lttng-add-context(1)
====================
-:revdate: 3 May 2021
+:revdate: 6 May 2021
NAME
* An LTTng application-specific context field name:
+
+--
[verse]
$app.'PROVIDER':__TYPE__
+
'TYPE'::
Context type name.
+--
++
+Only available with the option:--jul and option:--log4j options.
IMPORTANT: Make sure to **single-quote** 'TYPE' when you run the
`add-context` command from a shell, as `$` is a special character for
to be recorded to the event records of a given channel once its tracing
session has been started (see man:lttng-start(1)) at least once.
+See the <<examples,EXAMPLES>> section below for usage examples.
+
include::common-lttng-cmd-options-head.txt[]
include::common-lttng-cmd-after-options.txt[]
+[[examples]]
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+.List the available context field types.
+====
+See the option:--list option.
+
+[role="term"]
+----
+$ lttng add-context --list
+----
+====
+
+.Add a single statically-known context field to be recorded to all the Linux kernel channels of the current tracing session.
+====
+[role="term"]
+----
+$ lttng add-context --kernel --type=pid
+----
+====
+
+.Add three statically-known context fields to be recorded to a specific user space channel of a specific tracing session.
+====
+[role="term"]
+----
+$ lttng add-context --userspace --session=my-session \
+ --channel=my-channel \
+ --type=vpid --type=procname --type=ip
+----
+====
+
+.Add a perf counter context field to be recorded to a specific Linux kernel channel of the current tracing session.
+====
+[role="term"]
+----
+$ lttng add-context --kernel --channel=my-channel \
+ --type=perf:cpu:cache-misses
+----
+====
+
+.Add an LTTng application-specific context field to be recorded to all the JUL channels of the current tracing session.
+====
+[role="term"]
+----
+$ lttng add-context --jul --type='$app.my_server:user_cnt'
+----
+====
+
+
include::common-footer.txt[]