers only record the events | |
6127 | if they pass enabled event rules and if they occur while the tracers are | |
6128 | started. | |
6129 | ||
6130 | To stop tracing in the current tracing session: | |
6131 | ||
6132 | * Use the man:lttng-stop(1) command: | |
6133 | + | |
6134 | -- | |
6135 | [role="term"] | |
6136 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6137 | $ lttng stop |
7e35c904 PP |
6138 | ---- |
6139 | -- | |
6140 | + | |
6141 | If there were <<channel-overwrite-mode-vs-discard-mode,lost event | |
6142 | records>> or lost sub-buffers since the last time you ran | |
6143 | man:lttng-start(1), warnings are printed when you run the | |
6144 | man:lttng-stop(1) command. | |
6145 | ||
6146 | ||
6147 | [[enabling-disabling-channels]] | |
6148 | === Create a channel | |
6149 | ||
6150 | Once you create a tracing session, you can create a <<channel,channel>> | |
6151 | with the man:lttng-enable-channel(1) command. | |
6152 | ||
6153 | Note that LTTng automatically creates a default channel when, for a | |
6154 | given <<domain,tracing domain>>, no channels exist and you | |
6155 | <<enabling-disabling-events,create>> the first event rule. This default | |
6156 | channel is named `channel0` and its attributes are set to reasonable | |
6157 | values. Therefore, you only need to create a channel when you need | |
6158 | non-default attributes. | |
6159 | ||
6160 | You specify each non-default channel attribute with a command-line | |
6161 | option when you use the man:lttng-enable-channel(1) command. The | |
6162 | available command-line options are: | |
6163 | ||
6164 | [role="growable",cols="asciidoc,asciidoc"] | |
6165 | .Command-line options for the man:lttng-enable-channel(1) command. | |
6166 | |==== | |
6167 | |Option |Description | |
6168 | ||
6169 | |`--overwrite` | |
6170 | ||
6171 | | | |
6172 | Use the _overwrite_ | |
6173 | <<channel-overwrite-mode-vs-discard-mode,event loss mode>> instead of | |
6174 | the default _discard_ mode. | |
6175 | ||
6176 | |`--buffers-pid` (user space tracing domain only) | |
6177 | ||
6178 | | | |
6179 | Use the per-process <<channel-buffering-schemes,buffering scheme>> | |
6180 | instead of the default per-user buffering scheme. | |
6181 | ||
6182 | |+--subbuf-size=__SIZE__+ | |
6183 | ||
6184 | | | |
6185 | Allocate sub-buffers of +__SIZE__+ bytes (power of two), for each CPU, | |
6186 | either for each Unix user (default), or for each instrumented process. | |
6187 | ||
6188 | See <<channel-subbuf-size-vs-subbuf-count,Sub-buffer count and size>>. | |
6189 | ||
6190 | |+--num-subbuf=__COUNT__+ | |
6191 | ||
6192 | | | |
6193 | Allocate +__COUNT__+ sub-buffers (power of two), for each CPU, either | |
6194 | for each Unix user (default), or for each instrumented process. | |
6195 | ||
6196 | See <<channel-subbuf-size-vs-subbuf-count,Sub-buffer count and size>>. | |
6197 | ||
6198 | |+--tracefile-size=__SIZE__+ | |
6199 | ||
6200 | | | |
6201 | Set the maximum size of each trace file that this channel writes within | |
6202 | a stream to +__SIZE__+ bytes instead of no maximum. | |
6203 | ||
6204 | See <<tracefile-rotation,Trace file count and size>>. | |
6205 | ||
6206 | |+--tracefile-count=__COUNT__+ | |
6207 | ||
6208 | | | |
6209 | Limit the number of trace files that this channel creates to | |
6210 | +__COUNT__+ channels instead of no limit. | |
6211 | ||
6212 | See <<tracefile-rotation,Trace file count and size>>. | |
6213 | ||
6214 | |+--switch-timer=__PERIODUS__+ | |
6215 | ||
6216 | | | |
6217 | Set the <<channel-switch-timer,switch timer period>> | |
6218 | to +__PERIODUS__+{nbsp}µs. | |
6219 | ||
6220 | |+--read-timer=__PERIODUS__+ | |
6221 | ||
6222 | | | |
6223 | Set the <<channel-read-timer,read timer period>> | |
6224 | to +__PERIODUS__+{nbsp}µs. | |
6225 | ||
6226 | |+--output=__TYPE__+ (Linux kernel tracing domain only) | |
6227 | ||
6228 | | | |
6229 | Set the channel's output type to +__TYPE__+, either `mmap` or `splice`. | |
6230 | ||
6231 | |==== | |
6232 | ||
6233 | You can only create a channel in the Linux kernel and user space | |
6234 | <<domain,tracing domains>>: other tracing domains have their own channel | |
6235 | created on the fly when <<enabling-disabling-events,creating event | |
6236 | rules>>. | |
6237 | ||
6238 | [IMPORTANT] | |
6239 | ==== | |
6240 | Because of a current LTTng limitation, you must create all channels | |
6241 | _before_ you <<basic-tracing-session-control,start tracing>> in a given | |
6242 | tracing session, that is, before the first time you run | |
6243 | man:lttng-start(1). | |
6244 | ||
6245 | Since LTTng automatically creates a default channel when you use the | |
6246 | man:lttng-enable-event(1) command with a specific tracing domain, you | |
6247 | cannot, for example, create a Linux kernel event rule, start tracing, | |
6248 | and then create a user space event rule, because no user space channel | |
6249 | exists yet and it's too late to create one. | |
6250 | ||
6251 | For this reason, make sure to configure your channels properly | |
6252 | before starting the tracers for the first time! | |
6253 | ==== | |
6254 | ||
6255 | The following examples show how you can combine the previous | |
6256 | command-line options to create simple to more complex channels. | |
6257 | ||
6258 | .Create a Linux kernel channel with default attributes. | |
6259 | ==== | |
6260 | [role="term"] | |
6261 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6262 | $ lttng enable-channel --kernel my-channel |
7e35c904 PP |
6263 | ---- |
6264 | ==== | |
6265 | ||
6266 | .Create a user space channel with 4 sub-buffers or 1{nbsp}MiB each, per CPU, per instrumented process. | |
6267 | ==== | |
6268 | [role="term"] | |
6269 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6270 | $ lttng enable-channel --userspace --num-subbuf=4 --subbuf-size=1M \ |
7e35c904 PP |
6271 | --buffers-pid my-channel |
6272 | ---- | |
6273 | ==== | |
6274 | ||
6275 | .Create a Linux kernel channel which rotates 8 trace files of 4{nbsp}MiB each for each stream | |
6276 | ==== | |
6277 | [role="term"] | |
6278 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6279 | $ lttng enable-channel --kernel --tracefile-count=8 \ |
7e35c904 PP |
6280 | --tracefile-size=4194304 my-channel |
6281 | ---- | |
6282 | ==== | |
6283 | ||
6284 | .Create a user space channel in overwrite (or _flight recorder_) mode. | |
6285 | ==== | |
6286 | [role="term"] | |
6287 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6288 | $ lttng enable-channel --userspace --overwrite my-channel |
7e35c904 PP |
6289 | ---- |
6290 | ==== | |
6291 | ||
6292 | You can <<enabling-disabling-events,create>> the same event rule in | |
6293 | two different channels: | |
6294 | ||
6295 | [role="term"] | |
6296 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
6297 | $ lttng enable-event --userspace --channel=my-channel app:tp |
6298 | $ lttng enable-event --userspace --channel=other-channel app:tp | |
7e35c904 PP |
6299 | ---- |
6300 | ||
6301 | If both channels are enabled, when a tracepoint named `app:tp` is | |
6302 | reached, LTTng records two events, one for each channel. | |
6303 | ||
6304 | ||
6305 | [[disable-channel]] | |
6306 | === Disable a channel | |
6307 | ||
6308 | To disable a specific channel that you <<enabling-disabling-channels,created>> | |
