From 43f3482adf5eee657e5ba922733dfff6600c4e14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?H=C3=A5kan=20Mattsson?= Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 08:59:06 +0000 Subject: OTP-8058 The GUI parts are rewritten to use wxWidgets. Thanks Olle Mattsson! For the time being it is still possible to use the old GS based version of the tool, but it is deprecated. The wxWidgets based version is started by default. A new tutorial has been added to the documentation. It is based on Jayson Vantuyl's article http://souja.net/2009/04/making-sense-of-erlangs-event-tracer.htm l. The functions et:trace_me/4 and et:trace_me/5 has been introduced in order to replace the deprecated functions et:report_event/4 and et:report_event/5. Hopefully the new names makes it a little more obvious what the intended usage of the functions are. A print function has been added to the GUI, in order to enable printing of sequence charts. More functionality for hiding unwanted events has been added to the GUI. The max_events, hide_unknown and display_mode configuration parameters to et_viewer is not used any more. Now the event cache in the Viewer only contains those events that actually are displayed in the GUI. --- lib/et/doc/src/et_selector.xml | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/et/doc/src/et_selector.xml') diff --git a/lib/et/doc/src/et_selector.xml b/lib/et/doc/src/et_selector.xml index 59b1d3dea9..3e5b030e7a 100644 --- a/lib/et/doc/src/et_selector.xml +++ b/lib/et/doc/src/et_selector.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- 20022009 + 20022010 Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved. @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ 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. - + et_selector @@ -35,72 +35,112 @@

+ make_pattern(RawPattern) -> TracePattern Makes a trace pattern suitable to feed change_pattern/1 + RawPattern = detail_level() TracePattern = erlang_trace_pattern_match_spec() detail_level() = min | max | integer(X) when X =< 0, X >= 100 +

Makes a trace pattern suitable to feed change_pattern/1

-

Min detail level deactivates tracing of calls to phone_home/4,5

-

Max detail level activates tracing of all calls to phone_home/4,5

+

Min detail level deactivates tracing of calls to et:trace_me/4,5

+

Max detail level activates tracing of all calls to et:trace_me/4,5

integer(X) detail level activates tracing of all calls to - phone_home/4,5 whose detail level argument is lesser than X.

-

See also erlang:trace_pattern/2 for more info about its match_spec()

+ et:trace_me/4,5 whose detail level argument is lesser than + X.

+

See also erlang:trace_pattern/2 for more info about its match_spec()

+ change_pattern(Pattern) -> ok + Activates/deactivates tracing by changing the current trace pattern + Pattern = detail_level() | empty_match_spec() | erlang_trace_pattern_match_spec() detail_level() = min | max | integer(X) when X =<0, X >= 100 empty_match_spec() = [] +

Activates/deactivates tracing by changing the current trace pattern.

-

Min detail level deactivates tracing of calls to phone_home/4,5

-

Max detail level activates tracing of all calls to phone_home/4,5

-

integer(X) detail level activates tracing of all calls to - phone_home/4,5 whose detail level argument is lesser than X.

-

An empty match spec deactivates tracing of calls to phone_home/4,5

-

Other match specs activates tracing of calls to phone_home/4,5 - accordingly with erlang:trace_pattern/2.

+

min detail level deactivates tracing of calls to et:trace_me/4,5

+

max detail level activates tracing of all calls to et:trace_me/4,5

+

integer(X) detail level activates tracing of all + calls to et:trace_me/4,5 whose detail level argument is + lesser than X.

+

An empty match spec deactivates tracing of calls to et:trace_me/4,5

+

Other match specs activates tracing of calls to + et:trace_me/4,5 accordingly with + erlang:trace_pattern/2.

parse_event(Mod, ValidTraceData) -> false | true | {true, Event} + Transforms trace data and makes an event record out of it + Mod = module_name() | undefined <v>module_name() = atom() <v>ValidTraceData = erlang_trace_data() | record(event) erlang_trace_data() = {trace, Pid, Label, Info} | {trace, Pid, Label, Info, Extra} | {trace_ts, Pid, Label, Info, ReportedTS} | {trace_ts, Pid, Label, Info, Extra, ReportedTS} | {seq_trace, Label, Info} | {seq_trace, Label, Info, ReportedTS} | {drop, NumberOfDroppedItems} +

Transforms trace data and makes an event record out of it.

-

See erlang:trace/3 for more info about the semantics of - the trace data.

-

An event record consists of the following fields: - detail_level - Noise has a high level as opposed to essentials. - trace_ts - Time when the trace was generated. - Same as event_ts if omitted in trace data. - event_ts - Time when the event record was created. - from - From actor, such as sender of a message. - to - To actor, such as receiver of message. - label - Label intended to provide a brief event summary. - contents - All nitty gritty details of the event.

-

See et:phone_home/4 and et:phone_home/5 for details.

-

Returns: - {true, Event} - where Event is an #event{} record representing the - trace data - true - means that the trace data already is an event - record and that it is valid as it is. - No transformation is needed. - false - means that the trace data is uninteresting and - should be dropped

+ +

See erlang:trace/3 for more info about the semantics of the + trace data.

+ +

An event record consists of the following fields:

+ + detail_level +

Noise has a high level as opposed to essentials.

+ + + trace_ts +

Time when the trace was generated. Same as + event_ts if omitted in trace data.

+ + event_ts +

Time when the event record was created.

+ + from +

From actor, such as sender of a message.

+ + to +

To actor, such as receiver of message.

+ + label +

Label intended to provide a brief event summary.

+ + contents +

All nitty gritty details of the event.

+
+ +

See et:trace_me/4and et:trace_me/5 for details.

+ +

Returns:

+ + {true, Event} +

where Event is an #event{} record representing the + trace data

+ + true +

means that the trace data already is an event + record and that it is valid as it is. No transformation is + needed.

+ + false +

means that the trace data is uninteresting and + should be dropped

+
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