From: Pierre-Marc Fournier Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:52:44 +0000 (-0400) Subject: update READMEs for the next release X-Git-Tag: v0.4~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org./?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7066ec32b31f6ff4eaf5105e67a71497f3a67002;p=ust.git update READMEs for the next release --- diff --git a/README b/README index 65098fc..f2bb370 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PREREQUISITES: - liburcu Userspace RCU library, by Mathieu Desnoyers and Paul E. McKenney - -> This release was tested with liburcu v0.4.1 + -> This release was tested with liburcu v0.4.3 * Debian/Ubuntu package: liburcu-dev * Website: http://lttng.org/urcu @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ PREREQUISITES: INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: - - Download, compile and install liburcu and libkcompat. + - Download, compile and install liburcu. - In this package's tree, run ./configure. - Run make. - Run make install. @@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ PACKAGE CONTENTS: - hello An example application that uses the userspace tracer. - - libmallocwrap + - libustinstr-malloc An example library that can be LD_PRELOAD'ed to instrument calls to malloc() in any program without need to recompile it. - - libinterfork + - libustfork A library that is LD_PRELOAD'ed, and that hijacks calls to several system calls in order to trace across these calls. diff --git a/libustinstr-malloc/README b/libustinstr-malloc/README index 333a01e..c58a7e6 100644 --- a/libustinstr-malloc/README +++ b/libustinstr-malloc/README @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ -libmallocwrap is used for instrumenting calls to malloc(3) in a program, without -need for recompiling it. +libustinstr-malloc is used for instrumenting calls to malloc(3) in a program, +without need for recompiling it. -libmallocwrap defines a malloc() function that is instrumented with a marker. It -also calls the libc malloc afterwards. When loaded with LD_PRELOAD, it replaces -the libc malloc() function, in effect instrumenting all calls to malloc(). +libustinstr-malloc defines a malloc() function that is instrumented with a +marker. It also calls the libc malloc afterwards. When loaded with LD_PRELOAD, +it replaces the libc malloc() function, in effect instrumenting all calls to +malloc(). See the "run" script for a usage example.