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-rw-r--r--lib/runtime_tools/doc/src/dbg.xml64
2 files changed, 202 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/runtime_tools/doc/src/LTTng.xml b/lib/runtime_tools/doc/src/LTTng.xml
index 06152c66d6..9b490a27a0 100644
--- a/lib/runtime_tools/doc/src/LTTng.xml
+++ b/lib/runtime_tools/doc/src/LTTng.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>parent : string</c> :: Process ID. Ex. <c>"&lt;0.131.0&gt;"</c></item>
<item><c>entry : string</c> :: Code Location. Ex. <c>"lists:sort/1"</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>procs</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">process_spawn: { cpu_id = 3 }, { pid = "&lt;0.131.0&gt;", parent = "&lt;0.130.0&gt;", entry = "erlang:apply/2" }</code>
@@ -84,6 +88,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>from : string</c> :: Process ID or Port ID. Ex. <c>"&lt;0.131.0&gt;"</c></item>
<item><c>type : string</c> :: <c>"link" | "unlink"</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>procs</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">process_link: { cpu_id = 3 }, { from = "&lt;0.130.0&gt;", to = "&lt;0.131.0&gt;", type = "link" }</code>
@@ -93,6 +101,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>pid : string</c> :: Process ID. Ex. <c>"&lt;0.131.0&gt;"</c></item>
<item><c>reason : string</c> :: Exit reason. Ex. <c>"normal"</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>procs</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">process_exit: { cpu_id = 3 }, { pid = "&lt;0.130.0&gt;", reason = "normal" }</code>
@@ -111,7 +123,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>entry : string</c> :: Code Location. Ex. <c>"lists:sort/1"</c></item>
<item><c>type : string</c> :: <c>"in" | "out" | "in_exiting" | "out_exiting" | "out_exited"</c></item>
</list>
-
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>running</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">process_scheduled: { cpu_id = 0 }, { pid = "&lt;0.136.0&gt;", entry = "erlang:apply/2", type = "in" }</code>
@@ -122,7 +137,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>driver : string</c> :: Driver name. Ex. <c>"efile"</c></item>
<item><c>port : string</c> :: Port ID. Ex. <c>"#Port&lt;0.1031&gt;"</c></item>
</list>
-
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>ports</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">port_open: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.131.0&gt;", driver = "'/bin/sh -s unix:cmd'", port = "#Port&lt;0.1887&gt;" }</code>
@@ -131,6 +149,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>port : string</c> :: Port ID. Ex. <c>"#Port&lt;0.1031&gt;"</c></item>
<item><c>reason : string</c> :: Exit reason. Ex. <c>"normal"</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>ports</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">port_exit: { cpu_id = 5 }, { port = "#Port&lt;0.1887&gt;", reason = "normal" }</code>
@@ -140,10 +162,18 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>from : string</c> :: Process ID. Ex. <c>"&lt;0.131.0&gt;"</c></item>
<item><c>type : string</c> :: <c>"link" | "unlink"</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>ports</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">port_link: { cpu_id = 5 }, { from = "#Port&lt;0.1887&gt;", to = "&lt;0.131.0&gt;", type = "unlink" }</code>
<p><em>port_scheduled</em></p>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>running</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item><c>port : string</c> :: Port ID. Ex. <c>"#Port&lt;0.1031&gt;"</c></item>
<item><c>entry : string</c> :: Callback. Ex. <c>"open"</c></item>
@@ -152,13 +182,20 @@ $ make </code>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">port_scheduled: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "#Port&lt;0.1905&gt;", entry = "close", type = "out" }</code>
-
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>running</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p><em>function_call</em></p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item><c>pid : string</c> :: Process ID. Ex. <c>"&lt;0.131.0&gt;"</c></item>
<item><c>entry : string</c> :: Code Location. Ex. <c>"lists:sort/1"</c></item>
