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KTRACE(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual KTRACE(1)
NAME
ktrace -- enable kernel process tracing
SYNOPSIS
ktrace [-aCcdi] [-f trfile] [-g pgrp | -p pid] [-t trstr]
ktrace [-adi] [-f trfile] [-t trstr] command
DESCRIPTION
The ktrace utility enables kernel trace logging for the specified pro-
cesses. Kernel trace data is logged to the file ktrace.out. The kernel
operations that are traced include system calls, namei translations, sig-
nal processing, and I/O.
Once tracing is enabled on a process, trace data will be logged until
either 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 recreating 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 trfile
Log trace records to trfile 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).
-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
n trace namei translations
i trace I/O
s trace signal processing
u userland traces
w context switches
+ trace the default set of trace points - c, n, i, s, u
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 appeared in 4.4BSD.
BUGS
Only works if trfile is a regular file.
FreeBSD 6.2 June 6, 1993 FreeBSD 6.2
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