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# View Source LTTng and Erlang/OTP

## Introduction

The Linux Trace Toolkit: next generation is an open source system software package for correlated tracing of the Linux kernel, user applications and libraries.

For more information, please visit http://lttng.org

## Building Erlang/OTP with LTTng support

Configure and build Erlang with LTTng support:

For LTTng to work properly with Erlang/OTP you need the following packages installed:

- LTTng-tools: a command line interface to control tracing sessions.
- LTTng-UST: user space tracing library.

On Ubuntu this can be installed via `aptitude`:

    $ sudo aptitude install lttng-tools liblttng-ust-dev

See Installing LTTng for more information on how to install LTTng on your system.

After LTTng is properly installed on the system Erlang/OTP can be built with LTTng support.

    $ ./configure --with-dynamic-trace=lttng
    $ make

## Dyntrace Tracepoints

All tracepoints are in the domain of `org_erlang_dyntrace`

All Erlang types are the string equivalent in LTTng.

process_spawn

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `parent : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `entry : string` :: Code Location. Ex. `"lists:sort/1"`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `procs` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    process_spawn: { cpu_id = 3 }, { pid = "<0.131.0>", parent = "<0.130.0>", entry = "erlang:apply/2" }

process_link

- `to : string` :: Process ID or Port ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `from : string` :: Process ID or Port ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`

- `type : string` :: `"link" | "unlink"`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `procs` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    process_link: { cpu_id = 3 }, { from = "<0.130.0>", to = "<0.131.0>", type = "link" }

process_exit

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `reason : string` :: Exit reason. Ex. `"normal"`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `procs` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    process_exit: { cpu_id = 3 }, { pid = "<0.130.0>", reason = "normal" }

process_register

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `name : string` :: Registered name. Ex. `"logger"`

- `type : string` :: `"register" | "unregister"`

Example:

    process_register: { cpu_id = 0 }, { pid = "<0.128.0>", name = "dyntrace_lttng_SUITE" type = "register" }

process_scheduled

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `entry : string` :: Code Location. Ex. `"lists:sort/1"`
- `type : string` :: `"in" | "out" | "in_exiting" | "out_exiting" | "out_exited"`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `running` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    process_scheduled: { cpu_id = 0 }, { pid = "<0.136.0>", entry = "erlang:apply/2", type = "in" }

port_open

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `ports` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    port_open: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.131.0>", driver = "'/bin/sh -s unix:cmd'", port = "#Port<0.1887>" }

port_exit

- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `reason : string` :: Exit reason. Ex. `"normal"`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `ports` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    port_exit: { cpu_id = 5 }, { port = "#Port<0.1887>", reason = "normal" }

port_link

- `to : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `from : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`

- `type : string` :: `"link" | "unlink"`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `ports` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    port_link: { cpu_id = 5 }, { from = "#Port<0.1887>", to = "<0.131.0>", type = "unlink" }

port_scheduled

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `running` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `entry : string` :: Callback. Ex. `"open"`
- `type : string` :: `"in" | "out" | "in_exiting" | "out_exiting" | "out_exited"`

Example:

    port_scheduled: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "#Port<0.1905>", entry = "close", type = "out" }

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `running` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

function_call

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `entry : string` :: Code Location. Ex. `"lists:sort/1"`
- `depth : integer` :: Stack depth. Ex. `0`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `call` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    function_call: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.145.0>", entry = "dyntrace_lttng_SUITE:'-t_call/1-fun-1-'/0", depth = 0 }

function_return

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `entry : string` :: Code Location. Ex. `"lists:sort/1"`
- `depth : integer` :: Stack depth. Ex. `0`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `call` or `return_to` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    function_return: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.145.0>", entry = "dyntrace_lttng_SUITE:waiter/0", depth = 0 }

function_exception

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `entry : string` :: Code Location. Ex. `"lists:sort/1"`
- `class : string` :: Error reason. Ex. `"error"`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `call` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    function_exception: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.144.0>", entry = "t:call_exc/1", class = "error" }

