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24.Dd April 18, 2015
25.Dt DTRACE 1
26.Os
27.Sh NAME
28.Nm dtrace
29.Nd dynamic tracing compiler and tracing utility
30.Sh SYNOPSIS
31.Nm
32.Op Fl 32 | Fl 64
33.Op Fl aACeFGhHlqSvVwZ
34.Op Fl b Ar bufsz
35.Op Fl c Ar cmd
36.Op Fl D Ar name Op Ns = Ns value
37.Op Fl I Ar path
38.Op Fl L Ar path
39.Op Fl o Ar output
40.Op Fl s Ar script
41.Op Fl U Ar name
42.Op Fl x Ar arg Op Ns = Ns value
43.Op Fl X Cm a | c | s | t
44.Op Fl p Ar pid
45.Op Fl P Ar provider Oo Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action Oc
46.Op Fl m Oo Ar provider : Oc Ar module Oo Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action Oc
47.Op Fl f Oo Oo Ar provider : Oc Ar module : Oc Ar function Oo Oo Ar predicate \
48    Oc Ar action Oc
49.Op Fl n Oo Oo Oo Ar provider : Oc Ar module : Oc Ar function : Oc Ar name \
50    Oo Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action Oc
51.Op Fl i Ar probe-id Oo Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action Oc
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53DTrace is a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework ported from Solaris.
54DTrace provides a powerful infrastructure that permits administrators,
55developers, and service personnel to concisely answer arbitrary questions about
56the behavior of the operating system and user programs.
57.Pp
58The
59.Nm
60command provides a generic interface to the essential services provided by the
61DTrace facility, including:
62.Bl -bullet -offset indent
63.It
64Options that list the set of probes and providers currently published by DTrace
65.It
66Options that enable probes directly using any of the probe description
67specifiers (provider, module, function, name)
68.It
69Options that run the D compiler and compile one or more D program files or
70programs written directly on the command line
71.It
72Options that generate anonymous tracing programs
73.It
74Options that generate program stability reports
75.It
76Options that modify DTrace tracing and buffering behavior and enable
77additional D compiler features
78.El
79.Pp
80You can use
81.Nm
82to create D scripts by using it in a shebang declaration to create an
83interpreter file.
84You can also use
85.Nm
86to attempt to compile D programs and determine their properties without
87actually enabling traces using the
88.Fl e
89option.
90.Sh OPTIONS
91The arguments accepted by the
92.Fl P ,
93.Fl m ,
94.Fl f ,
95.Fl n ,
96and
97.Fl i
98options can include an optional D language
99.Ar predicate
100enclosed in slashes and an optional D language
101.Ar action
102statement list enclosed in braces.
103D program code specified on the command line must be appropriately quoted to
104avoid interpretation of meta-characters by the shell.
105.Pp
106The following options are supported:
107.Bl -tag -width indent
108.It Fl 32 | Fl 64
109The D compiler produces programs using the native data model of the operating
110system kernel.
111If the
112.Fl 32
113option is specified,
114.Nm
115forces the D compiler to compile a D program using the 32-bit data model.
116If the
117.Fl 64
118option is specified,
119.Nm
120forces the D compiler to compile a D program using the 64-bit data model.
121These options are typically not required as
122.Nm
123selects the native data model as the default.
124The data model affects the sizes of integer types and other language properties.
125D programs compiled for either data model can be executed on both 32-bit and
12664-bit kernels.
127The
128.Fl 32
129and
130.Fl 64
131options also determine the
132.Xr elf 5
133file format (ELF32 or ELF64) produced by the
134.Fl G
135option.
136.It Fl a
137Claim anonymous tracing state and display the traced data.
138You can combine the
139.Fl a
140option with the
141.Fl e
142option to force
143.Nm
144to exit immediately after consuming the anonymous tracing state rather than
145continuing to wait for new data.
146.It Fl A
147Generate directives for anonymous tracing and write them to
148.Pa /boot/dtrace.dof .
149This option constructs a set of dtrace configuration file directives to enable
150the specified probes for anonymous tracing and then exits.
151By default,
152.Nm
153attempts to store the directives to the file
154.Pa /boot/dtrace.dof .
155This behavior can be modified using the
156.Fl o
157option to specify an alternate output file.
158.It Fl b Ar bufsz
159Set the principal trace buffer size to
160.Ar bufsz .
161The trace buffer size can include any of the size suffixes k, m, g, or t.
162If the buffer space cannot be allocated,
163.Nm dtrace
164attempts to reduce the buffer size or exit depending on the setting of the
165bufresize property.
166.It Fl c Ar cmd
167Run the specified command
168.Ar cmd
169and exit upon its completion.
