X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=ad9acd77b5664753b5947d5fe9c4c2a3ffa1f73c;hb=e92f3e285939848f248af08f11a39a04a7fcf852;hp=e2b52aa026f74a3ff598c774bc034baefe01c5aa;hpb=5cbd73b809f24c435cc4b4523e8add1fda3acfb5;p=lttng-ust.git diff --git a/README b/README index e2b52aa0..ad9acd77 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -90,15 +90,11 @@ USAGE: - Link application with "-ldl". - Set a LD_PRELOAD environment to preload the tracepoint provider shared object before starting the application when tracing is - needed. + needed. Another way is to dlopen the tracepoint probe when needed + by the application. - Example: - tests/demo/ demo.c tp*.c ust_tests_demo*.h demo-trace - - Note about dlopen() usage: due to locking side-effects due to the - way libc lazily resolves Thread-Local Storage (TLS) symbols when a - library is dlopen'd, linking the tracepoint probe or liblttng-ust - with dlopen() is discouraged. They should be linked with the - application using "-llibname" or loaded with LD_PRELOAD. - Enable instrumentation and control tracing with the "lttng" command from lttng-tools. See lttng-tools doc/quickstart.txt.