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diff --git a/lib/appmon/src/process_info.erl b/lib/appmon/src/process_info.erl
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-%%
-%% %CopyrightBegin%
-%% 
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2001-2009. All Rights Reserved.
-%% 
-%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
-%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
-%% compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
-%% Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
-%% retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
-%% 
-%% Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
-%% basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
-%% the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
-%% under the License.
-%% 
-%% %CopyrightEnd%
--module(process_info).
--behavior(gen_server).
-
--export([start/0, start_link/0, stop/0]).
--export([is_node/1, get_nodes/0,
-	 get_applications/1, get_application_keys/2,
-	 get_processes/3, get_process_data/2,
-	 send_trace/1]).
-
-%% gen_server callbacks
--export([init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2,
-	 terminate/2, code_change/3]).
-
--record(data, {que=undef,
-	       procs=undef,
-	       links=undef,
-	       links2=undef}).
-
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%%                                                                    %%
-%% Functions to retrieve information about which application          %%
-%% at the node                                                        %%
-%%                                                                    %%
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-
-start() ->
-    gen_server:start({local, proc_info}, process_info, [], []).
-
-start_link() ->
-    gen_server:start_link({local, proc_info}, process_info, [], []).
-
-stop() ->
-    gen_server:call(proc_info, stop, 1000).
-
-%% is_node(NodeS) -> {bool(), Node, NodeS2}
-%%   NodeS = NodeS2 = string()
-%%   Node = node()
-is_node(NodeS) ->
-    Node = list_to_atom(NodeS),
-    case lists:member(Node, [node()|nodes()]) of
-	true->
-	    {true, Node, NodeS};
-	false ->
-	    {false, node(), atom_to_list(node())}
-    end.
-
-%% get_nodes() -> [node()]
-get_nodes() ->
-    [node()|nodes()].
-
-%% get_applications(Node) -> [App]
-%%   Node = node()
-%%   App = atom()
-%% Returns the list of all applications with a supervision tree (that
-%% is, not library applications such as stdlib) at Node.
-get_applications(Node) ->
-    Info = rpc:call(Node, application, info, []),
-    {value, {running, Apps}} = lists:keysearch(running, 1, Info),
-    [App || {App, Pid} <- Apps, is_pid(Pid)].
-
-%% get_application_keys(App, Node) -> {ok, Keys} | {error, Reason}
-%%   Node = node()
-%%   App = atom()
-%%   Keys = [{Key, Val}]
-%%     Key = atom()
-%%     Val = term()
-%%   Reason = badapp | badrpc
-get_application_keys(App, Node) ->
-    case rpc:call(Node, application, get_all_key, [App]) of
-	{ok, Keys} ->
-	    {ok, Keys};
-	undefined ->
-	    {error, badapp};
-	{badrpc, _} ->
-	    {error, badrpc}
-    end.
-
-%% get_processes(App, Mode, Node) -> {Tree, Dict} | unknown
-%%   App = atom()
-%%   Mode = sup | sup_child | all
-%%   Node = node()
-get_processes(App, Mode, Node) ->
-    gen_server:call(proc_info, {get_processes, App, Mode, Node}).
-
-%% get_process_data(Pid, Node) -> ProcData
-%%   Pid = pid()
-%%   Node = node()
-%%   ProcData -- see erlang:process_info/1
-get_process_data(Pid, Node) ->
-    case rpc:call(Node, erlang, process_info, [Pid]) of
-	{badrpc, _} ->
-	    [{error,"Please try again"}];
-	Res ->
-	    Res
-    end.
-
-%% send_trace(PidL) -> void()
-send_trace(PidL) ->
-    gen_server:call(proc_info, {send_trace, PidL}).
-
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%%                                                                    %%
-%%  gen_server callbacks                                              %%
-%%                                                                    %%
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-
-init([]) ->
-    {ok, ets:new(procs, [])}.
-
-handle_call({get_processes, App, Mode, Node}, _From, State) ->
-    case do_get_processes(App, Mode, Node) of
-	unknown ->
-	    {reply, unknown, State};
-	Tree ->
-	    {reply, {Tree, State}, State}
-    end;
-handle_call({send_trace, PidL}, _From, State) ->
-    do_send_trace(PidL, State),
-    {reply, ok, State};
-handle_call(stop, _From, State) ->
-    {stop, normal, ok, State}.
-
-handle_cast(_, State) ->
-    {noreply, State}.
-
-handle_info(_, State) ->
-    {noreply, State}.
