X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Flib%2Flttng-ctl%2Flttng-ctl.c;h=536d41baa2bc4848b334405afa598a210dc5422e;hp=bff522201233db0a5e6551e160becfb78a0e1260;hb=c7e35b037773dbbfe10178c946ba44feefb226e1;hpb=ecc48a904cc7c419fd1400afaa9ccb93be490cdd

diff --git a/src/lib/lttng-ctl/lttng-ctl.c b/src/lib/lttng-ctl/lttng-ctl.c
index bff522201..536d41baa 100644
--- a/src/lib/lttng-ctl/lttng-ctl.c
+++ b/src/lib/lttng-ctl/lttng-ctl.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <common/uri.h>
 #include <common/utils.h>
 #include <lttng/lttng.h>
+#include <lttng/health-internal.h>
 
 #include "filter/filter-ast.h"
 #include "filter/filter-parser.h"
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ do {								\
 /* Socket to session daemon for communication */
 static int sessiond_socket;
 static char sessiond_sock_path[PATH_MAX];
-static char health_sock_path[PATH_MAX];
 
 /* Variables */
 static char *tracing_group;
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static int connected;
  */
 int lttng_opt_quiet;
 int lttng_opt_verbose;
+int lttng_opt_mi;
 
 /*
  * Copy string from src to dst and enforce null terminated byte.
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ void lttng_ctl_copy_lttng_domain(struct lttng_domain *dst,
 		switch (src->type) {
 		case LTTNG_DOMAIN_KERNEL:
 		case LTTNG_DOMAIN_UST:
+		case LTTNG_DOMAIN_JUL:
 			memcpy(dst, src, sizeof(struct lttng_domain));
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -197,12 +199,14 @@ end:
  *
  *  If yes return 1, else return -1.
  */
-static int check_tracing_group(const char *grp_name)
+LTTNG_HIDDEN
+int lttng_check_tracing_group(void)
 {
 	struct group *grp_tracing;	/* no free(). See getgrnam(3) */
 	gid_t *grp_list;
 	int grp_list_size, grp_id, i;
 	int ret = -1;
+	const char *grp_name = tracing_group;
 
 	/* Get GID of group 'tracing' */
 	grp_tracing = getgrnam(grp_name);
@@ -293,7 +297,7 @@ static int set_session_daemon_path(void)
 
 	if (uid != 0) {
 		/* Are we in the tracing group ? */
-		in_tgroup = check_tracing_group(tracing_group);
+		in_tgroup = lttng_check_tracing_group();
 	}
 
 	if ((uid == 0) || in_tgroup) {
@@ -517,6 +521,7 @@ int lttng_register_consumer(struct lttng_handle *handle,
 		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_REGISTER_CONSUMER;
 	lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, handle->session_name,
 			sizeof(lsm.session.name));
@@ -539,6 +544,7 @@ int lttng_start_tracing(const char *session_name)
 		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_START_TRACE;
 
 	lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, session_name,
@@ -559,6 +565,7 @@ static int _lttng_stop_tracing(const char *session_name, int wait)
 		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_STOP_TRACE;
 
 	lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, session_name,
@@ -573,9 +580,6 @@ static int _lttng_stop_tracing(const char *session_name, int wait)
 		goto end;
 	}
 
-	_MSG("Waiting for data availability");
-	fflush(stdout);
-
 	/* Check for data availability */
 	do {
 		data_ret = lttng_data_pending(session_name);
@@ -591,13 +595,9 @@ static int _lttng_stop_tracing(const char *session_name, int wait)
 		 */
 		if (data_ret) {
 			usleep(DEFAULT_DATA_AVAILABILITY_WAIT_TIME);
-			_MSG(".");
-			fflush(stdout);
 		}
 	} while (data_ret != 0);
 