170If more than one
171.Fl c
172option is present on the command line,
173.Nm dtrace
174exits when all commands have exited, reporting the exit status for each child
175process as it terminates.
176The process ID of the first command is made available to any D programs
177specified on the command line or using the
178.Fl s
179option through the
180.Li $target
181macro variable.
182.It Fl C
183Run the C preprocessor
184.Xr cpp 1
185over D programs before compiling them.
186You can pass options to the C preprocessor using the
187.Fl D ,
188.Fl U ,
189.Fl I ,
190and
191.Fl H
192options.
193You can select the degree of C standard conformance if you use the
194.Fl X
195option.
196For a description of the set of tokens defined by the D compiler when invoking
197the C preprocessor, see
198.Fl X .
199.It Fl D Ar name Op Ns = Ns value
200Define
201.Ar name
202when invoking
203.Xr cpp 1
204(enabled using the
205.Fl C
206option).
207If you specify an additional
208.Ar value ,
209the name is assigned the corresponding value.
210This option passes the
211.Fl D
212option to each
213.Xr cpp 1
214invocation.
215.It Fl e
216Exit after compiling any requests and consuming anonymous tracing state
217.Fl ( a
218option) but prior to enabling any probes.
219You can combine this option with the
220.Fl a
221option to print anonymous tracing data and exit.
222You can also combine this option with D compiler options.
223This combination verifies that the programs compile without actually executing
224them and enabling the corresponding instrumentation.
225.It Fl f Oo Oo Ar provider : Oc Ar module : Oc Ar function Oo Oo Ar predicate \
226    Oc Ar action Oc
227Specify function name to trace or list
228.Fl ( l
229option).
230The corresponding argument can include any of the probe description forms
231.Ar provider:module:function ,
232.Ar module:function ,
233or
234.Ar function .
235Unspecified probe description fields are left blank and match any probes
236regardless of the values in those fields.
237If no qualifiers other than
238.Ar function
239are specified in the description, all probes with the corresponding
240.Ar function
241are matched.
242The
243.Fl f
244argument can be suffixed with an optional D probe clause.
245You can specify more than one
246.Fl f
247option on the command line at a time.
248.It Fl F
249Coalesce trace output by identifying function entry and return.
250Function entry probe reports are indented and their output is prefixed with
251.Ql -> .
252Function return probe reports are unindented and their output is prefixed with
253.Ql <- .
254System call entry probe reports are indented and their output is prefixed with
255.Ql => .
256System call return probe reports are unindented and their output is prefixed
257with
258.Ql <= .
259.It Fl G
260Generate an ELF file containing an embedded DTrace program.
261The DTrace probes specified in the program are saved inside of a relocatable ELF
262object which can be linked into another program.
263If the
264.Fl o
265option is present, the ELF file is saved using the pathname specified as the
266argument for this operand.
267If the
268.Fl o
269option is not present and the DTrace program is contained with a file whose name
270is
271.Ar filename.d ,
272then the ELF file is saved using the name
273.Ar filename.o .
274Otherwise the ELF file is saved using the name d.out.
275.It Fl h
276Generate a header file containing macros that correspond to probes in the
277specified provider definitions.
278This option should be used to generate a header file that is included by other
279source files for later use with the
280.Fl G
281option.
282If the
283.Fl o
284option is present, the header file is saved using the pathname specified as the
285argument for that option.
286If the
287.Fl o
288option is not present and the DTrace program is contained within a file whose
289name is
290.Ar filename.d ,
291then the header file is saved using the name
292.Ar filename.h .
293.It Fl H
294Print the pathnames of included files when invoking
295.Xr cpp 1
296(enabled using the
297.Fl C
298option).
299This option passes the
300.Fl H
301option to each
302.Xr cpp 1
303invocation, causing it to display the list of pathnames, one for each line, to
304standard error.
305.It Fl i Ar probe-id Op Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action
306Specify probe identifier
307.Ar ( probe-id )
308to trace or list
309.Ar ( l
310option).
311You can specify probe IDs using decimal integers as shown by `dtrace -l`.
312The
313.Fl i
314argument can be suffixed with an optional D probe clause.
315You can specify more than one
316.Fl i
317option at a time.
318.It Fl I Ar path
319Add the specified directory
320.Ar path
321to the search path for #include files when invoking
322.Xr cpp 1
323(enabled using the
324.Fl C
325option).
326This option passes the
327.Fl I
328option to each
329.Xr cpp 1
330invocation.
331The specified
332.Ar path
333is inserted into the search path ahead of the default directory list.
334.It Fl l
335List probes instead of enabling them.
