* ''Control Flow'' - to visualize processes state transitions
* ''Resources'' - to visualize system resources state transitions
-* ''CPU usage'' - to visualize the usage of the processor with respect to the time in traces
+* ''CPU Usage'' - to visualize the usage of the processor with respect to the time in traces
+* ''Kernel Memory Usage'' - to visualize the relative usage of system memory
+* ''IO Usage'' - to visualize the usage of input/output devices
+* ''System Calls'' - presents all the system calls in a table view
+* ''System Call Statistics'' - present all the system calls statistics
+* ''System Call Density'' - to visualize the system calls displayed by duration
+* ''System Call vs Time'' - to visualize when system calls occur
Also, the LTTng plug-ins supports the following User Space traces views:
* ''Memory Usage'' - to visualize the memory usage per thread with respect to time in the traces
* ''Call Stack'' - to visualize the call stack's evolution over time
+* ''Function Duration Density'' - to visualize function calls displayed by duration
+* ''Flame Graph'' - to visualize why the CPU is busy
Finally, the LTTng plug-ins supports the following Control views:
* ''Control'' - to control the tracer and configure the tracepoints
The option '''Preserve folder structure''' will create, if necessary, the structure of folders relative to (and excluding) the selected '''Root directory''' (or '''Archive file''') into the target trace folder.
+The option '''Create Experiment''' will create an experiment with all imported traces. By default, the experiment name is the '''Root directory''' name, when importing from directory, or the ''' Archive file''' name, when importing from archive. One can change the experiment name by typing a new name in the text box beside the option.
+
[[Image:images/ProjectImportTraceDialog.png]]
If a trace already exists with the same name in the target trace folder, the user can choose to rename the imported trace, overwrite the original trace or skip the trace. When rename is chosen, a number is appended to the trace name, for example smalltrace becomes smalltrace(2).
When Finish is clicked, the trace is imported in the target folder. The folder structure from the trace package is restored in the target folder.
+=== Refreshing of Trace and Trace Folder ===
+Traces and trace folders in the workspace might be updated on the media. To refresh the content, right-click the trace or trace folder and select menu item '''Refresh'''. Alternatively, select the trace or trace folder and press key '''F5'''.
+
=== Remote Fetching ===
It is possible to import traces automatically from one or more remote hosts according to a predefined remote profile by using the '''Fetch Remote Traces''' wizard.
The header displays the current trace (or experiment) name.
-Being part of the '''Tracing and Monitoring''' Framework, the default table displays the following fields:
+The columns of the table are defined by the fields (aspects) of the specific trace type. These are the defaults:
* '''Timestamp''': the event timestamp
-* '''Source''': the source of the event
-* '''Type''': the event type and localization
-* '''Reference''' the event reference
-* '''Content''': the raw event content
+* '''Event Type''': the event type
+* '''Contents''': the fields (or payload) of this event
The first row of the table is the header row a.k.a. the Search and Filter row.
The Events editor can be closed, disposing a trace. When this is done, all the views displaying the information will be updated with the trace data of the next event editor tab. If all the editor tabs are closed, then the views will display their empty states.
+Column order and size is preserved when changed. If a column is lost due to it being resized to 0 pixels, right click on the context menu and select '''Show All''', it will be restored to a visible size.
+
=== Searching and Filtering ===
Searching and filtering of events in the table can be performed by entering matching conditions in one or multiple columns in the header row (the first row below the column header).
-To toggle between searching and filtering, click on the 'search' ([[Image:images/TmfEventSearch.gif]]) or 'filter' ([[Image:images/TmfEventFilter.gif]]) icon in the header row's left margin, or right-click on the header row and select '''Show Filter Bar''' or '''Show Search Bar''' in the context menu.
+To apply a matching condition to a specific column, click on the column's header row cell, type in a [http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html regular expression]. You can also enter a simple text string and it will be automatically be replaced with a 'contains' regular expression.
+
+Press the '''Enter''' key to apply the condition as a search condition. It will be added to any existing search conditions.
-To apply a matching condition to a specific column, click on the column's header row cell, type in a [http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html regular expression] and press the '''ENTER''' key. You can also enter a simple text string and it will be automatically be replaced with a 'contains' regular expression.
+Press the '''Ctrl+Enter''' key to immediately add the condition (and any other existing search conditions) as a filter instead.
When matching conditions are applied to two or more columns, all conditions must be met for the event to match (i.e. 'and' behavior).
-To clear all matching conditions in the header row, press the '''DEL''' key.
+A preset filter created in the [[#Filters_View | Filters]] view can also be applied by right-clicking on the table and selecting '''Apply preset filter...''' > ''filter name''
==== Searching ====
[[Image:images/TraceEditor-Search.png]]
-Pressing the '''ENTER''' key will search and select the next matching event. Pressing the '''SHIFT-ENTER''' key will search and select the previous matching event. Wrapping will occur in both directions.
+Pressing the '''Enter''' key will search and select the next matching event. Pressing the '''Shift+Enter''' key will search and select the previous matching event. Wrapping will occur in both directions.
-Press '''ESC''' to cancel an ongoing search.
+Press '''Esc''' to cancel an ongoing search.
-Press '''DEL''' to clear the header row and reset all events to normal.
+To add the currently applied search condition(s) as filter(s), click the '''Add as Filter''' [[Image:images/filter_add.gif]] button in the header row margin, or press the '''Ctrl+Enter''' key.
+
+Press '''Delete''' to clear the header row and reset all events to normal.
==== Filtering ====
-When a filtering condition is entered in the head row, the table will clear all events and fill itself with matching events as they are found from the beginning of the trace. The characters in each column which match the regular expression will be highlighted.
+When a new filter is applied, the table will clear all events and fill itself with matching events as they are found from the beginning of the trace. The characters in each column which match the regular expression will be highlighted.
A status row will be displayed before and after the matching events, dynamically showing how many matching events were found and how many events were processed so far. Once the filtering is completed, the status row icon in the left margin will change from a 'stop' to a 'filter' icon.
[[Image:images/TraceEditor-Filter.png]]
-Press '''ESC''' to stop an ongoing filtering. In this case the status row icon will remain as a 'stop' icon to indicate that not all events were processed.
+Press '''Esc''' to stop an ongoing filtering. In this case the status row icon will remain as a 'stop' icon to indicate that not all events were processed.
+
+The header bar will be displayed above the table and will show a label for each applied filter. Clicking on a label will highlight the matching strings in the events that correspond to this filter condition. Pressing the '''Delete''' key will clear this highlighting.
+
+To remove a specific filter, click on the [[Image:images/delete_button.gif]] icon on its label in the header bar. The table will be updated with the events matching the remaining filters.
+
+The header bar can be collapsed and expanded by clicking on the [[Image:images/expanded_ovr.gif]][[Image:images/collapsed_ovr.gif]] icons in the top-left corner or on its background. In collapsed mode, a minimized version of the filter labels will be shown that can also be used to highlight or remove the corresponding filter.
-Press '''DEL''' or right-click on the table and select '''Clear Filters''' from the context menu to clear the header row and remove the filtering. All trace events will be now shown in the table. Note that the currently selected event will remain selected even after the filter is removed.
+Right-click on the table and select '''Clear Filters''' from the context menu to remove all filters. All trace events will be now shown in the table. Note that the currently selected event will remain selected even after the filters are removed.
-You can also search on the subset of filtered events by toggling the header row to the Search Bar while a filter is applied. Searching and filtering conditions are independent of each other.
+You can also search on the subset of filtered events by entering a search condition in the header row while a filter is applied. Searching and filtering conditions are independent of each other.
==== Bookmarking ====
[[Image:images/Bookmarks.png]]
+=== Copy to Clipboard ===
+
+The text of selected events can be copied to the clipboard by right-clicking on the table and selecting '''Copy to Clipboard''' in the context menu. The clipboard contents will be prefixed by the column header names. For every event in the table selection, the column text will be copied to the clipboard. The column text will be tab-separated. Hidden columns will not be included in the clipboard contents.
+
=== Event Source Lookup ===
-For CTF traces using specification v1.8.2 or above, information can optionally be embedded in the trace to indicate the source of a trace event. This is accessed through the event context menu by right-clicking on an event in the table.
+Some trace types can optionally embed information in the trace to indicate the source of a trace event. This is accessed through the event context menu by right-clicking on an event in the table.
==== Source Code ====
If an EMF model URI is available in the trace for the selected event, the item '''Open Model Element''' is shown in the context menu. Selecting this menu item will attempt to open the model file in the project specified in the URI. The model file will be opened in its default model editor. If the model file is not found, an error dialog is shown displaying the URI information.
=== Exporting To Text ===
+
It is possible to export the content of the trace to a text file based on the columns displayed in the events table. If a filter (see '''[[#Filtering| Filtering]]''') was defined prior exporting only events that match the filter will be exported to the file. To export the trace to text, press the right mouse button on the events table. A context-sensitive menu will show. Select the '''Export To Text...''' menu option. A file locater dialog will open. Fill in the file name and location and then press on '''OK'''. A window with a progress bar will open till the export is finished.
''Note'': The columns in the text file are separated by tabs.
+=== Refreshing of Trace ===
+
+It's possible to refresh the content of the trace and resume indexing in case the current open trace was updated on the media. To refresh the trace, right-click into the table and select menu item '''Refresh'''. Alternatively, press key '''F5'''.
+
=== Collapsing of Repetitive Events ===
+
The implementation for collapsing of repetitive events is trace type specific and is only available for certain trace types. For example, a trace type could allow collapsing of consecutive events that have the same event content but not the same timestamp. If a trace type supports this feature then it is possible to select the '''Collapse Events''' menu item after pressing the right mouse button in the table.
When the collapsing of events is executing, the table will clear all events and fill itself with all relevant events. If the collapse condition is met, the first column of the table will show the number of times this event was repeated consecutively.
[[Image:images/TablePostCollapse.png]]
-To clear collapsing, press the right mouse button in the table and select menu item '''Clear Filters''' in the context sensitive menu. ''Note'' that collapsing is also removed when another filter is applied to the table.
+To remove the collapse filter, press the ([[Image:images/delete_button.gif]]) icon on the '''Collapse''' label in the header bar, or press the right mouse button in the table and select menu item '''Clear Filters''' in the context sensitive menu (this will also remove any other filters).
=== Customization ===
The table columns can be reordered by the user by dragging the column headers. This column order is saved when the editor is closed. The setting applies to all traces of the same trace type.
+The table columns can be hidden or restored by right-clicking on any column header and clicking on an item in the context menu to toggle its state. Clicking '''Show All''' will restore all table columns.
+
The table font can be customized by the user by changing the preference in '''Window''' > '''Preferences''' > '''General''' > '''Appearance''' > '''Colors and Fonts''' > '''Tracing''' > '''Trace event table font'''.
The search and filter highlight color can be customized by the user by changing the preference in '''Window''' > '''Preferences''' > '''General''' > '''Appearance''' > '''Colors and Fonts''' > '''Tracing''' > '''Trace event table highlight color'''.
== Histogram View ==
-The Histogram View displays the trace events distribution with respect to time. When streaming a trace, this view is dynamically updated as the events are received.
+The Histogram View displays the trace events distribution with respect to time. When streaming a trace, this view is dynamically updated as the events are received. The time axis is aligned with other views that support automatic time axis alignment (see [[#Automatic Time Axis Alignment | Automatic Time Axis Alignment]]).
[[Image:images/HistogramView.png]]
+The '''Align Views''' toggle button [[Image:images/link.gif]] in the local toolbar allows to disable and enable the automatic time axis alignment of time-based views. Disabling the alignment in the Histogram view will disable this feature across all the views because it's a workspace preference.
+
The '''Hide Lost Events''' toggle button [[Image:images/hide_lost_events.gif]] in the local toolbar allows to hide the bars of lost events. When the button is selected it can be toggled again to show the lost events.