6309 | previously, use the man:lttng-disable-channel(1) command. | |
6310 | ||
6311 | .Disable a specific Linux kernel channel. | |
6312 | ==== | |
6313 | [role="term"] | |
6314 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6315 | $ lttng disable-channel --kernel my-channel |
7e35c904 PP |
6316 | ---- |
6317 | ==== | |
6318 | ||
6319 | The state of a channel precedes the individual states of event rules | |
6320 | attached to it: event rules which belong to a disabled channel, even if | |
6321 | they are enabled, are also considered disabled. | |
6322 | ||
6323 | ||
6324 | [[adding-context]] | |
6325 | === Add context fields to a channel | |
6326 | ||
6327 | Event record fields in trace files provide important information about | |
6328 | events that occured previously, but sometimes some external context may | |
6329 | help you solve a problem faster. Examples of context fields are: | |
6330 | ||
6331 | * The **process ID**, **thread ID**, **process name**, and | |
6332 | **process priority** of the thread in which the event occurs. | |
6333 | * The **hostname** of the system on which the event occurs. | |
6334 | * The current values of many possible **performance counters** using | |
6335 | perf, for example: | |
6336 | ** CPU cycles, stalled cycles, idle cycles, and the other cycle types. | |
6337 | ** Cache misses. | |
6338 | ** Branch instructions, misses, and loads. | |
6339 | ** CPU faults. | |
6340 | * Any context defined at the application level (supported for the | |
6341 | JUL and log4j <<domain,tracing domains>>). | |
6342 | ||
6343 | To get the full list of available context fields, see | |
6344 | `lttng add-context --list`. Some context fields are reserved for a | |
6345 | specific <<domain,tracing domain>> (Linux kernel or user space). | |
6346 | ||
6347 | You add context fields to <<channel,channels>>. All the events | |
6348 | that a channel with added context fields records contain those fields. | |
6349 | ||
6350 | To add context fields to one or all the channels of a given tracing | |
6351 | session: | |
6352 | ||
6353 | * Use the man:lttng-add-context(1) command. | |
6354 | ||
6355 | .Add context fields to all the channels of the current tracing session. | |
6356 | ==== | |
6357 | The following command line adds the virtual process identifier and | |
6358 | the per-thread CPU cycles count fields to all the user space channels | |
6359 | of the current tracing session. | |
6360 | ||
6361 | [role="term"] | |
6362 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6363 | $ lttng add-context --userspace --type=vpid --type=perf:thread:cpu-cycles |
7e35c904 PP |
6364 | ---- |
6365 | ==== | |
6366 | ||
6367 | .Add performance counter context fields by raw ID | |
6368 | ==== | |
6369 | See man:lttng-add-context(1) for the exact format of the context field | |
6370 | type, which is partly compatible with the format used in | |
6371 | man:perf-record(1). | |
6372 | ||
6373 | [role="term"] | |
6374 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
6375 | $ lttng add-context --userspace --type=perf:thread:raw:r0110:test |
6376 | $ lttng add-context --kernel --type=perf:cpu:raw:r0013c:x86unhalted | |
7e35c904 PP |
6377 | ---- |
6378 | ==== | |
6379 | ||
6380 | .Add a context field to a specific channel. | |
6381 | ==== | |
6382 | The following command line adds the thread identifier context field | |
6383 | to the Linux kernel channel named `my-channel` in the current | |
6384 | tracing session. | |
6385 | ||
6386 | [role="term"] | |
6387 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6388 | $ lttng add-context --kernel --channel=my-channel --type=tid |
7e35c904 PP |
6389 | ---- |
6390 | ==== | |
6391 | ||
6392 | .Add an application-specific context field to a specific channel. | |
6393 | ==== | |
6394 | The following command line adds the `cur_msg_id` context field of the | |
6395 | `retriever` context retriever for all the instrumented | |
6396 | <<java-application,Java applications>> recording <<event,event records>> | |
6397 | in the channel named `my-channel`: | |
6398 | ||
6399 | [role="term"] | |
6400 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6401 | $ lttng add-context --kernel --channel=my-channel \ |
7e35c904 PP |
6402 | --type='$app:retriever:cur_msg_id' |
6403 | ---- | |
6404 | ||
6405 | IMPORTANT: Make sure to always quote the `$` character when you | |
6406 | use man:lttng-add-context(1) from a shell. | |
6407 | ==== | |
6408 | ||
6409 | NOTE: You cannot remove context fields from a channel once you add it. | |
6410 | ||
6411 | ||
6412 | [role="since-2.7"] | |
6413 | [[pid-tracking]] | |
6414 | === Track process IDs | |
6415 | ||
6416 | It's often useful to allow only specific process IDs (PIDs) to emit | |
6417 | events. For example, you may wish to record all the system calls made by | |
6418 | a given process (à la http://linux.die.net/man/1/strace[strace]). | |
6419 | ||
6420 | The man:lttng-track(1) and man:lttng-untrack(1) commands serve this | |
6421 | purpose. Both commands operate on a whitelist of process IDs. You _add_ | |
6422 | entries to this whitelist with the man:lttng-track(1) command and remove | |
6423 | entries with the man:lttng-untrack(1) command. Any process which has one | |
6424 | of the PIDs in the whitelist is allowed to emit LTTng events which pass | |
6425 | an enabled <<event,event rule>>. | |
6426 | ||
6427 | NOTE: The PID tracker tracks the _numeric process IDs_. Should a | |
6428 | process with a given tracked ID exit and another process be given this | |
6429 | ID, then the latter would also be allowed to emit events. | |
6430 | ||
6431 | .Track and untrack process IDs. | |
6432 | ==== | |
6433 | For the sake of the following example, assume the target system has 16 | |
6434 | possible PIDs. | |
6435 | ||
6436 | When you | |
6437 | <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,create a tracing session>>, | |
6438 | the whitelist contains all the possible PIDs: | |
6439 | ||
6440 | [role="img-100"] | |
6441 | .All PIDs are tracked. | |
6442 | image::track-all.png[] | |
6443 | ||
6444 | When the whitelist is full and you use the man:lttng-track(1) command to | |
6445 | specify some PIDs to track, LTTng first clears the whitelist, then it | |
6446 | tracks the specific PIDs. After: | |
6447 | ||
6448 | [role="term"] | |
6449 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6450 | $ lttng track --pid=3,4,7,10,13 |
7e35c904 PP |
6451 | ---- |
6452 | ||
6453 | the whitelist is: | |
6454 | ||
6455 | [role="img-100"] | |
6456 | .PIDs 3, 4, 7, 10, and 13 are tracked. | |
6457 | image::track-3-4-7-10-13.png[] | |
6458 | ||
6459 | You can add more PIDs to the whitelist afterwards: | |
6460 | ||
6461 | [role="term"] | |
6462 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6463 | $ lttng track --pid=1,15,16 |
7e35c904 PP |
6464 | ---- |
6465 | ||
6466 | The result is: | |
6467 | ||
6468 | [role="img-100"] | |
6469 | .PIDs 1, 15, and 16 are added to the whitelist. | |
6470 | image::track-1-3-4-7-10-13-15-16.png[] | |
6471 | ||
6472 | The man:lttng-untrack(1) command removes entries from the PID tracker's | |
6473 | whitelist. Given the previous example, the following command: | |
6474 | ||
6475 | [role="term"] | |
6476 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6477 | $ lttng untrack --pid=3,7,10,13 |
