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POSIX_TRACE_CREATE(3P) POSIX Programmer's ManualPOSIX_TRACE_CREATE(3P)This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
posix_trace_create, posix_trace_create_withlog, posix_trace_flush, posix_trace_shutdown — trace stream initialization, flush, and shutdown from a process (TRACING)
#include <sys/types.h> #include <trace.h> int posix_trace_create(pid_tpid, const trace_attr_t *restrictattr, trace_id_t *restricttrid); int posix_trace_create_withlog(pid_tpid, const trace_attr_t *restrictattr, intfile_desc, trace_id_t *restricttrid); int posix_trace_flush(trace_id_ttrid); int posix_trace_shutdown(trace_id_ttrid);
Theposix_trace_create() function shall create an active trace stream. It allocates all the resources needed by the trace stream being created for tracing the process specified bypid in accordance with theattr argument. Theattr argument represents the initial attributes of the trace stream and shall have been initialized by the functionposix_trace_attr_init() prior to theposix_trace_create() call. If the argumentattr is NULL, the default attributes shall be used. Theattr attributes object shall be manipulated through a set of functions described in theposix_trace_attr family of functions. If the attributes of the object pointed to byattr are modified later, the attributes of the trace stream shall not be affected. Thecreation-time attribute of the newly created trace stream shall be set to the value of the system clock, if the Timers option is not supported, or to the value of the CLOCK_REALTIME clock, if the Timers option is supported. Thepid argument represents the target process to be traced. If the process executing this function does not have appropriate privileges to trace the process identified bypid, an error shall be returned. If thepid argument is zero, the calling process shall be traced. Theposix_trace_create() function shall store the trace stream identifier of the new trace stream in the object pointed to by thetrid argument. This trace stream identifier shall be used in subsequent calls to control tracing. Thetrid argument may only be used by the following functions:posix_trace_clear()posix_trace_getnext_event()posix_trace_eventid_equal()posix_trace_shutdown()posix_trace_eventid_get_name()posix_trace_start()posix_trace_eventtypelist_getnext_id()posix_trace_stop()posix_trace_eventtypelist_rewind()posix_trace_timedgetnext_event()posix_trace_get_attr()posix_trace_trid_eventid_open()posix_trace_get_status()posix_trace_trygetnext_event() If the Trace Event Filter option is supported, the following additional functions may use thetrid argument:posix_trace_get_filter()posix_trace_set_filter() In particular, notice that the operations normally used by a trace analyzer process, such asposix_trace_rewind() orposix_trace_close(), cannot be invoked using the trace stream identifier returned by theposix_trace_create() function. A trace stream shall be created in a suspended state. If the Trace Event Filter option is supported, its trace event type filter shall be empty. Theposix_trace_create() function may be called multiple times from the same or different processes, with the system-wide limit indicated by the runtime invariant value {TRACE_SYS_MAX}, which has the minimum value {_POSIX_TRACE_SYS_MAX}. The trace stream identifier returned by theposix_trace_create() function in the argument pointed to bytrid is valid only in the process that made the function call. If it is used from another process, that is a child process, in functions defined in POSIX.1‐2008, these functions shall return with the error[EINVAL]. Theposix_trace_create_withlog() function shall be equivalent toposix_trace_create(), except that it associates a trace log with this stream. Thefile_desc argument shall be the file descriptor designating the trace log destination. The function shall fail if this file descriptor refers to a file with a file type that is not compatible with the log policy associated with the trace log. The list of the appropriate file types that are compatible with each log policy is implementation-defined. Theposix_trace_create_withlog() function shall return in the parameter pointed to bytrid the trace stream identifier, which uniquely identifies the newly created trace stream, and shall be used in subsequent calls to control tracing. Thetrid argument may only be used by the following functions:posix_trace_clear()posix_trace_get_status()posix_trace_eventid_equal()posix_trace_getnext_event()posix_trace_eventid_get_name()posix_trace_shutdown()posix_trace_eventtypelist_getnext_id()posix_trace_start()posix_trace_eventtypelist_rewind()posix_trace_stop()posix_trace_flush()posix_trace_timedgetnext_event()posix_trace_get_attr()posix_trace_trid_eventid_open() If the Trace Event Filter option is supported, the following additional functions may use thetrid argument:posix_trace_get_filter()posix_trace_set_filter() In particular, notice that the operations normally used by a trace analyzer process, such asposix_trace_rewind() orposix_trace_close(), cannot be invoked using the trace stream identifier returned by theposix_trace_create_withlog() function. Theposix_trace_flush() function shall initiate a flush operation which copies the contents of the trace stream identified by the argumenttrid into the trace log associated with the trace stream at the creation time. If no trace log has been associated with the trace stream pointed to bytrid, this function shall return an error. The termination of the flush operation can be polled