LTTNG USERSPACE TRACER
-NOTE: THIS LIBRARY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET BECAUSE ALTOUGH IT IS LICENCED AS
-LGPL, IT CAN ONLY BE USED AS GPL BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON GPL LIBRARIES. IT WILL BE
-RELEASED AS SOON AS THESE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED.
-
Dependencies:
-- liburcu-pmf
- Userspace RCU library, pmf patches.
- http://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca
+- liburcu
+ Userspace RCU library, by Mathieu Desnoyers and Paul E. McKenney
+ http://ltt.polymtl.ca/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=userspace-rcu.git;a=summary
- libkcompat
Linux kernel userspace compatibility library.
http://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca
+Installation instruction:
+
+- Download, compile and install liburcu and libkcompat.
+- In this package's tree, run ./configure.
+- Run make.
+- Run make install.
+- Run ldconfig.
+- See the manual in the doc/ directory for usage instructions.
+
Package contents:
- libust
The actual userspace tracing library that must be linked to the
instrumented programs.
-- ust
+- ustctl
A program to control the tracing of userspace applications. It can list
markers, start the tracing, stop the tracing, enable/disable markers, etc.
- libmallocwrap
An example library that can be LD_PRELOAD'ed to instrument calls to malloc()
in any program without need to recompile it.
+
+- libinterfork
+ A library that is LD_PRELOAD'ed, and that hijacks calls to several system
+ calls in order to trace across these calls.