From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:15:02 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Manpage: cleanup layout of enable-event X-Git-Tag: v2.3.0-rc2~27 X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org./?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a240cd997676bd36ad7c8f7446191664409633a;p=lttng-tools.git Manpage: cleanup layout of enable-event Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers --- diff --git a/doc/man/lttng.1 b/doc/man/lttng.1 index 39af988ed..6918cd5cd 100644 --- a/doc/man/lttng.1 +++ b/doc/man/lttng.1 @@ -448,8 +448,9 @@ there is data available. .RE .PP -.IP "\fBenable-event\fP NAME[,NAME2,...] [-k|-u] [OPTIONS]" -.nf +.PP +\fBenable-event\fP NAME[,NAME2,...] [-k|-u] [OPTIONS] +.RS Enable tracing event A tracing event is always assigned to a channel. If \fB\-c, \-\-channel\fP is @@ -459,84 +460,100 @@ using the wildcard "*". If \fB\-s, \-\-session\fP is omitted, the session name is taken from the .lttngrc file. -.fi .B OPTIONS: +.TP +.BR "\-h, \-\-help" +Show summary of possible options and commands. +.TP +.BR "\-\-list-options" +Simple listing of options +.TP +.BR "\-s, \-\-session NAME" +Apply on session name +.TP +.BR "\-c, \-\-channel NAME" +Apply on channel name +.TP +.BR "\-a, \-\-all" +Enable all tracepoints and syscalls. This actually enable a single +wildcard event "*". +.TP +.BR "\-k, \-\-kernel" +Apply for the kernel tracer +.TP +.BR "\-u, \-\-userspace" +Apply for the user-space tracer +.TP +.BR "\-\-tracepoint" +Tracepoint event (default). Userspace tracer supports wildcards at end +of string. Don't forget to quote to deal with bash expansion. +e.g.: .nf -\-h, \-\-help - Show summary of possible options and commands. -\-\-list-options - Simple listing of options -\-s, \-\-session NAME - Apply on session name -\-c, \-\-channel NAME - Apply on channel name -\-a, \-\-all - Enable all tracepoints and syscalls. This actually enable a single - wildcard event "*". -\-k, \-\-kernel - Apply for the kernel tracer -\-u, \-\-userspace - Apply for the user-space tracer - -\-\-tracepoint - Tracepoint event (default) - - userspace tracer supports wildcards at end of string. Don't forget to - quote to deal with bash expansion. - e.g.: "*" "app_component:na*" -\-\-loglevel NAME - Tracepoint loglevel range from 0 to loglevel. Listed in the help (\-h). -\-\-loglevel-only NAME - Tracepoint loglevel (only this loglevel). - - The loglevel or loglevel-only options should be combined with a - tracepoint name or tracepoint wildcard. -\-\-probe [addr | symbol | symbol+offset] - Dynamic probe. Addr and offset can be octal (0NNN...), decimal (NNN...) - or hexadecimal (0xNNN...) -\-\-function [addr | symbol | symbol+offset] - Dynamic function entry/return probe. Addr and offset can be octal - (0NNN...), decimal (NNN...) or hexadecimal (0xNNN...) -\-\-syscall - System call event. Enabling syscalls tracing (kernel tracer), you will - not be able to disable them with disable-event. This is a known - limitation. You can disable the entire channel to do the trick. - -\-\-filter 'expression' - Set a filter on a newly enabled event. Filter expression on event - fields and context. Event recording depends on evaluation. Only - specify on first activation of a given event within a session. - Filter only allowed when enabling events within a session before - tracing is started. If the filter fails to link with the event - within the traced domain, the event will be discarded. - Currently, filter is only implemented for the user-space tracer. - - Expression examples: - - 'intfield > 500 && intfield < 503' - '(stringfield == "test" || intfield != 10) && intfield > 33' - 'doublefield > 1.1 && intfield < 5.3' - - Wildcards are allowed at the end of strings: - 'seqfield1 == "te*"' - In string literals, the escape character is a '\\'. Use '\\*' for - the '*' character, and '\\\\' for the '\\' character. Wildcard - match any sequence of characters, including an empty sub-string - (match 0 or more characters). - - Context information can be used for filtering. The examples - below show usage of context