X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman%2Flttng.1;h=cdd816d9d98f93919f3bbd06512d81a3b8c7d145;hp=4b40a628e7a95518aaf2d91c0fe3a5cc1e0b3dc9;hb=09af934156184110c2e04512112212432089ab80;hpb=464bd4b0ed84ff139589fcd09cd20a4661ba1017 diff --git a/doc/man/lttng.1 b/doc/man/lttng.1 index 4b40a628e..cdd816d9d 100644 --- a/doc/man/lttng.1 +++ b/doc/man/lttng.1 @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ there is data available. .PP .PP -\fBenable-event\fP NAME[,NAME2,...] [-k|-u] [OPTIONS] +\fBenable-event\fP NAME[,NAME2,...] (\-k | \-u | \-j | \-l | \-p) [OPTIONS] .RS Enable tracing event @@ -604,7 +604,6 @@ given event within a session. Specifying a filter is only allowed when enabling events within a session before tracing is started. If the filter fails to link with the event within the traced domain, the event will be discarded. -Filtering is currently only implemented for the user-space tracer. Expression examples: @@ -1001,6 +1000,170 @@ Don't wait for data availability. .RE .PP +.PP +\fBtrack\fP (-k | -u) --pid [PID1[,PID2[,...]]] [OPTIONS] +.RS +Adds one or more entries to a tracker + +The \fBtrack\fP command adds one or more entries to a tracker. A tracker is +a whitelist of resources. Tracked resources are allowed to emit events, provided +those events are enabled (see the \fBenable-event\fP command). + +Tracker entries can be removed from the whitelist with the +\fBuntrack\fP command. + +As of this version, the only available tracker is the \fBPID tracker\fP. The +process ID (PID) tracker follows one or more process IDs; +only the processes with a tracked PID are allowed to emit events. By default, +all possible PIDs on the system are tracked: any process may emit enabled +events (equivalent of \fBlttng track \-\-pid \-\-all\fR for all domains). + +With the PID tracker, it is possible, for example, to record all system calls +called by a given process: + +.nf + $ lttng enable-event --kernel --all --syscall + $ lttng track --kernel --pid 2345 + $ lttng start +.fi + +If all the PIDs are tracked (i.e. \fBlttng track \-\-pid \-\-all\fR, which +is the default state of all domains when creating a tracing session), then +using the \fBtrack\fR command with one or more specific PIDs has the effect of +first removing all the PIDs from the whitelist, then adding the specified PIDs. + +Assume the maximum PID is 7 for the following examples: + +.nf + Initial whitelist: [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] + + $ lttng track --userspace --pid 3,6,7 + + Whitelist: [ ] [ ] [ ] [3] [ ] [ ] [6] [7] + + $ lttng untrack --userspace --pid 7 + + Whitelist: [ ] [ ] [ ] [3] [ ] [ ] [6] [ ] + + $ lttng track --userspace --pid 1,5 + + Whitelist: [ ] [1] [ ] [3] [ ] [5] [6] [ ] +.fi + +It should be noted that the PID tracker tracks the numeric process IDs. +Should a process with a given ID exit and another process be given this +ID, then the latter would also be allowed to emit events. + +See the \fBuntrack\fR command's documentation for more details about +removing entries. + +.B OPTIONS: + +.TP +.BR "\-s, \-\-session NAME" +Apply to session name. +.TP +.BR "\-k, \-\-kernel" +Apply to the kernel tracer. +.TP +.BR "\-u, \-\-userspace" +Apply to the user space tracer. +.TP +.BR "\-p, \-\-pid [PIDS]" +Track process IDs PIDS (add to whitelist). + +PIDS is a comma-separated list of PIDs to add to the PID tracker. + +The PIDS argument must be omitted when also using the \fB\-\-all\fP option. +.TP +.BR "\-a, \-\-all" +Used in conjunction with an empty \fB\-\-pid\fP option: track all process IDs +(add all entries to whitelist). +.TP +.BR "\-h, \-\-help" +Show summary of possible options and commands. +.TP +.BR "\-\-list-options" +Simple listing of options +.RE +.PP + +.PP +\fBuntrack\fP (-k | -u) --pid [PID1[,PID2[,...]]] [OPTIONS] +.RS +Removes one or more entries from a tracker + +See the \fBtrack\fP command's documentation to learn more about LTTng +trackers. + +The \fBuntrack\fP command removes specific resources from a tracker. The +resources to remove must have been precedently added by the +\fBtrack\fP command. It is also possible to remove all the resources +from the whitelist using the \fB\-\-all\fR option. + +As of this version, the only available tracker is the \fBPID tracker\fP. + +One common operation is to create a tracing session, remove all the entries +from the PID tracker whitelist, start tracing, and then manually track PIDs +while tracing is active. + +Assume the maximum PID is 7 for the following examples: + +.nf + $ lttng create + + Initial whitelist: [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] + + $ lttng untrack --userspace --pid --all + + Whitelist: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] + + $ lttng enable-event --userspace ... + $ lttng start + ... + $ lttng track --userspace --pid 3,5 + + Whitelist: [ ] [ ] [ ] [3] [ ] [5] [ ] [ ] + + $ lttng track --userspace --pid 2 + + Whitelist: [ ] [ ] [2] [3] [ ] [5] [ ] [ ] +.fi + +See the \fBtrack\fR command's documentation for more details about +adding entries. + +.B OPTIONS: + +.TP +.BR "\-s, \-\-session NAME" +Apply to session name. +.TP +.BR "\-k, \-\-kernel" +Apply to the kernel tracer. +.TP +.BR "\-u, \-\-userspace" +Apply to the user space tracer. +.TP +.BR "\-p, \-\-pid [PIDS]" +Stop tracking process IDs PIDS (remove from whitelist). + +PIDS is a comma-separated list of PIDs to remove from the PID tracker. + +The PIDS argument must be omitted when also using the \fB\-\-all\fP option. +.TP +.BR "\-a, \-\-all" +Used in conjunction with an empty \fB\-\-pid\fP option: stop tracking all +process IDs (remove all entries from whitelist). +.TP +.BR "\-h, \-\-help" +Show summary of possible options and commands. +.TP +.BR "\-\-list-options" +Simple listing of options +.RE +.PP + .PP \fBversion\fP .RS