The '''Activate Trace Coloring''' toggle button [[Image:images/show_hist_traces.gif]] in the local toolbar allows to use separate colors for each trace of an experiment. Note that this feature is not available if your experiment contains more than twenty two traces. When activated, a legend is displayed at the bottom on the histogram view.
The large (full) histogram, at the bottom, shows the event distribution over the whole trace or set of traces. It also has a smaller semi-transparent orange window, with a cross-hair, that shows the current zoom window.
-The smaller (zoom) histogram, on top right, corresponds to the current zoom window, a sub-range of the event set.
+The smaller (zoom) histogram, on top right, corresponds to the current zoom window, a sub-range of the event set. The window size can be adjusted by dragging the sash left beside the zoom window.
The x-axis of each histogram corresponds to the event timestamps. The start time and end time of the histogram range is displayed. The y-axis shows the maximum number of events in the corresponding histogram bars.
== Statistics View ==
-The Statistics View displays the various event counters that are collected when analyzing a trace. The data is organized per trace. After opening a trace, the element '''Statistics''' is added under the '''Tmf Statistics Analysis''' tree element in the Project Explorer. To open the view, double-click the '''Statistics''' tree element. Alternatively, select '''Statistics''' under '''Tracing''' within the '''Show View''' window ('''Window''' -> '''Show View''' -> '''Other...'''). This view shows 3 columns: ''Level'' ''Events total'' and ''Events in selected time range''. After parsing a trace the view will display the number of events per event type in the second column and in the third, the currently selected time range's event type distribution is shown. The cells where the number of events are printed also contain a colored bar with a number that indicates the percentage of the event count in relation to the total number of events. The statistics is collected for the whole trace. This view is part of the '''Tracing and Monitoring Framework (TMF)''' and is generic. It will work for any trace type extensions. For the LTTng 2.0 integration the Statistics view will display statistics as shown below.:
+The Statistics View displays the various event counters that are collected when analyzing a trace. After opening a trace, the element '''Statistics''' is added under the '''Tmf Statistics Analysis''' tree element in the Project Explorer. To open the view, double-click the '''Statistics''' tree element. Alternatively, select '''Statistics''' under '''Tracing''' within the '''Show View''' window ('''Window''' -> '''Show View''' -> '''Other...'''). The statistics is collected for the whole trace. This view is part of the '''Tracing and Monitoring Framework (TMF)''' and is generic. It will work for any trace type extensions.
-[[Image:images/LTTng2StatisticsView.png]]
+The view is separated in two sides. The left side of the view presents the Statistics in a table. The table shows 3 columns: ''Level'' ''Events total'' and ''Events in selected time range''. The data is organized per trace. After parsing a trace the view will display the number of events per event type in the second column and in the third, the currently selected time range's event type distribution is shown. The cells where the number of events are printed also contain a colored bar with a number that indicates the percentage of the event count in relation to the total number of events.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2StatisticsTableView.png]]
+
+The right side illustrates the proportion of types of events into two pie charts. The legend of each pie chart gives the representation of each color in the chart.
+* The ''Global'' pie chart displays the general proportion of the events in the trace.
+* When there is a range selection, the ''Events in selection'' pie chart appears next to the ''Global'' pie chart and displays the proportion the event in the selected range of the trace.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2StatisticsPieChartView.png]]
By default, the statistics use a state system, therefore will load very quickly once the state system is written to the disk as a supplementary file.
The filters can be more complex than what can be achieved with the filter header row in the events table. The filter is defined in a tree node structure, where the node types can be any of '''TRACETYPE''', '''AND''', '''OR''', '''CONTAINS''', '''EQUALS''', '''MATCHES''' or '''COMPARE'''. Some nodes types have restrictions on their possible children in the tree.
-The '''TRACETYPE''' node filters against the trace type of the trace as defined in a plug-in extension or in a custom parser. When used, any child node will have its aspect combo box restricted to the possible aspects of that trace type.
+The '''TRACETYPE''' node filters against the trace type of the trace as defined in a plug-in extension or in a custom parser. When used, any child node will have its ''type'' combo box fixed and its ''aspect'' combo box restricted to the possible aspects of that trace type.
The '''AND''' node applies the logical ''and'' condition on all of its children. All children conditions must be true for the filter to match. A ''not'' operator can be applied to invert the condition.
The '''OR''' node applies the logical ''or'' condition on all of its children. At least one children condition must be true for the filter to match. A ''not'' operator can be applied to invert the condition.
-The '''CONTAINS''' node matches when the specified event ''aspect'' value contains the specified ''value'' string. A ''not'' operator can be applied to invert the condition. The condition can be case sensitive or insensitive.
+The '''CONTAINS''' node matches when the specified event ''aspect'' value contains the specified ''value'' string. A ''not'' operator can be applied to invert the condition. The condition can be case sensitive or insensitive. The ''type'' combo box restricts the possible aspects to those of the specified trace type.
-The '''EQUALS''' node matches when the specified event ''aspect'' value equals exactly the specified ''value'' string. A ''not'' operator can be applied to invert the condition. The condition can be case sensitive or insensitive.
+The '''EQUALS''' node matches when the specified event ''aspect'' value equals exactly the specified ''value'' string. A ''not'' operator can be applied to invert the condition. The condition can be case sensitive or insensitive. The ''type'' combo box restricts the possible aspects to those of the specified trace type.
-The '''MATCHES''' node matches when the specified event ''aspect'' value matches against the specified ''regular expression''. A ''not'' operator can be applied to invert the condition.
+The '''MATCHES''' node matches when the specified event ''aspect'' value matches against the specified ''regular expression''. A ''not'' operator can be applied to invert the condition. The ''type'' combo box restricts the possible aspects to those of the specified trace type.
-The '''COMPARE''' node matches when the specified event ''aspect'' value compared with the specified ''value'' gives the specified ''result''. The result can be set to ''smaller than'', ''equal'' or ''greater than''. The type of comparison can be numerical, alphanumerical or based on time stamp. A ''not'' operator can be applied to invert the condition.
+The '''COMPARE''' node matches when the specified event ''aspect'' value compared with the specified ''value'' gives the specified ''result''. The result can be set to ''smaller than'', ''equal'' or ''greater than''. The type of comparison can be numerical, alphanumerical or based on time stamp. A ''not'' operator can be applied to invert the condition. The ''type'' combo box restricts the possible aspects to those of the specified trace type.
For numerical comparisons, strings prefixed by "0x", "0X" or "#" are treated as hexadecimal numbers and strings prefixed by "0" are treated as octal numbers.
[[Image:images/TimeChartView.png]]
-The Time Chart view allows the user to visualize every open trace in a common time chart. Each trace is display in its own row and ticks are display for every punctual event. As the user zooms using the mouse wheel or by right-clicking and dragging in the time scale, more detailed event data is computed from the traces.
+The Time Chart view allows the user to visualize every open trace in a common time chart. Each trace is display in its own row and ticks are display for every punctual event. As the user zooms using the mouse wheel or by right-clicking and dragging in the time scale, more detailed event data is computed from the traces. The time axis is aligned with other views that support automatic time axis alignment (see [[#Automatic Time Axis Alignment | Automatic Time Axis Alignment]]).
Time synchronization is enabled between the time chart view and other trace viewers such as the events table.
The Time Chart only supports traces that are opened in an editor. The use of an editor is specified in the plug-in extension for that trace type, or is enabled by default for custom traces.
+The '''Align Views''' toggle button [[Image:images/link.gif]] in the local toolbar allows to disable and enable the automatic time axis alignment of time-based views. Disabling the alignment in the this view will disable this feature across all the views because it's a workspace preference.
+
== State System Explorer View ==
The State System Explorer view allows the user to inspect the state interval values of every attribute of a state system at a particular time.
To modify the time of attributes shown in the view, select a different current time in other views that support time synchronization (e.g. event table, histogram view). When a time range is selected, this view uses the begin time.
+== External Analyses ==
+
+Trace Compass supports the execution of '''external analyses''' conforming to the [https://github.com/lttng/lami-spec/blob/v1.0.1/lami.adoc LAMI 1.0.x specification]. This includes recent versions of the [https://github.com/lttng/lttng-analyses LTTng-Analyses project].
+
+An external analysis is a [[#Running an External Analysis|program executed by Trace Compass]]. When the program is done analyzing, Trace Compass generates a '''[[#Opening a Report|report]]''' containing its results. A report contains one or more tables which can also be viewed as bar and scatter [[#Creating a Chart from a Result Table|charts]].
+
+'''Note''': The program to execute is found by searching the directories listed in the standard <code>$PATH</code> environment variable when no path separator (<code>/</code> on Unix and OS X, <code>\</code> on Windows) is found in its command.
+
+Trace Compass ships with a default list of ''descriptors'' of external analyses (not the analyses themselves), including the descriptors of the [http://github.com/lttng/lttng-analyses LTTng analyses]. If the LTTng analyses project is installed, its analyses are available when opening or importing an LTTng kernel trace.
+
+=== Running an External Analysis ===
+
+To run an external analysis:
+
+# [[#Importing Traces to the Project|Import a trace to the project]].
+# Make sure the trace is opened by double-clicking its name in the [[#Project Explorer View]].
+# Under the trace in the [[#Project Explorer View]], expand ''External Analyses'' to view the list of available external analyses.<p>The external analyses which are either missing or not compatible with the trace are stroke and cannot be executed.</p><p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/external-analyses-list.png]]</p>
+# '''Optional''': If you want the external analysis to analyze a specific time range of the current trace, make a time range selection.<p>You can use views like the [[#Histogram View]] and the [[#Control Flow View]] (if it's available for this trace) to make a time range selection.</p><p>External analyses are executed on the current time range selection if there is one, or on the whole trace otherwise.</p>
+# Right-click the external analysis to run and click '''Run External Analysis'''.<p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/run-external-analysis.png]]</p>
+# In the opened ''External Analysis Parameters'' window, optionally enter extra parameters to pass to the program.<p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/external-analysis-parameters-dialog.png]]</p>
+# Click '''OK''' to start the analysis.
+
+Note that many external analyses can be started concurrently.
+
+When the external analysis is done analyzing, its results are saved as a [[#Opening a Report|report]] in Trace Compass. The tables contained in this report are also automatically opened into a new report view when the analysis is finished.
+
+=== Opening a Report ===
+
+A '''report''' is created after a successful [[#Running an External Analysis|execution of an external analysis]].
+
+To open a report:
+
+* Under ''Reports'' under a trace in the [[#Project Explorer View]], double-click the report to open.<p>Each result table generated by the external analysis is shown in its own tab in the opened report view.</p><p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/report-view.png]]</p>
+
+=== Creating a Chart from a Result Table ===
+
+To create a bar or a scatter chart from the data of a given result table:
+
+# [[#Opening a Report|Open the report]] containing the result table to use for creating the chart.
+# In the opened report view, click the tab of the result table to use for creating the chart.
+# Click the ''View Menu'' button, then click either '''New custom bar chart''' or '''New custom scatter chart'''.<p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/new-custom-scatter-chart-menu.png]]</p>
+# In the opened ''Bar chart series creation'' or ''Scatter chart series creation'' window, under ''Series creator'', select a column to use for the X axis of the chart, and one or more columns to use for the Y axis of the chart, then click '''Add''' to create a series.<p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/chart-configuration-dialog.png]]</p><p>Repeat this step to create more series.</p>
+# Click '''OK''' to create the chart.<p>The chart is created and shown at the right of its source result table.</p><p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/table-and-chart.png]]</p>
+
+=== Showing or Hiding a Result Table ===
+
+To show or hide a result table once a [[#Creating a Chart from a Result Table|chart]] has been created:
+
+* In the report view, click the ''Toggle the Table view of the results'' button.<p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/table-and-chart-toggle-button.png]]</p><p>If the result table was visible, it is now hidden:</p><p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/chart-only.png]]</p>
+
+=== Adding and Removing a User-Defined External Analysis ===
+
+You can add a user-defined external analysis to the current list of external analyses. Note that the command to invoke must conform to the machine interface of [http://github.com/lttng/lttng-analyses LTTng analyses] 0.4.