7e35c904 PP |
6478 | ---- |
6479 | ||
6480 | leads to this whitelist: | |
6481 | ||
6482 | [role="img-100"] | |
6483 | .PIDs 3, 7, 10, and 13 are removed from the whitelist. | |
6484 | image::track-1-4-15-16.png[] | |
6485 | ||
6486 | LTTng can track all possible PIDs again using the opt:track(1):--all | |
6487 | option: | |
6488 | ||
6489 | [role="term"] | |
6490 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6491 | $ lttng track --pid --all |
7e35c904 PP |
6492 | ---- |
6493 | ||
6494 | The result is, again: | |
6495 | ||
6496 | [role="img-100"] | |
6497 | .All PIDs are tracked. | |
6498 | image::track-all.png[] | |
6499 | ==== | |
6500 | ||
6501 | .Track only specific PIDs | |
6502 | ==== | |
6503 | A very typical use case with PID tracking is to start with an empty | |
6504 | whitelist, then <<basic-tracing-session-control,start the tracers>>, and | |
6505 | then add PIDs manually while tracers are active. You can accomplish this | |
6506 | by using the opt:lttng-untrack(1):--all option of the | |
6507 | man:lttng-untrack(1) command to clear the whitelist after you | |
6508 | <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,create a tracing session>>: | |
6509 | ||
6510 | [role="term"] | |
6511 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6512 | $ lttng untrack --pid --all |
7e35c904 PP |
6513 | ---- |
6514 | ||
6515 | gives: | |
6516 | ||
6517 | [role="img-100"] | |
6518 | .No PIDs are tracked. | |
6519 | image::untrack-all.png[] | |
6520 | ||
6521 | If you trace with this whitelist configuration, the tracer records no | |
6522 | events for this <<domain,tracing domain>> because no processes are | |
6523 | tracked. You can use the man:lttng-track(1) command as usual to track | |
6524 | specific PIDs, for example: | |
6525 | ||
6526 | [role="term"] | |
6527 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6528 | $ lttng track --pid=6,11 |
7e35c904 PP |
6529 | ---- |
6530 | ||
6531 | Result: | |
6532 | ||
6533 | [role="img-100"] | |
6534 | .PIDs 6 and 11 are tracked. | |
6535 | image::track-6-11.png[] | |
6536 | ==== | |
6537 | ||
6538 | ||
6539 | [role="since-2.5"] | |
6540 | [[saving-loading-tracing-session]] | |
6541 | === Save and load tracing session configurations | |
6542 | ||
6543 | Configuring a <<tracing-session,tracing session>> can be long. Some of | |
6544 | the tasks involved are: | |
6545 | ||
6546 | * <<enabling-disabling-channels,Create channels>> with | |
6547 | specific attributes. | |
6548 | * <<adding-context,Add context fields>> to specific channels. | |
6549 | * <<enabling-disabling-events,Create event rules>> with specific log | |
6550 | level and filter conditions. | |
6551 | ||
6552 | If you use LTTng to solve real world problems, chances are you have to | |
6553 | record events using the same tracing session setup over and over, | |
6554 | modifying a few variables each time in your instrumented program | |
6555 | or environment. To avoid constant tracing session reconfiguration, | |
6556 | the man:lttng(1) command-line tool can save and load tracing session | |
6557 | configurations to/from XML files. | |
6558 | ||
6559 | To save a given tracing session configuration: | |
6560 | ||
6561 | * Use the man:lttng-save(1) command: | |
6562 | + | |
6563 | -- | |
6564 | [role="term"] | |
6565 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6566 | $ lttng save my-session |
7e35c904 PP |
6567 | ---- |
6568 | -- | |
6569 | + | |
6570 | Replace `my-session` with the name of the tracing session to save. | |
6571 | ||
6572 | LTTng saves tracing session configurations to | |
6573 | dir:{$LTTNG_HOME/.lttng/sessions} by default. Note that the | |
6574 | env:LTTNG_HOME environment variable defaults to `$HOME` if not set. Use | |
6575 | the opt:lttng-save(1):--output-path option to change this destination | |
6576 | directory. | |
6577 | ||
6578 | LTTng saves all configuration parameters, for example: | |
6579 | ||
6580 | * The tracing session name. | |
6581 | * The trace data output path. | |
6582 | * The channels with their state and all their attributes. | |
6583 | * The context fields you added to channels. | |
6584 | * The event rules with their state, log level and filter conditions. | |
6585 | ||
6586 | To load a tracing session: | |
6587 | ||
6588 | * Use the man:lttng-load(1) command: | |
6589 | + | |
6590 | -- | |
6591 | [role="term"] | |
6592 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6593 | $ lttng load my-session |
7e35c904 PP |
6594 | ---- |
6595 | -- | |
6596 | + | |
6597 | Replace `my-session` with the name of the tracing session to load. | |
6598 | ||
6599 | When LTTng loads a configuration, it restores your saved tracing session | |
6600 | as if you just configured it manually. | |
6601 | ||
6602 | See man:lttng(1) for the complete list of command-line options. You | |
6603 | can also save and load all many sessions at a time, and decide in which | |
6604 | directory to output the XML files. | |
6605 | ||
6606 | ||
6607 | [[sending-trace-data-over-the-network]] | |
6608 | === Send trace data over the network | |
6609 | ||
6610 | LTTng can send the recorded trace data to a remote system over the | |
6611 | network instead of writing it to the local file system. | |
6612 | ||
6613 | To send the trace data over the network: | |
6614 | ||
6615 | . On the _remote_ system (which can also be the target system), | |
6616 | start an LTTng <<lttng-relayd,relay daemon>> (man:lttng-relayd(8)): | |
6617 | + | |
6618 | -- | |
6619 | [role="term"] | |
6620 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6621 | $ lttng-relayd |
7e35c904 PP |
6622 | ---- |
6623 | -- | |
6624 | ||
6625 | . On the _target_ system, create a tracing session configured to | |
6626 | send trace data over the network: | |
6627 | + | |
6628 | -- | |
6629 | [role="term"] | |
6630 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6631 | $ lttng create my-session --set-url=net://remote-system |
7e35c904 PP |
6632 | ---- |
6633 | -- | |
6634 | + | |
6635 | Replace `remote-system` by the host name or IP address of the | |
6636 | remote system. See man:lttng-create(1) for the exact URL format. | |
6637 | ||
6638 | . On the target system, use the man:lttng(1) command-line tool as usual. | |
6639 | When tracing is active, the target's consumer daemon sends sub-buffers | |
d1b6c345 | 6640 | to the relay daemon running on the remote system instead of flushing |
7e35c904 PP |
6641 | them to the local file system. The relay daemon writes the received |
6642 | packets to the local file system. | |
6643 | ||
6644 | The relay daemon writes trace files to | |
6645 | +$LTTNG_HOME/lttng-traces/__hostname__/__session__+ by default, where | |
6646 | +__hostname__+ is the host name of the target system and +__session__+ | |
6647 | is the tracing session name. Note that the env:LTTNG_HOME environment | |
6648 | variable defaults to `$HOME` if not set. Use the | |
6649 | opt:lttng-relayd(8):--output option of man:lttng-relayd(8) to write | |
6650 | trace files to another base directory. | |
6651 | ||
6652 | ||
6653 | [role="since-2.4"] | |
6654 | [[lttng-live]] | |
6655 | === View events as LTTng emits them (noch:{LTTng} live) | |
6656 | ||
6657 | LTTng live is a network protocol implemented by the <<lttng-relayd,relay | |
6658 | daemon>> (man:lttng-relayd(8)) to allow compatible trace viewers to | |
