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2 | QUICKSTART |
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4 | How to use LTTng and LTTV in a few lines : |
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6 | These operations are made for installing LTTng 0.2 on a linux 2.6.12-rc2-mm2 |
7 | kernel. Change the versions to fit your needs. |
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10 | * Getting the LTTng packages |
11 | |
12 | su - |
13 | mkdir /usr/src/lttng |
14 | cd /usr/src/lttng |
15 | (see http://ltt.polymtl.ca/lttng for package listing) |
16 | wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/lttng/lttng-modules-0.2.tar.bz2 |
17 | wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/lttng/patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.2.bz2 |
18 | bzip2 -cd lttng-modules-0.2.tar.bz2 | tar xvof - |
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20 | |
21 | * Getting LTTng kernel sources |
22 | |
23 | su - |
24 | cd /usr/src |
25 | wget http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/linux-2.6.12-rc4.tar.bz2 |
26 | wget http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.12-rc4/2.6.12-rc4-mm2/2.6.12-rc4-mm2.bz2 |
27 | bzip2 -cd linux-2.6.12-rc4.tar.bz2 | tar xvof - |
28 | cd linux-2.6.12-rc4 |
29 | bzip2 -cd ../2.6.12-rc4-mm2.bz2 | patch -p1 |
30 | bzip2 -cd /usr/src/lttng/patch-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.2.bz2 | patch -p1 |
31 | cd .. |
32 | mv linux-2.6.12-rc4 linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.2 |
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35 | * Installing a LTTng kernel |
36 | |
37 | su - |
38 | cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.2 |
39 | make menuconfig |
40 | General setup |
41 | * Linux Trace Toolkit Instrumentation Support |
42 | M or * Linux Trace Toolkit Tracer |
43 | do NOT activate (not ready yet) : |
44 | Align Linux Trace Toolkit Traces |
45 | Activate Linux Trace Toolkit Heartbeat Timer |
46 | make install |
47 | reboot |
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49 | |
50 | * Install the ltt-modules |
51 | |
52 | su - |
53 | cd /usr/src/lttng/lttng-modules-0.2 |
54 | KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.2 make |
55 | KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.2 make modules_install |
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57 | note : at this stage, you might want to execute |
58 | modprobe ltt-control |
59 | |
60 | and you might also want to do this : |
61 | echo ltt-control >> /etc/modules |
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63 | |
64 | * Getting and installing the LTTV package |
65 | |
66 | su - |
67 | cd /usr/src |
68 | wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/packages/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.5-16092005.tar.gz |
69 | gzip -cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.5-16092005.tar.gz | tar xvof - |
70 | cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.5-16092005 |
71 | ./configure |
72 | make |
73 | make install |
74 | |
75 | * Use LTTV |
76 | |
77 | lttv-gui (or /usr/local/bin/lttv-gui) |
78 | - Spot the "Trace Control" icon : click on it |
79 | - enter the root password |
80 | - click "start" |
81 | - click "stop" |
82 | - Yes |
83 | * You should now see a trace |
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86 | * Getting and installing genevent |
87 | |
88 | u - |
89 | cd /usr/src |
90 | wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/packages/genevent-0.1.tar.gz |
91 | gzip -cd genevent-0.1.tar.gz | tar xvof - |
92 | cd genevent-0.1 |
93 | make |
94 | make install |
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96 | |
97 | * Add new events to the kernel with genevent |
98 | |
99 | su - |
100 | cd /usr/local/share/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer/facilities |
101 | cp process.xml yourfacility.xml |
102 | * edit yourfacility.xml to fit your needs. |
103 | cd /tmp |
104 | /usr/local/bin/genevent /usr/local/share/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer/yourfacility.xml |
105 | cp ltt-facility-yourfacility.h ltt-facility-id-yourfacility.h \ |
106 | /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.2/include/linux/ltt |
107 | cp ltt-facility-loader-yourfacility.c ltt-facility-loader-yourfacility.h \ |
108 | /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.2/ltt |
109 | * edit the kernel file you want to instrument |
110 | - Add #include <linux/ltt/ltt-facility-yourfacility.h> at the beginning |
111 | of the file. |
112 | - Add a call to the tracing functions. See their names and parameters in |
113 | /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm2-lttng-0.2/include/linux/ltt/ltt-facility-yourfacility.h |
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