+
+'''Note''': If you want to create your own external analysis, consider following the [http://lttng.org/files/lami/lami-1.0.1.html LAMI 1.0 specification], which is supported by later versions of Trace Compass.
+
+To add a user-defined external analysis:
+
+# Under any trace in the [[#Project Explorer View]], right-click ''External Analyses'' and click '''Add External Analysis'''.<p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/add-external-analysis.png]]</p>
+# In the opened ''Add External Analysis'' window, enter the name of the new external analysis and the associated command to run.<p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/add-external-analysis-dialog.png]]</p><p>The name is the title of the external analysis as shown under ''External Analyses'' in the [[#Project Explorer View]].</p><p>The command is the complete command line to execute. You can put arguments containing spaces or other special characters in double quotes.</p><p>'''Note''': If the command is not a file system path, then it must be found in the directories listed in the <code>$PATH</code> environment variable.</p>
+# Click '''OK''' to add the user-defined external analysis.<p>A user-defined external analysis with a green icon is created under ''External Analyses'' in the [[#Project Explorer View]].</p><p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/user-defined-external-analysis.png]]</p>
+
+'''Note''': The new external analysis entry is saved in the workspace.
+
+To remove a user-defined external analysis:
+
+* Under ''External Analyses'' in the [[#Project Explorer View]], right-click the external analysis to remove and click '''Remove External Analysis'''.<p>[[Image:images/externalAnalyses/remove-external-analysis.png]]</p><p>'''Note''': Only user-defined (green icon) external analyses can be removed.</p>
+
== Custom Parsers ==
Custom parser wizards allow the user to define their own parsers for text or XML traces. The user defines how the input should be parsed into internal trace events and identifies the event fields that should be created and displayed. Traces created using a custom parser can be correlated with other built-in traces or traces added by plug-in extension.
Fill out the first wizard page with the following information:
* '''Category:''' Enter a category name for the trace type.
-* '''Trace type:''' Enter a name for the trace type, which is also the name of the custom parser.
-* '''Time Stamp format:''' Enter the date and time pattern that will be used to output the Time Stamp.<br>
-Note: information about date and time patterns can be found here: [../reference/api/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/core/timestamp/TmfTimestampFormat.html TmfTimestampFormat]
+* '''Trace type:''' Enter a name for the trace type, which is also the name of the custom parser. This will also be the default event type name.
+* '''Time Stamp format:''' Enter the date and time pattern that will be used to output the Time Stamp, or leave blank to use the default Time Format preference.<br>
+Note: information about date and time patterns can be found here: [http://archive.eclipse.org/tracecompass/doc/stable/org.eclipse.tracecompass.doc.user/reference/api/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/core/timestamp/TmfTimestampFormat.html TmfTimestampFormat]
Click the '''Add next line''', '''Add child line''' or '''Remove line''' buttons to create a new line of input or delete it. For each line of input, enter the following information:
* '''Regular expression:''' Enter a regular expression that should match the input line in the log, using capturing groups to extract the data.<br>
-Note: information about date and time patterns can be found here: [http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html]
+Note: information about regular expression patterns can be found here: [http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html]
* '''Cardinality:''' Enter the minimum and maximum number of lines matching this line's regular expression that must be found in the log. At least the minimum number of lines must be found before the parser will consider the next line. Child lines will always be considered first.
+* '''Event type:''' Optionally enable this text field to enter an event type name that will override the default (trace type) when this line matches.
+
<u>Important note:</u> The custom parsers identify a log entry when the first line's regular expression matches (Root Line n). Each subsequent text line in the log is attempted to be matched against the regular expression of the parser's input lines in the order that they are defined (Line n.*). Only the first matching input line will be used to process the captured data to be stored in the log entry. When a text line matches a Root Line's regular expression, a new log entry is started.
Click the '''Add group''' or '''Remove group''' buttons to define the data extracted from the capturing groups in the line's regular expression. For each group, enter the following information:
* '''Name combo:''' Select a name for the extracted data:
-** '''Time Stamp''': Select this option to identify the time stamp data. The input's data and time pattern must be entered in the format: text box.
+** '''Timestamp''': Select this option to identify the timestamp data. The input's data and time pattern must be entered in the format: text box.
+** '''Event type''': Select this option to identify the event type name. This will override the default or line-specific event type name.
** '''Message''': Select this option to identify the main log entry's message. This is usually a group which could have text of greater length.
** '''Other''': Select this option to identify any non-standard data. The name must be entered in the name: text box.
Fill out the first wizard page with the following information:
* '''Category:''' Enter a category name for the trace type.
-* '''Trace type:''' Enter a name for the trace type, which is also the name of the custom parser.
-* '''Time Stamp format:''' Enter the date and time pattern that will be used to output the Time Stamp.<br>
-
-Note: information about date and time patterns can be found here: [../reference/api/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/core/timestamp/TmfTimestampFormat.html TmfTimestampFormat]
+* '''Trace type:''' Enter a name for the trace type, which is also the name of the custom parser. This will also be the default event type name.
+* '''Time Stamp format:''' Enter the date and time pattern that will be used to output the Time Stamp, or leave blank to use the default Time Format preference.<br>
+Note: information about date and time patterns can be found here: [http://archive.eclipse.org/tracecompass/doc/stable/org.eclipse.tracecompass.doc.user/reference/api/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/core/timestamp/TmfTimestampFormat.html TmfTimestampFormat]
Click the '''Add document element''' button to create a new document element and enter a name for the root-level document element of the XML file.
* '''Log entry:''' Select this checkbox to identify an element which represents a log entry. Each element with this name in the XML file will be parsed to a new log entry. At least one log entry element must be identified in the XML document. Log entry elements cannot be nested.
* '''Name combo:''' Select a name for the extracted data:
** '''Ignore''': Select this option to ignore the extracted element's data at this level. It is still possible to extract data from this element's child elements.
-** '''Time Stamp''': Select this option to identify the time stamp data. The input's data and time pattern must be entered in the format: text box.
+** '''Event type''': Select this option to identify the event type name. This will override the default or element-specific event type name.
+** '''Timestamp''': Select this option to identify the timestamp data. The input's data and time pattern must be entered in the format: text box.
** '''Message''': Select this option to identify the main log entry's message. This is usually an input which could have text of greater length.
** '''Other''': Select this option to identify any non-standard data. The name must be entered in the name: text box. It does not have to match the element name.
* '''Action combo:''' Select the action to be performed on the extracted data:
** '''Set''': Select this option to overwrite the data for the chosen name when there is a match for this element.
** '''Append''': Select this option to append to the data with the chosen name, if any, when there is a match for this element.
** '''Append with |''' : Select this option to append to the data with the chosen name, if any, when there is a match for this element, using a | separator between matches.
+* '''Event type:''' Optionally enable this text field to enter an event type name that will override the default (trace type) when this element is present.
Note: An element's extracted data 'value' is a parsed string representation of all its attributes, children elements and their own values. To extract more specific information from an element, ignore its data value and extract the data from one or many of its attributes and children elements.
* '''Attribute name:''' Enter a name for the attribute that must match an attribute of this element in the XML file.
* '''Name combo:''' Select a name for the extracted data:
-** '''Time Stamp''': Select this option to identify the time stamp data. The input's data and time pattern must be entered in the format: text box.
+** '''Timestamp''': Select this option to identify the timestamp data. The input's data and time pattern must be entered in the format: text box.
+** '''Event type''': Select this option to identify the event type name. This will override the default or element-specific event type name.
** '''Message''': Select this option to identify the main log entry's message. This is usually an input which could have text of greater length.
** '''Other''': Select this option to identify any non-standard data. The name must be entered in the name: text box. It does not have to match the element name.
* '''Action combo:''' Select the action to be performed on the extracted data:
The trace will be opened in an editor showing the events table, and an entry will be added for it in the Time Chart view.
+== Automatic Time Axis Alignment ==
+
+Trace Compass supports automatic alignment of the time axis for time base views. The user now can resize the time window of one view and all other open views will align to the new window size and position. The automatic alignment is optional and can be disabled and enabled using the '''Align Views''' toolbar button. Disabling or enabling it in one view it will disable and enable it for all view since it's a workspace wide setting.
+
+[[Image:images/TimeAlignment_sash.png]]
+
+== Searching in Time Graph Views ==
+
+Search for an entry in a '''Time Graph view''', e.g. [[#Control_Flow_View | Control Flow View]] or [[#Resources_View | Resources View]], using the ''' Find ''' dialog. To use the dialog :
+
+* Select the time graph view you want to search in
+* Press ''' Ctrl + F '''. The following screen will be shown :
+
+[[Image:images/FindDialog.png]]
+
+* Enter the string to find in the ''' Find ''' text drop down and select the ''' Options ''' and ''' Direction ''' you need.
+* Press the ''' Find ''' button or ''' Enter ''' or ''' Alt + n '''. The next match in the selected time graph view will be selected.
+
+Various options are available in the ''' Options ''' group :
+* ''' Case sensitive ''' makes the search case sensitive.
+* ''' Wrap search ''' restarts the search from the first index, depending of the direction, when no entry were found.
+* ''' Whole word ''' allows to search for whole words, delimited by spaces or special character, that are identical to the search text.
+* ''' Regular expression ''' specifies that the search text is a regular expression or not.
+
+The ''' Direction ''' group allows to select the search direction : ''' Forward ''' or ''' Backward '''.
+
= LTTng Tracer Control =
The LTTng Tracer Control in Eclipse for the LTTng Tracer toolchain version v2.0 (or later) is done using SSH and requires an SSH server to be running on the remote host. For the SSH connection the SSH implementation of Remote Services is used. The functions to control the LTTng tracer (e.g. start and stop), either locally or remotely, are available from a dedicated Control View.
Under the '''Provider''' group all trace providers are displayed. Trace providers are '''Kernel''' and any user space application that supports UST tracing. Under each provider a corresponding list of events are displayed.
-Under the '''Sessions''' group all current sessions will be shown. The level under the sessions show the configured domains. Currently the LTTng 2.0 Tracer Toolchan supports domain '''Kernel''' and '''UST global'''. Under each domain the configured channels will be displayed. The last level is under the channels where the configured events are displayed.
+Under the '''Sessions''' group all current sessions will be shown. The level under the sessions show the configured domains. Currently the LTTng Tracer Toolchain supports domain '''Kernel''', '''UST global''', '''JUL''', '''Log4j''' and '''Python'''. Under the domains '''Kernel''' and '''UST Global''' the configured channels will be displayed. The last level is under the channels where the configured events are displayed.
Each session can be '''ACTIVE''' or '''INACTIVE'''. Active means that tracing has been started, inactive means that the tracing has been stopped. Depending on the state of a session a different icon is displayed. The icon for an active session is [[Image:images/Session_active.gif]]. The icon for an inactive session is [[Image:images/Session_inactive.gif]].
Refer to chapter [[#Recording a Snapshot | Recording a Snapshot]] for how to create a snapshot.
-=== Creating a Live Tracing Session ===
+<!--=== Creating a Live Tracing Session ===
LTTng Tools version v2.4.0 introduces the possibility to create live tracing sessions. The live mode allows you to stream the trace and view it while it's being recorded. To create such a live session, open the trace session dialog as described in chapter [[#Creating a Tracing Session | Creating a Tracing Session]].
[[Image:images/LTTng2CreateSessionDialog_Live.png]]
[[Image:images/LTTng2CreateSessionDialog_Live_Advanced.png]]
Fill in all necessary information, select the radio button for '''Live Mode''' and press '''Ok'''.