6659 | display events as LTTng emits them on the target system while tracing is | |
6660 | active. | |
6661 | ||
6662 | The relay daemon creates a _tee_: it forwards the trace data to both | |
6663 | the local file system and to connected live viewers: | |
6664 | ||
6665 | [role="img-90"] | |
6666 | .The relay daemon creates a _tee_, forwarding the trace data to both trace files and a connected live viewer. | |
6667 | image::live.png[] | |
6668 | ||
6669 | To use LTTng live: | |
6670 | ||
6671 | . On the _target system_, create a <<tracing-session,tracing session>> | |
6672 | in _live mode_: | |
6673 | + | |
6674 | -- | |
6675 | [role="term"] | |
6676 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6677 | $ lttng create my-session --live |
7e35c904 PP |
6678 | ---- |
6679 | -- | |
6680 | + | |
6681 | This spawns a local relay daemon. | |
6682 | ||
6683 | . Start the live viewer and configure it to connect to the relay | |
6684 | daemon. For example, with http://diamon.org/babeltrace[Babeltrace]: | |
6685 | + | |
6686 | -- | |
6687 | [role="term"] | |
6688 | ---- | |
ded02698 PP |
6689 | $ babeltrace --input-format=lttng-live \ |
6690 | net://localhost/host/hostname/my-session | |
7e35c904 PP |
6691 | ---- |
6692 | -- | |
6693 | + | |
6694 | Replace: | |
6695 | + | |
6696 | -- | |
6697 | * `hostname` with the host name of the target system. | |
6698 | * `my-session` with the name of the tracing session to view. | |
6699 | -- | |
6700 | ||
6701 | . Configure the tracing session as usual with the man:lttng(1) | |
6702 | command-line tool, and <<basic-tracing-session-control,start tracing>>. | |
6703 | ||
6704 | You can list the available live tracing sessions with Babeltrace: | |
6705 | ||
6706 | [role="term"] | |
6707 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6708 | $ babeltrace --input-format=lttng-live net://localhost |
7e35c904 PP |
6709 | ---- |
6710 | ||
6711 | You can start the relay daemon on another system. In this case, you need | |
6712 | to specify the relay daemon's URL when you create the tracing session | |
6713 | with the opt:lttng-create(1):--set-url option. You also need to replace | |
6714 | `localhost` in the procedure above with the host name of the system on | |
6715 | which the relay daemon is running. | |
6716 | ||
6717 | See man:lttng-create(1) and man:lttng-relayd(8) for the complete list of | |
6718 | command-line options. | |
6719 | ||
6720 | ||
6721 | [role="since-2.3"] | |
6722 | [[taking-a-snapshot]] | |
6723 | === Take a snapshot of the current sub-buffers of a tracing session | |
6724 | ||
6725 | The normal behavior of LTTng is to append full sub-buffers to growing | |
6726 | trace data files. This is ideal to keep a full history of the events | |
6727 | that occurred on the target system, but it can | |
6728 | represent too much data in some situations. For example, you may wish | |
6729 | to trace your application continuously until some critical situation | |
6730 | happens, in which case you only need the latest few recorded | |
6731 | events to perform the desired analysis, not multi-gigabyte trace files. | |
6732 | ||
6733 | With the man:lttng-snapshot(1) command, you can take a snapshot of the | |
6734 | current sub-buffers of a given <<tracing-session,tracing session>>. | |
6735 | LTTng can write the snapshot to the local file system or send it over | |
6736 | the network. | |
6737 | ||
6738 | To take a snapshot: | |
6739 | ||
6740 | . Create a tracing session in _snapshot mode_: | |
6741 | + | |
6742 | -- | |
6743 | [role="term"] | |
6744 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6745 | $ lttng create my-session --snapshot |
7e35c904 PP |
6746 | ---- |
6747 | -- | |
6748 | + | |
6749 | The <<channel-overwrite-mode-vs-discard-mode,event loss mode>> of | |
6750 | <<channel,channels>> created in this mode is automatically set to | |
6751 | _overwrite_ (flight recorder mode). | |
6752 | ||
6753 | . Configure the tracing session as usual with the man:lttng(1) | |
6754 | command-line tool, and <<basic-tracing-session-control,start tracing>>. | |
6755 | ||
6756 | . **Optional**: When you need to take a snapshot, | |
6757 | <<basic-tracing-session-control,stop tracing>>. | |
6758 | + | |
6759 | You can take a snapshot when the tracers are active, but if you stop | |
6760 | them first, you are sure that the data in the sub-buffers does not | |
6761 | change before you actually take the snapshot. | |
6762 | ||
6763 | . Take a snapshot: | |
6764 | + | |
6765 | -- | |
6766 | [role="term"] | |
6767 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6768 | $ lttng snapshot record --name=my-first-snapshot |
7e35c904 PP |
6769 | ---- |
6770 | -- | |
6771 | + | |
6772 | LTTng writes the current sub-buffers of all the current tracing | |
6773 | session's channels to trace files on the local file system. Those trace | |
6774 | files have `my-first-snapshot` in their name. | |
6775 | ||
6776 | There is no difference between the format of a normal trace file and the | |
6777 | format of a snapshot: viewers of LTTng traces also support LTTng | |
6778 | snapshots. | |
6779 | ||
6780 | By default, LTTng writes snapshot files to the path shown by | |
6781 | `lttng snapshot list-output`. You can change this path or decide to send | |
6782 | snapshots over the network using either: | |
6783 | ||
6784 | . An output path or URL that you specify when you create the | |
6785 | tracing session. | |
6786 | . An snapshot output path or URL that you add using | |
6787 | `lttng snapshot add-output` | |
6788 | . An output path or URL that you provide directly to the | |
6789 | `lttng snapshot record` command. | |
6790 | ||
6791 | Method 3 overrides method 2, which overrides method 1. When you | |
6792 | specify a URL, a relay daemon must listen on a remote system (see | |
6793 | <<sending-trace-data-over-the-network,Send trace data over the network>>). | |
6794 | ||
6795 | ||
6796 | [role="since-2.6"] | |
6797 | [[mi]] | |
6798 | === Use the machine interface | |
6799 | ||
6800 | With any command of the man:lttng(1) command-line tool, you can set the | |
6801 | opt:lttng(1):--mi option to `xml` (before the command name) to get an | |
6802 | XML machine interface output, for example: | |
6803 | ||
6804 | [role="term"] | |
6805 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6806 | $ lttng --mi=xml enable-event --kernel --syscall open |
7e35c904 PP |
6807 | ---- |
6808 | ||
6809 | A schema definition (XSD) is | |
6810 | https://github.com/lttng/lttng-tools/blob/stable-2.9/src/common/mi-lttng-3.0.xsd[available] | |
6811 | to ease the integration with external tools as much as possible. | |
6812 | ||
6813 | ||
6814 | [role="since-2.8"] | |
6815 | [[metadata-regenerate]] | |
6816 | === Regenerate the metadata of an LTTng trace | |
6817 | ||
6818 | An LTTng trace, which is a http://diamon.org/ctf[CTF] trace, has both | |
6819 | data stream files and a metadata file. This metadata file contains, | |
6820 | amongst other things, information about the offset of the clock sources | |
6821 | used to timestamp <<event,event records>> when tracing. | |
6822 | ||
6823 | If, once a <<tracing-session,tracing session>> is | |
6824 | <<basic-tracing-session-control,started>>, a major | |
6825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol[NTP] correction | |
