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1 | LTTNG USERSPACE TRACER (UST) |
| 2 | ---------------------------- | |
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| 4 | For the UST manual, see: http://lttng.org/files/ust/manual/ust.html | |
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| 0207cc51 | 6 | Updated versions of this package may be found at: |
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8 | * Releases: http://lttng.org/files/ust/releases |
| 9 | * GitWeb: http://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca (project: ust) | |
| 10 | * Git: git://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca/git/ust.git | |
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| 2a93485b | 14 | PREREQUISITES: |
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| 2a93485b | 16 | - liburcu |
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18 | Userspace RCU library, by Mathieu Desnoyers and Paul E. McKenney |
| 19 | * Releases: http://lttng.org/files/ust/releases | |
| 20 | * GitWeb: http://lttng.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=userspace-rcu.git;a=summary | |
| 21 | * Git: git://lttng.org/userspace-rcu.git | |
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| 1af1f1db | 23 | -> This release was tested with liburcu v0.3.4 |
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| 2615de09 | 25 | |
| 2a93485b | 26 | - libkcompat |
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28 | Linux kernel userspace compatibility library. |
| 29 | (Provides userspace ports of some kernel APIs.) | |
| 30 | * Releases: http://lttng.org/files/ust/releases | |
| 31 | * GitWeb: http://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca (project: libkcompat) | |
| 32 | * Git: git://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca/git/libkcompat.git | |
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| 1af1f1db | 34 | -> This release was tested with libkcompat v0.1 |
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| 5de791bd | 38 | INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: |
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39 | |
| 40 | - Download, compile and install liburcu and libkcompat. | |
| 41 | - In this package's tree, run ./configure. | |
| 42 | - Run make. | |
| 43 | - Run make install. | |
| 44 | - Run ldconfig. | |
| 45 | - See the manual in the doc/ directory for usage instructions. | |
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49 | TRACE VIEWER: |
| 50 | ||
| 51 | LTTV is used for viewing UST traces. LTTV may be obtained at | |
| 52 | http://lttng.org in the Downloads section. | |
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56 | PACKAGE CONTENTS: |
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58 | This package contains the following elements. |
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60 | - libust |
| 61 | The actual userspace tracing library that must be linked to the | |
| 62 | instrumented programs. | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | - ustctl | |
| 65 | A program to control the tracing of userspace applications. It can list | |
| 66 | markers, start the tracing, stop the tracing, enable/disable markers, etc. | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | - ustd | |
| 69 | The daemon that collects trace data and writes it to the disk. | |
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71 | - doc |
| 72 | The documentation. | |
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73 | |
| 74 | - hello | |
| 75 | An example application that uses the userspace tracer. | |
| 76 | ||
| 77 | - libmallocwrap | |
| 78 | An example library that can be LD_PRELOAD'ed to instrument calls to malloc() | |
| 79 | in any program without need to recompile it. | |
| 80 | ||
| 81 | - libinterfork | |
| 82 | A library that is LD_PRELOAD'ed, and that hijacks calls to several system | |
| 83 | calls in order to trace across these calls. |