-
+-->
=== Enabling Channels - General ===
Enabling channels can be done using a session tree node when the domain hasn't be created in the session or, alternatively on a domain tree node of a session in case the domain is already available.
By default the domain '''Kernel''' is selected. To create a UST channel, select '''UST''' under the domain section. The label <Default> in any text box indicates that the default value of the tracer will be configured. To initialize the dialog box press button '''Default'''.
+'''Note''': You cannot create a channel under the '''JUL''', '''LOG4J''' and '''Python''' domain. Instead those domains uses a default channel under the '''UST global''' domain named '''lttng_jul_channel''', '''lttng_log4j_channel''' or '''lttng_python_channel'''. Those are the channels that LTTng uses to trace Java or Python application and you cannot add '''UST''' events to those channels.
+
If required update the following channel information and then press '''Ok'''.
* '''Channel Name''': The name of the channel.
By default the domain '''Kernel''' is selected and the kernel specific data sections are created. From this dialog box kernel '''Tracepoint''' events, '''System calls (Syscall)''', a '''Dynamic Probe''' or a '''Dynamic Function entry/return''' probe can be enabled. Note that events of one of these types at a time can be enabled.
-To enable '''Tracepoint''' events, first select the corresponding '''Select''' button, then select either all tracepoins (select '''All''') or select selectively one or more tracepoints in the displayed tree of tracepoints and finally press '''Ok'''.
+To enable all '''Tracepoints''' and all '''System calls (Syscall)''', select the button '''Select''' of section '''All Tracepoint Events and Syscalls''' and press '''Ok'''.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2EnableAllEventsDialog.png]]
+
+Upon successful operation, the domain '''Kernel''' will be created in the tree (if neccessary), the default channel with name "channel0" will be added under the domain (if necessary) as well as all a wildcard event '''*''' of type '''TRACEPOINT''' under the channel and a wildcard event '''*''' of type '''SYSCALL''' . The channel and events will be '''ENABLED'''.
+
+To enable '''Tracepoint''' events, first select the corresponding '''Select''' button, then select either all tracepoins (select '''All''') or select selectively one or more tracepoints in the displayed tree of tracepoints. You can also enter directly the name of the events you want to enable (comma separated list and wildcards are supported). Finally press '''Ok'''.
[[Image:images/LTTng2TracepointEventsDialog.png]]
[[Image:images/LTTng2EnabledKernelTracepoints.png]]
-To enable all '''Syscalls''', select the corresponding '''Select''' button and press '''Ok'''.
+To enable '''Syscall''' events, first select the corresponding '''Select''' button, then select either all syscalls (select '''All''') or select selectively one or more syscalls in the displayed tree of syscalls. You can also enter directly the name of the events you want to enable (comma separated list and wildcards are supported). Finally press '''Ok'''.
[[Image:images/LTTng2SyscallsDialog.png]]
-Upon successful operation, the event with the name '''syscalls''' and event type '''SYSCALL''' will be added under the default channel (channel0). If necessary the domain '''Kernel''' and the channel '''channel0''' will be created.
+Upon successful operation, the domain '''Kernel''' will be created in the tree (if neccessary), the default channel with name "channel0" will be added under the domain (if necessary) as well as all requested events of type '''SYSCALL''' under the channel. The channel and events will be '''ENABLED'''.
[[Image:images/LTTng2EnabledKernelSyscalls.png]]
[[Image:images/LTTng2EnabledUstWildcardEvents.png]]
+When enabling '''Tracepoint''' with wildcard, it is possible to specify event(s) (comma separated list) that we want to '''exclude''' from that wildcard selection. To '''exclude''' '''Tracepoint''' events, check the corresponding '''Select''' check box, fill the '''Event Names''' field and press '''Ok'''.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2UstExcludeEventsDialog.png]]
+
For UST it is possible to enable '''Tracepoint''' events using log levels. To enable '''Tracepoint''' events using log levels, select first the corresponding '''Select''' button, select a log level from the drop down menu, fill in the relevant information (see below) and press '''Ok'''.
* '''Event Name''': Name to display
[[Image:images/LTTng2EnabledUstLoglevelEvents.png]]
+=== Enabling JUL Events On Session Level ===
+
+For enabling JUL loggers, first open the enable events dialog as described in section [[#Enabling Kernel Events On Session Level | Enabling Kernel Events On Session Level]] and select domain '''JUL'''.
+
+To enable '''Loggers''', first select the corresponding '''Select''' button, then select either all loggers (select '''All''') or select selectively one or more loggers in the displayed tree of loggers and finally press '''Ok'''.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2JulLoggerEventsDialog.png]]
+
+Upon successful operation, the domain '''JUL''' will be created in the tree (if neccessary). With JUL loggers there is no channel, you see the enabled loggers directly under the '''JUL''' domain. Note that for the case that '''All''' loggers were selected the wildcard '''*''' is used which will be shown in the Control View as below.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2EnabledAllJulLoggers.png]]
+
+For JUL it is possible to enable '''Logger''' events using log levels. To enable '''Logger''' events using log levels, check the corresponding '''Select''' button, select a log level from the drop down menu, fill in the relevant information (see below) and press '''Ok'''.
+
+* '''loglevel''': To specify if a range of log levels (0 to selected log level) shall be configured
+* '''loglevel-only''': To specify that only the specified log level shall be configured
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2JulLoglevelEventsDialog.png]]
+
+=== Enabling LOG4J Events On Session Level ===
+
+For enabling LOG4J loggers, first open the enable events dialog as described in section [[#Enabling JUL Events On Session Level | Enabling JUL Events On Session Level]] and select domain '''LOG4J'''.
+
+To enable '''Loggers''', first select the corresponding '''Select''' button, then select either all loggers (select '''All''') or select selectively one or more loggers in the displayed tree of loggers and finally press '''Ok'''.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2Log4jLoggerEventsDialog.png]]
+
+Upon successful operation, the domain '''LOG4J''' will be created in the tree (if neccessary). With LOG4J loggers there is no channel, you see the enabled loggers directly under the '''LOG4J''' domain. Note that for the case that '''All''' loggers were selected the wildcard '''*''' is used which will be shown in the Control View as below.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2EnabledAllLog4jLoggers.png]]
+
+For LOG4J it is possible to enable '''Logger''' events using log levels. To enable '''Logger''' events using log levels, check the corresponding '''Select''' button, select a log level from the drop down menu, fill in the relevant information (see below) and press '''Ok'''.
+
+* '''loglevel''': To specify if a range of log levels (0 to selected log level) shall be configured
+* '''loglevel-only''': To specify that only the specified log level shall be configured
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2Log4jLoglevelEventsDialog.png]]
+
+=== Enabling Python Events On Session Level ===
+
+For enabling Python loggers, first open the enable events dialog as described in section [[#Enabling JUL Events On Session Level | Enabling JUL Events On Session Level]] and select domain '''Python'''.
+
+To enable '''Loggers''', first select the corresponding '''Select''' button, then select either all loggers (select '''All''') or select selectively one or more loggers in the displayed tree of loggers. You can also enter the name of your logger in the text field. Finally press '''Ok'''.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2PythonLoggerEventsDialog.png]]
+
+Upon successful operation, the domain '''Python''' will be created in the tree (if neccessary). With Python loggers there is no channel, you see the enabled loggers directly under the '''Python''' domain. Note that for the case that '''All''' loggers were selected the wildcard '''*''' is used which will be shown in the Control View as below.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2EnabledAllPythonLoggers.png]]
+
+For Python it is possible to enable '''Logger''' events using log levels. To enable '''Logger''' events using log levels, check the corresponding '''Select''' button, select a log level from the drop down menu, fill in the relevant information (see below) and press '''Ok'''.
+
+* '''loglevel''': To specify if a range of log levels (0 to selected log level) shall be configured
+* '''loglevel-only''': To specify that only the specified log level shall be configured
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2PythonLoglevelEventsDialog.png]]
+
=== Enabling Events On Domain Level ===
-Kernel events can also be enabled on the domain level. For that select the relevant domain tree node, click the right mouse button and the select '''Enable Event (default channel)...'''. A new dialog box will open for providing information about the events to be enabled. Depending on the domain, '''Kernel''' or '''UST global''', the domain specifc fields are shown and the domain selector is preselected and read-only.
+Kernel events can also be enabled on the domain level. For that select the relevant domain tree node, click the right mouse button and the select '''Enable Event (default channel)...'''. A new dialog box will open for providing information about the events to be enabled. Depending on the domain, '''Kernel''', '''UST global''', '''JUL''', '''LOG4J''' or '''Python''', the domain specific fields are shown and the domain selector is preselected and read-only.
[[Image:images/LTTng2EventOnDomainAction.png]]
-To enable events for domain '''Kernel''' follow the instructions in section [[#Enabling Kernel Events On Session Level | Enabling Kernel Events On Session Level]], for domain '''UST global''', see section [[#Enabling UST Events On Session Level | Enabling UST Events On Session Level]].
-The events will be add to the default channel '''channel0'''. This channel will be created by on the server side if neccessary.
+Instructions for enalbing events for a particular domain can be found here:
+* '''Kernel''' domain: [[#Enabling Kernel Events On Session Level | Enabling Kernel Events On Session Level]]
+* '''UST global''' domain: [[#Enabling UST Events On Session Level | Enabling UST Events On Session Level]]
+* '''JUL''' domain: [[#Enabling JUL Events On Session Level | Enabling JUL Events On Session Level]]
+* '''LOG4J''' domain: [[#Enabling LOG4J Events On Session Level | Enabling LOG4J Events On Session Level]]
+* '''Python''' domain: [[#Enabling Python Events On Session Level | Enabling Python Events On Session Level]]
+
+The events will be added to the default channel '''channel0'''. This channel will be created by on the server side if necessary.
=== Enabling Events On Channel Level ===
Kernel events can also be enabled on the channel level. If necessary, create a channel as described in sections [[#Enabling Channels On Session Level | Enabling Channels On Session Level]] or [[#Enabling Channels On Domain Level | Enabling Channels On Domain Level]].
-Then select the relevant channel tree node, click the right mouse button and the select '''Enable Event...'''. A new dialog box will open for providing information about the events to be enabled. Depending on the domain, '''Kernel''' or '''UST global''', the domain specifc fields are shown and the domain selector is preselected and read-only.
+Then select the relevant channel tree node, click the right mouse button and the select '''Enable Event...'''. A new dialog box will open for providing information about the events to be enabled. Depending on the domain, '''Kernel''' or '''UST global''', the domain specific fields are shown and the domain selector is preselected and read-only. Since there is no channel under the '''JUL''', '''LOG4J''' or '''Python''' domain you cannot enable those loggers directly from a channel.
[[Image:images/LTTng2EventOnChannelAction.png]]
[[Image:images/LTTng2AssignedEvents.png]]
-=== Configuring Filter Expression On UST Event Fields ===
+=== Configuring Filter Expression When Enabling Events ===
-Since LTTng Tools v2.1.0 it is possible to configure a filter expression on UST event fields. To configure a filter expression on UST event fields, open the enable event dialog as described in chapters [[#Enabling UST Events On Session Level | Enabling UST Events On Session Level]], [[#Enabling Events On Domain Level | Enabling Events On Domain Level]] or [[#Enabling Events On Channel Level | Enabling Events On Channel Level]], select UST if needed, select the relevant '''Tracepoint''' event(s) and enter the filter expression in the '''Filter Expression''' text field.
