4.3.2. Call Graph Tracing
This section describes how to trace incoming and outgoing function calls.
para-callgraph.stp
#! /usr/bin/env stap
function trace(entry_p, extra) {
%( $# > 1 %? if (tid() in trace) %)
printf("%s%s%s %s\n",
thread_indent (entry_p),
(entry_p>0?"->":"<-"),
probefunc (),
extra)
}
%( $# > 1 %?
global trace
probe $2.call {
trace[tid()] = 1
}
probe $2.return {
delete trace[tid()]
}
%)
probe $1.call { trace(1, $$parms) }
probe $1.return { trace(-1, $$return) }
para-callgraph.stp takes two command-line arguments:
- The function(s) whose entry or exit you would like to trace (
$1). - A second optional trigger function (
$2), which enables or disables tracing on a per-thread basis. Tracing in each thread will continue as long as the trigger function has not exited yet.
para-callgraph.stp uses
thread_indent(); as such, its output contains the timestamp, process name, and thread ID of $1 (that is the probe function you are tracing). For more information about thread_indent(), refer to its entry in SystemTap Functions.
The following example contains an excerpt from the output for
stap para-callgraph.stp 'kernel.function("*@fs/*.c")' 'kernel.function("sys_read")':
Example 4.12. para-callgraph.stp Sample Output
[...]
267 gnome-terminal(2921): <-do_sync_read return=0xfffffffffffffff5
269 gnome-terminal(2921):<-vfs_read return=0xfffffffffffffff5
0 gnome-terminal(2921):->fput file=0xffff880111eebbc0
2 gnome-terminal(2921):<-fput
0 gnome-terminal(2921):->fget_light fd=0x3 fput_needed=0xffff88010544df54
3 gnome-terminal(2921):<-fget_light return=0xffff8801116ce980
0 gnome-terminal(2921):->vfs_read file=0xffff8801116ce980 buf=0xc86504 count=0x1000 pos=0xffff88010544df48
4 gnome-terminal(2921): ->rw_verify_area read_write=0x0 file=0xffff8801116ce980 ppos=0xffff88010544df48 count=0x1000
7 gnome-terminal(2921): <-rw_verify_area return=0x1000
12 gnome-terminal(2921): ->do_sync_read filp=0xffff8801116ce980 buf=0xc86504 len=0x1000 ppos=0xffff88010544df48
15 gnome-terminal(2921): <-do_sync_read return=0xfffffffffffffff5
18 gnome-terminal(2921):<-vfs_read return=0xfffffffffffffff5
0 gnome-terminal(2921):->fput file=0xffff8801116ce980