<item><c>depth : integer</c> :: Stack depth. Ex. <c>0</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>call</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">function_call: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.145.0&gt;", entry = "dyntrace_lttng_SUITE:'-t_call/1-fun-1-'/0", depth = 0 }</code>
@@ -168,6 +205,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>entry : string</c> :: Code Location. Ex. <c>"lists:sort/1"</c></item>
<item><c>depth : integer</c> :: Stack depth. Ex. <c>0</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>call</c> or <c>return_to</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">function_return: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.145.0&gt;", entry = "dyntrace_lttng_SUITE:waiter/0", depth = 0 }</code>
@@ -177,6 +218,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>entry : string</c> :: Code Location. Ex. <c>"lists:sort/1"</c></item>
<item><c>class : string</c> :: Error reason. Ex. <c>"error"</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>call</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">function_exception: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.144.0&gt;", entry = "t:call_exc/1", class = "error" }</code>
@@ -186,6 +231,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>to : string</c> :: Process ID or Port ID. Ex. <c>"&lt;0.131.0&gt;"</c></item>
<item><c>message : string</c> :: Message sent. Ex. <c>"{&lt;0.162.0&gt;,ok}"</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>send</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">message_send: { cpu_id = 3 }, { from = "#Port&lt;0.1938&gt;", to = "&lt;0.160.0&gt;", message = "{#Port&lt;0.1938&gt;,eof}" }</code>
@@ -194,6 +243,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>to : string</c> :: Process ID or Port ID. Ex. <c>"&lt;0.131.0&gt;"</c></item>
<item><c>message : string</c> :: Message received. Ex. <c>"{&lt;0.162.0&gt;,ok}"</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>'receive'</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">message_receive: { cpu_id = 7 }, { to = "&lt;0.167.0&gt;", message = "{&lt;0.165.0&gt;,ok}" }</code>
@@ -204,6 +257,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>heap : integer</c> :: Young heap word size. Ex. <c>233</c></item>
<item><c>old_heap : integer</c> :: Old heap word size. Ex. <c>233</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>garbage_collection</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">gc_minor_start: { cpu_id = 0 }, { pid = "&lt;0.172.0&gt;", need = 0, heap = 610, old_heap = 0 }</code>
@@ -214,6 +271,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>heap : integer</c> :: Young heap word size. Ex. <c>233</c></item>
<item><c>old_heap : integer</c> :: Old heap word size. Ex. <c>233</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>garbage_collection</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">gc_minor_end: { cpu_id = 0 }, { pid = "&lt;0.172.0&gt;", reclaimed = 120, heap = 1598, old_heap = 1598 }</code>
@@ -224,6 +285,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>heap : integer</c> :: Young heap word size. Ex. <c>233</c></item>
<item><c>old_heap : integer</c> :: Old heap word size. Ex. <c>233</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>garbage_collection</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">gc_major_start: { cpu_id = 0 }, { pid = "&lt;0.172.0&gt;", need = 8, heap = 2586, old_heap = 1598 }</code>
@@ -234,6 +299,10 @@ $ make </code>
<item><c>heap : integer</c> :: Young heap word size. Ex. <c>233</c></item>
<item><c>old_heap : integer</c> :: Old heap word size. Ex. <c>233</c></item>
</list>
+ <p>
+ Available through
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#trace-3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso> with trace flag <c>garbage_collection</c> and <c>{tracer,dyntrace,[]}</c> as tracer module.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">gc_major_end: { cpu_id = 0 }, { pid = "&lt;0.172.0&gt;", reclaimed = 240, heap = 4185, old_heap = 0 }</code>
@@ -454,6 +523,73 @@ $ make </code>
</section>
<section>
- <title>Examples</title>
+ <title>Example of process tracing</title>
+ <p>An example of process tracing of <c>os_mon</c> and friends.</p>
+
+ <p>Clean start of lttng in a bash shell.</p>
+
+ <pre>$ lttng create erlang-demo
+Spawning a session daemon
+Session erlang-demo created.