message_send

- `from : string` :: Process ID or Port ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `to : string` :: Process ID or Port ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `message : string` :: Message sent. Ex. `"{<0.162.0>,ok}"`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `send` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    message_send: { cpu_id = 3 }, { from = "#Port<0.1938>", to = "<0.160.0>", message = "{#Port<0.1938>,eof}" }

message_receive

- `to : string` :: Process ID or Port ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `message : string` :: Message received. Ex. `"{<0.162.0>,ok}"`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `'receive'` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    message_receive: { cpu_id = 7 }, { to = "<0.167.0>", message = "{<0.165.0>,ok}" }

gc_minor_start

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `need : integer` :: Heap need. Ex. `2`
- `heap : integer` :: Young heap word size. Ex. `233`
- `old_heap : integer` :: Old heap word size. Ex. `233`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `garbage_collection` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    gc_minor_start: { cpu_id = 0 }, { pid = "<0.172.0>", need = 0, heap = 610, old_heap = 0 }

gc_minor_end

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `reclaimed : integer` :: Heap reclaimed. Ex. `2`
- `heap : integer` :: Young heap word size. Ex. `233`
- `old_heap : integer` :: Old heap word size. Ex. `233`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `garbage_collection` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    gc_minor_end: { cpu_id = 0 }, { pid = "<0.172.0>", reclaimed = 120, heap = 1598, old_heap = 1598 }

gc_major_start

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `need : integer` :: Heap need. Ex. `2`
- `heap : integer` :: Young heap word size. Ex. `233`
- `old_heap : integer` :: Old heap word size. Ex. `233`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `garbage_collection` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    gc_major_start: { cpu_id = 0 }, { pid = "<0.172.0>", need = 8, heap = 2586, old_heap = 1598 }

gc_major_end

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `reclaimed : integer` :: Heap reclaimed. Ex. `2`
- `heap : integer` :: Young heap word size. Ex. `233`
- `old_heap : integer` :: Old heap word size. Ex. `233`

Available through `erlang:trace/3` with trace flag `garbage_collection` and `{tracer,dyntrace,[]}` as tracer module.

Example:

    gc_major_end: { cpu_id = 0 }, { pid = "<0.172.0>", reclaimed = 240, heap = 4185, old_heap = 0 }

## BEAM Tracepoints

All tracepoints are in the domain of `org_erlang_otp`

All Erlang types are the string equivalent in LTTng.

driver_init

- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`
- `major : integer` :: Major version. Ex. `3`
- `minor : integer` :: Minor version. Ex. `1`
- `flags : integer` :: Flags. Ex. `1`

Example:

    driver_init: { cpu_id = 2 }, { driver = "caller_drv", major = 3, minor = 3, flags = 1 }

driver_start

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`

Example:

    driver_start: { cpu_id = 2 }, { pid = "<0.198.0>", driver = "caller_drv", port = "#Port<0.3676>" }

driver_output

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`
- `bytes : integer` :: Size of data returned. Ex. `82`

Example:

    driver_output: { cpu_id = 2 }, { pid = "<0.198.0>", port = "#Port<0.3677>", driver = "/bin/sh -s unix:cmd", bytes = 36 }

driver_outputv

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`
- `bytes : integer` :: Size of data returned. Ex. `82`

Example:

    driver_outputv: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.194.0>", port = "#Port<0.3663>", driver = "tcp_inet", bytes = 3 }

driver_ready_input

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`

Example:

    driver_ready_input: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.189.0>", port = "#Port<0.3637>", driver = "inet_gethost 4 " }

driver_ready_output

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`

Example:

    driver_ready_output: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.194.0>", port = "#Port<0.3663>", driver = "tcp_inet" }

driver_timeout

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`

Example:

    driver_timeout: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.196.0>", port = "#Port<0.3664>", driver = "tcp_inet" }

driver_stop_select

- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`

Example:

    driver_stop_select: { cpu_id = 5 }, { driver = "unknown" }

driver_flush

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`

Example:

