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24.Dd October 5, 2013
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.It Fl H
281Print the pathnames of included files when invoking
282.Xr cpp 1
283(enabled using the
284.Fl C
285option).
286This option passes the
287.Fl H
288option to each
289.Xr cpp 1
290invocation, causing it to display the list of pathnames, one for each line, to
291standard error.
292.Fl G
293option.
294If the
295.Fl o
296option
297is present, the header file is saved using the pathname specified as the
298argument for that option.
299If the
300.Fl o
301option is not present and the DTrace program is contained with a file whose
302name is
303.Ar filename.d ,
304then the header file is saved using the name
305.Ar filename.h .
306.It Fl i Ar probe-id Op Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action
307Specify probe identifier
308.Ar ( probe-id )
309to trace or list
310.Ar ( l
311option).
312You can specify probe IDs using decimal integers as shown by `dtrace -l`.
313The
314.Fl i
315argument can be suffixed with an optional D probe clause.
316You can specify more than one
317.Fl i
318option at a time.
319.It Fl I Ar path
320Add the specified directory
321.Ar path
322to the search path for #include files when invoking
323.Xr cpp 1
324(enabled using the
325.Fl C
326option).
327This option passes the
328.Fl I
329option to each
330.Xr cpp 1
331invocation.
332The specified
333.Ar path
334is inserted into the search path ahead of the default directory list.
335.It Fl l
336List probes instead of enabling them.
337If the
338.Fl l
339option is specified,
340.Nm
341produces a report of the probes matching the descriptions given using the
342.Fl P , m , f , n , i ,
343and
344.Fl s
345options.
346If none of these options are specified, this option lists all probes.
347.It Fl L Ar path
348Add the specified directory
349.Ar path
350to the search path for DTrace libraries.
351DTrace libraries are used to contain common definitions that can be used when
352writing D programs.
353The specified
354.Ar path
355is added after the default library search path.
356.It Fl m Oo Ar provider : Oc Ar module Oo Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action Oc
357Specify module name to trace or list
358.Fl ( l
359option).
360The corresponding argument can include any of the probe description forms
361.Ar provider:module
362or
363.Ar module .
364Unspecified probe description fields are left blank and match any probes
365regardless of the values in those fields.
366If no qualifiers other than
367.Ar module
368are specified in the description, all probes with a corresponding
369.Ar module
370are matched.
371The
372.Fl m
373argument can be suffixed with an optional D probe clause.
374More than one
375.Fl m
376option can be specified on the command line at a time.
377.It Fl n Oo Oo Oo Ar provider : Oc Ar module : Oc Ar function : Oc Ar name \
378    Oo Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action Oc
379Specify probe name to trace or list
380.Fl ( l
381option).
382The corresponding argument can include any of the probe description forms
383.Ar provider:module:function:name , module:function:name , function:name ,
384or
385.Ar name .
386Unspecified probe description fields are left blank and match any probes
387regardless of the values in those fields.
388If no qualifiers other than
389.Ar name
390are specified in the description, all probes with a corresponding
391.Ar name
392are matched.
393The
394.Fl n
395argument can be suffixed with an optional D probe clause.
396More than one
397.Fl n
398option can be specified on the command line at a time.
399.It Fl o Ar output
400Specify the
401.Ar output
402file for the
403.Fl A , G ,
404and
405.Fl l
406options, or for the traced data itself.
407If the
408.Fl A
409option is present and
410.Fl o
411is not present, the default output file is
412.Pa /boot/dtrace.dof .
413If the
414.Fl G
415option is present and the
416.Fl s
417option's argument is of the form
418.Ar filename.d
419and
420.Fl o
421is not present, the default output file is
422.Ar filename.o .
423Otherwise the default output file is
424.Ar d.out .
425.It Fl p Ar pid
426Grab the specified process-ID
427.Ar pid ,
428cache its symbol tables, and exit upon its completion.
429If more than one
430.Fl p
431option is present on the command line,
432.Nm
433exits when all commands have exited, reporting the exit status for each process
434as it terminates.
435The first process-ID is made available to any D programs specified on the
436command line or using the
437.Fl s
438option through the
439.Li $target
440macro variable.
441.It Fl P Ar provider Oo Oo Ar predicate Oc Ar action Oc
442Specify provider name to trace or list
443.Fl ( l
444option).
445The remaining probe description fields module, function, and name are left
446blank and match any probes regardless of the values in those fields.
447The
448.Fl P
449argument can be suffixed with an optional D probe clause.
450You can specify more than one
451.Fl P
452option on the command line at a time.
453.It Fl q
454Set quiet mode.
455.Nm
456suppresses messages such as the number of probes matched by the specified
457options and D programs and does not print column headers, the CPU ID, the probe
458ID, or insert newlines into the output.
459Only data traced and formatted by D program statements such as
460.Ql dtrace()
461and
462.Ql printf()
463is displayed to standard output.
464.It Fl s Ar script
465Compile the specified D program source file.
466If the
467.Fl e
468option is present, the program is compiled but instrumentation is not enabled.
469If the
470.Fl l
471option is present, the program is compiled and the set of probes matched by it
472is listed, but instrumentation is not enabled.
473If none of
474.Fl e , l , G ,
475or
476.Fl A
477are present, the instrumentation specified by the D program is enabled and
478tracing begins.
479.It Fl S
480Show D compiler intermediate code.
