4 * Linux Trace Toolkit Control Library Header File
6 * Copyright (C) 2011 - David Goulet <david.goulet@polymtl.ca>
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28 #include <sys/types.h>
30 /* Default unix group name for tracing. */
31 #define LTTNG_DEFAULT_TRACING_GROUP "tracing"
33 /* Environment variable to set session daemon binary path. */
34 #define LTTNG_SESSIOND_PATH_ENV "LTTNG_SESSIOND_PATH"
36 /* Default trace output directory name */
37 #define LTTNG_DEFAULT_TRACE_DIR_NAME "lttng-traces"
40 * Event symbol length. Copied from LTTng kernel ABI.
42 #define LTTNG_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN 128
45 * Every lttng_event_* structure both apply to kernel event and user-space
50 * Domain type are the different possible tracers.
52 enum lttng_domain_type
{
53 LTTNG_DOMAIN_KERNEL
= 1,
55 LTTNG_DOMAIN_UST_EXEC_NAME
= 3,
56 LTTNG_DOMAIN_UST_PID
= 4,
57 LTTNG_DOMAIN_UST_PID_FOLLOW_CHILDREN
= 5,
61 * Instrumentation type of tracing event.
63 enum lttng_event_type
{
65 LTTNG_EVENT_TRACEPOINT
= 0,
66 LTTNG_EVENT_PROBE
= 1,
67 LTTNG_EVENT_FUNCTION
= 2,
68 LTTNG_EVENT_FUNCTION_ENTRY
= 3,
70 LTTNG_EVENT_SYSCALL
= 5,
76 enum lttng_event_output
{
77 LTTNG_EVENT_SPLICE
= 0,
81 /* Event context possible type */
82 enum lttng_event_context_type
{
83 LTTNG_EVENT_CONTEXT_PID
= 0,
84 LTTNG_EVENT_CONTEXT_PERF_COUNTER
= 1,
85 LTTNG_EVENT_CONTEXT_COMM
= 2,
86 LTTNG_EVENT_CONTEXT_PRIO
= 3,
87 LTTNG_EVENT_CONTEXT_NICE
= 4,
88 LTTNG_EVENT_CONTEXT_VPID
= 5,
89 LTTNG_EVENT_CONTEXT_TID
= 6,
90 LTTNG_EVENT_CONTEXT_VTID
= 7,
91 LTTNG_EVENT_CONTEXT_PPID
= 8,
92 LTTNG_EVENT_CONTEXT_VPPID
= 9,
95 enum lttng_calibrate_type
{
96 LTTNG_CALIBRATE_FUNCTION
= 0,
100 enum lttng_domain_type type
;
103 char exec_name
[NAME_MAX
];
107 /* Perf counter attributes */
108 struct lttng_event_perf_counter_ctx
{
111 char name
[LTTNG_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN
];
114 /* Event/Channel context */
115 struct lttng_event_context
{
116 enum lttng_event_context_type ctx
;
118 struct lttng_event_perf_counter_ctx perf_counter
;
125 * Either addr is used or symbol_name and offset.
127 struct lttng_event_probe_attr
{
131 char symbol_name
[LTTNG_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN
];
137 struct lttng_event_function_attr
{
138 char symbol_name
[LTTNG_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN
];
142 * Generic lttng event
145 char name
[LTTNG_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN
];
146 enum lttng_event_type type
;
149 /* Per event type configuration */
151 struct lttng_event_probe_attr probe
;
152 struct lttng_event_function_attr ftrace
;
157 * Tracer channel attributes. For both kernel and user-space.
159 struct lttng_channel_attr
{
160 int overwrite
; /* 1: overwrite, 0: discard */
161 uint64_t subbuf_size
; /* bytes */
162 uint64_t num_subbuf
; /* power of 2 */
163 unsigned int switch_timer_interval
; /* usec */
164 unsigned int read_timer_interval
; /* usec */
165 enum lttng_event_output output
; /* splice, mmap */
169 * Channel information structure. For both kernel and user-space.
171 struct lttng_channel
{
174 struct lttng_channel_attr attr
;
177 struct lttng_calibrate
{
178 enum lttng_calibrate_type type
;
182 * Basic session information.
184 * This is an 'output data' meaning that it only comes *from* the session
185 * daemon *to* the lttng client. It's basically a 'human' representation of
186 * tracing entities (here a session).
188 struct lttng_session
{
190 /* The path where traces are written */
195 * Handle used as a context for commands.
197 struct lttng_handle
{
198 char session_name
[NAME_MAX
];
199 struct lttng_domain domain
;
203 * Public LTTng control API
205 * For functions having a lttng domain type as parameter, if a bad value is
206 * given, NO default is applied and an error is returned.