336If the
337.Fl l
338option is specified,
339.Nm
340produces a report of the probes matching the descriptions given using the
341.Fl P , m , f , n , i ,
342and
343.Fl s
344options.
345If none of these options are specified, this option lists all probes.
346.It Fl L Ar path
347Add the specified directory
348.Ar path
349to the search path for DTrace libraries.
350DTrace libraries are used to contain common definitions that can be used when
351writing D programs.
352The specified
353.Ar path
354is added after the default library search path.
355.It Fl m Oo Ar provider : Oc Ar module Oo Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action Oc
356Specify module name to trace or list
357.Fl ( l
358option).
359The corresponding argument can include any of the probe description forms
360.Ar provider:module
361or
362.Ar module .
363Unspecified probe description fields are left blank and match any probes
364regardless of the values in those fields.
365If no qualifiers other than
366.Ar module
367are specified in the description, all probes with a corresponding
368.Ar module
369are matched.
370The
371.Fl m
372argument can be suffixed with an optional D probe clause.
373More than one
374.Fl m
375option can be specified on the command line at a time.
376.It Fl n Oo Oo Oo Ar provider : Oc Ar module : Oc Ar function : Oc Ar name \
377    Oo Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action Oc
378Specify probe name to trace or list
379.Fl ( l
380option).
381The corresponding argument can include any of the probe description forms
382.Ar provider:module:function:name , module:function:name , function:name ,
383or
384.Ar name .
385Unspecified probe description fields are left blank and match any probes
386regardless of the values in those fields.
387If no qualifiers other than
388.Ar name
389are specified in the description, all probes with a corresponding
390.Ar name
391are matched.
392The
393.Fl n
394argument can be suffixed with an optional D probe clause.
395More than one
396.Fl n
397option can be specified on the command line at a time.
398.It Fl o Ar output
399Specify the
400.Ar output
401file for the
402.Fl A , G ,
403and
404.Fl l
405options, or for the traced data itself.
406If the
407.Fl A
408option is present and
409.Fl o
410is not present, the default output file is
411.Pa /boot/dtrace.dof .
412If the
413.Fl G
414option is present and the
415.Fl s
416option's argument is of the form
417.Ar filename.d
418and
419.Fl o
420is not present, the default output file is
421.Ar filename.o .
422Otherwise the default output file is
423.Ar d.out .
424.It Fl p Ar pid
425Grab the specified process-ID
426.Ar pid ,
427cache its symbol tables, and exit upon its completion.
428If more than one
429.Fl p
430option is present on the command line,
431.Nm
432exits when all commands have exited, reporting the exit status for each process
433as it terminates.
434The first process-ID is made available to any D programs specified on the
435command line or using the
436.Fl s
437option through the
438.Li $target
439macro variable.
440.It Fl P Ar provider Oo Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action Oc
441Specify provider name to trace or list
442.Fl ( l
443option).
444The remaining probe description fields module, function, and name are left
445blank and match any probes regardless of the values in those fields.
446The
447.Fl P
448argument can be suffixed with an optional D probe clause.
449You can specify more than one
450.Fl P
451option on the command line at a time.
452.It Fl q
453Set quiet mode.
454.Nm
455suppresses messages such as the number of probes matched by the specified
456options and D programs and does not print column headers, the CPU ID, the probe
457ID, or insert newlines into the output.
458Only data traced and formatted by D program statements such as
459.Ql dtrace()
460and
461.Ql printf()
462is displayed to standard output.
463.It Fl s Ar script
464Compile the specified D program source file.
465If the
466.Fl e
467option is present, the program is compiled but instrumentation is not enabled.
468If the
469.Fl l
470option is present, the program is compiled and the set of probes matched by it
471is listed, but instrumentation is not enabled.
472If none of
473.Fl e , l , G ,
474or
475.Fl A
476are present, the instrumentation specified by the D program is enabled and
477tracing begins.
478.It Fl S
479Show D compiler intermediate code.
480The D compiler produces a report of the intermediate code generated for each D
481program to standard error.
482.It Fl U Ar name
483Undefine the specified
484.Ar name
485when invoking
486.Xr cpp 1
487(enabled using the
488.Fl C
489option).
490This option passes the
491.Fl U
492option to each
493.Xr cpp 1
494invocation.
495.It Fl v
496Set verbose mode.
497If the
498.Fl v
499option is specified,
500.Nm
501produces a program stability report showing the minimum interface stability and
502dependency level for the specified D programs.
503.It Fl V
504Report the highest D programming interface version supported by
505.Nm .
506The version information is printed to standard output and the
507.Nm
508command exits.
509.It Fl w
510Permit destructive actions in D programs specified using the
511.Fl s , P , m , f , n ,
512or
513.Fl i
514options.
