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@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ The "nop" backend generates empty trace event functions so that the compiler
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can optimize out trace events completely. This is the default and imposes no
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can optimize out trace events completely. This is the default and imposes no
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performance penalty.
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performance penalty.
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+=== Stderr ===
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+
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+The "stderr" backend sends trace events directly to standard error. This
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+effectively turns trace events into debug printfs.
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+
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+This is the simplest backend and can be used together with existing code that
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+uses DPRINTF().
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+
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=== Simpletrace ===
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=== Simpletrace ===
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The "simple" backend supports common use cases and comes as part of the QEMU
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The "simple" backend supports common use cases and comes as part of the QEMU
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@@ -133,10 +141,10 @@ source tree. It may not be as powerful as platform-specific or third-party
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trace backends but it is portable. This is the recommended trace backend
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trace backends but it is portable. This is the recommended trace backend
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unless you have specific needs for more advanced backends.
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unless you have specific needs for more advanced backends.
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-=== Stderr ===
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-
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-The "stderr" backend sends trace events directly to standard error output
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-during emulation.
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+Warning: the "simple" backend is not thread-safe so only enable trace events
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+that are executed while the global mutex is held. Much of QEMU meets this
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+requirement but some utility functions like qemu_malloc() or thread-related
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+code cannot be safely traced using the "simple" backend.
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==== Monitor commands ====
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==== Monitor commands ====
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@@ -187,3 +195,17 @@ consistent.
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The "ust" backend uses the LTTng Userspace Tracer library. There are no
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The "ust" backend uses the LTTng Userspace Tracer library. There are no
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monitor commands built into QEMU, instead UST utilities should be used to list,
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monitor commands built into QEMU, instead UST utilities should be used to list,
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enable/disable, and dump traces.
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enable/disable, and dump traces.
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+=== SystemTap ===
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+The "dtrace" backend uses DTrace sdt probes but has only been tested with
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+SystemTap. When SystemTap support is detected a .stp file with wrapper probes
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+is generated to make use in scripts more convenient. This step can also be
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+performed manually after a build in order to change the binary name in the .stp
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+probes:
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+
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+ scripts/tracetool --dtrace --stap \
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+ --binary path/to/qemu-binary \
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+ --target-type system \
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+ --target-arch x86_64 \
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+ <trace-events >qemu.stp
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