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LIBTRACEFS(3)               libtracefs Manual              LIBTRACEFS(3)

NAME         top

       tracefs_uprobe_alloc, tracefs_uretprobe_alloc - Allocate new user
       (return) probe

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <tracefs.h>

       struct tracefs_dynevent *
       tracefs_uprobe_alloc(const char *system, const char *event,
                            const char *file, unsigned long long offset, const char *fetchargs)
       struct tracefs_dynevent *
       tracefs_uretprobe_alloc(const char *system, const char *event,
                            const char *file, unsigned long long offset, const char *fetchargs)

DESCRIPTION         top

       tracefs_uprobe_alloc() allocates a new uprobe context. It will be
       in the system group (or uprobes if system is NULL) and with event
       name. The uprobe will be attached to offset within the file. The
       list of arguments, described in fetchargs, will be fetched with
       the uprobe. The returned pointer to the user probe context must
       be freed with tracefs_dynevent_free(). The ubrobe is not
       configured in the system, tracefs_dynevent_* set of APIs can be
       used to configure it.

       The tracefs_uretprobe_alloc() behaves the same as
       tracefs_uprobe_alloc(), the only difference is that it allocates
       context to user return probe (uretprobe).

RETURN VALUE         top

       The tracefs_uprobe_alloc() and tracefs_uretprobe_alloc() APIs
       return a pointer to an allocated tracefs_dynevent structure,
       describing the user probe. This pointer must be freed with
       tracefs_dynevent_free(3). Note, this only allocates a descriptor
       representing the uprobe. It does not modify the running system.
       On error NULL is returned.

EXAMPLE         top

           #include <stdlib.h>
           #include <unistd.h>
           #include <sys/wait.h>

           #include <tracefs.h>

           static int callback(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_record *record,
                               int cpu, void *data)
           {
                   struct trace_seq seq;

                   trace_seq_init(&seq);
                   tep_print_event(event->tep, &seq, record, "%d-%s: %s",
                                   TEP_PRINT_PID, TEP_PRINT_COMM, TEP_PRINT_NAME);
                   trace_seq_puts(&seq, "'\n");

                   trace_seq_terminate(&seq);
                   trace_seq_do_printf(&seq);
                   trace_seq_destroy(&seq);

                   return 0;
           }

           static pid_t run_exec(char **argv, char **env)
           {
                   pid_t pid;

                   pid = fork();
                   if (pid)
                           return pid;

                   execve(argv[0], argv, env);
                   perror("exec");
                   exit(-1);
           }

           const char *myprobe = "my_urobes";

           int main (int argc, char **argv, char **env)
           {
                   struct tracefs_dynevent *uprobe, *uretprobe;
                   struct tep_handle *tep;
                   struct tracefs_instance *instance;
                   const char *sysnames[] = { myprobe, NULL };
                   long addr;
                   pid_t pid;

                   if (argc < 3) {
                           printf("usage: %s file_offset command\n", argv[0]);
                           exit(-1);
                   }
                   addr = strtol(argv[1], NULL, 0);

                   instance = tracefs_instance_create("exec_open");
                   if (!instance) {
                           perror("creating instance");
                           exit(-1);
                   }

                   tracefs_dynevent_destroy_all(TRACEFS_DYNEVENT_UPROBE|TRACEFS_DYNEVENT_URETPROBE, true);

                   uprobe = tracefs_uprobe_alloc(myprobe, "user_probe", argv[2], addr, NULL);
                   uretprobe = tracefs_uretprobe_alloc(myprobe, "user_retprobe", argv[2], addr, NULL);
                   if (!uprobe || !uretprobe) {
                           perror("allocating user probes");
                           exit(-1);
                   }

                   if (tracefs_dynevent_create(uprobe) ||
                       tracefs_dynevent_create(uretprobe)) {
                           perror("creating user probes");
                           exit(-1);
                   }

                   tep = tracefs_local_events_system(NULL, sysnames);
                   if (!tep) {
                           perror("reading events");
                           exit(-1);
                   }

                   tracefs_event_enable(instance, myprobe, "user_probe");
                   tracefs_event_enable(instance, myprobe, "user_retprobe");

                   pid = run_exec(&argv[2], env);

                   /* Let the child start to run */
                   sched_yield();

                   do {
                           tracefs_load_cmdlines(NULL, tep);
                           tracefs_iterate_raw_events(tep, instance, NULL, 0, callback, NULL);
                   } while (waitpid(pid, NULL, WNOHANG) != pid);

                   /* disable and destroy the events */
                   tracefs_dynevent_destroy(uprobe, true);
                   tracefs_dynevent_destroy(uretprobe, true);
                   tracefs_dynevent_free(uprobe);
                   tracefs_dynevent_free(uretprobe);
                   tracefs_instance_destroy(instance);

                   return 0;
           }

FILES         top

           tracefs.h
                   Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
           -ltracefs
                   Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library.

SEE ALSO         top

       libtracefs(3), libtraceevent(3), trace-cmd(1)

AUTHOR         top

           Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]>
           Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com[2]>

REPORTING BUGS         top

       Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org[3]>

LICENSE         top

       libtracefs is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1

RESOURCES         top

       https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/ 

COPYING         top

       Copyright (C) 2022 VMware, Inc. Free use of this software is
       granted under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).

NOTES         top

        1. rostedt@goodmis.org
           mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org

        2. tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
           mailto:tz.stoyanov@gmail.com

        3. linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
           mailto:linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org

COLOPHON         top

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       system library) project.  Information about the project can be
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libtracefs 1.7.0               12/22/2023                  LIBTRACEFS(3)