515If the
516.Fl w
517option is not specified,
518.Nm
519does not permit the compilation or enabling of a D program that contains
520destructive actions.
521.It Fl x Ar arg Op Ns = Ns value
522Enable or modify a DTrace runtime option or D compiler option.
523Boolean options are enabled by specifying their name.
524Options with values are set by separating the option name and value with an
525equals sign (=).
526.It Fl X Cm a | c | s | t
527Specify the degree of conformance to the ISO C standard that should be selected
528when invoking
529.Xr cpp 1
530(enabled using the
531.Fl C
532option).
533The
534.Fl X
535option argument affects the value and presence of the __STDC__ macro depending
536upon the value of the argument letter.
537.sp
538The
539.Fl X
540option supports the following arguments:
541.Bl -tag -width indent
542.It a
543Default.
544ISO C plus K&R compatibility extensions, with semantic changes required by ISO
545C.
546This is the default mode if
547.Fl X
548is not specified.
549The predefined macro __STDC__ has a value of 0 when
550.Xr cpp 1
551is invoked in conjunction with the
552.Fl Xa
553option.
554.It c
555Conformance.
556Strictly conformant ISO C, without K&R C compatibility extensions.
557The predefined macro __STDC__ has a value of 1 when
558.Xr cpp 1
559is invoked in conjunction with the
560.Fl \&Xc
561option.
562.It s
563K&R C only.
564The macro __STDC__ is not defined when
565.Xr cpp 1
566is invoked in conjunction with the
567.Fl Xs
568option.
569.It t
570Transition.
571ISO C plus K&R C compatibility extensions, without semantic changes required by
572ISO C.
573The predefined macro __STDC__ has a value of 0 when
574.Xr cpp 1
575is invoked in conjunction with the
576.Fl Xt
577option.
578.El
579.Pp
580As the
581.Fl X
582option only affects how the D compiler invokes the C preprocessor, the
583.Fl Xa
584and
585.Fl Xt
586options are equivalent from the perspective of D and both are provided only to
587ease re-use of settings from a C build environment.
588.Pp
589Regardless of the
590.Fl X
591mode, the following additional C preprocessor definitions are always specified
592and valid in all modes:
593.Bl -bullet -offset indent
594.It
595__sun
596.It
597__unix
598.It
599__SVR4
600.It
601__sparc (on SPARC systems only)
602.It
603__sparcv9 (on SPARC systems only when 64-bit programs are compiled)
604.It
605__i386 (on x86 systems only when 32-bit programs are compiled)
606.It
607__amd64 (on x86 systems only when 64-bit programs are compiled)
608.It
609__`uname -s`_`uname -r` (for example,
610.Ql FreeBSD_9.2-RELEASE .
611.It
612__SUNW_D=1
613.It
614.No __SUNW_D_VERSION=0x Ns Ar MMmmmuuu
615.Pp
616Where
617.Ar MM
618is the major release value in hexadecimal,
619.Ar mmm
620is the minor release value in hexadecimal, and
621.Ar uuu
622is the micro release value in hexadecimal.
623.El
624.It Fl Z
625Permit probe descriptions that match zero probes.
626If the
627.Fl Z
628option is not specified,
629.Nm
630reports an error and exits if any probe descriptions specified in D program
631files
632.Fl ( s
633option) or on the command line
634.Fl ( P , m , f , n ,
635or
636.Fl i
637options) contain descriptions that do not match any known probes.
638.El
639.Sh OPERANDS
640You can specify zero or more additional arguments on the
641.Nm
642command line to define a set of macro variables and so forth).
643The additional arguments can be used in D programs specified using the
644.Fl s
645option or on the command line.
646.Sh FILES
647.Bl -tag -width /boot/dtrace.dof -compact
648.It Pa /boot/dtrace.dof
649File for anonymous tracing directives.
650.El
651.Sh EXIT STATUS
652The following exit statuses are returned:
653.Bl -tag -width indent
654.It 0
655Successful completion.
656.Pp
657For D program requests, an exit status of 0 indicates that programs were
658successfully compiled, probes were successfully enabled, or anonymous state
659was successfully retrieved.
660.Nm
661returns 0 even if the specified tracing requests encountered errors or drops.
662.It 1
663An error occurred.
664.Pp
665For D program requests, an exit status of 1 indicates that program compilation
666failed or that the specified request could not be satisfied.
667.It 2
668Invalid command line options or arguments were specified.
669.El
670.Sh SEE ALSO
671.Xr cpp 1 ,
672.Xr dtruss 1 ,
673.Xr elf 5 ,
674.Xr SDT 9
675.Rs
676.%T Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide
677.Re
678