filtering on process name (with a - wildcard), process ID range, and unique thread ID for filtering. - The process and thread ID of running applications can be found - under columns "PID" and "LWP" of the "ps -eLf" command. - - '$ctx.procname == "demo*"' - '$ctx.vpid >= 4433 && $ctx.vpid < 4455' - '$ctx.vtid == 1234' .fi +.TP +.BR "\-\-loglevel NAME" +Tracepoint loglevel range from 0 to loglevel. Listed in the help (\-h). +.TP +.BR "\-\-loglevel-only NAME" +Tracepoint loglevel (only this loglevel). +The loglevel or loglevel-only options should be combined with a +tracepoint name or tracepoint wildcard. +.TP +.BR "\-\-probe (addr | symbol | symbol+offset)" +Dynamic probe. Addr and offset can be octal (0NNN...), decimal (NNN...) +or hexadecimal (0xNNN...) +.TP +.BR "\-\-function (addr | symbol | symbol+offset)" +Dynamic function entry/return probe. Addr and offset can be octal +(0NNN...), decimal (NNN...) or hexadecimal (0xNNN...) +.TP +.BR "\-\-syscall" +System call event. Enabling syscalls tracing (kernel tracer), you will +not be able to disable them with disable-event. This is a known +limitation. You can disable the entire channel to do the trick. +.TP +.BR "\-\-filter 'expression'" +Set a filter on a newly enabled event. Filter expression on event +fields and context. Event recording depends on evaluation. Only +specify on first activation of a given event within a session. +Filter only allowed when enabling events within a session before +tracing is started. If the filter fails to link with the event +within the traced domain, the event will be discarded. +Currently, filter is only implemented for the user-space tracer. + +Expression examples: + +.nf + 'intfield > 500 && intfield < 503' + '(strfield == "test" || intfield != 10) && intfield > 33' + 'doublefield > 1.1 && intfield < 5.3' +.fi + +Wildcards are allowed at the end of strings: + 'seqfield1 == "te*"' +In string literals, the escape character is a '\\'. Use '\\*' for +the '*' character, and '\\\\' for the '\\' character. Wildcard +match any sequence of characters, including an empty sub-string +(match 0 or more characters). + +Context information can be used for filtering. The examples below show +usage of context filtering on process name (with a wildcard), process ID +range, and unique thread ID for filtering. The process and thread ID of +running applications can be found under columns "PID" and "LWP" of the +"ps -eLf" command. + +.nf + '$ctx.procname == "demo*"' + '$ctx.vpid >= 4433 && $ctx.vpid < 4455' + '$ctx.vtid == 1234' +.fi + +.RE +.PP .IP "\fBdisable-channel\fP NAME[,NAME2,...] [\-k|\-u] [OPTIONS]" .nf diff --git a/src/bin/lttng/commands/enable_events.c b/src/bin/lttng/commands/enable_events.c index b00324b29..18a958d32 100644 --- a/src/bin/lttng/commands/enable_events.c +++ b/src/bin/lttng/commands/enable_events.c @@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ static void usage(FILE *ofp) fprintf(ofp, " e.g.:\n"); fprintf(ofp, " \"*\"\n"); fprintf(ofp, " \"app_component:na*\"\n"); - fprintf(ofp, " --probe [addr | symbol | symbol+offset]\n"); + fprintf(ofp, " --probe (addr | symbol | symbol+offset)\n"); fprintf(ofp, " Dynamic probe.\n"); fprintf(ofp, " Addr and offset can be octal (0NNN...),\n"); fprintf(ofp, " decimal (NNN...) or hexadecimal (0xNNN...)\n"); - fprintf(ofp, " --function [addr | symbol | symbol+offset]\n"); + fprintf(ofp, " --function (addr | symbol | symbol+offset)\n"); fprintf(ofp, " Dynamic function entry/return probe.\n"); fprintf(ofp, " Addr and offset can be octal (0NNN...),\n"); fprintf(ofp, " decimal (NNN...) or hexadecimal (0xNNN...)\n"); @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static void usage(FILE *ofp) fprintf(ofp, " Expression examples:.\n"); fprintf(ofp, " \n"); fprintf(ofp, " 'intfield > 500 && intfield < 503'\n"); - fprintf(ofp, " '(stringfield == \"test\" || intfield != 10) && intfield > 33'\n"); + fprintf(ofp, " '(strfield == \"test\" || intfield != 10) && intfield > 33'\n"); fprintf(ofp, " 'doublefield > 1.1 && intfield < 5.3'\n"); fprintf(ofp, " \n"); fprintf(ofp, " Wildcards are allowed at the end of strings:\n");