6826 | happens, the trace's clock offset also needs to be updated. You | |
6827 | can use the `metadata` item of the man:lttng-regenerate(1) command | |
6828 | to do so. | |
6829 | ||
6830 | The main use case of this command is to allow a system to boot with | |
6831 | an incorrect wall time and trace it with LTTng before its wall time | |
6832 | is corrected. Once the system is known to be in a state where its | |
6833 | wall time is correct, it can run `lttng regenerate metadata`. | |
6834 | ||
6835 | To regenerate the metadata of an LTTng trace: | |
6836 | ||
6837 | * Use the `metadata` item of the man:lttng-regenerate(1) command: | |
6838 | + | |
6839 | -- | |
6840 | [role="term"] | |
6841 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6842 | $ lttng regenerate metadata |
7e35c904 PP |
6843 | ---- |
6844 | -- | |
6845 | ||
6846 | [IMPORTANT] | |
6847 | ==== | |
6848 | `lttng regenerate metadata` has the following limitations: | |
6849 | ||
6850 | * Tracing session <<creating-destroying-tracing-sessions,created>> | |
6851 | in non-live mode. | |
6852 | * User space <<channel,channels>>, if any, are using | |
6853 | <<channel-buffering-schemes,per-user buffering>>. | |
6854 | ==== | |
6855 | ||
6856 | ||
6857 | [role="since-2.9"] | |
6858 | [[regenerate-statedump]] | |
6859 | === Regenerate the state dump of a tracing session | |
6860 | ||
6861 | The LTTng kernel and user space tracers generate state dump | |
6862 | <<event,event records>> when the application starts or when you | |
6863 | <<basic-tracing-session-control,start a tracing session>>. An analysis | |
6864 | can use the state dump event records to set an initial state before it | |
6865 | builds the rest of the state from the following event records. | |
6866 | http://tracecompass.org/[Trace Compass] is a notable example of an | |
6867 | application which uses the state dump of an LTTng trace. | |
6868 | ||
6869 | When you <<taking-a-snapshot,take a snapshot>>, it's possible that the | |
6870 | state dump event records are not included in the snapshot because they | |
6871 | were recorded to a sub-buffer that has been consumed or overwritten | |
6872 | already. | |
6873 | ||
6874 | You can use the `lttng regenerate statedump` command to emit the state | |
6875 | dump event records again. | |
6876 | ||
6877 | To regenerate the state dump of the current tracing session, provided | |
6878 | create it in snapshot mode, before you take a snapshot: | |
6879 | ||
6880 | . Use the `statedump` item of the man:lttng-regenerate(1) command: | |
6881 | + | |
6882 | -- | |
6883 | [role="term"] | |
6884 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6885 | $ lttng regenerate statedump |
7e35c904 PP |
6886 | ---- |
6887 | -- | |
6888 | ||
6889 | . <<basic-tracing-session-control,Stop the tracing session>>: | |
6890 | + | |
6891 | -- | |
6892 | [role="term"] | |
6893 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6894 | $ lttng stop |
7e35c904 PP |
6895 | ---- |
6896 | -- | |
6897 | ||
6898 | . <<taking-a-snapshot,Take a snapshot>>: | |
6899 | + | |
6900 | -- | |
6901 | [role="term"] | |
6902 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6903 | $ lttng snapshot record --name=my-snapshot |
7e35c904 PP |
6904 | ---- |
6905 | -- | |
6906 | ||
6907 | Depending on the event throughput, you should run steps 1 and 2 | |
6908 | as closely as possible. | |
6909 | ||
6910 | NOTE: To record the state dump events, you need to | |
6911 | <<enabling-disabling-events,create event rules>> which enable them. | |
6912 | LTTng-UST state dump tracepoints start with `lttng_ust_statedump:`. | |
6913 | LTTng-modules state dump tracepoints start with `lttng_statedump_`. | |
6914 | ||
6915 | ||
6916 | [role="since-2.7"] | |
6917 | [[persistent-memory-file-systems]] | |
6918 | === Record trace data on persistent memory file systems | |
6919 | ||
6920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-volatile_random-access_memory[Non-volatile random-access memory] | |
6921 | (NVRAM) is random-access memory that retains its information when power | |
6922 | is turned off (non-volatile). Systems with such memory can store data | |
6923 | structures in RAM and retrieve them after a reboot, without flushing | |
6924 | to typical _storage_. | |
6925 | ||
6926 | Linux supports NVRAM file systems thanks to either | |
6927 | http://pramfs.sourceforge.net/[PRAMFS] or | |
6928 | https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt[DAX]{nbsp}+{nbsp}http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1504.1/03463.html[pmem] | |
6929 | (requires Linux 4.1+). | |
6930 | ||
6931 | This section does not describe how to operate such file systems; | |
6932 | we assume that you have a working persistent memory file system. | |
6933 | ||
6934 | When you create a <<tracing-session,tracing session>>, you can specify | |
6935 | the path of the shared memory holding the sub-buffers. If you specify a | |
6936 | location on an NVRAM file system, then you can retrieve the latest | |
6937 | recorded trace data when the system reboots after a crash. | |
6938 | ||
6939 | To record trace data on a persistent memory file system and retrieve the | |
6940 | trace data after a system crash: | |
6941 | ||
6942 | . Create a tracing session with a sub-buffer shared memory path located | |
6943 | on an NVRAM file system: | |
6944 | + | |
6945 | -- | |
6946 | [role="term"] | |
6947 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6948 | $ lttng create my-session --shm-path=/path/to/shm |
7e35c904 PP |
6949 | ---- |
6950 | -- | |
6951 | ||
6952 | . Configure the tracing session as usual with the man:lttng(1) | |
6953 | command-line tool, and <<basic-tracing-session-control,start tracing>>. | |
6954 | ||
6955 | . After a system crash, use the man:lttng-crash(1) command-line tool to | |
6956 | view the trace data recorded on the NVRAM file system: | |
6957 | + | |
6958 | -- | |
6959 | [role="term"] | |
6960 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6961 | $ lttng-crash /path/to/shm |
7e35c904 PP |
6962 | ---- |
6963 | -- | |
6964 | ||
6965 | The binary layout of the ring buffer files is not exactly the same as | |
6966 | the trace files layout. This is why you need to use man:lttng-crash(1) | |
6967 | instead of your preferred trace viewer directly. | |
6968 | ||
6969 | To convert the ring buffer files to LTTng trace files: | |
6970 | ||
6971 | * Use the opt:lttng-crash(1):--extract option of man:lttng-crash(1): | |
6972 | + | |
6973 | -- | |
6974 | [role="term"] | |
6975 | ---- | |
ded02698 | 6976 | $ lttng-crash --extract=/path/to/trace /path/to/shm |
7e35c904 PP |
6977 | ---- |
6978 | -- | |
6979 | ||
6980 | ||
6981 | [[reference]] | |
6982 | == Reference | |
6983 | ||
6984 | [[lttng-modules-ref]] | |
6985 | === noch:{LTTng-modules} | |
6986 | ||
6987 | ||
6988 | [role="since-2.9"] | |
6989 | [[lttng-tracepoint-enum]] | |
6990 | ==== `LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_ENUM()` usage | |
6991 | ||
6992 | Use the `LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_ENUM()` macro to define an enumeration: | |
6993 | ||
6994 | [source,c] | |
6995 | ---- | |
6996 | LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_ENUM(name, TP_ENUM_VALUES(entries)) | |
6997 | ---- | |
6998 | ||
6999 | Replace: | |
7000 | ||
