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| 2615de09 | 1 | LTTNG USERSPACE TRACER |
| 2a93485b | 2 | ---------------------- |
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| 0207cc51 | 4 | Updated versions of this package may be found at: |
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6 | * Releases: http://lttng.org/files/ust/releases |
| 7 | * GitWeb: http://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca (project: ust) | |
| 8 | * Git: git://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca/git/ust.git | |
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| 2a93485b | 12 | PREREQUISITES: |
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| 2a93485b | 14 | - liburcu |
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16 | Userspace RCU library, by Mathieu Desnoyers and Paul E. McKenney |
| 17 | * Releases: http://lttng.org/files/ust/releases | |
| 18 | * GitWeb: http://lttng.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=userspace-rcu.git;a=summary | |
| 19 | * Git: git://lttng.org/userspace-rcu.git | |
| 2615de09 | 20 | |
| 2a93485b | 21 | -> This release was tested with liburcu v0.0 |
| 2615de09 | 22 | |
| 2615de09 | 23 | |
| 2a93485b | 24 | - libkcompat |
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26 | Linux kernel userspace compatibility library. |
| 27 | (Provides userspace ports of some kernel APIs.) | |
| 28 | * Releases: http://lttng.org/files/ust/releases | |
| 29 | * GitWeb: http://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca (project: libkcompat) | |
| 30 | * Git: git://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca/git/libkcompat.git | |
| 2615de09 | 31 | |
| 2a93485b | 32 | -> This release was tested with libkcompat v0.0 |
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| 5de791bd | 36 | INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: |
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37 | |
| 38 | - Download, compile and install liburcu and libkcompat. | |
| 39 | - In this package's tree, run ./configure. | |
| 40 | - Run make. | |
| 41 | - Run make install. | |
| 42 | - Run ldconfig. | |
| 43 | - See the manual in the doc/ directory for usage instructions. | |
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47 | TRACE VIEWER: |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | LTTV is used for viewing UST traces. LTTV may be obtained at | |
| 50 | http://lttng.org in the Downloads section. | |
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54 | PACKAGE CONTENTS: |
| 55 | ||
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56 | This package contains the following elements. |
| 57 | ||
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58 | - libust |
| 59 | The actual userspace tracing library that must be linked to the | |
| 60 | instrumented programs. | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | - ustctl | |
| 63 | A program to control the tracing of userspace applications. It can list | |
| 64 | markers, start the tracing, stop the tracing, enable/disable markers, etc. | |
| 65 | ||
| 66 | - ustd | |
| 67 | The daemon that collects trace data and writes it to the disk. | |
| 68 | ||
| 69 | - Documentation | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | - hello | |
| 72 | An example application that uses the userspace tracer. | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | - libmallocwrap | |
| 75 | An example library that can be LD_PRELOAD'ed to instrument calls to malloc() | |
| 76 | in any program without need to recompile it. | |
| 77 | ||
| 78 | - libinterfork | |
| 79 | A library that is LD_PRELOAD'ed, and that hijacks calls to several system | |
| 80 | calls in order to trace across these calls. |