Fix: relayd stream set close_flag on stream close
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1LTTng Trace Control
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4Please visit https://lttng.org for more information. The current maintainer is
5David Goulet <dgoulet@efficios.com>.
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7Latest development can be found at:
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38107a7f 9 * Gitweb : https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=summary
ebb6ebd5 10 * Git : git://git.lttng.org/lttng-tools.git
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ebb6ebd5 12REQUIREMENTS:
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14 - Linux kernel >= 2.6.27
15 For epoll() support, at least this version is needed. However, poll() is
16 also supported by running "./configure --disable-epoll". Using that, the
17 kernel version can probably be older but we can't provide any guarantee.
18 Please let us know if you are able to go lower without any problems.
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20 - liburcu
21 Userspace RCU library, by Mathieu Desnoyers and Paul E. McKenney
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38107a7f 23 -> Tested with liburcu 0.7.x stable.
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ebb6ebd5 25 * Debian/Ubuntu package: liburcu-dev
8bf332b9 26 * Git : git://git.lttng.org/userspace-rcu.git
38107a7f 27 * Website: https://lttng.org/urcu
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7105c24c 29 - libpopt >= 1.13
ebb6ebd5 30 Library for parsing command line parameters
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ebb6ebd5 32 * Debian/Ubuntu package: libpopt-dev
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34 - libuuid
35 Universally unique id library
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37 * Debian/Ubuntu package: uuid-dev
38
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39 - Babeltrace (optional)
40 Trace viewer. Enable the use of "lttng view" command
41
42 * Debian/Ubuntu package: babeltrace
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44 - libxml2 >= 2.7.6
45 XML document parsing library.
46
47 * Debian/Ubuntu package: libxml2-dev
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49 - Perl (optional)
50 Needed for make check and tests.
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52 - Python >= 3.0 (optional)
53 Needed for make check and tests.
54
55 * Debian/Ubuntu package: python3
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d086eb77 58 Needed for Python bindings (--enable-python-bindings).
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60 * Debian/Ubuntu package: swig2.0
61
62 - python-dev (optional)
63 Python headers
64
d7c3ceb4 65 * Debian/Ubuntu package: python3-dev
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67 - For kernel tracing: modprobe
68
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69 - bash
70 Needed for running "make check".
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72For developers using the git tree:
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74This source tree is based on the autotools suite from GNU to simplify
75portability. Here are some things you should have on your system in order to
76compile the git repository tree :
77
78- GNU autotools (automake >=1.10, autoconf >=2.50, autoheader >=2.50)
79 (make sure your system wide "automake" points to a recent version!)
80- GNU Libtool >=2.2
38107a7f 81 (for more information, go to https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
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82- flex >= 2.5.35
83- bison >= 2.4
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85If you use GNU gold, which is NOT mandatory, make sure you have this version:
86- GNU gold >= 2.22
87(Before this version we hit a known bug documented at:
88 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11317)
89Be advise that with GNU gold, you'll might have to specify -L/usr/local/lib in
90LDFLAGS.
91
8ad9aaaf 92If you get the tree from the repository, you will need to use the "bootstrap"
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93script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare
94the tree configuration.
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96INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
97
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98 - Download, compile and install the prerequisites.
99 Then:
ee10cdeb 100 $ ./boostrap
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101 $ ./configure
102 $ make
103 $ sudo make install
104 $ sudo ldconfig
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106 If compiling from the git repository, run ./bootstrap before running
107 the configure script, to generate it.
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36907cb5 109 If you want Python bindings, run ./configure --enable-python-bindings.
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110 Please note that some distributions will need the following
111 environment variables set before running configure:
112
113 export PYTHON="python3"
114 export PYTHON_CONFIG="/usr/bin/python3-config"
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116USAGE:
117
118Please see doc/quickstart.txt to help you start tracing. You can also use the
119-h/--help command on 'lttng' and all other commands offered in this tool (Ex:
120lttng enable-event -h).
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122A network streaming HOWTO can be found in doc/streaming-howto.txt which quickly
123helps you understand how to stream a LTTng 2.0 trace.
124
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125A Python HOWTO can be found in doc/python-howto.txt which quickly
126helps you understand how to use the Python module to control the LTTng API.
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128PACKAGE CONTENTS:
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130 This package contains the following elements:
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38107a7f 132 - liblttng-ctl (public API)
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133 The LTTng tracing control library.
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fe54b749 135 - libsessiond-comm (internal)
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136 The lttng-sessiond communication library. In order to talk with
137 lttng-sessiond, this library must be used.
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fe54b749 139 - libkernel-ctl (internal)
ebb6ebd5 140 Kernel tracer control and ioctl definitions.
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fe54b749 142 - libconsumer (internal)
3bd1e081 143 Library for Kernel and (optionally) UST trace consumer.
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145 - libkernel-consumer (internal)
146 Library for Kernel consumer control
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148 - libust-consumer (internal)
149 Library for UST consumer control
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151 - libhashtable (internal)
152 Library wrapper over URCU hashtables.
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154 - libcommon (internal)
155 Contains multiple useful function call used by the whole tree.
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157 - libcompat (internal)
158 Compatibility library mostly for FreeBSD and Linux.
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160 - librelayd (internal)
161 Library for all relayd interactions over the network.
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163 - lttng-relayd
164 The relay daemon used for network streaming
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3bd1e081 166 - lttng-consumerd
fe54b749 167 The consumer daemon which uses libconsumer.
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ebb6ebd5 170 The LTTng session daemon binary.
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172 - lttng
173 The LTTng tracer command line control tool.
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38107a7f 175 - include (installed in $(includedir)/lttng/)
ebb6ebd5 176 The liblttngctl API header file.
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178 - tests
179 Various test programs.
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181 - doc
182 Various documentations and quickstart guide.
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184 - extras
185 Contains extra data such as bash completion file. Python bindings for
186 liblttng-ctl are also available there.
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