-
-terminate(_Reason, _State) ->
-    ok.
-
-code_change(_, State, _) ->
-    {ok, State}.
-
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%%                                                                    %%
-%% Internal functions                                                 %%
-%%                                                                    %%
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-
-%% do_get_processes(App, Mode, Node) -> Tree | unknown
-%%   App = atom()
-%%   Mode = all | sup | sup_childs
-%%   Node = node()
-%%   Tree = term()
-do_get_processes(App, Mode, Node) ->
-    case rpc:call(Node, application_controller, get_master, [App]) of
-	Pid when is_pid(Pid) ->
-	    start_collecting_data(Pid, Mode, Node);
-	undefined ->
-	    unknown
-    end.
-
-%% Initiate the database, get the processes and the links.
-%% Then build lists and return them.
-start_collecting_data(Pid, Mode, Node) ->
-    Db = get_database(),
-    {Db2, Tree} = build_graph({master,Pid}, Db, Pid, Mode, Node),
-    delete_database(Db2),
-    Tree.
-
-get_database() ->
-    P = ets:new(procs,[]),
-    L = ets:new(link,[bag]),
-    L2 = ets:new(link2,[bag]),
-    Q = queue:new(),
-    ets:insert(P, {whereis(application_controller), crap}),
-    ets:insert(P, {whereis(gs), crap}),
-    #data{que=Q, procs=P, links=L, links2=L2}.
-
-delete_database(Db) ->
-    ets:delete(Db#data.procs),
-    ets:delete(Db#data.links),
-    ets:delete(Db#data.links2).
-
-%% The thought is
-%% 1. Get the processes that links to Pid.
-%%    Pid is the application master the first time.
-%% 2. Add the processes to the database and clear the list of children
-%%    from processes which for some resason not should be there.
-%% 3. Queue the children, so we later can se if they have any links.
-%% 4. Add links to the childrens.
-%% 5. When the whole tree is retreived remove the unnecessary processes
-%%    depending on the mode.
-%% 6. Take all links that point to the same pid and sort out
-%%    the primary and secondary relations.
-%%    If more than one process links to the same process, the relation
-%%    between a supervisor and a process is primary. The rest is
-%%    secondary, there is no different in real world just in logic
-%%    between a secondary and a primary relation.
-%% When all processes in the application is collected,
-%% fix secondary links and return the tree.
-build_graph(finish, Db, Grp, Mode, Node) ->
-    Db = fix_links(Db, Grp, Node), 
-    delete_unwanted(Db, Mode, Grp),
-    Tree = start_tree(Db, Node),
-    {Db, Tree};
-build_graph(Pid, Db, Grp, Mode, Node) ->
-    Children = get_children(Pid, Mode, Node),
-    Children2 = add_and_remove(Children, Pid, Db, Grp, Node),
-    Q2 = queue_children(Db#data.que, Children2),
-    add_children(Pid, Db, Children2, 1),
-    case queue:out(Q2) of
-	{empty, _}->
-	    build_graph(finish, Db, Grp, Mode, Node);
-	{{value,NPid}, Q3}->
-	    Db2 = Db#data{que=Q3},
-	    build_graph(NPid,Db2,Grp,Mode,Node)
-    end.
-
-%% Collect the processes which the current process has a link to
-%% Pid is now the application_master and the application master's
-%% child is the application supervisor but in reality there are two
-%% application master processes.
-%% Fix this by reordering the processes a little.
-get_children({master,Pid}, _Mode, Node) when is_pid(Pid) ->
-    %% Get the master pid
-    MPid = case application_master:get_child(Pid) of
-	       {Pid1, _App} -> Pid1;
-	       Pid1 -> Pid1
-	   end,
-    %% Get the second appplication master process and order them
-    %% correctly
-    case rpc:call(Node, erlang, process_info, [MPid,links]) of
-	{links, [H|T]} -> [H,MPid|T];
-	{links, []} -> MPid
-    end;
-get_children({Pid, _Name}, _Mode, Node) when is_pid(Pid),
-					   Node==node(Pid) ->
-    {links,Links} = rpc:call(Node, erlang, process_info, [Pid,links]),
-    Links;
-get_children(Pid, _Mode, Node) when is_pid(Pid), Node==node(Pid) ->
-    {links,Links} = rpc:call(Node, erlang, process_info, [Pid,links]),
-    Links;
-get_children(Pid, _Mode, Node) when is_pid(Pid), Node/=node(Pid) ->
-    [];
-get_children(Port, _Mode, _Node) when is_port(Port) ->
-    [].