+It is possible to provide a filter expression when enabling events for UST or Kernel. This feature has been available for UST since LTTng v2.1.0 and for Kernel since v2.7.0. To configure a filter expression, open the enable event dialog as described in previous chapters [[#Enabling UST Events On Session Level | Enabling UST Events On Session Level]], [[#Enabling Kernel Events On Session Level | Enabling Kernel Events On Session Level]], [[#Enabling Events On Domain Level | Enabling Events On Domain Level]] or [[#Enabling Events On Channel Level | Enabling Events On Channel Level]]. Then configure the relevant events and enter the filter expression in the '''Filter Expression''' text field.
-[[Image:images/LTTng2EnableEventWithFilter.png]]
+[[Image:images/LTTng2EnableEventWithFilter.png]] [[Image:images/LTTng2EnableEventWithKernelFilter.png]]
-Alternatively, open the dialog box for assigning events to a session and channel described in [[#Enabling Tracepoint Events From Provider | Enabling Tracepoint Events From Provider]] (for UST providers) and enter the filter expression in the '''Filter Expression''' text field.
+Alternatively, open the dialog box for assigning events to a session and channel described in [[#Enabling Tracepoint Events From Provider | Enabling Tracepoint Events From Provider]] and enter the filter expression in the '''Filter Expression''' text field.
[[Image:images/LTTng2AssignEventDialogWithFilter.png]]
Upon successful operation, the tree in the Control View will be refreshed with the remote host configuration.
-=== Quantifing LTTng overhead (Calibrate) ===
-
-The LTTng calibrate command can be used to find out the combined average overhead of the LTTng tracer and the instrumentation mechanisms used. For now, the only calibration implemented is that of the kernel function
-instrumentation (kretprobes). To run the calibrate command, select the a domain (e.g. '''Kernel'''), click the right mouse button on the domain tree node. A context-sensitive menu will show. Select the '''Calibrate''' menu item.
-
-[[Image:images/LTTng2CalibrateAction.png]]
-
-Upon successful operation, the calibrate command is executed and relevant information is stored in the trace. Note: that the trace has to be active so that to command as any effect.
-
=== Importing Session Traces to a Tracing Project ===
To import traces from a tracing session, select the relevant session and click on the '''Import''' Button. Alternatively, click the right mouse button on the session tree node and select the menu item '''Import...''' from the context-sensitive menu.
[[Image:images/LTTng2ImportDialog.png]]
-By default all traces are selected. A default project with the name '''Remote''' is selected which will be created if necessary. Update the list of traces to be imported, if necessary, by selecting and deselecting the relevant traces in the tree viewer. Use buttons '''Select All''' or '''Deselect All''' to select or deselect all traces. Also if needed, change the tracing project from the '''Available Projects''' combo box. Select the Overwrite button ('''Overwrite existing trace without warning''') if required. Then press button '''Ok'''. Upon successful import operation the selected traces will be stored in the '''Traces''' directory of the specified tracing project. The session directory structure as well as the trace names will be preserved in the destination tracing project. For '''Kernel''' traces the trace type '''Linux Kernel Trace''' and for '''UST''' traces the trace type '''LTTng UST Trace''' will be set. From the '''Project Explorer''' view, the trace can be analyzed further.
+By default all traces are selected. A default project with the name '''Remote''' is selected which will be created if necessary. Update the list of traces to be imported, if necessary, by selecting and deselecting the relevant traces in the tree viewer. Use buttons '''Select All''' or '''Deselect All''' to select or deselect all traces. Also if needed, change the tracing project from the '''Available Projects''' combo box. The option '''Create Experiment''' will create an experiment with all imported traces. By default, the experiment name is the session name. One can change the experiment name by typing a new name in the text box beside the option.
-'''Note''': If the overwrite button ('''Overwrite existing trace without warning''') was not selected and a trace with the same name of a trace to be imported already exists in the destination directory of the project, then a new confirmation dialog box will open.
-
-[[Image:images/LTTng2ImportOverwriteConfirmationDialog.png]]
+Then press button '''Finish'''. Upon successful import operation the selected traces will be stored in the '''Traces''' directory of the specified tracing project. A directory with the connection name will be created under the '''Traces''' directory. Underneath that, the session directory structure as well as the trace names will be preserved in the destination tracing project. For '''Kernel''' traces the trace type '''Linux Kernel Trace''' and for '''UST''' traces the trace type '''LTTng UST Trace''' will be set. From the '''Project Explorer''' view, the trace can be analyzed further.
-To Overwrite select the '''Overwrite''' Button and press '''Ok'''.
+'''Note''': If a trace already exists with the same name in the destination directory, the user can choose to rename the imported trace, overwrite the original trace or skip the trace. When rename is chosen, a number is appended to the trace name, for example kernel becomes kernel(2).
-If the existing trace should not be overwritten select, then select the '''Rename''' option of the confirmation dialog box above, enter a new name and then press '''Ok'''.
+[[Image:images/LTTng2ImportOverwriteConfirmationDialog.png]]
-[[Image:images/LTTng2ImportRenameDialog.png]]
+If one selects '''Rename All''', '''Overwrite All''' or '''Skip All''' the choice will be applied for all traces with a name conflict.
=== Importing Network Traces to a Tracing Project ===
Since LTTng Tools v2.1.0 it is possible to store traces over the network. To import network traces, execute the '''Import''' action as described in chapter [[#Importing Session Traces to a Tracing Project | Importing Session Traces to a Tracing Project]]. For network traces the '''Import Trace Wizard''' will be displayed. Follow the instructions in chapter [[#Importing | Importing]] to import the network traces of the current session.
+=== Saving Tracing Sessions ===
+Since LTTng Tools v2.5.0 it is possible to save tracing sessions. The LTTng Tools command-line tool will save the sessions to XML files located by default in a subdirectory of the user's home directory. The Trace Compass '''Control''' view integration for this feature will also store this session profile file into the user's Trace Compass workspace. This will allow user's to re-use session profiles across remote nodes. To save one or more sessions, select the tree nodes of the relevant sessions and press the right mouse button. Then select the '''Save...''' entry of the context-sensitive menu.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2SaveAction.png]]
+
+A new display will open for saving the sessions.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2SaveDialog.png]]
+
+By default the '''force''' button is selected that will overwrite any conflicting session profile files on the remote node. Click on '''Ok''' to save the session(s) otherwise click on '''Cancel'''. Upon successful operation, the session profile files will be saved on the remote node and then will be downloaded to the user's Trace Compass workspace. In the case that a session XML file already exists in the workspace the user will be prompted to skip or overwrite the existing profile file.
+
+=== Loading Tracing Sessions ===
+Since LTTng Tools v2.5.0 it is possible to load tracing sessions. The Trace Compass '''Control''' view integrations for this feature will allow to load session profiles that are located in the user's Trace Compass workspace, or alternatively, that are located on the remote node. In the first case the session profiles will be uploaded to the remote node before the load command is executed.
+
+To load one or more sessions, select the tree node '''Sessions''' and press the right mouse button. Then select the '''Load...''' entry of the context-sensitive menu.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2LoadAction.png]]
+
+A new display will open for loading session profiles.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2LoadDialog.png]]
+
+By default the '''Local''' button and '''force''' buttons are selected and session profile files of the user's workspace will be listed. Select one or more profiles, update the '''force''' button if needed and then click '''Ok'''. This will upload the session profile files to the remote node. If a session profile file with the same name already exist on the remote node, it will be overwritten. If the '''force''' button is selected any existing session with a conflicting name will be destroyed and a new one will be created.
+
+Alternatively, one can select the '''Remote''' button to list all available session profile files on the remote node. To load one of the remote session profiles, select one or more profiles, update the '''force''' button if needed and then click '''Ok'''.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2LoadRemoteDialog.png]]
+
+Upon successful operation, the tracing sessions of the selected session profiles are created and added under the tree node '''Sessions''' the '''Control''' view.
+
+=== Managing Tracing Session Profiles ===
+The '''LTTng Remote Profiles''' preference page is used to manage the list of LTTng session profiles that are stored in the user's Trace Compass workspace. To open the preference page, select the '''Manage...''' button of the '''Load Sessions''' dialog described in chapter [[#Loading Tracing Sessions |Loading Tracing Sessions]]. Alternatively, select '''Window -> Preferences''' from the top level menu and go to '''Tracing -> LTTng Remote Profiles'''.
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2ManageSessionConfig.png]]
+
+The following actions can be performed from this dialog:
+
+* Delete
+
+Select one or more LTTng session profiles from the list and click the '''Delete''' button to remove the profile from the Trace Compass workspace. The user will be prompted to confirm the deletion.
+
+* Import...
+
+Click the '''Import...''' button and select a file from the opened file dialog to import a session profile file. If the file name conflicts with an existing profile file, the user will be prompted to skip or overwrite the existing profile file.
+* Export...
+
+Select one or more session profile files from the list, click the '''Export...''' button and enter or select a directory in the opened directory dialog to export the profile files. If the file name conflicts with an existing profile file in the destination directory, the user will be prompted to skip or overwrite the existing profile file.
+
== Properties View ==
The Control View provides property information of selected tree component. Depending on the selected tree component different properties are displayed in the property view. For example, when selecting the node level the property view will be filled as followed:
** '''Event Type''': The event type ('''TRACEPOINT''' only).
** '''Fields''': Shows a list of fields defined for the selected event. (UST only, since support for LTTng Tools v2.1.0)
** '''Log Level''': The log level of the event.
+* '''Logger''' Properties (Provider)
+** '''Logger Name''': The name of the logger.
+** '''Logger Type''': The event type ('''TRACEPOINT''' only).
* '''Session''' Properties
** '''Session Name''': The name of the Session.
** '''Session Path''': The path on the remote host where the traces will be stored. (Not shown for snapshot sessions).
** '''State''': The channel state ('''ENABLED''' or '''DISABLED''')
** '''Sub Buffer size''': The size of the sub-buffers of the channel (in bytes).
** '''Switch Timer Interval''': The switch timer interval.
+** '''Number of Discarded Events''': The number of discarded events of the channel.
+** '''Number of Lost Packets''': The number of lost packets of the channel.
* '''Event''' Properties (Channel)
** '''Event Name''': The name of the event.
** '''Event Type''': The event type ('''TRACEPOINT''', '''SYSCALL''' or '''PROBE''').
** '''Log Level''': The log level of the event. (For LTTng Tools v2.4.0 or later, '''<=''' prior the log level name will indicate a range of log levels and '''==''' a single log level.)
** '''State''': The Event state ('''ENABLED''' or '''DISABLED''')
** '''Filter''': Shows '''with filter''' if a filter expression is configured else property '''Filter''' is omitted. (since support for LTTng Tools v2.1.0)
+* '''Logger''' Properties (Domain)
+** '''Logger Name''': The name of the logger.
+** '''Logger Type''': The logger type ('''TRACEPOINT''').
+** '''Log Level''': The log level of the logger. (For LTTng Tools v2.4.0 or later, '''<=''' prior the log level name will indicate a range of log levels and '''==''' a single log level.)
+** '''State''': The logger state ('''ENABLED''' or '''DISABLED''')
== LTTng Tracer Control Preferences ==
[[Image:images/LTTng2PreferencesTimeout.png]]
+
= LTTng Kernel Analysis =
-Historically, LTTng was developped to trace the Linux kernel and, over time, a number of kernel-oriented analysis views were developped and organized in a perspective.
+Historically, LTTng was developed to trace the Linux kernel and, over time, a number of kernel-oriented analysis views were developed and organized in a perspective.
+
+This section presents a description of the '''OS Tracing Overview''' perspective and the '''LTTng Kernel''' perspective.
+
+== OS Tracing Overview Perspective ==
+
+The '''OS Tracing Overview''' perspective groups the following views:
+
+* [[#Project Explorer_View | Project Explorer View]]
+* [[#Events_Editor | Events Editor]]
+* [[#Histogram_View | Histogram View]]
+* [[#LTTng CPU Usage View | CPU Usage View]]
+* [[#Disk I/O Activity View | Disk I/O Activity View]]
+* [[#Kernel Memory Usage View | Kernel Memory Usage View]]
+
+The perspective can be opened from the Eclipse Open Perspective dialog ('''Window > Open Perspective... > Other''').