+Traces will be written in /home/egil/lttng-traces/erlang-demo-20160526-165920</pre>
+
+ <p>Start an Erlang node with lttng enabled.</p>
+
+ <pre>$ erl
+Erlang/OTP 19 [erts-8.0] [source-4d7b24d] [64-bit] [smp:8:8] [async-threads:10] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false] [lttng]
+
+Eshell V8.0 (abort with ^G)
+1></pre>
+
+ <p>Load the <c>dyntrace</c> module.</p>
+
+ <pre>1> <input>l(dyntrace).</input>
+{module,dyntrace}</pre>
+
+ <p>All tracepoints via dyntrace are now visibile and can be listed through <c>lttng list -u</c>.</p>
+
+ <p>Enable the process_register LTTng tracepoint for Erlang.</p>
+
+ <pre>$ lttng enable-event -u com_ericsson_dyntrace:process_register
+UST event com_ericsson_dyntrace:process_register created in channel channel0</pre>
+
+ <p>Enable process tracing for new processes and use <c>dyntrace</c> as tracer backend.</p>
+
+ <pre>2> <input>erlang:trace(new,true,[procs,{tracer,dyntrace,[]}]).</input>
+0</pre>
+
+ <p>Start LTTng tracing.</p>
+
+ <pre>$ lttng start
+Tracing started for session erlang-demo</pre>
+
+ <p>Start the <c>os_mon</c> application in Erlang.</p>
+
+ <pre>3> <input>application:ensure_all_started(os_mon).</input>
+{ok,[sasl,os_mon]}</pre>
+
+ <p>Stop LTTng tracing and view the result.</p>
+
+ <pre>$ lttng stop
+Tracing stopped for session erlang-demo
+$ lttng view
+[17:20:42.561168759] (+?.?????????) elxd1168lx9 com_ericsson_dyntrace:process_register: \
+ { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.66.0&gt;", name = "sasl_sup", type = "register" }
+[17:20:42.561215519] (+0.000046760) elxd1168lx9 com_ericsson_dyntrace:process_register: \
+ { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.67.0&gt;", name = "sasl_safe_sup", type = "register" }
+[17:20:42.562149024] (+0.000933505) elxd1168lx9 com_ericsson_dyntrace:process_register: \
+ { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.68.0&gt;", name = "alarm_handler", type = "register" }
+[17:20:42.571035803] (+0.008886779) elxd1168lx9 com_ericsson_dyntrace:process_register: \
+ { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.69.0&gt;", name = "release_handler", type = "register" }
+[17:20:42.574939868] (+0.003904065) elxd1168lx9 com_ericsson_dyntrace:process_register: \
+ { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.74.0&gt;", name = "os_mon_sup", type = "register" }
+[17:20:42.576818712] (+0.001878844) elxd1168lx9 com_ericsson_dyntrace:process_register: \
+ { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.75.0&gt;", name = "disksup", type = "register" }
+[17:20:42.580032013] (+0.003213301) elxd1168lx9 com_ericsson_dyntrace:process_register: \
+ { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.76.0&gt;", name = "memsup", type = "register" }
+[17:20:42.583046339] (+0.003014326) elxd1168lx9 com_ericsson_dyntrace:process_register: \
+ { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.78.0&gt;", name = "cpu_sup", type = "register" }
+[17:20:42.586206242] (+0.003159903) elxd1168lx9 com_ericsson_dyntrace:process_register: \
+ { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "&lt;0.82.0&gt;", name = "timer_server", type = "register" }</pre>
</section>
</chapter>
diff --git a/lib/runtime_tools/doc/src/dbg.xml b/lib/runtime_tools/doc/src/dbg.xml
index 103b8b52e9..14a81b2293 100644
--- a/lib/runtime_tools/doc/src/dbg.xml
+++ b/lib/runtime_tools/doc/src/dbg.xml
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ Error: fun containing local erlang function calls ('is_atomm' called in guard)\
<tag><c>all</c></tag>
<item>All processes and ports in the system as well as all processes and ports
created hereafter are to be traced.</item>
- <tag><c>all_processes</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>processes</c></tag>
<item>All processes in the system as well as all processes created hereafter are to be traced.</item>