-
-%% Add the links to the database.
-%% The first case -- when it is the application master process -- there
-%% is only one real child even though there are more links.
-add_children({master,Pid}, Db, [Child|_Rest], N) ->
-    add_child(Pid, Db, Child, N);
-add_children(_Pid, _Db, [], _N) ->
-    ok;
-add_children(Pid, Db, [Child|Rest], N) ->
-    add_child(Pid, Db, Child, N),
-    add_children(Pid, Db, Rest, N+1).
-
-add_child(Pid, Db, Child, N) ->
-    case ets:match_object(Db#data.links, {Pid,Child,'_'}) of
-	[] ->
-	    ets:insert(Db#data.links, {Pid,Child,N});
-	_ ->
-	    ok
-    end.
-
-%% Add the list of processes to the queue.
-queue_children(Queue, []) ->
-    Queue;
-queue_children(Queue, [H|T]) ->
-    Q = queue:in(H, Queue),
-    queue_children(Q, T).
-    
-%% The processess that we already has added to the database are
-%% not children to the current process, so we don't need to add them a
-%% second time. 
-remove_used_children([], _Db, New_list) ->
-    lists:reverse(New_list);
-remove_used_children([Child|Rest], Db, New) ->
-    case ets:lookup(Db#data.procs, Child) of
-	[] ->
-	    remove_used_children(Rest, Db, [Child|New]);
-	_ ->
-	    remove_used_children(Rest, Db, New)
-    end.
-
-%% Take the list of links and separate it into a list with ports and a
-%% list with pids.
-separate_ports([], Pids, Ports) ->
-    {Pids, Ports};
-separate_ports([Child|Rest], Pids, Ports) ->
-    if
-	is_port(Child) ->
-	    separate_ports(Rest, Pids, [Child|Ports]);
-	is_pid(Child) ->
-	    separate_ports(Rest, [Child|Pids], Ports)
-    end.
-
-%% Add the current pid to the ets table with processes and clear
-%% the list of children from processes that should not be there.
-%% In the first case, no children are used so it's not necessary.
-add_and_remove(Children, {master,Pid}, Db, _Grp, Node)
-  when is_pid(Pid), Node==node(Pid) ->
-    ets:insert(Db#data.procs, {Pid, {master,master}, controller}),
-    {_Pids,Ports} = separate_ports(Children, [], []),
-    Ports++Children;
-%% This clause is removable when using only link as retrieving mode  .
-add_and_remove(Children, {Pid,_Name}, Db, Grp, Node)
-  when is_pid(Pid), Node==node(Pid) ->
-    ets:insert(Db#data.procs, {Pid,
-			       rpc:call(Node,erlang,process_info,
-					[Pid,registered_name])}), 
-    {Pids, Ports} = separate_ports(Children, [], []),
-    Children1 = remove_used_children(Pids, Db, []),
-    Children2 = remove_others_children(Children1, Grp, Node),
-    Ports++Children2;
-add_and_remove(Children, Pid, Db, Grp, Node) when is_pid(Pid),
-						  Node==node(Pid) ->
-    ets:insert(Db#data.procs, {Pid,
-			       rpc:call(Node,erlang,process_info,
-					[Pid,registered_name])}), 
-    {Pids, Ports} = separate_ports(Children, [], []),
-    Children1 = remove_used_children(Pids, Db, []),
-    Children2 =remove_others_children(Children1, Grp, Node),
-    Ports++Children2;
-add_and_remove(_Children, Pid, _Db, _Grp, Node) when is_pid(Pid),
-						     Node/=node(Pid) ->
-    [];
-%% Take care of the ports, don't add them to the table with processes.
-add_and_remove(_Children, Pid, _Db, _Grp, _Node) when is_port(Pid) ->
-    [].
-
-%% Control that the application's group leader is the group leader of
-%% Pid
-group_leader_check({Pid,_Name}, Grp, Node) ->
-    group_leader_check(Pid, Grp, Node);
-group_leader_check(Pid, Grp, Node) ->
-    case rpc:call(Node, erlang, process_info, [Pid,group_leader]) of
-	{_Item, Grp} -> yes;
-	_ -> no
-    end.
-
-%% Take the list of children and remove the ones with anoother group
-%% leader.
-remove_others_children(Children, Grp, Node) ->
-    lists:filter(fun(Child) ->
-		   case group_leader_check(Child, Grp, Node) of
-		       yes -> true;
-		       no -> false
-		   end
-		 end,
-		 Children).