-	MSG("");
-
 end:
 error:
 	return ret;
@@ -670,36 +670,8 @@ int lttng_add_context(struct lttng_handle *handle,
 int lttng_enable_event(struct lttng_handle *handle,
 		struct lttng_event *ev, const char *channel_name)
 {
-	struct lttcomm_session_msg lsm;
-
-	if (handle == NULL || ev == NULL) {
-		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
-	}
-
-	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
-
-	/* If no channel name, send empty string. */
-	if (channel_name == NULL) {
-		lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.u.enable.channel_name, "",
-				sizeof(lsm.u.enable.channel_name));
-	} else {
-		lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.u.enable.channel_name, channel_name,
-				sizeof(lsm.u.enable.channel_name));
-	}
-
-	lttng_ctl_copy_lttng_domain(&lsm.domain, &handle->domain);
-
-	if (ev->name[0] != '\0') {
-		lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_ENABLE_EVENT;
-	} else {
-		lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_ENABLE_ALL_EVENT;
-	}
-	memcpy(&lsm.u.enable.event, ev, sizeof(lsm.u.enable.event));
-
-	lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, handle->session_name,
-			sizeof(lsm.session.name));
-
-	return lttng_ctl_ask_sessiond(&lsm, NULL);
+	return lttng_enable_event_with_exclusions(handle, ev, channel_name,
+			NULL, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -712,43 +684,107 @@ int lttng_enable_event_with_filter(struct lttng_handle *handle,
 		struct lttng_event *event, const char *channel_name,
 		const char *filter_expression)
 {
-	struct lttcomm_session_msg lsm;
-	struct filter_parser_ctx *ctx;
-	FILE *fmem;
-	int ret = 0;
+	return lttng_enable_event_with_exclusions(handle, event, channel_name,
+			filter_expression, 0, NULL);
+}
 
-	if (!filter_expression) {
-		/*
-		 * Fall back to normal event enabling if no filter
-		 * specified.
-		 */
-		return lttng_enable_event(handle, event, channel_name);
+/*
+ * Depending on the event, return a newly allocated JUL filter expression or
+ * NULL if not applicable.
+ *
+ * An event with NO loglevel and the name is * will return NULL.
+ */
+static char *set_jul_filter(const char *filter, struct lttng_event *ev)
+{
+	int err;
+	char *jul_filter = NULL;
+
+	assert(ev);
+
+	/* Don't add filter for the '*' event. */
+	if (ev->name[0] != '*') {
+		if (filter) {
+			err = asprintf(&jul_filter, "%s && logger_name == \"%s\"", filter,
+					ev->name);
+		} else {
+			err = asprintf(&jul_filter, "logger_name == \"%s\"", ev->name);
+		}
+		if (err < 0) {
+			PERROR("asprintf");
+			goto error;
+		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Empty filter string will always be rejected by the parser
-	 * anyway, so treat this corner-case early to eliminate
-	 * lttng_fmemopen error for 0-byte allocation.
-	 */
-	if (handle == NULL || filter_expression[0] == '\0') {
-		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
+	/* Add loglevel filtering if any for the JUL domain. */
+	if (ev->loglevel_type != LTTNG_EVENT_LOGLEVEL_ALL) {
+		char *op;
+
+		if (ev->loglevel_type == LTTNG_EVENT_LOGLEVEL_RANGE) {
+			op = ">=";
+		} else {
+			op = "==";
+		}
+
+		if (filter || jul_filter) {
+			char *new_filter;
+
+			err = asprintf(&new_filter, "%s && int_loglevel %s %d",
+					jul_filter ? jul_filter : filter, op,
+					ev->loglevel);
+			if (jul_filter) {
+				free(jul_filter);
+			}
+			jul_filter = new_filter;
+		} else {
+			err = asprintf(&jul_filter, "int_loglevel %s %d", op,
+					ev->loglevel);
+		}
+		if (err < 0) {
+			PERROR("asprintf");
+			goto error;
+		}
 	}
 
+	return jul_filter;
+error:
+	free(jul_filter);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Generate the filter bytecode from a give filter expression string. Put the
+ * newly allocated parser context in ctxp and populate the lsm object with the
+ * expression len.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success else a LTTNG_ERR_* code and ctxp is untouched.
+ */
+static int generate_filter(char *filter_expression,
+		struct lttcomm_session_msg *lsm, struct filter_parser_ctx **ctxp)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct filter_parser_ctx *ctx = NULL;
+	FILE *fmem = NULL;
+
+	assert(filter_expression);
+	assert(lsm);
+	assert(ctxp);
+
 	/*
-	 * casting const to non-const, as the underlying function will
-	 * use it in read-only mode.
+	 * Casting const to non-const, as the underlying function will use it in
+	 * read-only mode.
 	 */
 	fmem = lttng_fmemopen((void *) filter_expression,
 			strlen(filter_expression), "r");
 	if (!fmem) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Error opening memory as stream\n");
-		return -LTTNG_ERR_FILTER_NOMEM;
+		ret = -LTTNG_ERR_FILTER_NOMEM;
+		goto error;
 	}
 	ctx = filter_parser_ctx_alloc(fmem);
 	if (!ctx) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Error allocating parser\n");
 		ret = -LTTNG_ERR_FILTER_NOMEM;
-		goto alloc_error;
+		goto filter_alloc_error;
 	}
 	ret = filter_parser_ctx_append_ast(ctx);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -801,11 +837,71 @@ int lttng_enable_event_with_filter(struct lttng_handle *handle,
 	}
 	dbg_printf("done\n");
 	dbg_printf("Size of bytecode generated: %u bytes.\n",
-		bytecode_get_len(&ctx->bytecode->b));
+			bytecode_get_len(&ctx->bytecode->b));
 