481The D compiler produces a report of the intermediate code generated for each D
482program to standard error.
483.It Fl U Ar name
484Undefine the specified
485.Ar name
486when invoking
487.Xr cpp 1
488(enabled using the
489.Fl C
490option).
491This option passes the
492.Fl U
493option to each
494.Xr cpp 1
495invocation.
496.It Fl v
497Set verbose mode.
498If the
499.Fl v
500option is specified,
501.Nm
502produces a program stability report showing the minimum interface stability and
503dependency level for the specified D programs.
504.It Fl V
505Report the highest D programming interface version supported by
506.Nm .
507The version information is printed to standard output and the
508.Nm
509command exits.
510.It Fl w
511Permit destructive actions in D programs specified using the
512.Fl s , P , m , f , n ,
513or
514.Fl i
515options.
516If the
517.Fl w
518option is not specified,
519.Nm
520does not permit the compilation or enabling of a D program that contains
521destructive actions.
522.It Fl x Ar arg Op Ns = Ns value
523Enable or modify a DTrace runtime option or D compiler option.
524Boolean options are enabled by specifying their name.
525Options with values are set by separating the option name and value with an
526equals sign (=).
527.It Fl X Cm a | c | s | t
528Specify the degree of conformance to the ISO C standard that should be selected
529when invoking
530.Xr cpp 1
531(enabled using the
532.Fl C
533option).
534The
535.Fl X
536option argument affects the value and presence of the __STDC__ macro depending
537upon the value of the argument letter.
538.sp
539The
540.Fl X
541option supports the following arguments:
542.Bl -tag -width indent
543.It a
544Default.
545ISO C plus K&R compatibility extensions, with semantic changes required by ISO
546C.
547This is the default mode if
548.Fl X
549is not specified.
550The predefined macro __STDC__ has a value of 0 when
551.Xr cpp 1
552is invoked in conjunction with the
553.Fl Xa
554option.
555.It c
556Conformance.
557Strictly conformant ISO C, without K&R C compatibility extensions.
558The predefined macro __STDC__ has a value of 1 when
559.Xr cpp 1
560is invoked in conjunction with the
561.Fl \&Xc
562option.
563.It s
564K&R C only.
565The macro __STDC__ is not defined when
566.Xr cpp 1
567is invoked in conjunction with the
568.Fl Xs
569option.
570.It t
571Transition.
572ISO C plus K&R C compatibility extensions, without semantic changes required by
573ISO C.
574The predefined macro __STDC__ has a value of 0 when
575.Xr cpp 1
576is invoked in conjunction with the
577.Fl Xt
578option.
579.El
580.Pp
581As the
582.Fl X
583option only affects how the D compiler invokes the C preprocessor, the
584.Fl Xa
585and
586.Fl Xt
587options are equivalent from the perspective of D and both are provided only to
588ease re-use of settings from a C build environment.
589.Pp
590Regardless of the
591.Fl X
592mode, the following additional C preprocessor definitions are always specified
593and valid in all modes:
594.Bl -bullet -offset indent
595.It
596__sun
597.It
598__unix
599.It
600__SVR4
601.It
602__sparc (on SPARC systems only)
603.It
604__sparcv9 (on SPARC systems only when 64-bit programs are compiled)
605.It
606__i386 (on x86 systems only when 32-bit programs are compiled)
607.It
608__amd64 (on x86 systems only when 64-bit programs are compiled)
609.It
610__`uname -s`_`uname -r` (for example,
611.Ql FreeBSD_9.2-RELEASE .
612.It
613__SUNW_D=1
614.It
615.No __SUNW_D_VERSION=0x Ns Ar MMmmmuuu
616.Pp
617Where
618.Ar MM
619is the major release value in hexadecimal,
620.Ar mmm
621is the minor release value in hexadecimal, and
622.Ar uuu
623is the micro release value in hexadecimal.
624.El
625.It Fl Z
626Permit probe descriptions that match zero probes.
627If the
628.Fl Z
629option is not specified,
630.Nm
631reports an error and exits if any probe descriptions specified in D program
632files
633.Fl ( s
634option) or on the command line
635.Fl ( P , m , f , n ,
636or
637.Fl i
638options) contain descriptions that do not match any known probes.
639.El
640.Sh OPERANDS
641You can specify zero or more additional arguments on the
642.Nm
643command line to define a set of macro variables and so forth).
644The additional arguments can be used in D programs specified using the
645.Fl s
646option or on the command line.
647.Sh FILES
648.Bl -tag -width /boot/dtrace.dof -compact
649.It Pa /boot/dtrace.dof
650File for anonymous tracing directives.
651.El
652.Sh EXIT STATUS
653The following exit statuses are returned:
654.Bl -tag -width indent
655.It 0
656Successful completion.
657.Pp
658For D program requests, an exit status of 0 indicates that programs were
659successfully compiled, probes were successfully enabled, or anonymous state
660was successfully retrieved.
661.Nm
662returns 0 even if the specified tracing requests encountered errors or drops.
663.It 1
664An error occurred.
665.Pp
666For D program requests, an exit status of 1 indicates that program compilation
667failed or that the specified request could not be satisfied.
668.It 2
669Invalid command line options or arguments were specified.
670.El
671.Sh SEE ALSO
672.Xr cpp 1 ,
673.Xr dtruss 1 ,
674.Xr elf 5
675.Rs
676.%T Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide
677.Re
678