-
-%% Mark the processes in the procs table as either supervisor or worker.
-fix_links(Db, Leader, Node) ->
-    {Sup,_Work} = mark_supervisors_workers(Db, Leader, Node),
-    ets:match_delete(Db#data.procs, {'_',crap}),
-    [_Pid|Procs] = ets:tab2list(Db#data.procs),
-    N_links = get_n_links(Procs, Db#data.links, []),
-    N_links2 = take_sup_links(Sup, Db#data.links, N_links),
-    add_shared_links(N_links2, Db#data.links2),
-    Db.
-
-%% Add the links that point to the same child to the shared links table 
-add_shared_links(N_links, Links2) ->
-    Insert_fun = fun(Link) -> ets:insert(Links2, Link) end,
-    lists:map(fun(List) -> lists:map(Insert_fun, List) end, N_links).
-		    
-%% Take the list of links that point to the same children and remove
-%% the ones that are children to supervisors.
-%% The first argument is a list of the supervisors.
-%% N_links contains a list of list of links that points to the same
-%% child.
-take_sup_links([], _Db, N_links) ->
-    N_links;
-take_sup_links([H|Supervised], Links_table, N_links) ->
-   N_list_fun = fun(Link) ->
-			insert_sup_links(Link, H, Links_table)
-		end,
-    N_links2 = lists:map(fun(Link_list) ->
-				 lists:filter(N_list_fun,Link_list)
-			 end,
-			 N_links),
-    take_sup_links(Supervised, Links_table, N_links2).
-
-%% Insert the supervised links in the primary links list.
-%% This function should be used as a fun to the filter function in
-%% take_sup_links/3.
-insert_sup_links({From,To,N}, Sup, Links_table) ->
-    case From of
-	Sup -> 
-	    ets:insert(Links_table, {From,To,N}),
-	    false;
-	_ ->
-	    true
-    end.
-
-%% Get the links which points to the same children.
-get_n_links([], _Links, N_link) ->
-    N_link;
-get_n_links([{Pid,_,_}|Procs], Links, N_link) ->
-    case ets:match_object(Links, {'_',Pid,'_'}) of
-	L when length(L)>1 ->
-	    ets:match_delete(Links, {'_',Pid,'_'}),
-	    get_n_links(Procs, Links, [L|N_link]);
-	_L ->
-	    get_n_links(Procs, Links, N_link)
-    end;
-get_n_links([{Pid,_}|Procs], Links, N_link) ->
-    case ets:match_object(Links, {'_',Pid,'_'}) of
-	L when length(L)>1 ->
-	    ets:match_delete(Links, {'_',Pid,'_'}),
-	    get_n_links(Procs, Links, [L|N_link]);
-	_L ->
-	    get_n_links(Procs, Links, N_link)
-    end.
-
-%% Mark the processes that are in the supervisor tree as either worker
-%% or supervisor.
-mark_supervisors_workers(Db, Leader, Node) ->
-    %% Get the supervisors and workers.
-    {Sup_list, Worker_list} = get_by_supervisors1(Leader),
-    %% Update the supervisor pids.
-    lists:map(fun(Pid) ->
-		      ets:insert(Db#data.procs,
-				 {Pid,
-				  rpc:call(Node, erlang,process_info,
-					   [Pid,registered_name]),
-				  supervisor})
-	      end,
-	      Sup_list),
-    %% Update the worker pids.
-    lists:map(fun(Pid) ->
-		      ets:insert(Db#data.procs,
-				 {Pid,
-				  rpc:call(Node, erlang,process_info,
-					   [Pid,registered_name]),
-				  worker})
-	      end,
-	      Worker_list),
-    {lists:reverse(Sup_list), Worker_list}.
-
-%% The second way to retrieve the applications processes is to go by
-%% the supervision tree.
-get_by_supervisors1(Leader) ->
-    case application_master:get_child(Leader) of
-	{Pid, _Name}->
-	    get_by_supervisors([{namn,Pid,supervisor,list_of_mods}],
-			       [], []);
-	Pid ->
-	    get_by_supervisors([{namn,Pid,supervisor,list_of_mods}],
-			       [], [])
-    end.