-	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
+	lsm->u.enable.bytecode_len = sizeof(ctx->bytecode->b)
+		+ bytecode_get_len(&ctx->bytecode->b);
+	lsm->u.enable.expression_len = strlen(filter_expression) + 1;
+
+	/* No need to keep the memory stream. */
+	if (fclose(fmem) != 0) {
+		perror("fclose");
+	}
+
+	*ctxp = ctx;
+	return 0;
+
+parse_error:
+	filter_ir_free(ctx);
+	filter_parser_ctx_free(ctx);
+filter_alloc_error:
+	if (fclose(fmem) != 0) {
+		perror("fclose");
+	}
+error:
+	return ret;
+}
 
-	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_ENABLE_EVENT_WITH_FILTER;
+/*
+ * Enable event(s) for a channel, possibly with exclusions and a filter.
+ * If no event name is specified, all events are enabled.
+ * If no channel name is specified, the default name is used.
+ * If filter expression is not NULL, the filter is set for the event.
+ * If exclusion count is not zero, the exclusions are set for the event.
+ * Returns size of returned session payload data or a negative error code.
+ */
+int lttng_enable_event_with_exclusions(struct lttng_handle *handle,
+		struct lttng_event *ev, const char *channel_name,
+		const char *original_filter_expression,
+		int exclusion_count, char **exclusion_list)
+{
+	struct lttcomm_session_msg lsm;
+	char *varlen_data;
+	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned int free_filter_expression = 0;
+	struct filter_parser_ctx *ctx = NULL;
+	/*
+	 * Cast as non-const since we may replace the filter expression
+	 * by a dynamically allocated string. Otherwise, the original
+	 * string is not modified.
+	 */
+	char *filter_expression = (char *) original_filter_expression;
+
+	if (handle == NULL || ev == NULL) {
+		ret = -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	/* Empty filter string will always be rejected by the parser
+	 * anyway, so treat this corner-case early to eliminate
+	 * lttng_fmemopen error for 0-byte allocation.
+	 */
+	if (filter_expression && filter_expression[0] == '\0') {
+		ret = -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 
 	/* If no channel name, send empty string. */
 	if (channel_name == NULL) {
@@ -816,38 +912,120 @@ int lttng_enable_event_with_filter(struct lttng_handle *handle,
 				sizeof(lsm.u.enable.channel_name));
 	}
 
-	/* Copy event name */
-	if (event) {
-		memcpy(&lsm.u.enable.event, event, sizeof(lsm.u.enable.event));
+	if (ev->name[0] != '\0') {
+		lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_ENABLE_EVENT;
+	} else {
+		lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_ENABLE_ALL_EVENT;
 	}
 
-	lsm.u.enable.bytecode_len = sizeof(ctx->bytecode->b)
-			+ bytecode_get_len(&ctx->bytecode->b);
-
 	lttng_ctl_copy_lttng_domain(&lsm.domain, &handle->domain);
+	memcpy(&lsm.u.enable.event, ev, sizeof(lsm.u.enable.event));
 
 	lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, handle->session_name,
 			sizeof(lsm.session.name));
+	lsm.u.enable.exclusion_count = exclusion_count;
+	lsm.u.enable.bytecode_len = 0;
 
-	ret = lttng_ctl_ask_sessiond_varlen(&lsm, &ctx->bytecode->b,
-				lsm.u.enable.bytecode_len, NULL);
+	/*
+	 * For the JUL domain, a filter is enforced except for the enable all
+	 * event. This is done to avoid having the event in all sessions thus
+	 * filtering by logger name.
+	 */
+	if (exclusion_count == 0 && filter_expression == NULL &&
+			handle->domain.type != LTTNG_DOMAIN_JUL) {
+		goto ask_sessiond;
+	}
 