    driver_flush: { cpu_id = 7 }, { pid = "<0.204.0>", port = "#Port<0.3686>", driver = "tcp_inet" }

driver_stop

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`

Example:

    driver_stop: { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "[]", port = "#Port<0.3673>", driver = "tcp_inet" }

driver_process_exit

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`

driver_ready_async

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`

Example:

    driver_ready_async: { cpu_id = 3 }, { pid = "<0.181.0>", port = "#Port<0.3622>", driver = "tcp_inet" }

driver_call

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`
- `command : integer` :: Command integer. Ex. `1`
- `bytes : integer` :: Size of data returned. Ex. `82`

Example:

    driver_call: { cpu_id = 2 }, { pid = "<0.202.0>", port = "#Port<0.3676>", driver = "caller_drv", command = 0, bytes = 2 }

driver_control

- `pid : string` :: Process ID. Ex. `"<0.131.0>"`
- `port : string` :: Port ID. Ex. `"#Port<0.1031>"`
- `driver : string` :: Driver name. Ex. `"tcp_inet"`
- `command : integer` :: Command integer. Ex. `1`
- `bytes : integer` :: Size of data returned. Ex. `82`

Example:

    driver_control: { cpu_id = 3 }, { pid = "<0.32767.8191>", port = "#Port<0.0>", driver = "forker", command = 83, bytes = 32 }

carrier_create

- `type : string` :: Carrier type. Ex. `"ets_alloc"`
- `instance : integer` :: Allocator instance. Ex. `1`
- `size : integer` :: Carrier size. Ex. `262144`
- `mbc_carriers : integer` :: Number of multiblock carriers in instance. Ex. `3`
- `mbc_carriers_size : integer` :: Total size of multiblock blocks carriers in instance. Ex. `1343488`
- `mbc_blocks : integer` :: Number of multiblock blocks in instance. Ex. `122`
- `mbc_blocks_size : integer` :: Total size of all multiblock blocks in instance. Ex. `285296`
- `sbc_carriers : integer` :: Number of singleblock carriers in instance. Ex. `1`
- `sbc_carriers_size : integer` :: Total size of singleblock blocks carriers in instance. Ex. `1343488`
- `sbc_blocks : integer` :: Number of singleblocks in instance. Ex. `1`
- `sbc_blocks_size : integer` :: Total size of all singleblock blocks in instance. Ex. `285296`

Example:

    carrier_create: { cpu_id = 2 }, { type = "ets_alloc", instance = 7, size = 2097152, mbc_carriers = 4, mbc_carriers_size = 3440640, mbc_blocks = 526, mbc_blocks_size = 1278576, sbc_carriers = 0, sbc_carriers_size = 0, sbc_blocks = 0, sbc_blocks_size = 0 }

carrier_destroy

- `type : string` :: Carrier type. Ex. `"ets_alloc"`
- `instance : integer` :: Allocator instance. Ex. `1`
- `size : integer` :: Carrier size. Ex. `262144`
- `mbc_carriers : integer` :: Number of multiblock carriers in instance. Ex. `3`
- `mbc_carriers_size : integer` :: Total size of multiblock blocks carriers in instance. Ex. `1343488`
- `mbc_blocks : integer` :: Number of multiblock blocks in instance. Ex. `122`
- `mbc_blocks_size : integer` :: Total size of all multiblock blocks in instance. Ex. `285296`
- `sbc_carriers : integer` :: Number of singleblock carriers in instance. Ex. `1`
- `sbc_carriers_size : integer` :: Total size of singleblock blocks carriers in instance. Ex. `1343488`
- `sbc_blocks : integer` :: Number of singleblocks in instance. Ex. `1`
- `sbc_blocks_size : integer` :: Total size of all singleblock blocks in instance. Ex. `285296`