-
-get_by_supervisors([], Sup, Work) ->
-    {Sup, Work};
-get_by_supervisors([{_,Pid,supervisor,_}|Rest], Sup, Work)
-  when is_pid(Pid) ->
-    Children = supervisor:which_children(Pid),
-    Children2 = lists:append(Children, Rest),
-    get_by_supervisors(Children2, [Pid|Sup], Work);
-get_by_supervisors([{_,Pid,_,_}|Rest], Sup, Work) when is_pid(Pid) ->
-    get_by_supervisors(Rest, Sup, [Pid|Work]);
-get_by_supervisors([_Whatever|Rest], Sup, Work) ->
-    get_by_supervisors(Rest, Sup, Work).
-
-%% Use pattern matching to select mode and delete the unneccesary pids
-delete_unwanted(Db, sup_child, App_pid) ->
-    delete_not_in_supervisor_tree(Db),
-    add_main_link(Db, App_pid),
-    Db;
-delete_unwanted(Db, all, _App_pid) ->
-    Db;
-delete_unwanted(Db, sup, App_pid) ->
-    delete_workers(Db),
-    delete_not_in_supervisor_tree(Db),
-    add_main_link(Db, App_pid),
-    Db.
-
-add_main_link(Db, App_pid) ->
-    case application_master:get_child(App_pid) of
-	{Pid, _Name} when is_pid(Pid) -> 
-	    ets:insert(Db#data.links, {App_pid,Pid,1});
-	Pid when is_pid(Pid) ->
-	    ets:insert(Db#data.links, {App_pid,Pid,1});
-	_ ->
-	    false
-    end.
-
-%% Delete the processes that are in the supervision tree but are
-%% workers, and their links.
-delete_workers(Db) ->
-    Pids = ets:match_object(Db#data.procs, {'_','_',worker}),
-    Pids2 =
-	lists:map(
-	  fun({Pid,_,_}) ->
-		  %% Remove the unwanted pids from the process table.
-		  ets:match_delete(Db#data.procs, {Pid,'_','_'}),
-		  %% Remove the links to and from the pid.
-		  ets:match_delete(Db#data.links, {Pid,'_','_'}),
-		  ets:match_delete(Db#data.links, {'_',Pid,'_'}),
-		  ets:match_delete(Db#data.links2, {Pid,'_','_'}),
-		  ets:match_delete(Db#data.links2, {'_',Pid,'_'})	
-	  end,
-	  Pids),
-    Pids2.
-
-%% Delete the processes that are not in the supervision tree.
-delete_not_in_supervisor_tree(Db) ->
-    Pids = ets:match_object(Db#data.procs,{'_','_'}),
-    Pids2 =
-	lists:map(
-	  fun({Pid,_}) ->
-		  %% Remove the unwanted from the process table.
-		  ets:match_delete(Db#data.procs, {Pid,'_'}),
-		  %% Remove the links to and from the pid.
-		  ets:match_delete(Db#data.links, {Pid,'_','_'}),
-		  ets:match_delete(Db#data.links, {'_',Pid,'_'}),
-		  ets:match_delete(Db#data.links2, {Pid,'_','_'}),
-		  ets:match_delete(Db#data.links2, {'_',Pid,'_'})
-	  end,
-	  Pids),
-    Pids2.
-
-%% Start generating the tree.
-start_tree(Db, Node) ->
-    case get_master(Db) of
-	no -> false;
-	Pid ->
-	    build_node(Pid, Db, Node)
-    end.
-
-%% Build a node and then it runs itself on every child to the current
-%% pid.
-build_node(Pid, Db, Node) when is_pid(Pid), Node==node(Pid) ->
-    Sort_fun = fun sort_order/2,
-    Fix_sec_name_fun = fun(Pid2) -> get_link_name(Pid2, Db) end,
-    Build_tree_fun = fun({_,Pid1,_}) -> build_node(Pid1,Db,Node) end,
-    Children = ets:match_object(Db#data.links, {Pid,'_','_'}),
-    Children1 = lists:sort(Sort_fun, Children),
-    Sec_children = ets:match_object(Db#data.links2, {Pid,'_','_'}),
-    {get_name(Pid,Db),
-     lists:map(Build_tree_fun,Children1),
-     lists:map(Fix_sec_name_fun,Sec_children)};
-build_node(Pid, _Db, Node) when is_pid(Pid), Node/=node(Pid) ->
-    {"Runs on another node:"++erlang:pid_to_list(Pid), [], []};
-build_node(Pid, _Db, _Node) when is_port(Pid) ->
-    {"Port :"++erlang:port_to_list(Pid), [], []}.
-
-%% Select the name of the pid from the database where we previosly
-%% added it.
