X-Git-Url: http://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-ust.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=fc2cc6c057bb49755079097786b64054f3998bfe;hp=1251a25b9608d0645c14c0fa9a83a73339c6d99a;hb=HEAD;hpb=ff1ee9bccaa84dd4b062387989c107eb1dafc136 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1251a25b..657cba85 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ + + LTTng-UST ========= @@ -11,8 +17,8 @@ user space tracing helpers for any application. Prerequisites ------------- -LTTng-UST depends on **[liburcu](http://liburcu.org/) >= 0.12** at build and -run times. It also optionally depends on libnuma. +LTTng-UST depends on **[liburcu](http://liburcu.org/) >= 0.12** at build +time. It also optionally depends on libnuma. Building @@ -92,11 +98,11 @@ This method links the tracepoint provider with the application, either directly or through a static library (`.a`): 1. Into exactly one unit (C/C++ source file) of your _application_, - define `TRACEPOINT_DEFINE` and include the tracepoint provider + define `LTTNG_UST_TRACEPOINT_DEFINE` and include the tracepoint provider header. 2. Include the tracepoint provider header into all C/C++ files using the provider and insert tracepoints using the `tracepoint()` macro. - 3. Use `-I.` when compiling the unit defining `TRACEPOINT_DEFINE` + 3. Use `-I.` when compiling the unit defining `LTTNG_UST_TRACEPOINT_DEFINE` (e.g., `tp.c`). 4. Link the application with `-ldl` on Linux, or with `-lc` on BSD, and with `-llttng-ust`. @@ -124,7 +130,7 @@ This method decouples the tracepoint provider from the application, making it dynamically loadable. 1. Into exactly one unit of your _application_, define - `TRACEPOINT_DEFINE` _and_ `TRACEPOINT_PROBE_DYNAMIC_LINKAGE`, + `LTTNG_UST_TRACEPOINT_DEFINE` _and_ `LTTNG_UST_TRACEPOINT_PROBE_DYNAMIC_LINKAGE`, then include the tracepoint provider header. 2. Include the tracepoint provider header into all C/C++ files using the provider and insert tracepoints using the `tracepoint()` macro. @@ -171,6 +177,10 @@ human-readable text log. variable `LTTNG_UST_DEBUG` when launching the user application. It can also be enabled at build time by compiling LTTng-UST with `-DLTTNG_UST_DEBUG`. + - `liblttng-ust` abort on critical can be activated by setting the + environment variable `LTTNG_UST_ABORT_ON_CRITICAL` when launching the user + application. It can also be enabled at build time by compiling LTTng-UST with + `-DLTTNG_UST_ABORT_ON_CRITICAL`. - The environment variable `LTTNG_UST_REGISTER_TIMEOUT` can be used to specify how long the applications should wait for the session daemon _registration done_ command before proceeding to execute the @@ -190,8 +200,25 @@ human-readable text log. Since LTTng-UST 2.3, both tracepoints and tracepoint providers can be compiled in C++. To compile tracepoint probes in C++, you need -G++ >= 4.7 or Clang. The C++ compilers need to support C++11. +G++ >= 4.7 or Clang >= 4.0. The C++ compilers need to support C++11. + + +Supported versions +------------------ + +The LTTng project supports the last two released stable versions +(e.g. stable-2.13 and stable-2.12). + +Fixes are backported from the master branch to the last stable version +unless those fixes would break the ABI or API. Those fixes may be backported +to the second-last stable version, depending on complexity and ABI/API +compatibility. + +Security fixes are backported from the master branch to both of the last stable +version and the the second-last stable version. +New features are integrated into the master branch and not backported to the +last stable branch. Contact ------- @@ -200,6 +227,7 @@ Maintainer: [Mathieu Desnoyers](mailto:mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com) Mailing list: [`lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org`](https://lttng.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lttng-dev) +Code review: [_lttng-ust_ project](https://review.lttng.org/q/project:lttng-ust) on LTTng Review Package contents ---------------- @@ -231,7 +259,7 @@ This package contains the following elements: JAR library to provide an LTTng-UST logging back-end for Java applications using Java Util Logging or Log4j. (Configure with `--enable-java-agent-jul` or `--enable-java-agent-log4j` or - `--enable-java-agent-all`). + `--enable-java-agent-log4j2` or `--enable-java-agent-all`). - `liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper`: an example library that can be preloaded to instrument some calls to libc (currently `malloc()` and `free()`) and to POSIX threads (mutexes currently instrumented) in