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4.2 KiB
Groff
141 lines
4.2 KiB
Groff
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.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Robert N. M. Watson
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 27, 2007
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.Dt STACK 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm stack
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.Nd kernel thread stack tracing routines
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h>
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.In sys/stack.h
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In the kernel configuration file:
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.Cd "options DDB"
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.Cd "options STACK"
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.Ft struct stack *
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.Fn stack_create "void"
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.Ft void
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.Fn stack_destroy "struct stack *st"
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.Ft int
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.Fn stack_put "struct stack *st" "vm_offset_t pc"
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.Ft void
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.Fn stack_copy "struct stack *src" "struct stack dst"
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.Ft void
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.Fn stack_zero "struct stack *st"
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.Ft void
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.Fn stack_print "struct stack *st"
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.Ft void
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.Fn stack_print_ddb "struct stack *st"
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.Ft void
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.Fn stack_sbuf_print "struct sbuf sb*" "struct stack *st"
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.Ft void
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.Fn stack_sbuf_print_ddb "struct sbuf sb*" "struct stack *st"
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.Ft void
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.Fn stack_save "struct stack *st"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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KPI allows querying of kernel stack trace information and the automated
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generation of kernel stack trace strings for the purposes of debugging and
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tracing.
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To use the KPI, at least one of
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.Cd "options DDB"
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and
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.Cd "options STACK"
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must be compiled into the kernel.
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.Pp
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Each stack trace is described by a
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.Vt "struct stack" .
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Before a trace may be created or otherwise manipulated, storage for the trace
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must be allocated with
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.Fn stack_create ,
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which may sleep.
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Memory associated with a trace is freed by calling
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.Fn stack_destroy .
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.Pp
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A trace of the current kernel thread's call stack may be captured using
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.Fn stack_save .
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.Pp
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.Fn stack_print
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may be used to print a stack trace using the kernel
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.Xr printf 9 ,
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and may sleep as a result of acquiring
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.Xr sx 9
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locks in the kernel linker while looking up symbol names.
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In locking-sensitive environments, the unsynchronized
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.Fn stack_print_ddb
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variant may be invoked.
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This function bypasses kernel linker locking, making it usable in
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.Xr ddb 4 ,
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but not in a live system where linker data structures may change.
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.Pp
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.Fn stack_sbuf_print
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may be used to construct a human-readable string, including conversion (where
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possible) from a simple kernel instruction pointer to a named symbol and
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offset.
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The argument
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.Ar sb
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must be an initialized
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.Dv struct sbuf
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as described in
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.Xr sbuf 9 .
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This function may sleep if an auto-extending
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.Dv struct sbuf
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is used, or due to kernel linker locking.
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In locking-sensitive environments, such as
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.Xr ddb 4 ,
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the unsynchronized
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.Fn stack_sbuf_print_ddb
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variant may be invoked to avoid kernel linker locking; it should be used with
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a fixed-length sbuf.
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.Pp
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The utility functions
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.Nm stack_zero ,
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.Nm stack_copy ,
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and
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.Nm stack_put
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may be used to manipulate stack data structures directly.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ddb 4 ,
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.Xr printf 9 ,
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.Xr sbuf 9 ,
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.Xr sx 9
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Xr stack 9
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function suite was created by
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.An Antoine Brodin .
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.Xr stack 9
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was extended by
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.An Robert Watson
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for general-purpose use outside of
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.Xr ddb 4 .
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