by theposix_trace_get_status() function. During the flush operation, it shall be possible to trace new trace events up to the point when the trace stream becomes full. After flushing is completed, the space used by the flushed trace events shall be available for tracing new trace events. If flushing the trace stream causes the resulting trace log to become full, the trace log full policy shall be applied. If the tracelog-full-policy attribute is set, the following occurs: POSIX_TRACE_UNTIL_FULL The trace events that have not yet been flushed shall be discarded. POSIX_TRACE_LOOP The trace events that have not yet been flushed shall be written to the beginning of the trace log, overwriting previous trace events stored there. POSIX_TRACE_APPEND The trace events that have not yet been flushed shall be appended to the trace log. Theposix_trace_shutdown() function shall stop the tracing of trace events in the trace stream identified bytrid, as ifposix_trace_stop() had been invoked. Theposix_trace_shutdown() function shall free all the resources associated with the trace stream. Theposix_trace_shutdown() function shall not return until all the resources associated with the trace stream have been freed. When theposix_trace_shutdown() function returns, thetrid argument becomes an invalid trace stream identifier. A call to this function shall unconditionally deallocate the resources regardless of whether all trace events have been retrieved by the analyzer process. Any thread blocked on one of thetrace_getnext_event() functions (which specified thistrid) before this call is unblocked with the error[EINVAL]. If the process exits, invokes a member of theexec family of functions, or is terminated, the trace streams that the process had created and that have not yet been shut down, shall be automatically shut down as if an explicit call were made to theposix_trace_shutdown() function. For an active trace stream with log, when theposix_trace_shutdown() function is called, all trace events that have not yet been flushed to the trace log shall be flushed, as in theposix_trace_flush() function, and the trace log shall be closed. When a trace log is closed, all the information that may be retrieved later from the trace log through the trace interface shall have been written to the trace log. This information includes the trace attributes, the list of trace event types (with the mapping between trace event names and trace event type identifiers), and the trace status. In addition, unspecified information shall be written to the trace log to allow detection of a valid trace log during theposix_trace_open() operation. Theposix_trace_shutdown() function shall not return until all trace events have been flushed.Upon successful completion, these functions shall return a value of zero. Otherwise, they shall return the corresponding error number. Theposix_trace_create() andposix_trace_create_withlog() functions store the trace stream identifier value in the object pointed to bytrid, if successful.
Theposix_trace_create() andposix_trace_create_withlog() functions shall fail if:EAGAINNo more trace streams can be started now. {TRACE_SYS_MAX} has been exceeded.EINTRThe operation was interrupted by a signal. No trace stream was created.EINVALOne or more of the trace parameters specified by theattr parameter is invalid.ENOMEMThe implementation does not currently have sufficient memory to create the trace stream with the specified parameters.EPERMThe caller does not have appropriate privileges to trace the process specified bypid.ESRCHThepid argument does not refer to an existing process. Theposix_trace_create_withlog() function shall fail if:EBADFThefile_desc argument is not a valid file descriptor open for writing.EINVALThefile_desc argument refers to a file with a file type that does not support the log policy associated with the trace log.ENOSPCNo space left on device. The device corresponding to the argumentfile_desc does not contain the space required to create this trace log. Theposix_trace_flush() andposix_trace_shutdown() functions shall fail if:EINVALThe value of thetrid argument does not correspond to an active trace stream with log.EFBIGThe trace log file has attempted to exceed an implementation-defined maximum file size.ENOSPCNo space left on device.The following sections are informative.None.
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Theposix_trace_create(),posix_trace_create_withlog(),posix_trace_flush(), andposix_trace_shutdown() functions may be removed in a future version.
clock_getres(3p),exec(1p),posix_trace_attr_destroy(3p),posix_trace_clear(3p),posix_trace_close(3p),posix_trace_eventid_equal(3p),posix_trace_eventtypelist_getnext_id(3p),posix_trace_get_attr(3p),posix_trace_get_filter(3p),posix_trace_getnext_event(3p),posix_trace_start(3p),posix_trace_start(3p),time(3p) The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017,sys_types.h(0p),trace.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online athttp://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, seehttps://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .IEEE/The Open Group 2017POSIX_TRACE_CREATE(3P)Pages that refer to this page:trace.h(0p), exec(3p), _Exit(3p), posix_trace_attr_destroy(3p), posix_trace_attr_getclockres(3p), posix_trace_attr_getinherited(3p), posix_trace_attr_getlogsize(3p), posix_trace_clear(3p), posix_trace_flush(3p), posix_trace_get_attr(3p), posix_trace_getnext_event(3p), posix_trace_shutdown(3p), posix_trace_start(3p)
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