lttng-untrack(1)
================
+:revdate: 4 March 2020
NAME
----
-lttng-untrack - Remove one or more entries from an LTTng resource tracker
+lttng-untrack - Remove one or more values from an LTTng process attribute tracker
SYNOPSIS
--------
+Remove specific process attribute values from a Linux kernel domain tracker:
+
+[verse]
+*lttng* ['linkgenoptions:(GENERAL OPTIONS)'] *untrack* option:--kernel
+ (option:--pid=PID[,PID]... | option:--vpid=VPID[,VPID]... |
+ option:--uid=UID[,UID]... | option:--vuid=VUID[,VUID]... |
+ option:--gid=GID[,GID]... | option:--vgid=VGID[,VGID]... )...
+
+Remove all possible process attribute values from a Linux kernel domain tracker:
+
+[verse]
+*lttng* ['linkgenoptions:(GENERAL OPTIONS)'] *untrack* option:--kernel
+ option:--all (option:--pid | option:--vpid | option:--uid |
+ option:--vuid | option:--gid | option:--vgid )...
+
+Remove specific process attribute values from a user space domain tracker:
+
+[verse]
+*lttng* ['linkgenoptions:(GENERAL OPTIONS)'] *untrack* option:--userspace
+ (option:--vpid=VPID[,VPID]... | option:--vuid=VUID[,VUID]... | option:--vgid=VGID[,VGID]...)...
+
+Remove all possible process attribute values from a user space domain tracker:
+
[verse]
-*lttng* ['linkgenoptions:(GENERAL OPTIONS)'] *untrack* (option:--kernel | option:--userspace)
- [option:--session='SESSION'] (option:--pid='PID'[,'PID']... | option:--all option:--pid)
+*lttng* ['linkgenoptions:(GENERAL OPTIONS)'] *untrack* option:--userspace
+ option:--all (option:--vpid | option:--vgid | option:--vuid)...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-The `lttng untrack` commands removes one or more entries from a
-resource tracker.
+The `lttng untrack` commands removes one or more values from a
+process attribute tracker.
See man:lttng-track(1) to learn more about LTTng trackers.
-The untrack command removes specific resources from a tracker. The
-resources to remove must have been precedently added by
-man:lttng-track(1). It is also possible to remove all the
-resources from the whitelist using the option:--all option.
-
-As of this version, the only available tracker is the PID tracker.
+The untrack command removes specific process attribute values from a
+tracker's inclusion set. The attributes to remove must have been
+precedently added by man:lttng-track(1). It is also possible to remove
+all the possible values of a process attribute from the inclusion set
+using the option:--all option.
Example
~~~~~~~
One common operation is to create a tracing session
(see man:lttng-create(1)), remove all the entries from the PID
-tracker whitelist, start tracing, and then manually track PIDs
+tracker inclusion set, start tracing, and then manually track PIDs
while tracing is active.
Assume the maximum system PID is 7 for this example.
Command:
[role="term"]
-------------
-lttng create
-------------
+----
+$ lttng create
+----
-Initial whitelist:
+Initial inclusion set:
-------------------------------
[0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Command:
[role="term"]
--------------------------------------
-lttng untrack --userspace --pid --all
--------------------------------------
+----
+$ lttng untrack --kernel --pid --all
+----
-Whitelist:
+inclusion set:
-------------------------------
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Commands:
[role="term"]
-----------------------------------
-lttng enable-event --userspace ...
-lttng start
-# ...
-lttng track --userspace --pid=3,5
-----------------------------------
+----
+$ lttng enable-event --kernel ...
+$ lttng start
+$ # ...
+$ lttng track --kernel --pid=3,5
+----
-Whitelist:
+inclusion set:
-------------------------------
[ ] [ ] [ ] [3] [ ] [5] [ ] [ ]
Command:
[role="term"]
--------------------------------
-lttng track --userspace --pid=2
--------------------------------
+----
+$ lttng track --kernel --pid=2
+----
-Whitelist:
+inclusion set:
-------------------------------
[ ] [ ] [2] [3] [ ] [5] [ ] [ ]
One of:
option:-k, option:--kernel::
- Untrack resources tracked in the Linux kernel domain.