+
+[[Image:images/osOverview/select_os_overview.png]]
+
+This perspective is intended to be used to locate performance issues by observing resource usage.
-This section presents a description of the LTTng Kernel Perspective.
+The perspective can show times resource usage is anomalous. This can help locating the causes of system slowdowns in throughput or response time.
+
+An example can be program that is doing a lot of processing then slows down due to a database access. The user will see a dip in CPU usage and maybe a slight rise in I/O access. The user should consider both spike and slums to be an indication of an area worth investigating.
+
+[[Image:images/osOverview/os_overview_perspective.png]]
+
+Once a performance issue has been localized, it can be further investigated with the #LTTng kernel Perspective.
== LTTng Kernel Perspective ==
[[Image:images/Cfv_global.png]]
-The view is divided into the following important sections: '''process tree and information''', '''control flow''' and the '''toolbar'''.
+The view is divided into the following important sections: '''process tree and information''', '''control flow''' and the '''toolbar'''. The time axis is aligned with other views that support automatic time axis alignment (see [[#Automatic Time Axis Alignment | Automatic Time Axis Alignment]]).
The following sections provide detailed information for each part of the Control Flow View.
The TID column shows the process node's '''thread ID''' and the PTID column shows its '''parent thread ID''' (nothing is shown if the process has no parent).
+It is possible to sort the columns of the tree by clicking on the column header. Subsequent clicking will change the sort order. The hierarchy, i.e. the parent-child relationship is kept. When opening a trace for the first time, the processes are sorted by '''birth time'''. The sort order and column will be preserved when switching between open traces. Note that when opening an experiment the processes will be sorted within each trace.
+
=== Control flow ===
This part of the Control Flow View is probably the most interesting one. Using the mouse, you can navigate through the trace (go left, right) and zoom on a specific region to inspect its details.
==== Using the mouse ====
-The states flow is usable with the mouse. The following actions are set:
+The following mouse actions are available:
* '''left-click''': select a time or time range begin time
-* '''Shift-left-click''': select a time range end time
+* '''Shift-left-click or drag''': Extend or shrink the selection range
+
* '''left-drag horizontally''': select a time range or change the time range begin or end time
* '''middle-drag or Ctrl-left-drag horizontally''': pan left or right
* '''right-drag horizontally''': [[#Zoom region|zoom region]]
* '''click on a colored bar''': the associated process node is selected and the current time indicator is moved where the click happened
* '''mouse wheel up/down''': scroll up or down
-* '''Ctrl-mouse wheel up/down''': zoom in or out
+* '''Shift-mouse wheel up/down''': scroll left or right
+* '''Ctrl-mouse wheel up/down''': zoom in or out horizontally
+* '''Shift-Ctrl-mouse wheel up/down''': zoom in or out vertically
* '''drag the time ruler horizontally''': zoom in or out with fixed start time
* '''double-click the time ruler''': reset zoom to full range
==== Using the keyboard ====
-The states flow is usable with the keyboard. The following actions are set:
-*'''arrow-right key''': selects the next state for the selected process.
-*'''arrow-left key''': selects the previous state for the selected process.
-*'''Shift + arrow-right key''': updates the selection end time of the current selection range by selecting the next state of the current process.
-*'''Shift + arrow-left key''': updates the selection end time of the current selection range by selecting the previous state of the current process.
+The following keyboard shortcuts are available:
+
+*'''arrow-right key''': selects the next state for the selected process
+*'''arrow-left key''': selects the previous state for the selected process
+*'''Shift + arrow-right key''': updates the selection end time of the current selection range by selecting the next state of the current process
+*'''Shift + arrow-left key''': updates the selection end time of the current selection range by selecting the previous state of the current process
+*'''.''': selects the next active marker
+*''',''': selects the previous active marker
+*'''Shift + .''': updates the selection end time of the current selection range by selecting the next active marker boundary
+*'''Shift + ,''': updates the selection end time of the current selection range by selecting the previous active marker boundary
*'''arrow-down''': selects the next process
*'''arrow-up''': selects the previous process
*'''Page Down''': selects the process down one page
*'''Home''': selects the first process
*'''End''': selects the last process
*'''Enter''': toggles the expansion state of the current process in the tree
+*'''+''': Zoom-in horizontally
+*'''-''': Zoom-out horizontally
+*'''Ctrl + +''': Zoom-in vertically
+*'''Ctrl + -''': Zoom-out vertically
+*'''Ctrl + 0''': Reset the vertical zoom
+*'''Ctrl + F''': Search in the view. (see [[#Searching in Time Graph Views | Searching in Time Graph Views]])
+When the mouse cursor is over entries (left pane):
+*'''-''': Collapse selected entry
+*'''+''': Expand selected entry
+*'''*''': Expand selected entry to the level with at least one collapsed entry
+
+'''Please note that the behavior of some shortcuts can slightly differ based on the operating system.'''
When the selection indicators are changed, all the other views are '''synchronized'''. For example, the [[#LTTng Kernel Events Editor|Events Editor]] will show the event matching the current time indicator. The reverse behaviour is also implemented: selecting an event within the Events View will update the Control Flow View current time indicator.
=== Toolbar ===
+<!-- Keep in sync with ref:resource-view-toolbar -->
+
The Control Flow View '''toolbar''', located at the top right of the view, has shortcut buttons to perform common actions:
{|
+| [[Image:images/link.gif]]
+| Align Views
+| Disable and enable the automatic time axis alignment of time-based views. Disabling the alignment in this view will disable this feature across all the views because it's a workspace preference.
+|-
| [[Image:images/filter_items.gif]]
| Show View Filter
-| Opens the process filter dialog
+| Opens the process filter dialog. Filter settings will be preserved when switching between open traces.
|-
| [[Image:images/show_legend.gif]]
| Show Legend
-| Displays the states legend
+| Displays the states legend.
|-
| [[Image:images/home_nav.gif]]
| Reset the Time Scale to Default
-| Resets the zoom window to the full range
+| Resets the zoom window to the full range.
|-
| [[Image:images/prev_event.gif]]
-| Select Previous Event
+| Select Previous State Change
| Selects the previous state for the selected process. Pressing the '''Shift''' key at the same time will update the selection end time of the current selection range.
|-
| [[Image:images/next_event.gif]]
-| Select Next Event
+| Select Next State Change
| Selects the next state for the selected process. Pressing the '''Shift''' key at the same time will update the selection end time of the current selection range.
|-
+| [[Image:images/add_bookmark.gif]]
+| Add Bookmark...
+| Adds a bookmark at the current selection range. A bookmark is a user-defined interval marker. The '''Add Bookmark''' dialog is opened where the user can enter a description and choose the highlighting color and alpha (transparency) value. This button is replaced by the '''Remove Bookmark''' button if the current selection range corresponds to an existing bookmark. The bookmarks can also be managed in the '''Bookmark View'''.
+|-
+| [[Image:images/remove_bookmark.gif]]
+| Remove Bookmark
+| Removes the bookmark at the current selection range. This button replaces the '''Add Bookmark''' when the current selection range corresponds to an existing bookmark.
+|-
+| [[Image:images/prev_bookmark.gif]]
+| Previous Marker
+| Selects the previous active marker. Pressing the '''Shift''' key at the same time will update the selection end time of the current selection range.
+|-
+| [[Image:images/next_bookmark.gif]]
+| Next Marker
+| Selects the next active marker. Pressing the '''Shift''' key at the same time will update the selection end time of the current selection range. Clicking the button drop-down arrow will open a menu where marker categories can be made active or inactive for navigation. To toggle the display of a marker category, use the '''View Menu''' instead.
+|-
| [[Image:images/prev_menu.gif]]
| Select Previous Process
-| Selects the previous process
+| Selects the previous process.
|-
| [[Image:images/next_menu.gif]]
| Select Next Process
-| Selects the next process
+| Selects the next process.
|-
| [[Image:images/zoomin_nav.gif]]
| Zoom In
-| Zooms in on the selection by 50%
+| Zooms in on the selection by 50%.
|-
| [[Image:images/zoomout_nav.gif]]
| Zoom Out
-| Zooms out on the selection by 50%
+| Zooms out on the selection by 50%.
|-
| [[Image:images/hide_arrows.gif]]
| Hide Arrows
-| Toggles the display of arrows on or off
+| Toggles the display of arrows on or off.
|-
| [[Image:images/follow_arrow_bwd.gif]]
| Follow CPU Backward
| [[Image:images/follow_arrow_fwd.gif]]
| Follow CPU Forward
| Selects the next state following CPU execution across processes. Pressing the '''Shift''' key at the same time will update the selection end time of the current selection range.
+|-
+| [[Image:images/shift_l_edit.gif]]
+| Go to previous event of the selected thread
+| Move to the closest previous event belonging to the selected thread. This action looks through all trace events, unlike the ''Select Previous State Change'' action which only stops at state changes.
+|-
+| [[Image:images/shift_r_edit.gif]]
+| Go to next event of the selected thread
+| Move to the closest following event belonging to the selected thread. This action looks through all trace events, unlike the ''Select Next State Change'' action which only stops at state changes.
+|}
+
+View Menu
+
+{|
+|
+| Show Markers
+| A marker highlights a time interval. A marker can be used for instance to indicate a time range where lost events occurred or to bookmark an interesting interval for future reference. Selecting a category name will toggle the visibility of markers of that category.
+|-
+|
+| Thread Presentation
+| Select the threads layout. Two layouts are available. '''Flat''' layout lists the threads in a flat list per trace. '''Hierarchical''' layout shows the threads in a parent-child tree per trace.
|}
+=== Marker Axis ===
+
+The marker axis is visible only when at least one marker category with markers for the current trace is shown.
+
+The marker axis displays one row per marker category. Each marker's time range and/or label (if applicable) are drawn on the marker axis.
+
+Clicking on any marker's time range or label will set the current time selection to the marker's time or time range.
+
+Clicking on the "X" icon to the left of the marker category name will hide this marker category from the time graph. It can be shown again using the corresponding '''Show Markers''' menu item in the view menu.
+
+The marker axis can be collapsed and expanded by clicking on the icon at the top left of the marker axis. The marker axis can be completely removed by hiding all available marker categories.
+
== Resources View ==
This view is specific to LTTng kernel traces. The Linux Kernel Analysis is executed the first time a LTTng Kernel is opened. After opening the trace, the element '''Resources''' is added under the '''Linux Kernel Analysis''' tree element of the Project Explorer. To open the view, double-click the '''Resources''' tree element.
[[Image:images/Rv_example.png|Example of resources view with all trace points and syscalls enabled]]
-This view shows the state of system resources i.e. if changes occured during the trace either on '''CPUs''', '''IRQs''' or '''soft IRQs''', it will appear in this view. The left side of the view present a list of resources that are affected by at least one event of the trace. The right side illustrate the state in which each resource is at some point in time. For state '''USERMODE''' it also prints the process name in the state bar. For state '''SYSCALL''' the name of the system call is
+This view shows the state of system resources i.e. if changes occurred during the trace either on '''CPUs''', '''IRQs''' or '''soft IRQs''', it will appear in this view. The left side of the view present a list of resources that are affected by at least one event of the trace. The right side illustrate the state in which each resource is at some point in time. For state '''USERMODE''' it also prints the process name in the state bar. For state '''SYSCALL''' the name of the system call is
displayed in the state region.
+When an '''IRQ''' is handled by a '''CPU''', its states are shown under the corresponding '''CPU''' entry. Similarly, the '''CPU''' that was handling an '''IRQ''' is shown under the handled '''IRQ'''. Therefore, the trace can be visualized from a '''CPU''' point of view or from an '''IRQ''' point of view.