7001 | * `name` with the name of the enumeration (C identifier, unique | |
7002 | amongst all the defined enumerations). | |
7003 | * `entries` with a list of enumeration entries. | |
7004 | ||
7005 | The available enumeration entry macros are: | |
7006 | ||
7007 | +ctf_enum_value(__name__, __value__)+:: | |
7008 | Entry named +__name__+ mapped to the integral value +__value__+. | |
7009 | ||
7010 | +ctf_enum_range(__name__, __begin__, __end__)+:: | |
7011 | Entry named +__name__+ mapped to the range of integral values between | |
7012 | +__begin__+ (included) and +__end__+ (included). | |
7013 | ||
7014 | +ctf_enum_auto(__name__)+:: | |
7015 | Entry named +__name__+ mapped to the integral value following the | |
7016 | last mapping's value. | |
7017 | + | |
7018 | The last value of a `ctf_enum_value()` entry is its +__value__+ | |
7019 | parameter. | |
7020 | + | |
7021 | The last value of a `ctf_enum_range()` entry is its +__end__+ parameter. | |
7022 | + | |
7023 | If `ctf_enum_auto()` is the first entry in the list, its integral | |
7024 | value is 0. | |
7025 | ||
7026 | Use the `ctf_enum()` <<lttng-modules-tp-fields,field definition macro>> | |
7027 | to use a defined enumeration as a tracepoint field. | |
7028 | ||
7029 | .Define an enumeration with `LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_ENUM()`. | |
7030 | ==== | |
7031 | [source,c] | |
7032 | ---- | |
7033 | LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_ENUM( | |
7034 | my_enum, | |
7035 | TP_ENUM_VALUES( | |
7036 | ctf_enum_auto("AUTO: EXPECT 0") | |
7037 | ctf_enum_value("VALUE: 23", 23) | |
7038 | ctf_enum_value("VALUE: 27", 27) | |
7039 | ctf_enum_auto("AUTO: EXPECT 28") | |
7040 | ctf_enum_range("RANGE: 101 TO 303", 101, 303) | |
7041 | ctf_enum_auto("AUTO: EXPECT 304") | |
7042 | ) | |
7043 | ) | |
7044 | ---- | |
7045 | ==== | |
7046 | ||
7047 | ||
7048 | [role="since-2.7"] | |
7049 | [[lttng-modules-tp-fields]] | |
7050 | ==== Tracepoint fields macros (for `TP_FIELDS()`) | |
7051 | ||
7052 | [[tp-fast-assign]][[tp-struct-entry]]The available macros to define | |
7053 | tracepoint fields, which must be listed within `TP_FIELDS()` in | |
7054 | `LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_EVENT()`, are: | |
7055 | ||
7056 | [role="func-desc growable",cols="asciidoc,asciidoc"] | |
7057 | .Available macros to define LTTng-modules tracepoint fields | |
7058 | |==== | |
7059 | |Macro |Description and parameters | |
7060 | ||
7061 | | | |
7062 | +ctf_integer(__t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7063 | ||
7064 | +ctf_integer_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7065 | ||
7066 | +ctf_user_integer(__t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7067 | ||
7068 | +ctf_user_integer_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7069 | | | |
7070 | Standard integer, displayed in base 10. | |
7071 | ||
7072 | +__t__+:: | |
7073 | Integer C type (`int`, `long`, `size_t`, ...). | |
7074 | ||
7075 | +__n__+:: | |
7076 | Field name. | |
7077 | ||
7078 | +__e__+:: | |
7079 | Argument expression. | |
7080 | ||
7081 | | | |
7082 | +ctf_integer_hex(__t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7083 | ||
7084 | +ctf_user_integer_hex(__t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7085 | | | |
7086 | Standard integer, displayed in base 16. | |
7087 | ||
7088 | +__t__+:: | |
7089 | Integer C type. | |
7090 | ||
7091 | +__n__+:: | |
7092 | Field name. | |
7093 | ||
7094 | +__e__+:: | |
7095 | Argument expression. | |
7096 | ||
7097 | |+ctf_integer_oct(__t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7098 | | | |
7099 | Standard integer, displayed in base 8. | |
7100 | ||
7101 | +__t__+:: | |
7102 | Integer C type. | |
7103 | ||
7104 | +__n__+:: | |
7105 | Field name. | |
7106 | ||
7107 | +__e__+:: | |
7108 | Argument expression. | |
7109 | ||
7110 | | | |
7111 | +ctf_integer_network(__t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7112 | ||
7113 | +ctf_user_integer_network(__t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7114 | | | |
7115 | Integer in network byte order (big-endian), displayed in base 10. | |
7116 | ||
7117 | +__t__+:: | |
7118 | Integer C type. | |
7119 | ||
7120 | +__n__+:: | |
7121 | Field name. | |
7122 | ||
7123 | +__e__+:: | |
7124 | Argument expression. | |
7125 | ||
7126 | | | |
7127 | +ctf_integer_network_hex(__t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7128 | ||
7129 | +ctf_user_integer_network_hex(__t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7130 | | | |
7131 | Integer in network byte order, displayed in base 16. | |
7132 | ||
7133 | +__t__+:: | |
7134 | Integer C type. | |
7135 | ||
7136 | +__n__+:: | |
7137 | Field name. | |
7138 | ||
7139 | +__e__+:: | |
7140 | Argument expression. | |
7141 | ||
7142 | | | |
7143 | +ctf_enum(__N__, __t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7144 | ||
7145 | +ctf_enum_nowrite(__N__, __t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7146 | ||
7147 | +ctf_user_enum(__N__, __t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7148 | ||
7149 | +ctf_user_enum_nowrite(__N__, __t__, __n__, __e__)+ | |
7150 | | | |
7151 | Enumeration. | |
7152 | ||
7153 | +__N__+:: | |
7154 | Name of a <<lttng-tracepoint-enum,previously defined enumeration>>. | |
7155 | ||
7156 | +__t__+:: | |
7157 | Integer C type (`int`, `long`, `size_t`, ...). | |
7158 | ||
7159 | +__n__+:: | |
7160 | Field name. | |
7161 | ||
7162 | +__e__+:: | |
7163 | Argument expression. | |
7164 | ||
7165 | | | |
7166 | +ctf_string(__n__, __e__)+ | |
7167 | ||
7168 | +ctf_string_nowrite(__n__, __e__)+ | |
7169 | ||
7170 | +ctf_user_string(__n__, __e__)+ | |
7171 | ||
7172 | +ctf_user_string_nowrite(__n__, __e__)+ | |
7173 | | | |
7174 | Null-terminated string; undefined behavior if +__e__+ is `NULL`. | |
7175 | ||
7176 | +__n__+:: | |
7177 | Field name. | |
7178 | ||
7179 | +__e__+:: | |
7180 | Argument expression. | |
7181 | ||
7182 | | | |
7183 | +ctf_array(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7184 | ||
7185 | +ctf_array_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7186 | ||
7187 | +ctf_user_array(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7188 | ||
7189 | +ctf_user_array_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7190 | | | |
7191 | Statically-sized array of integers. | |
7192 | ||
7193 | +__t__+:: | |
7194 | Array element C type. | |
7195 | ||
7196 | +__n__+:: | |
7197 | Field name. | |
7198 | ||
7199 | +__e__+:: | |
7200 | Argument expression. | |
7201 | ||
7202 | +__s__+:: | |
7203 | Number of elements. | |
7204 | ||
7205 | | | |
7206 | +ctf_array_bitfield(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7207 | ||
7208 | +ctf_array_bitfield_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7209 | ||
7210 | +ctf_user_array_bitfield(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7211 | ||
7212 | +ctf_user_array_bitfield_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7213 | | | |
7214 | Statically-sized array of bits. | |
7215 | ||
7216 | The type of +__e__+ must be an integer type. +__s__+ is the number | |
7217 | of elements of such type in +__e__+, not the number of bits. | |
7218 | ||
7219 | +__t__+:: | |
7220 | Array element C type. | |
7221 | ||
7222 | +__n__+:: | |
7223 | Field name. | |
7224 | ||
7225 | +__e__+:: | |