+ Track process attributes in the Linux kernel domain.
option:-u, option:--userspace::
- Untrack resources tracked in the user space domain.
+ Track process attributes in the user space domain.
Target
~~~~~~
-option:-s, option:--session='SESSION'::
- Untrack resources in the tracing session named 'SESSION' instead of
- the current tracing session.
+option:-s 'SESSION', option:--session='SESSION'::
+ Untrack process attributes in the tracing session named 'SESSION'
+ instead of the current tracing session.
Untracking
~~~~~~~~~~
option:-a, option:--all::
- Used in conjunction with an empty option:--pid option: untrack _all_
- process IDs (clear the whitelist).
-
-option:-p, option:--pid[='PID'[,'PID']...]::
- Untrack process IDs 'PID' (remove them from the current whitelist).
+ Used in conjunction with a single, empty option:--pid,
+ option:--vpid, option:--uid, option:--vuid, option:--gid,
+ or option:--vgid option: untrack _all_ possible process attribute
+ values (remove all values from the inclusion set).
+
+option:-p ['PID'[,'PID']...], option:--pid[='PID'[,'PID']...]::
+ Untrack process ID values 'PID' (remove them from the process ID
+ inclusion set).
++
+'PID' is the process ID attribute of a process as seen from the _root
+PID namespace_ (see man:pid_namespaces(7)). It can only be used with
+the option:--kernel domain option.
+
The 'PID' argument must be omitted when also using the option:--all
option.
+option:--vpid[='VPID'[,'VPID']...]::
+ Untrack virtual process ID values 'VPID' (remove them from the
+ virtual process ID inclusion set).
++
+'VPID' is the virtual process ID attribute of a process as seen from
+the _PID namespace_ of the process (see man:pid_namespaces(7)).
++
+The 'VPID' argument must be omitted when also using the option:--all
+option.
+
+option:--uid[='USER'[,'USER']...]::
+ Untrack user ID process attribute values 'USER' (remove them from
+ the user ID inclusion set).
++
+'USER' is the real user ID (see man:getuid(3)) of a process as seen
+from the _root user namespace_ (see man:user_namespaces(7)). It can
+only be used with the option:--kernel domain option.
++
+'USER' can also be a user name. No name resolution is performed;
+'USER' will be matched against the names in the inclusion set.
++
+The 'USER' argument must be omitted when also using the option:--all
+option.
+
+option:--vuid[='USER'[,'USER']...]::
+ Untrack virtual user ID process attribute values 'USER' (remove
+ them from the virtual user ID inclusion set).
++
+'USER' is the real user ID (see man:getuid(3)) of a process as seen
+from the _user namespace_ of the process (see man:user_namespaces(7)).
++
+'USER' can also be a user name. No name resolution is performed;
+'USER' will be matched against the names in the inclusion set.
++
+The 'USER' argument must be omitted when also using the option:--all
+option.
+
+option:--gid[='GROUP'[,'GROUP']...]::
+ Untrack group ID process attribute values 'GROUP' (remove them
+ from the group ID inclusion set).
++
+'GROUP' is the real group ID (see man:getgid(3)) of a process as seen
+from the _root user namespace_ (see man:user_namespaces(7)). It can
+only be used with the option:--kernel domain option.
++
+'GROUP' can also be a group name. No name resolution is performed;
+'GROUP' will be matched against the names in the inclusion set.
++
+The 'GROUP' argument must be omitted when also using the option:--all
+option.
+
+option:--vgid[='GROUP'[,'GROUP']...]::
+ Untrack virtual group ID process attribute values 'GROUP'(remove
+ them from the virtual group ID inclusion set).
++
+'GROUP' is the real group ID (see man:getgid(3)) of a process as seen
+from the _user namespace_ of the process (see man:user_namespaces(7)).
++
+'GROUP' can also be a group name. No name resolution is performed;
+'GROUP' will be matched against the names in the inclusion set.
++
+The 'GROUP' argument must be omitted when also using the option:--all
+option.
+
include::common-cmd-help-options.txt[]