+
Just like other views, according to which trace points and system calls are activated, the content of this view may change from one trace to another.
+The time axis is aligned with other views that support automatic time axis alignment (see [[#Automatic Time Axis Alignment | Automatic Time Axis Alignment]]).
+
Each state are represented by one color so it is faster to say what is happening.
[[Image:images/Rv_legend.png|Color for each state]]
This view is also synchronized with the others : [[#Histogram_View | Histogram View]], [[#LTTng_Kernel_Events_Editor | Events Editor]], [[#Control_Flow_View | Control Flow View]], etc.
+=== Follow CPU ===
+It is possible to follow a CPU by right-clicking on its entry in the view, then selecting ''Follow CPU X'' where X is the number of the CPU. Following a CPU will filter the [[#LTTng CPU Usage View | CPU Usage View]] to display only usage for the selected CPU. To unfollow a CPU, one needs to right-click on any CPU entry and select ''Unfollow CPU''.
+
=== Navigation ===
See Control Flow View's '''[[#Using_the_mouse | Using the mouse]]''', '''[[#Using_the_keyboard | Using the keyboard]]''' and '''[[#Zoom_region | Zoom region]]'''.
=== Toolbar ===
+<!-- ref:resource-view-toolbar -->
+
The Resources View '''toolbar''', located at the top right of the view, has shortcut buttons to perform common actions:
{|
+| [[Image:images/link.gif]]
+| Align Views
+| Disable and enable the automatic time axis alignment of time-based views. Disabling the alignment in this view will disable this feature across all the views because it's a workspace preference.
+|-
+| [[Image:images/filter_items.gif]]
+| Show View Filter
+| Opens the resources filter dialog. Filter settings will be preserved when switching between open traces.
+|-
| [[Image:images/show_legend.gif]]
| Show Legend
-| Displays the states legend
+| Displays the states legend.
|-
| [[Image:images/home_nav.gif]]
| Reset the Time Scale to Default
-| Resets the zoom window to the full range
+| Resets the zoom window to the full range.
|-
| [[Image:images/prev_event.gif]]
-| Select Previous Event
+| Select Previous State Change
| Selects the previous state for the selected resource. Pressing the '''Shift''' key at the same time will update the selection end time of the current selection range.
|-
| [[Image:images/next_event.gif]]
-| Select Next Event
+| Select Next State Change
| Selects the next state for the selected resource. Pressing the '''Shift''' key at the same time will update the selection end time of the current selection range.
|-
+| [[Image:images/add_bookmark.gif]]
+| Add Bookmark...
+| Adds a bookmark at the current selection range. A bookmark is a user-defined interval marker. The '''Add Bookmark''' dialog is opened where the user can enter a description and choose the highlighting color and alpha (transparency) value. This button is replaced by the '''Remove Bookmark''' button if the current selection range corresponds to an existing bookmark. The bookmarks can also be managed in the '''Bookmark View'''.
+|-
+| [[Image:images/remove_bookmark.gif]]
+| Remove Bookmark
+| Removes the bookmark at the current selection range. This button replaces the '''Add Bookmark''' when the current selection range corresponds to an existing bookmark.
+|-
+| [[Image:images/prev_bookmark.gif]]
+| Previous Marker
+| Selects the previous active marker. Pressing the '''Shift''' key at the same time will update the selection end time of the current selection range.
+|-
+| [[Image:images/next_bookmark.gif]]
+| Next Marker
+| Selects the next active marker. Pressing the '''Shift''' key at the same time will update the selection end time of the current selection range. Clicking the button drop-down arrow will open a menu where marker categories can be made active or inactive for navigation.
+|-
| [[Image:images/prev_menu.gif]]
| Select Previous Resource
| Selects the previous resource
|-
| [[Image:images/zoomin_nav.gif]]
| Zoom In
-| Zooms in on the selection by 50%
+| Zooms in on the selection by 50%.
|-
| [[Image:images/zoomout_nav.gif]]
| Zoom Out
-| Zooms out on the selection by 50%
+| Zooms out on the selection by 50%.
+|}
+
+View Menu
+
+{|
+|
+| Show Markers
+| A marker highlights a time interval. A marker can be used for instance to indicate a time range where lost events occurred or to bookmark an interesting interval for future reference. Selecting a category name will toggle the visibility of markers of that category.
|}
+=== Marker Axis ===
+
+See Control Flow View's '''[[#Marker_Axis | Marker Axis]]'''.
+
== LTTng CPU Usage View ==
The CPU Usage analysis and view is specific to LTTng Kernel traces. The CPU usage is derived from a kernel trace as long as the '''sched_switch''' event was enabled during the collection of the trace. This analysis is executed the first time that the CPU Usage view is opened after opening the trace. To open the view, double-click on the '''CPU Usage''' tree element under the '''Linux Kernel Analysis''' tree element of the Project Explorer.
[[Image:images/LTTng_CpuUsageView.png]]
-The view is divided into the following important sections: '''Process Information''' and the '''CPU Usage Chart'''.
+The view is divided into the following important sections: '''Process Information''' and the '''CPU Usage Chart'''. The time axis is aligned with other views that support automatic time axis alignment (see [[#Automatic Time Axis Alignment | Automatic Time Axis Alignment]]).
=== Process Information ===
+
The Process Information is displayed on the left side of the view and shows all threads that were executing on all available CPUs in the current time range. For each process, it shows in different columns the thread ID (TID), process name (Process), the average (%) execution time and the actual execution time (Time) during the current time range. It shows all threads that were executing on the CPUs in the current time range.
The CPU Usage chart is usable with the mouse. The following actions are set:
* '''left-click''': select a time or time range begin time
-* '''Shift-left-click''': select a time range end time
-* '''left-drag horizontally''': select a time range or change the time range begin or end time
-* '''middle-drag''': pan left or right
-* '''right-drag horizontally''': zoom region
-* '''mouse wheel up/down''': zoom in or out
+* '''Shift-left-click or drag''': Extend or shrink the selection range
+* '''left-drag horizontally''': select a time range or change the time range begin or end time
+* '''middle-drag or Ctrl-left-drag horizontally''': pan left or right
+* '''right-drag horizontally''': [[#Zoom region|zoom region]]
+* '''Shift-mouse wheel up/down''': scroll left or right
+* '''Ctrl-mouse wheel up/down''': zoom in or out horizontally
==== Tooltips ====
* '''Total''': The total CPU usage
-[[Image:images/LTTng_CpuUsageViewToolTip.png]]
-
+==== Toolbar ====
-== LTTng Kernel Events Editor ==
+The CPU Usage View '''toolbar''', located at the top right of the view, has shortcut buttons to perform common actions:
-The LTTng Kernel Events editor '''is''' the plain TMF [[#Events_Editor | Events Editor]], except that it provides its own specialized viewer to replace the standard one. In short, it has exactly the same behaviour but the layout is slightly different:
+{|
+| [[Image:images/link.gif]]
+| Align Views
+| Disable and enable the automatic time axis alignment of time-based views. Disabling the alignment in the this view will disable this feature across all the views because it's a workspace preference
+|-
+|}
-* '''Timestamp''': the event timestamp
-* '''Channel''': the event channel (data collector)
-* '''Event Type''': the event type (or kernel marker)
-* '''Content''': the raw event content
+[[Image:images/LTTng_CpuUsageViewToolTip.png]]
-[[Image:images/LTTng2EventsEditor.png]]
+==== CPU Filtering ====
+[[#Follow CPU | Follow a CPU]] will filter the CPU Usage View and will display only usage for the followed CPU.
-= LTTng-UST Analyses =
+== Kernel Memory Usage View ==
-The Userspace traces are taken on an application level. With kernel traces, you know what events you will have as the domain is known and cloistered. Userspace traces can contain pretty much anything. Some analyses are offered if certain events are enabled.
+The Kernel Memory Usage and view is specific to kernel traces. To open the view, double-click on the '''Kernel Memory Usage Analysis''' tree element under the '''Kernel''' tree element of the Project Explorer.
-== Call Stack View ==
+[[Image:images/kernelMemoryUsage/OpenKernelMemoryUsageView.png]]
-The Call Stack view allows the user to visualize the call stack per thread over time, if the application and trace provide this information.
+Now, the Kernel memory usage view will show:
-To open this view go in '''Window''' -> '''Show View''' -> '''Other...''' and select '''Tracing/Call Stack''' in the list. The view shows the call stack information for the currently selected trace. Conversely, you can select a trace and expand it in the '''Project Explorer''' then expand '''LTTng-UST CallStack Analysis''' (the trace must be loaded) and open '''Call Stack'''.
+[[Image:images/kernelMemoryUsage/KernelMemoryUsageView.png]]
-The table on the left-hand side of the view shows the threads and call stack. The function name, depth, entry and exit time and duration are shown for the call stack at the selected time.
+Where:
-Double-clicking on a function entry in the table will zoom the time graph to the selected function's range of execution.
+* '''TID''': The ID of the thread this event belongs to
+* '''Process''': The process of the TID that belongs to it
-The time graph on the right-hand side of the view shows the call stack state graphically over time. The function name is visible on each call stack event if size permits. The color of each call stack event is randomly assigned based on the function name, allowing for easy identification of repeated calls to the same function.
+The view is divided into the following important sections: '''Process Information''' and the '''Relative Kernel Memory Usage'''. The time axis is aligned with other views that support automatic time axis alignment (see [[#Automatic Time Axis Alignment | Automatic Time Axis Alignment]]).
-Clicking on the time graph will set the current time and consequently update the table with the current call stack information.
-Shift-clicking on the time graph will select a time range. When the selection is a time range, the begin time is used to update the stack information.
+=== Process Information ===
-Double-clicking on a call stack event will zoom the time graph to the selected function's range of execution.
+The Process Information is displayed on the left side of the view and shows all threads that were executing on all available CPUs in the current time range. For each process, it shows in different columns the thread ID (TID) and the process name (Process).
-Clicking the '''Select Next Event''' or '''Select Previous Event''' or using the left and right arrows will navigate to the next or previous call stack event, and select the function currently at the top of the call stack. Note that pressing the '''Shift''' key at the same time will update the selection end time of the current selection.
-Clicking the '''Import Mapping File''' ([[Image:images/import.gif]]) icon will open a file selection dialog, allowing you to import a text file containing mappings from function addresses to function names. If the callstack provider for the current trace type only provides function addresses, a mapping file will be required to get the function names in the view. See the following sections for an example with LTTng-UST traces.
+=== Relative Kernel Memory Chart ===
-=== Using the Callstack View with LTTng-UST traces ===
+The Relative Kernel Memory Chart on the right side of the view, plots the relative amount of memory that was allocated and deallocated during that period of time.
-There is support in the LTTng-UST integration plugin to display the callstack of applications traced with the ''liblttng-ust-cyg-profile.so'' library (see the ''liblttng-ust-cyg-profile'' man page for additional information). To do so, you need to:
-* Recompile your application with "''-g -finstrument-functions''".
-* Add the ''vtid'' and ''procname'' contexts to your trace session. See the [[#Adding Contexts to Channels and Events of a Domain]] section. Or if using the command-line:
-** <pre>lttng add-context -u -t vtid -t procname</pre>
-* Preload the ''liblttng-ust-cyg-profile'' library when running your program:
-** <pre>LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/liblttng-ust-cyg-profile.so ./myprogram</pre>
+==== Using the mouse ====
-Once you load the resulting trace, making sure it's set to the ''Common Trace Format - LTTng UST Trace'' type, the Callstack View should be populated with the relevant information. However, since GCC's cyg-profile instrumentation only provides function addresses, and not names, an additional step is required to get the function names showing in the view. The following section explains how to do so.