7226 | Argument expression. | |
7227 | ||
7228 | +__s__+:: | |
7229 | Number of elements. | |
7230 | ||
7231 | | | |
7232 | +ctf_array_text(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7233 | ||
7234 | +ctf_array_text_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7235 | ||
7236 | +ctf_user_array_text(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7237 | ||
7238 | +ctf_user_array_text_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __s__)+ | |
7239 | | | |
7240 | Statically-sized array, printed as text. | |
7241 | ||
7242 | The string does not need to be null-terminated. | |
7243 | ||
7244 | +__t__+:: | |
7245 | Array element C type (always `char`). | |
7246 | ||
7247 | +__n__+:: | |
7248 | Field name. | |
7249 | ||
7250 | +__e__+:: | |
7251 | Argument expression. | |
7252 | ||
7253 | +__s__+:: | |
7254 | Number of elements. | |
7255 | ||
7256 | | | |
7257 | +ctf_sequence(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7258 | ||
7259 | +ctf_sequence_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7260 | ||
7261 | +ctf_user_sequence(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7262 | ||
7263 | +ctf_user_sequence_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7264 | | | |
7265 | Dynamically-sized array of integers. | |
7266 | ||
7267 | The type of +__E__+ must be unsigned. | |
7268 | ||
7269 | +__t__+:: | |
7270 | Array element C type. | |
7271 | ||
7272 | +__n__+:: | |
7273 | Field name. | |
7274 | ||
7275 | +__e__+:: | |
7276 | Argument expression. | |
7277 | ||
7278 | +__T__+:: | |
7279 | Length expression C type. | |
7280 | ||
7281 | +__E__+:: | |
7282 | Length expression. | |
7283 | ||
7284 | | | |
7285 | +ctf_sequence_hex(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7286 | ||
7287 | +ctf_user_sequence_hex(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7288 | | | |
7289 | Dynamically-sized array of integers, displayed in base 16. | |
7290 | ||
7291 | The type of +__E__+ must be unsigned. | |
7292 | ||
7293 | +__t__+:: | |
7294 | Array element C type. | |
7295 | ||
7296 | +__n__+:: | |
7297 | Field name. | |
7298 | ||
7299 | +__e__+:: | |
7300 | Argument expression. | |
7301 | ||
7302 | +__T__+:: | |
7303 | Length expression C type. | |
7304 | ||
7305 | +__E__+:: | |
7306 | Length expression. | |
7307 | ||
7308 | |+ctf_sequence_network(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7309 | | | |
7310 | Dynamically-sized array of integers in network byte order (big-endian), | |
7311 | displayed in base 10. | |
7312 | ||
7313 | The type of +__E__+ must be unsigned. | |
7314 | ||
7315 | +__t__+:: | |
7316 | Array element C type. | |
7317 | ||
7318 | +__n__+:: | |
7319 | Field name. | |
7320 | ||
7321 | +__e__+:: | |
7322 | Argument expression. | |
7323 | ||
7324 | +__T__+:: | |
7325 | Length expression C type. | |
7326 | ||
7327 | +__E__+:: | |
7328 | Length expression. | |
7329 | ||
7330 | | | |
7331 | +ctf_sequence_bitfield(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7332 | ||
7333 | +ctf_sequence_bitfield_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7334 | ||
7335 | +ctf_user_sequence_bitfield(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7336 | ||
7337 | +ctf_user_sequence_bitfield_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7338 | | | |
7339 | Dynamically-sized array of bits. | |
7340 | ||
7341 | The type of +__e__+ must be an integer type. +__s__+ is the number | |
7342 | of elements of such type in +__e__+, not the number of bits. | |
7343 | ||
7344 | The type of +__E__+ must be unsigned. | |
7345 | ||
7346 | +__t__+:: | |
7347 | Array element C type. | |
7348 | ||
7349 | +__n__+:: | |
7350 | Field name. | |
7351 | ||
7352 | +__e__+:: | |
7353 | Argument expression. | |
7354 | ||
7355 | +__T__+:: | |
7356 | Length expression C type. | |
7357 | ||
7358 | +__E__+:: | |
7359 | Length expression. | |
7360 | ||
7361 | | | |
7362 | +ctf_sequence_text(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7363 | ||
7364 | +ctf_sequence_text_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7365 | ||
7366 | +ctf_user_sequence_text(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7367 | ||
7368 | +ctf_user_sequence_text_nowrite(__t__, __n__, __e__, __T__, __E__)+ | |
7369 | | | |
7370 | Dynamically-sized array, displayed as text. | |
7371 | ||
7372 | The string does not need to be null-terminated. | |
7373 | ||
7374 | The type of +__E__+ must be unsigned. | |
7375 | ||
7376 | The behaviour is undefined if +__e__+ is `NULL`. | |
7377 | ||
7378 | +__t__+:: | |
7379 | Sequence element C type (always `char`). | |
7380 | ||
7381 | +__n__+:: | |
7382 | Field name. | |
7383 | ||
7384 | +__e__+:: | |
7385 | Argument expression. | |
7386 | ||
7387 | +__T__+:: | |
7388 | Length expression C type. | |
7389 | ||
7390 | +__E__+:: | |
7391 | Length expression. | |
7392 | |==== | |
7393 | ||
7394 | Use the `_user` versions when the argument expression, `e`, is | |
7395 | a user space address. In the cases of `ctf_user_integer*()` and | |
7396 | `ctf_user_float*()`, `&e` must be a user space address, thus `e` must | |
7397 | be addressable. | |
7398 | ||
7399 | The `_nowrite` versions omit themselves from the session trace, but are | |
7400 | otherwise identical. This means the `_nowrite` fields won't be written | |
7401 | in the recorded trace. Their primary purpose is to make some | |
7402 | of the event context available to the | |
7403 | <<enabling-disabling-events,event filters>> without having to | |
7404 | commit the data to sub-buffers. | |
7405 | ||
7406 | ||
7407 | [[glossary]] | |
7408 | == Glossary | |
7409 | ||
7410 | Terms related to LTTng and to tracing in general: | |
7411 | ||
7412 | Babeltrace:: | |
7413 | The http://diamon.org/babeltrace[Babeltrace] project, which includes | |
7414 | the cmd:babeltrace command, some libraries, and Python bindings. | |
7415 | ||
7416 | <<channel-buffering-schemes,buffering scheme>>:: | |
7417 | A layout of sub-buffers applied to a given channel. | |
7418 | ||
7419 | <<channel,channel>>:: | |
7420 | An entity which is responsible for a set of ring buffers. | |
7421 | + | |
7422 | <<event,Event rules>> are always attached to a specific channel. | |
7423 | ||
7424 | clock:: | |
7425 | A reference of time for a tracer. | |
7426 | ||
7427 | <<lttng-consumerd,consumer daemon>>:: | |
7428 | A process which is responsible for consuming the full sub-buffers | |
7429 | and write them to a file system or send them over the network. | |
7430 | ||
7431 | <<channel-overwrite-mode-vs-discard-mode,discard mode>>:: The event loss | |
7432 | mode in which the tracer _discards_ new event records when there's no | |
7433 | sub-buffer space left to store them. | |
7434 | ||
7435 | event:: | |
7436 | The consequence of the execution of an instrumentation | |
7437 | point, like a tracepoint that you manually place in some source code, | |
7438 | or a Linux kernel KProbe. | |
7439 | + | |
7440 | An event is said to _occur_ at a specific time. Different actions can | |
310431f4 | 7441 | be taken upon the occurrence of an event, like record the event's payload |
7e35c904 PP |
7442 | to a sub-buffer. |
7443 | ||
7444 | <<channel-overwrite-mode-vs-discard-mode,event loss mode>>:: | |
7445 | The mechanism by which event records of a given channel are lost | |
