.\" $OpenBSD: ktrace.9,v 1.8 2013/08/14 06:32:32 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2003 Michael Shalayeff .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF MIND, USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: August 14 2013 $ .Dt KTRACE 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ktrcsw , .Nm ktremul , .Nm ktrgenio , .Nm ktrnamei , .Nm ktrpsig , .Nm ktrsyscall , .Nm ktrsysret , .Nm KTRPOINT .Nd process tracing kernel interface .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/param.h .In sys/proc.h .In sys/ktrace.h .Fn KTRPOINT "struct proc *p" "int type" .Ft void .Fn ktrcsw "struct proc *p" "int out" "int user" .Ft void .Fn ktremul "struct proc *p" "char *emul" .Ft void .Fn ktrgenio "struct proc *p" "int fd" "enum uio_rw rw" "struct iovec *iov" "int len" "int error" .Ft void .Fn ktrnamei "struct proc *p" "char *path" .Ft void .Fn ktrpsig "struct proc *p" "int sig" "sig_t action" "int mask" "int code" "siginfo_t *si" .Ft void .Fn ktrsyscall "struct proc *p" "register_t code" "size_t argsize" "register_t args[]" .Ft void .Fn ktrsysret "struct proc *p" "register_t code" "int error" "register_t retval" .Sh DESCRIPTION This interface is meant for kernel subsystems and machine dependent code to inform the user about the events occurring to the process should tracing of such be enabled using the .Xr ktrace 2 system call. Each of the functions (except for .Nm KTRPOINT ) is meant for a particular type of event and is described below. .Pp The .Fn KTRPOINT macro should be used before calling any of the other tracing functions to verify that tracing for that particular type of events has been enabled. Possible values for the .Fa type argument are a mask of the KTRFAC_ values described in .Xr ktrace 2 . .Pp .Fn ktrcsw is called during the context switching. The .Fa user argument is a boolean value specifying whether the process has been put into a waiting state (true) or placed onto a running queue (false). Furthermore the .Fa user argument indicates whether a voluntary (false) or an involuntary (true) switching has happened. .Pp .Fn ktremul should be called every time emulation for the execution environment is changed and thus the name of which is given in the .Fa name argument. .Pp .Fn ktrgenio should be called for each generic input/output transaction that is described by the .Fa fd file descriptor, .Fa rw transaction type (consult .Pa sys/sys/uio.h for the .Nm enum uio_rw definition), .Fa iov input/output data vector, .Fa len size of the .Fa iov vector, and, lastly, .Fa error status of the transaction. .Pp .Fn ktrnamei should be called every time a .Xr namei 9 operation is performed over the .Fa path name. .Pp .Fn ktrpsig should be called for each signal .Fa sig posted for the traced process. The .Fa action taken is one of .Nm SIG_DFL , .Nm SIG_IGN , or .Nm SIG_ERR as described in the .Xr sigaction 2 document. .Fa mask is the current traced process' signal mask. Signal-specific code and .Em siginfo_t structure as described in .Aq Pa sys/siginfo.h are given in the .Fa code and .Fa si arguments respectively. .Pp .Fn ktrsyscall should be called for each system call number .Fa code executed with arguments in .Fa args of total count of .Fa argsize . .Pp .Fn ktrsysret should be called for a return from each system call number .Fa code and error number of .Fa error as described in .Xr errno 2 and a return value in .Fa retval that is syscall dependent. .Sh CODE REFERENCES The process tracing facility is implemented in .Pa sys/kern/kern_ktrace.c . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr errno 2 , .Xr ktrace 2 , .Xr syscall 2 , .Xr namei 9 , .Xr syscall 9 .Sh HISTORY The process tracing facility first appeared in .Bx 4.4 . .Pp The .Nm ktrace section manual page appeared in .Ox 3.4 .