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32 .Nm KTR_INFO_MASTER_EXTERN ,
36 .Nd kernel tracing facility
39 .Vt "extern int ktr_entries" ;
40 .Vt "extern int ktr_verbose" ;
41 .Vt "extern struct ktr_entry *ktr_buf[MAXCPU]" ;
42 .Fn KTR_INFO_MASTER "master"
43 .Fn KTR_INFO_MASTER_EXTERN "master"
44 .Fn KTR_INFO "compile" "master" "name" "maskbit" "format" "type name" "..."
45 .Fn KTR_LOG "info" "arg ..."
46 .Fn KTR_COND_LOG "info" "cond" "arg ..."
50 facility provides a circular buffer of events that can be logged in a
53 These events can then be dumped with
60 declares a new master variable
61 .Dv ktr Ns _ Ns Fa master Ns _ Ns Dv enable
62 that is used to turn on and off event logging.
63 .Fn KTR_INFO_MASTER_EXTERN
64 is a convenience macro for declaring a master variable
69 macro registers a new event
71 that will be controlled by the
74 Code for logging this event will be compiled in when
79 argument is a format string in the manner of
81 used to build the text of the event log message.
82 The arguments required by the format string have to be specified with a
88 is a bit number that determines which of the corresponding
89 .Va debug.ktr.*_enable
90 sysctl's bits will enable logging of this event.
92 Kernel events are logged via the
97 parameter is an identifier of the format
98 .Fa master Ns _ Ns Fa name .
100 accepts zero or more additional
102 arguments as required by the
104 string passed to the associated
110 macro is equivalent to
112 except it logs only when the condition specified in
118 variable contains the number of entries in the
121 These variables are mostly useful for post-mortem crash dump tools to locate
122 the base of the circular trace buffer and its length.
126 variable stores the verbose flag that controls whether events are logged to
127 the console in addition to the event buffer.
129 This example demonstrates a simple usage of the KTR facility:
131 .Bd -literal -compact
136 #if !defined(KTR_FOO)
137 #define KTR_FOO KTR_ALL
139 KTR_INFO_MASTER(foo);
140 KTR_INFO(KTR_FOO, foo, func1, 0, "func1()");
141 KTR_INFO(KTR_FOO, foo, func2, 1, "func2(%d)", int arg);
142 KTR_INFO(KTR_FOO, foo, func3, 2, "func3: arg positive: %d", int arg);
156 KTR_LOG(foo_func2, arg);
163 KTR_COND_LOG(foo_func3, arg >= 0, arg);
176 kernel tracing facility first appeared in
178 and was imported into
182 It was completely rewritten by Matthew Dillon in