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KTRACE(1)                   NetBSD Reference Manual                  KTRACE(1)


NAME
ktrace, ktruss - enable kernel process tracing
SYNOPSIS
ktrace [-aCcdis] [-f trfile] [-g pgrp] [-p pid] [-t trstr] ktrace [-adis] [-f trfile] [-t trstr] command ktruss [-aCcdilRT] [-e emulation] [-f infile] [-g pgrp] [-m maxdata] [-o outfile] [-p pid] [-t trstr] ktruss [-adiRT] [-e emulation] [-m maxdata] [-o outfile] [-t trstr] com- mand
DESCRIPTION
ktrace enables kernel trace logging for the specified processes. Kernel trace data is logged to the file ktrace.out. The kernel operations that are traced include system calls, namei translations, signal processing, and I/O. Once tracing is enabled on a process, trace data will be logged until ei- ther the process exits or the trace point is cleared. A traced process can generate enormous amounts of log data quickly; It is strongly sug- gested that users memorize how to disable tracing before attempting to trace a process. The following command is sufficient to disable tracing on all user owned processes, and, if executed by root, all processes: $ ktrace -C The trace file is not human readable; use kdump(1) to decode it. The options are as follows: -a Append to the trace file instead of truncating it. -C Disable tracing on all user owned processes, and, if executed by root, all processes in the system. -c Clear the trace points associated with the specified file or pro- cesses. -d Descendants; perform the operation for all current children of the designated processes. -f file Log trace records to file instead of ktrace.out. -g pgid Enable (disable) tracing on all processes in the process group (only one -g flag is permitted). -i Inherit; pass the trace flags to all future children of the des- ignated processes. -p pid Enable (disable) tracing on the indicated process id (only one -p flag is permitted). -s Write to the trace file with synchronized I/O. -t trstr The string argument represents the kernel trace points, one per letter. The following table equates the letters with the trace- points: c trace system calls e trace emulation changes n trace namei translations i trace I/O s trace signal processing u trace user data w trace context switches + trace the default set of trace points (c, e, n, i, s, u) -e emulation If an emulation of a process is unknown, interpret system call maps assuming the named emulation instead of default "netbsd". command Execute command with the specified trace flags. The -p, -g, and command options are mutually exclusive.
EXAMPLES
# trace all kernel operations of process id 34 $ ktrace -p 34 # trace all kernel operations of processes in process group 15 and # pass the trace flags to all current and future children $ ktrace -idg 15 # disable all tracing of process 65 $ ktrace -cp 65 # disable tracing signals on process 70 and all current children $ ktrace -t s -cdp 70 # enable tracing of I/O on process 67 $ ktrace -ti -p 67 # run the command "w", tracing only system calls $ ktrace -tc w # disable all tracing to the file "tracedata" $ ktrace -c -f tracedata # disable tracing of all processes owned by the user $ ktrace -C
SEE ALSO
kdump(1)
HISTORY
The ktrace command appears in 4.4BSD. NetBSD 1.6.2 June 6, 1993 2

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