- <tag><c>all_ports</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>ports</c></tag>
<item>All ports in the system as well as all ports created hereafter are to be traced.</item>
<tag><c>new</c></tag>
<item>All processes and ports created after the call is are to be traced.</item>
@@ -439,6 +439,50 @@ Error: fun containing local erlang function calls ('is_atomm' called in guard)\
global calls (and functions).</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
+
+ <func>
+ <name>tpe(Event, MatchSpec) -> {ok, MatchDesc} | {error, term()}</name>
+ <fsummary>Set pattern for traced event</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Event = send | 'receive'</v>
+ <v>MatchSpec = integer() | Built-inAlias | [] | match_spec()</v>
+ <v>Built-inAlias = x | c | cx</v>
+ <v>MatchDesc = [MatchInfo]</v>
+ <v>MatchInfo = {saved, integer()} | MatchNum</v>
+ <v>MatchNum = {matched, node(), 1} | {matched, node(), 0, RPCError}</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This function associates a match specification with trace event
+ <c>send</c> or <c>'receive'</c>. By default all executed <c>send</c>
+ and <c>'receive'</c> events are traced if enabled for a process.
+ A match specification can be used to filter traced events
+ based on sender, receiver and/or message content.</p>
+ <p>For a description of the <c>match_spec()</c> syntax,
+ please turn to the <em>User's guide</em> part of the online
+ documentation for the runtime system (<em>erts</em>). The
+ chapter <seealso marker="erts:match_spec"><em>Match Specifications in Erlang</em></seealso>
+ explains the general match specification "language".</p>
+ <p>For <c>send</c>, the matching is done on the list <c>[Receiver, Msg]</c>.
+ <c>Receiver</c> is the process or port identity of the receiver and
+ <c>Msg</c> is the message term. The pid of the sending process can be
+ accessed with the guard function <c>self/0</c>.</p>
+ <p>For <c>'receive'</c>, the matching is done on the list <c>[Node, Sender, Msg]</c>.
+ <c>Node</c> is the node name of the sender. <c>Sender</c> is the
+ process or port identity of the sender, or the atom
+ <c>undefined</c> if the sender is not known (which may
+ be the case for remote senders). <c>Msg</c> is the
+ message term. The pid of the receiving process can be
+ accessed with the guard function <c>self/0</c>.</p>
+ <p>All nodes added with <seealso marker="#n-1"><c>n/1</c></seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="#tracer-3"><c>tracer/3</c></seealso> will
+ be affected by this call.</p>
+ <p>The return value is the same as for
+ <seealso marker="#tp-2"><c>tp/2</c></seealso>. The number of matched
+ events are never larger than 1 as <c>tpe/2</c> does not
+ accept any form of wildcards for argument <c>Event</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
<func>
<name>ctp()</name>
<fsummary>Clear call trace pattern for the specified functions</fsummary>
@@ -563,6 +607,22 @@ Error: fun containing local erlang function calls ('is_atomm' called in guard)\
</desc>
</func>
<func>
+ <name>ctpe(Event) -> {ok, MatchDesc} | {error, term()}</name>
+ <fsummary>Clear trace pattern for the specified event</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Event = send | 'receive'</v>
+ <v>MatchDesc = [MatchNum]</v>
+ <v>MatchNum = {matched, node(), 1} | {matched, node(), 0, RPCError}</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This function clears match specifications for the specified
+ trace event (<c>send</c> or <c>'receive'</c>). It will revert back
+ to the default behavior of tracing all triggered events.</p>
+ <p>The return value follow the same style as for
+ <seealso marker="#ctp-1"><c>ctp/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name>ltp() -> ok</name>
<fsummary>List saved and built-in match specifications on the console.</fsummary>
<desc>