-	filter_bytecode_free(ctx);
-	filter_ir_free(ctx);
-	filter_parser_ctx_free(ctx);
-	if (fclose(fmem) != 0) {
-		perror("fclose");
+	/*
+	 * We have either a filter or some exclusions, so we need to set up
+	 * a variable-length memory block from where to send the data
+	 */
+
+	/* Parse filter expression */
+	if (filter_expression != NULL || handle->domain.type == LTTNG_DOMAIN_JUL) {
+		if (handle->domain.type == LTTNG_DOMAIN_JUL) {
+			char *jul_filter;
+
+			/* Setup JUL filter if needed. */
+			jul_filter = set_jul_filter(filter_expression, ev);
+			if (!jul_filter) {
+				if (!filter_expression) {
+					/* No JUL and no filter, just skip everything below. */
+					goto ask_sessiond;
+				}
+			} else {
+				/*
+				 * With a JUL filter, the original filter has been added to it
+				 * thus replace the filter expression.
+				 */
+				filter_expression = jul_filter;
+				free_filter_expression = 1;
+			}
+		}
+
+		ret = generate_filter(filter_expression, &lsm, &ctx);
+		if (ret) {
+			goto filter_error;
+		}
 	}
-	return ret;
 
-parse_error:
-	filter_bytecode_free(ctx);
-	filter_ir_free(ctx);
-	filter_parser_ctx_free(ctx);
-alloc_error:
-	if (fclose(fmem) != 0) {
-		perror("fclose");
+	varlen_data = zmalloc(lsm.u.enable.bytecode_len
+			+ lsm.u.enable.expression_len
+			+ LTTNG_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN * exclusion_count);
+	if (!varlen_data) {
+		ret = -LTTNG_ERR_EXCLUSION_NOMEM;
+		goto mem_error;
+	}
+
+	/* Put exclusion names first in the data */
+	while (exclusion_count--) {
+		strncpy(varlen_data + LTTNG_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN * exclusion_count,
+			*(exclusion_list + exclusion_count), LTTNG_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN);
+	}
+	/* Add filter expression next */
+	if (lsm.u.enable.expression_len != 0) {
+		memcpy(varlen_data
+			+ LTTNG_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN * lsm.u.enable.exclusion_count,
+			filter_expression,
+			lsm.u.enable.expression_len);
+	}
+	/* Add filter bytecode next */
+	if (ctx && lsm.u.enable.bytecode_len != 0) {
+		memcpy(varlen_data
+			+ LTTNG_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN * lsm.u.enable.exclusion_count
+			+ lsm.u.enable.expression_len,
+			&ctx->bytecode->b,
+			lsm.u.enable.bytecode_len);
+	}
+
+	ret = lttng_ctl_ask_sessiond_varlen(&lsm, varlen_data,
+			(LTTNG_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN * lsm.u.enable.exclusion_count) +
+			lsm.u.enable.bytecode_len + lsm.u.enable.expression_len, NULL);
+	free(varlen_data);
+
+mem_error:
+	if (filter_expression && ctx) {
+		filter_bytecode_free(ctx);
+		filter_ir_free(ctx);
+		filter_parser_ctx_free(ctx);
+	}
+filter_error:
+	if (free_filter_expression) {
+		/*
+		 * The filter expression has been replaced and must be freed as it is
+		 * not the original filter expression received as a parameter.
+		 */
+		free(filter_expression);
 	}
+error:
+	/*
+	 * Return directly to the caller and don't ask the sessiond since something
+	 * went wrong in the parsing of data above.
+	 */
+	return ret;
+
+ask_sessiond:
+	ret = lttng_ctl_ask_sessiond(&lsm, NULL);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -967,6 +1145,7 @@ int lttng_list_tracepoints(struct lttng_handle *handle,
 		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_LIST_TRACEPOINTS;
 	lttng_ctl_copy_lttng_domain(&lsm.domain, &handle->domain);
 
@@ -994,6 +1173,7 @@ int lttng_list_tracepoint_fields(struct lttng_handle *handle,
 		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_LIST_TRACEPOINT_FIELDS;
 	lttng_ctl_copy_lttng_domain(&lsm.domain, &handle->domain);
 
@@ -1062,6 +1242,7 @@ int lttng_destroy_session(const char *session_name)
 		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_DESTROY_SESSION;
 
 	lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, session_name,
@@ -1081,6 +1262,7 @@ int lttng_list_sessions(struct lttng_session **sessions)
 	int ret;
 	struct lttcomm_session_msg lsm;
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_LIST_SESSIONS;
 	ret = lttng_ctl_ask_sessiond(&lsm, (void**) sessions);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1106,6 +1288,7 @@ int lttng_list_domains(const char *session_name,
 		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_LIST_DOMAINS;
 
 	lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, session_name,
@@ -1135,6 +1318,7 @@ int lttng_list_channels(struct lttng_handle *handle,
 		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_LIST_CHANNELS;
 	lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, handle->session_name,
 			sizeof(lsm.session.name));
@@ -1166,6 +1350,7 @@ int lttng_list_events(struct lttng_handle *handle,
 		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_LIST_EVENTS;
 	lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, handle->session_name,
 			sizeof(lsm.session.name));
@@ -1213,6 +1398,7 @@ int lttng_calibrate(struct lttng_handle *handle,
 		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_CALIBRATE;
 	lttng_ctl_copy_lttng_domain(&lsm.domain, &handle->domain);
 
