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5.0 KiB
Groff
186 lines
5.0 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)ktrace.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd May 31, 2012
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.Dt KTRACE 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ktrace
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.Nd enable kernel process tracing
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl aCcdi
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.Op Fl f Ar trfile
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.Op Fl g Ar pgrp | Fl p Ar pid
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.Op Fl t Ar trstr
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.Nm
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.Op Fl adi
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.Op Fl f Ar trfile
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.Op Fl t Ar trstr
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.Ar command
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility enables kernel trace logging for the specified processes.
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Kernel trace data is logged to the file
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.Pa ktrace.out .
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The kernel operations that are traced include system calls, namei
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translations, signal processing, and
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.Tn I/O .
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.Pp
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Once tracing is enabled on a process, trace data will be logged until
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either the process exits or the trace point is cleared.
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A traced process can generate enormous amounts of log data quickly;
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It is strongly suggested that users memorize how to disable tracing before
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attempting to trace a process.
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The following command is sufficient to disable tracing on all user-owned
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processes, and, if executed by root, all processes:
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.Pp
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.Dl \&$ ktrace -C
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.Pp
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The trace file is not human readable; use
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.Xr kdump 1
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to decode it.
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.Pp
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The utility may be used only with a kernel that has been built with the
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.Dq KTRACE
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option in the kernel configuration file.
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.Pp
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The options are:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl a
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Append to the trace file instead of recreating it.
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.It Fl C
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Disable tracing on all user-owned processes, and, if executed by root, all
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processes in the system.
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.It Fl c
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Clear the trace points associated with the specified file or processes.
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.It Fl d
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Descendants; perform the operation for all current children of the
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designated processes.
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.It Fl f Ar trfile
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Log trace records to
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.Ar trfile
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instead of
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.Pa ktrace.out .
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.It Fl g Ar pgid
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Enable (disable) tracing on all processes in the process group (only one
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.Fl g
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flag is permitted).
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.It Fl i
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Inherit; pass the trace flags to all future children of the designated
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processes.
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.It Fl p Ar pid
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Enable (disable) tracing on the indicated process id (only one
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.Fl p
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flag is permitted).
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.It Fl t Ar trstr
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The string argument represents the kernel trace points, one per letter.
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The following table equates the letters with the tracepoints:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width flag -compact
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.It Cm c
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trace system calls
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.It Cm f
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trace page faults
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.It Cm i
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trace
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.Tn I/O
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.It Cm n
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trace namei translations
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.It Cm p
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trace capability check failures
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.It Cm s
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trace signal processing
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.It Cm t
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trace various structures
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.It Cm u
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userland traces
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.It Cm w
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context switches
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.It Cm y
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trace
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.Xr sysctl 3
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requests
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.It Cm +
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trace the default set of trace points -
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.Cm c , i , n , p , s , t , u , y
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.El
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.It Ar command
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Execute
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.Ar command
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with the specified trace flags.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl p ,
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.Fl g ,
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and
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.Ar command
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options are mutually exclusive.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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# trace all kernel operations of process id 34
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.Dl $ ktrace -p 34
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.Pp
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# trace all kernel operations of processes in process group 15 and
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# pass the trace flags to all current and future children
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.Dl $ ktrace -idg 15
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.Pp
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# disable all tracing of process 65
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.Dl $ ktrace -cp 65
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.Pp
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# disable tracing signals on process 70 and all current children
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.Dl $ ktrace -t s -cdp 70
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.Pp
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# enable tracing of
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.Tn I/O
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on process 67
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.Dl $ ktrace -ti -p 67
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.Pp
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# run the command "w", tracing only system calls
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.Dl $ ktrace -tc w
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.Pp
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# disable all tracing to the file "tracedata"
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.Dl $ ktrace -c -f tracedata
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.Pp
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# disable tracing of all user-owned processes
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.Dl $ ktrace -C
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kdump 1
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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.Sh BUGS
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Only works if
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.Ar trfile
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is a regular file.
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