208 * On success, all functions of the API return 0 or the size of the allocated
211 * On error, a negative value is returned being a specific lttng-tools error
212 * code which can be humanly interpreted with lttng_strerror(err).
216 * Create an handle used as a context for every request made to the library.
218 * This handle contains the session name and lttng domain on which the command
219 * will be executed on.
221 extern struct lttng_handle
*lttng_create_handle(const char *session_name
,
222 struct lttng_domain
*domain
);
225 * Destroy an handle. This will simply free(3) the data pointer returned by
226 * lttng_create_handle() and rendering it unsuable.
228 extern void lttng_destroy_handle(struct lttng_handle
*handle
);
231 * Create tracing session using a name and a path where trace will be written.
233 extern int lttng_create_session(const char *name
, const char *path
);
236 * Destroy tracing session.
238 * The session will not be useable anymore, tracing will stopped for all
239 * registered trace and tracing buffers will be flushed.
241 extern int lttng_destroy_session(struct lttng_handle
*handle
);
244 * List all tracing sessions.
246 * Return the size of the "lttng_session" array. Caller must free(3).
248 extern int lttng_list_sessions(struct lttng_session
**sessions
);
251 * List registered domain(s) of a session.
253 * Return the size of the "lttng_domain" array. Caller must free(3).
255 extern int lttng_list_domains(struct lttng_handle
*handle
,
256 struct lttng_domain
**domains
);
259 * List channel(s) of a session.
261 * Return the size of the "lttng_channel" array. Caller must free(3).
263 extern int lttng_list_channels(struct lttng_handle
*handle
,
264 struct lttng_channel
**channels
);
267 * List event(s) of a session channel.
269 * Return the size of the "lttng_event" array. Caller must free(3).
271 extern int lttng_list_events(struct lttng_handle
*handle
,
272 const char *channel_name
, struct lttng_event
**events
);
275 * List available tracepoints of a specific lttng domain.
277 * Return the size of the "lttng_event" array. Caller must free(3).
279 extern int lttng_list_tracepoints(struct lttng_handle
*handle
,
280 struct lttng_event
**events
);
283 * Check if a session daemon is alive.
285 extern int lttng_session_daemon_alive(void);
288 * Set tracing group for the *current* flow of execution.
290 extern int lttng_set_tracing_group(const char *name
);
293 * Return a human readable error message of a lttng-tools error code.
295 * Parameter MUST be a negative value or else you'll get a generic message.
297 extern const char *lttng_strerror(int code
);
300 * This call permits to register an "outside consumer" to a session and a lttng
301 * domain. No consumer will be spawned and all fds/commands will go through the
302 * socket path given (socket_path).
304 * NOTE: At the moment, if you use the liblttng-kconsumer, you can only use the
305 * command socket. The error socket is not supported yet for roaming consumers.
307 extern int lttng_register_consumer(struct lttng_handle
*handle
,
308 const char *socket_path
);
311 * Start tracing for *all* registered trace (kernel and user-space).
313 extern int lttng_start_tracing(struct lttng_handle
*handle
);
316 * Stop tracing for *all* registered trace (kernel and user-space).
318 extern int lttng_stop_tracing(struct lttng_handle
*handle
);
321 * Add context to event for a specific channel.
323 * If event_name is NULL, the context is applied to all event of the channel.
324 * If channel_name is NULL, a lookup of the event's channel is done.
325 * If both are NULL, the context is applied on all events of all channels.
327 extern int lttng_add_context(struct lttng_handle
*handle
,
328 struct lttng_event_context
*ctx
, const char *event_name
,
329 const char *channel_name
);
332 * Create or enable a kernel event.
334 * If the event you are trying to enable does not exist, it will be created,
335 * else it is enabled.
337 * If channel_name is NULL, the default channel is used (channel0).
339 extern int lttng_enable_event(struct lttng_handle
*handle
,
340 struct lttng_event
*ev
, const char *channel_name
);
343 * Create or enable a kernel channel.
345 * If name is NULL, the default channel is enabled (channel0).
347 extern int lttng_enable_channel(struct lttng_handle
*handle
,
348 struct lttng_channel
*chan
);
351 * Disable kernel event.
353 * If channel_name is NULL, the default channel is used (channel0).
355 extern int lttng_disable_event(struct lttng_handle
*handle
,
356 const char *name
, const char *channel_name
);
359 * Disable kernel channel.
361 * If channel_name is NULL, the default channel is disabled (channel0).
363 extern int lttng_disable_channel(struct lttng_handle
*handle
,
367 * Calibrate LTTng overhead.
369 extern int lttng_calibrate(struct lttng_handle
*handle
,
370 struct lttng_calibrate
*calibrate
);
372 #endif /* _LTTNG_H */