Example:

    carrier_destroy: { cpu_id = 6 }, { type = "ets_alloc", instance = 7, size = 262144, mbc_carriers = 3, mbc_carriers_size = 3178496, mbc_blocks = 925, mbc_blocks_size = 2305336, sbc_carriers = 0, sbc_carriers_size = 0, sbc_blocks = 0, sbc_blocks_size = 0 }

carrier_pool_put

- `type : string` :: Carrier type. Ex. `"ets_alloc"`
- `instance : integer` :: Allocator instance. Ex. `1`
- `size : integer` :: Carrier size. Ex. `262144`

Example:

    carrier_pool_put: { cpu_id = 3 }, { type = "ets_alloc", instance = 5, size = 1048576 }

carrier_pool_get

- `type : string` :: Carrier type. Ex. `"ets_alloc"`
- `instance : integer` :: Allocator instance. Ex. `1`
- `size : integer` :: Carrier size. Ex. `262144`

Example:

    carrier_pool_get: { cpu_id = 7 }, { type = "ets_alloc", instance = 4, size = 3208 }

## Example of process tracing

An example of process tracing of `os_mon` and friends.

Clean start of lttng in a bash shell.

    $ lttng create erlang-demo
    Spawning a session daemon
    Session erlang-demo created.
    Traces will be written in /home/egil/lttng-traces/erlang-demo-20160526-165920

Start an Erlang node with lttng enabled.

    $ erl
    Erlang/OTP 19 [erts-8.0] [source-4d7b24d] [64-bit] [smp:8:8] [async-threads:10] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false] [lttng]

    Eshell V8.0  (abort with ^G)
    1>

Load the `dyntrace` module.

    1> l(dyntrace).
    {module,dyntrace}

All tracepoints via dyntrace are now visible and can be listed through `lttng list -u`.

Enable the process_register LTTng tracepoint for Erlang.

    $ lttng enable-event -u org_erlang_dyntrace:process_register
    UST event org_erlang_dyntrace:process_register created in channel channel0

Enable process tracing for new processes and use `dyntrace` as tracer backend.

    2> erlang:trace(new,true,[procs,{tracer,dyntrace,[]}]).
    0

Start LTTng tracing.

    $ lttng start
    Tracing started for session erlang-demo

Start the `os_mon` application in Erlang.

    3> application:ensure_all_started(os_mon).
    {ok,[sasl,os_mon]}

Stop LTTng tracing and view the result.

    $ lttng stop
    Tracing stopped for session erlang-demo
    $ lttng view
    [17:20:42.561168759] (+?.?????????) elxd1168lx9 org_erlang_dyntrace:process_register: \
        { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.66.0>", name = "sasl_sup", type = "register" }
    [17:20:42.561215519] (+0.000046760) elxd1168lx9 org_erlang_dyntrace:process_register: \
        { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.67.0>", name = "sasl_safe_sup", type = "register" }
    [17:20:42.562149024] (+0.000933505) elxd1168lx9 org_erlang_dyntrace:process_register: \
        { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.68.0>", name = "alarm_handler", type = "register" }
    [17:20:42.571035803] (+0.008886779) elxd1168lx9 org_erlang_dyntrace:process_register: \
        { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.69.0>", name = "release_handler", type = "register" }
    [17:20:42.574939868] (+0.003904065) elxd1168lx9 org_erlang_dyntrace:process_register: \
        { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.74.0>", name = "os_mon_sup", type = "register" }
    [17:20:42.576818712] (+0.001878844) elxd1168lx9 org_erlang_dyntrace:process_register: \
        { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.75.0>", name = "disksup", type = "register" }
    [17:20:42.580032013] (+0.003213301) elxd1168lx9 org_erlang_dyntrace:process_register: \
        { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.76.0>", name = "memsup", type = "register" }
    [17:20:42.583046339] (+0.003014326) elxd1168lx9 org_erlang_dyntrace:process_register: \
        { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.78.0>", name = "cpu_sup", type = "register" }
    [17:20:42.586206242] (+0.003159903) elxd1168lx9 org_erlang_dyntrace:process_register: \
        { cpu_id = 5 }, { pid = "<0.82.0>", name = "timer_server", type = "register" }

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