@@ -1361,104 +1547,6 @@ int lttng_disable_consumer(struct lttng_handle *handle)
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-/*
- * Set health socket path by putting it in the global health_sock_path
- * variable.
- *
- * Returns 0 on success or assert(0) on ENOMEM.
- */
-static int set_health_socket_path(void)
-{
-	int in_tgroup = 0;	/* In tracing group */
-	uid_t uid;
-	const char *home;
-
-	uid = getuid();
-
-	if (uid != 0) {
-		/* Are we in the tracing group ? */
-		in_tgroup = check_tracing_group(tracing_group);
-	}
-
-	if ((uid == 0) || in_tgroup) {
-		lttng_ctl_copy_string(health_sock_path,
-				DEFAULT_GLOBAL_HEALTH_UNIX_SOCK, sizeof(health_sock_path));
-	}
-
-	if (uid != 0) {
-		int ret;
-
-		/*
-		 * With GNU C <  2.1, snprintf returns -1 if the target buffer is too small;
-		 * With GNU C >= 2.1, snprintf returns the required size (excluding closing null)
-		 */
-		home = utils_get_home_dir();
-		if (home == NULL) {
-			/* Fallback in /tmp .. */
-			home = "/tmp";
-		}
-
-		ret = snprintf(health_sock_path, sizeof(health_sock_path),
-				DEFAULT_HOME_HEALTH_UNIX_SOCK, home);
-		if ((ret < 0) || (ret >= sizeof(health_sock_path))) {
-			/* ENOMEM at this point... just kill the control lib. */
-			assert(0);
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Check session daemon health for a specific health component.
- *
- * Return 0 if health is OK or else 1 if BAD.
- *
- * Any other negative value is a lttng error code which can be translated with
- * lttng_strerror().
- */
-int lttng_health_check(enum lttng_health_component c)
-{
-	int sock, ret;
-	struct lttcomm_health_msg msg;
-	struct lttcomm_health_data reply;
-
-	/* Connect to the sesssion daemon */
-	sock = lttcomm_connect_unix_sock(health_sock_path);
-	if (sock < 0) {
-		ret = -LTTNG_ERR_NO_SESSIOND;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	msg.cmd = LTTNG_HEALTH_CHECK;
-	msg.component = c;
-
-	ret = lttcomm_send_unix_sock(sock, (void *)&msg, sizeof(msg));
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		ret = -LTTNG_ERR_FATAL;
-		goto close_error;
-	}
-
-	ret = lttcomm_recv_unix_sock(sock, (void *)&reply, sizeof(reply));
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		ret = -LTTNG_ERR_FATAL;
-		goto close_error;
-	}
-
-	ret = reply.ret_code;
-
-close_error:
-	{
-		int closeret;
-
-		closeret = close(sock);
-		assert(!closeret);
-	}
-
-error:
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * This is an extension of create session that is ONLY and SHOULD only be used
  * by the lttng command line program. It exists to avoid using URI parsing in
@@ -1541,6 +1629,7 @@ int lttng_data_pending(const char *session_name)
 		return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
+	memset(&lsm, 0, sizeof(lsm));
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_DATA_PENDING;
 
 	lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, session_name,
@@ -1618,16 +1707,20 @@ int lttng_create_session_live(const char *name, const char *url,
 	lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_CREATE_SESSION_LIVE;
 	lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, name, sizeof(lsm.session.name));
 
-	size = uri_parse_str_urls(url, NULL, &uris);
-	if (size < 0) {
-		ret = -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
-		goto end;
-	}
+	if (url) {
+		size = uri_parse_str_urls(url, NULL, &uris);
+		if (size <= 0) {
+			ret = -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
+			goto end;
+		}
 
-	/* file:// is not accepted for live session. */
-	if (uris[0].dtype == LTTNG_DST_PATH) {
-		ret = -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
-		goto end;
+		/* file:// is not accepted for live session. */
+		if (uris[0].dtype == LTTNG_DST_PATH) {
+			ret = -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
+			goto end;
+		}
+	} else {
+		size = 0;
 	}
 
 	lsm.u.session_live.nb_uri = size;
@@ -1648,8 +1741,6 @@ static void __attribute__((constructor)) init()
 {
 	/* Set default session group */
 	lttng_set_tracing_group(DEFAULT_TRACING_GROUP);
-	/* Set socket for health check */
-	(void) set_health_socket_path();
 }
 
 /*