7446 | (not recorded) when there is no sub-buffer space left to store them. | |
7447 | ||
7448 | [[def-event-name]]event name:: | |
7449 | The name of an event, which is also the name of the event record. | |
7450 | This is also called the _instrumentation point name_. | |
7451 | ||
7452 | event record:: | |
7453 | A record, in a trace, of the payload of an event which occured. | |
7454 | ||
7455 | <<event,event rule>>:: | |
7456 | Set of conditions which must be satisfied for one or more occuring | |
7457 | events to be recorded. | |
7458 | ||
7459 | `java.util.logging`:: | |
7460 | Java platform's | |
7461 | https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/logging/package-summary.html[core logging facilities]. | |
7462 | ||
7463 | <<instrumenting,instrumentation>>:: | |
7464 | The use of LTTng probes to make a piece of software traceable. | |
7465 | ||
7466 | instrumentation point:: | |
7467 | A point in the execution path of a piece of software that, when | |
7468 | reached by this execution, can emit an event. | |
7469 | ||
7470 | instrumentation point name:: | |
7471 | See _<<def-event-name,event name>>_. | |
7472 | ||
7473 | log4j:: | |
7474 | A http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/[logging library] for Java | |
7475 | developed by the Apache Software Foundation. | |
7476 | ||
7477 | log level:: | |
7478 | Level of severity of a log statement or user space | |
7479 | instrumentation point. | |
7480 | ||
7481 | LTTng:: | |
7482 | The _Linux Trace Toolkit: next generation_ project. | |
7483 | ||
7484 | <<lttng-cli,cmd:lttng>>:: | |
7485 | A command-line tool provided by the LTTng-tools project which you | |
7486 | can use to send and receive control messages to and from a | |
7487 | session daemon. | |
7488 | ||
7489 | LTTng analyses:: | |
7490 | The https://github.com/lttng/lttng-analyses[LTTng analyses] project, | |
7491 | which is a set of analyzing programs that are used to obtain a | |
7492 | higher level view of an LTTng trace. | |
7493 | ||
7494 | cmd:lttng-consumerd:: | |
7495 | The name of the consumer daemon program. | |
7496 | ||
7497 | cmd:lttng-crash:: | |
7498 | A utility provided by the LTTng-tools project which can convert | |
7499 | ring buffer files (usually | |
7500 | <<persistent-memory-file-systems,saved on a persistent memory file system>>) | |
7501 | to trace files. | |
7502 | ||
7503 | LTTng Documentation:: | |
7504 | This document. | |
7505 | ||
7506 | <<lttng-live,LTTng live>>:: | |
7507 | A communication protocol between the relay daemon and live viewers | |
7508 | which makes it possible to see events "live", as they are received by | |
7509 | the relay daemon. | |
7510 | ||
7511 | <<lttng-modules,LTTng-modules>>:: | |
7512 | The https://github.com/lttng/lttng-modules[LTTng-modules] project, | |
7513 | which contains the Linux kernel modules to make the Linux kernel | |
7514 | instrumentation points available for LTTng tracing. | |
7515 | ||
7516 | cmd:lttng-relayd:: | |
7517 | The name of the relay daemon program. | |
7518 | ||
7519 | cmd:lttng-sessiond:: | |
7520 | The name of the session daemon program. | |
7521 | ||
7522 | LTTng-tools:: | |
7523 | The https://github.com/lttng/lttng-tools[LTTng-tools] project, which | |
7524 | contains the various programs and libraries used to | |
7525 | <<controlling-tracing,control tracing>>. | |
7526 | ||
7527 | <<lttng-ust,LTTng-UST>>:: | |
7528 | The https://github.com/lttng/lttng-ust[LTTng-UST] project, which | |
7529 | contains libraries to instrument user applications. | |
7530 | ||
7531 | <<lttng-ust-agents,LTTng-UST Java agent>>:: | |
7532 | A Java package provided by the LTTng-UST project to allow the | |
7533 | LTTng instrumentation of `java.util.logging` and Apache log4j 1.2 | |
7534 | logging statements. | |
7535 | ||
7536 | <<lttng-ust-agents,LTTng-UST Python agent>>:: | |
7537 | A Python package provided by the LTTng-UST project to allow the | |
7538 | LTTng instrumentation of Python logging statements. | |
7539 | ||
7540 | <<channel-overwrite-mode-vs-discard-mode,overwrite mode>>:: | |
7541 | The event loss mode in which new event records overwrite older | |
7542 | event records when there's no sub-buffer space left to store them. | |
7543 | ||
7544 | <<channel-buffering-schemes,per-process buffering>>:: | |
7545 | A buffering scheme in which each instrumented process has its own | |
7546 | sub-buffers for a given user space channel. | |
7547 | ||
7548 | <<channel-buffering-schemes,per-user buffering>>:: | |
7549 | A buffering scheme in which all the processes of a Unix user share the | |
7550 | same sub-buffer for a given user space channel. | |
7551 | ||
7552 | <<lttng-relayd,relay daemon>>:: | |
7553 | A process which is responsible for receiving the trace data sent by | |
7554 | a distant consumer daemon. | |
7555 | ||
7556 | ring buffer:: | |
7557 | A set of sub-buffers. | |
7558 | ||
7559 | <<lttng-sessiond,session daemon>>:: | |
7560 | A process which receives control commands from you and orchestrates | |
7561 | the tracers and various LTTng daemons. | |
7562 | ||
7563 | <<taking-a-snapshot,snapshot>>:: | |
7564 | A copy of the current data of all the sub-buffers of a given tracing | |
7565 | session, saved as trace files. | |
7566 | ||
7567 | sub-buffer:: | |
7568 | One part of an LTTng ring buffer which contains event records. | |
7569 | ||
7570 | timestamp:: | |
7571 | The time information attached to an event when it is emitted. | |
7572 | ||
7573 | trace (_noun_):: | |
7574 | A set of files which are the concatenations of one or more | |
7575 | flushed sub-buffers. | |
7576 | ||
7577 | trace (_verb_):: | |
7578 | The action of recording the events emitted by an application | |
7579 | or by a system, or to initiate such recording by controlling | |
7580 | a tracer. | |
7581 | ||
7582 | Trace Compass:: | |
7583 | The http://tracecompass.org[Trace Compass] project and application. | |
7584 | ||
7585 | tracepoint:: | |
7586 | An instrumentation point using the tracepoint mechanism of the Linux | |
7587 | kernel or of LTTng-UST. | |
7588 | ||
7589 | tracepoint definition:: | |
7590 | The definition of a single tracepoint. | |
7591 | ||
7592 | tracepoint name:: | |
7593 | The name of a tracepoint. | |
7594 | ||
7595 | tracepoint provider:: | |
7596 | A set of functions providing tracepoints to an instrumented user | |
7597 | application. | |
7598 | + | |
7599 | Not to be confused with a _tracepoint provider package_: many tracepoint | |
7600 | providers can exist within a tracepoint provider package. | |
7601 | ||
7602 | tracepoint provider package:: | |
7603 | One or more tracepoint providers compiled as an object file or as | |
7604 | a shared library. | |
7605 | ||
7606 | tracer:: | |
7607 | A software which records emitted events. | |
7608 | ||
7609 | <<domain,tracing domain>>:: | |
7610 | A namespace for event sources. | |
7611 | ||
2e333859 | 7612 | <<tracing-group,tracing group>>:: |
7e35c904 PP |
7613 | The Unix group in which a Unix user can be to be allowed to trace the |
7614 | Linux kernel. | |
7615 | ||
7616 | <<tracing-session,tracing session>>:: | |
7617 | A stateful dialogue between you and a <<lttng-sessiond,session | |
7618 | daemon>>. | |
7619 | ||
7620 | user application:: | |
7621 | An application running in user space, as opposed to a Linux kernel | |
7622 | module, for example. |