-get_name(Pid, Db) ->    
-    case ets:lookup(Db#data.procs, Pid) of
-	[{_,{_,master},_}] -> pid_to_list(Pid);
-	[{_,{_,Name}}] -> atom_to_list(Name)++" : "++pid_to_list(Pid);
-	[{_,{_,Name},_}] -> atom_to_list(Name)++" : "++pid_to_list(Pid);
-	_ -> pid_to_list(Pid)
-    end.
-
-%% Select the name of the process which we have a link to.
-get_link_name({_,Pid,_}, Db) when is_pid(Pid) ->    
-    case ets:lookup(Db#data.procs, Pid) of
-	[{_,{_,Name}}] -> atom_to_list(Name)++" : "++pid_to_list(Pid);
-	[{_,{_,Name},_}] -> atom_to_list(Name)++" : "++pid_to_list(Pid);
-	_ -> pid_to_list(Pid)
-    end;
-get_link_name({_,Port,_}, _Db) when is_port(Port) ->    
-    "Port :"++" : ";
-get_link_name(_, _) ->
-    "".
-
-%% Sort the links in the order they where added, in ascending order.
-sort_order({_,_,N1}, {_,_,N2}) when N1>N2 -> true;
-sort_order(_N1, _N2) -> false.
-
-%% Select the pid of the application master.
-get_master(Db) ->
-    case ets:match_object(Db#data.procs,
-			  {'_',{master,master},controller}) of
-	[{Pid,_,_}|_Rest] -> Pid;
-	_ -> no
-    end.
-
-%% The main function to handle tracing.
-%% Checks if the process is in the table with traced processes. If so,
-%% it stops the trace, otherwise it starts the trace.
-do_send_trace(PidL, Traced_tab) ->
-    Pid = list_to_pid(PidL),
-    Key = get_key(Pid),
-    case catch ets:lookup(Traced_tab, Key) of
-	[] ->
-	    trace_process(Pid, Key, true, Traced_tab);
-	[_Object]->
-	    trace_process(Pid, Key, false, Traced_tab)
-    end,
-    filter_procs(Traced_tab, ets:tab2list(Traced_tab)).
-
-get_key(Pid) ->
-    Node = node(Pid),
-    case rpc:call(Node, erlang, process_info, [Pid,registered_name]) of
-	[] -> pid_to_list(Pid);
-	{registered_name, Name} ->
-	    atom_to_list(Name)++" : "++pid_to_list(Pid)
-    end.
-
-%% Tries to toggle the trace flag for the process.
-trace_process(Pid, Key, On_or_off, Procs_tab) ->
-    case rpc:call(node(Pid), sys, trace, [Pid,On_or_off,1000]) of
-	timeout ->
-	    Node = node(Pid),
-	    io:fwrite("timeout node= ~w, Pid= ~w mode= ~w ~n",
-		      [Node, Pid, On_or_off]);
-	{badrpc, _} ->
-	    Node = node(Pid),
-	    io:fwrite("badrpc node= ~w, Pid= ~w mode= ~w ~n",
-		      [Node, Pid, On_or_off]);
-	Res ->
-	    Node = node(Pid),
-	    io:fwrite("anymode ~w node= ~w, Pid= ~w mode= ~w ~n",
-		      [Res, Node, Pid,On_or_off]),
-	    case On_or_off of
-		true -> ets:insert(Procs_tab, {Key,On_or_off});
-		false -> ets:delete(Procs_tab, Key)
-	    end
-    end.
-
-%% Check if the processes in the ets table with traced processes
-%% are alive. If not, remove them.
-filter_procs(Tab, Tab_list) ->
-    lists:foreach(fun({Key,_Val}) -> is_alive(Key, Tab) end, Tab_list).
-
-is_alive(Key, Tab) ->
-    case get_pid(Key) of
-	nopid -> false;
-	Pid -> is_alive2(Pid, Key, Tab)
-    end.
-
-%% Key is either a pid in list form or Pidname:Pid in list form.
-get_pid(Key) ->
-    case catch list_to_pid(string:substr(Key,string:rchr(Key,$<))) of
-	Pid when is_pid(Pid) ->
-	    Pid;
-	_ ->
-	    nopid
-    end.
-
-is_alive2(Pid, Key, Tab) ->
-    case catch rpc:call(node(Pid), erlang, is_process_alive, [Pid]) of
-	true -> true;
-	false ->
-	    catch ets:delete(Tab, Key),
-	    ok
-    end.