+The Relative Kernel Memory chart is usable with the mouse. The following actions are set:
-=== Importing a function name mapping file for LTTng-UST traces ===
+* '''left-click''': select a time or time range begin time
+* '''Shift-left-click or drag''': Extend or shrink the selection range
-If you followed the steps in the previous section, you should have a Callstack View populated with function entries and exits. However, the view will display the function addresses instead of names in the intervals, which are not very useful by themselves. To get the actual function names, you need to:
+* '''left-drag horizontally''': select a time range or change the time range begin or end time
+* '''middle-drag or Ctrl-left-drag horizontally''': pan left or right
+* '''right-drag horizontally''': [[#Zoom region|zoom region]]
+* '''Shift-mouse wheel up/down''': scroll left or right
+* '''Ctrl-mouse wheel up/down''': zoom in or out horizontally
-* Generate a mapping file from the binary, using:
-** <pre>nm myprogram > mapping.txt</pre>
-* Click the '''Import Mapping File''' ([[Image:images/import.gif]]) button in the Callstack View, and select the ''mapping.txt'' file that was just created.
-(If you are dealing with C++ executables, you may want to use ''nm --demangle'' instead to get readable function names.)
+==== Tooltips ====
-The view should now update to display the function names instead. Make sure the binary used for taking the trace is the one used for this step too (otherwise, there is a good chance of the addresses not being the same).
+Hover the cursor over a line of the chart and a tooltip will pop up with the following information:
+* '''time''': current time of mouse position
+* '''Total''': The total CPU usage
-== Memory Usage ==
+[[Image:images/kernelMemoryUsage/KernelMemoryUsageChart.png]]
-The Memory Usage view allows the user to visualize the active memory usage per thread over time, if the application and trace provide this information.
+== Process Wait Analysis ==
-The view shows the memory consumption for the currently selected trace.
+TraceCompass can recover wait causes of local and distributed processes using operating system events. The analysis highlights the tasks and devices causing wait. Wait cause recovery is recursive, comprise all tasks running on the system and works across computers using packet trace synchronization.
-The time chart plots heap memory usage graphically over time. There is one line per process, unassigned memory usage is mapped to "Other".
+The analysis details are available in the paper [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7294678&isnumber=4359390 Wait analysis of distributed systems using kernel tracing].
-In this implementation, the user needs to trace while hooking the ''liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper'' by running ''LD_PRELOAD=liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper.so'' '''<exename>'''. This will add tracepoints to memory allocation and freeing to the heap, NOT shared memory or stack usage. If the contexts '''vtid''' and '''procname''' are enabled, then the view will associate the heap usage to processes. As detailed earlier, to enable the contexts, see the [[#Adding Contexts to Channels and Events of a Domain]] section. Or if using the command-line:
-* <pre>lttng add-context -u -t vtid -t procname</pre>
+=== Prerequisites ===
-If thread information is available the view will look like this:
+The analysis requires a Linux kernel trace. Additional instrumentation may be required for specific kernel version and for distributed tracing. This instrumentation is available in [https://github.com/giraldeau/lttng-modules/tree/addons LTTng modules addons] on GitHub.
-[[Image:images/memoryUsage/memory-usage-multithread.png]]
+The required events are:
+* '''sched_switch, sched_wakeup''': Scheduling events indicate when a process is blocked and the wake-up event indicates the task or resource that unblocked the task. For kernel versions comprised between 3.8 and 4.1, the event '''sched_ttwu''' (which stands for Try To Wake-Up) is provided for backward compatibility in LTTng modules addons.
+* '''IRQ, SoftIRQ and IPI''': Interrupt events are required to distinguish the context of the wake-up. When a wake-up occurs inside an interrupt handler, it must be associated with the device causing the interrupt and not the interrupted task. For that reason, interrupt entry and exit events are required.
+* '''inet_sock_local_in, inet_sock_local_out''': The network events record a subset of TCP/IP packet header using a netfilter hook in the kernel. The send and receive events are matched to show the communication between distributed processes. Network events are mandatory for analyzing wait in TCP/IP programs, whether they are executing locally or on different computers. They also used to synchronize traces recorded on multiple computers. For further details, refer to the [[#Trace synchronization]] section.
-If thread information is not available it will look like this:
+To analyze a distributed program, all computers involved in the processing must be traced simultaneously. The LTTng Tracer Control of TraceCompass can trace a remote computer, but controlling simultaneous tracing is not supported at the moment, meaning that all sessions must be started separately and interactively. TraceCompass will support this feature in the future. For now, it is suggested to use [https://github.com/giraldeau/lttng-cluster lttng-cluster] command line tool to control simultaneous tracing sessions on multiple computers. This tool is based on [http://www.fabfile.org/ Fabric] and uses SSH to start the tracing sessions, execute a workload, stop the sessions and gather traces on the local computer. For more information, refer to the lttng-cluster documentation.
-[[Image:images/memoryUsage/memory-usage-no-thread-info.png]]
+We use the [https://github.com/giraldeau/traces/blob/master/django-vote.tar.gz Django trace] as an example to demonstrate the wait analysis. [https://www.djangoproject.com/ Django] is a popular Web framework. The application is the [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/intro/tutorial01/ Django Poll app tutorial]. The traces were recorded on three computers, namely the client (implemented with Python Mechanize), the Web server (Apache with WSGI) and the database server (PostgreSQL). The client simulates a vote in the poll.
-The view allows selection of a specific time by left-clicking on a point in the chart. Left mouse dragging will select a time range. Right mouse dragging on the area will zoom in on that window. Middle mouse dragging will move the display window. Mouse wheel operations will zoom in and out also.
+=== Running the analysis ===
-Please note this view will not show shared memory or stack memory usage.
+To open all three traces simultaneously, we first create an experiment containing these traces and then synchronize the traces, such that they have a common time base. Then, the analysis is done by selecting a task in the '''Control Flow View'''. The result is displayed in the '''Critical Flow View''', which works like the '''Control Flow View'''. The steps to load the Django example follows.
-= Trace synchronization =
+# Download and extract the [https://github.com/giraldeau/traces/blob/master/django-vote.tar.gz Django trace] archive.
+# In TraceCompass, open the [[#LTTng Kernel Perspective]].
+# Create a new tracing project. Select '''File -> New -> Tracing -> Tracing Project''', choose a name and click '''Finish'''.
+# Under the created tracing project, right-click on '''Traces''' and select '''Import...'''. In the import dialog, select the root directory containing the extracted trace by clicking on '''Browse'''. Three traces should be listed. Select the traces and click '''Finish'''. After the import is completed, the traces should be listed below '''Traces'''.
+# Right-click on '''Experiments''', select '''New...''' and enter a name for the experiment, such as '''django'''.
+# Right-click on the '''django''' experiment and click on '''Select Traces...'''. In the dialog, check the three traces '''django-client''', '''django-httpd''' and '''django-db'''. These traces will appear below the experiment. If the experiment is opened at this stage, the traces are not synchronized and there will be a large time gap between events from different traces.
+# To synchronize the traces, right-click on the '''django''' experiment and select '''Synchronize Traces'''. In the '''Select reference trace''' dialog, select any available trace and click '''Finish'''. Once the synchronization is completed, a new entry with an underline suffix will appear for each modified trace. The created trace entries have a function which is applied to the timestamps of events in order to shift the time according to the reference trace. The '''Project Explorer''' after the import is shown below.
+#:[[Image:images/waitAnalysis/KernelWaitAnalysisProjectExplorer.png]]
+# Open the experiment '''django'''. The '''Control Flow''' and the '''Resources''' views should display the three traces simultaneously.
+# In the main menu, select '''Window -> Show View -> Other...''' and under '''LTTng''' select '''Critical Flow View'''. The view is empty for the moment.
+# In the '''Critical Flow View''', right-click on the '''Process''' entry to analyze and select '''Follow''', as shown in the figure below.
+#:[[Image:images/waitAnalysis/KernelWaitAnalysisFollow.png]]
+#:The analysis will execute and the result will appear in the '''Critical Flow View'''. For the Django example, use the '''View Filters''' to search for the python process with TID 2327. When zooming on the execution, the view displays the work done by the Web server and the database to process the request of the python client. Vertical arrows represent synchronization and communication between processes. The legend [[Image:images/show_legend.gif]] displays the colors associated with the processes states.
-It is possible to synchronize traces from different machines so that they have the same time reference. Events from the reference trace will have the same timestamps as usual, but the events from traces synchronized with the first one will have their timestamps transformed according to the formula obtained after synchronization.
+[[Image:images/waitAnalysis/KernelWaitAnalysisDjango.png]]
-== Obtain synchronizable traces ==
+== Input/Output Analysis ==
-To synchronize traces from different machines, they need to exchange packets through the network and have events enabled such that the data can be matched from one trace to the other. For now, only TCP packets can be matched between two traces.
+TraceCompass can analyse disk input/output through the read/write system calls to get the read/write per processes, but also with the disk request events, to get the actual reads and writes to disk.
-LTTng traces that can be synchronized are obtained using one of two methods (both methods are compatible):
+=== Get the trace ===
-=== LTTng-module network tracepoint with complete data ===
+The following tracepoints should be enabled to get the disk read/write data. Also, enabling syscalls will allow to match the reads and writes per processes.
-The tracepoints '''net_dev_queue''' and '''netif_receive_skb''' will be used for synchronization. Both tracepoints are available in lttng-modules since version 2.2, but they do not contain sufficient data to be used to synchronize traces.
+ # sudo lttng list -k
+ Kernel events:
+ -------------
+ ...
+ block_rq_complete (loglevel: TRACE_EMERG (0)) (type: tracepoint)
+ block_rq_insert (loglevel: TRACE_EMERG (0)) (type: tracepoint)
+ block_rq_issue (loglevel: TRACE_EMERG (0)) (type: tracepoint) # on the guest
+ block_bio_frontmerge (loglevel: TRACE_EMERG (0)) (type: tracepoint) # on the guest
+ ...
+
+For full disk request tracking, some extra tracepoints are necessary. They are not required for the I/O analysis, but make the analysis more complete. Here is the procedure to get those tracepoints that are not yet part of the mainline kernel.
+
+ # git clone https://github.com/giraldeau/lttng-modules.git
+ # cd lttng-modules
+
+Checkout the addons branch, compile and install lttng-modules as per the lttng-modules documentation.
+
+ # git checkout addons
+ # make
+ # sudo make modules_install
+ # sudo depmod -a
+
+The lttng addons modules must be inserted manually for the extra tracepoints to be available:
+
+ # sudo modprobe lttng-addons
+ # sudo modprobe lttng-elv
+
+And enable the following tracepoint
+
+ addons_elv_merge_requests
+
+=== Input/Output Views ===
+
+The following views are available for input/output analyses:
+
+==== Disk I/O Activity View ====
+A time aligned XY chart of the read and write speed for the different disks on the system. This view is useful to see where there was more activity on the disks and whether it was mostly reads or writes.
+
+ [[Image:images/io/diskIoActivity.png| Disk I/O Activity Example]]
+
+== System Call Latency Analysis ==
+
+The '''System Call Latency Analysis''' measures the system call latency between system call entry and exit per type of system call. The durations are visualized using the '''Latency''' views. For more information about the '''Latency''' views see chapter [[#Latency_Analyses | Latency Analyses]].
+
+== LTTng Kernel Events Editor ==
+
+The LTTng Kernel Events editor '''is''' the plain TMF [[#Events_Editor | Events Editor]], except that it provides its own specialized viewer to replace the standard one. In short, it has exactly the same behaviour but the layout is slightly different:
+
+* '''Timestamp''': the event timestamp
+* '''Channel''': the event channel (data collector)
+* '''CPU''': the CPU on which the event was taken
+* '''Event Type''': the event type (or kernel marker)
+* '''Contents''': the fields (or payload) of this event
+* '''TID''': The ID of the thread this event belongs to
+* '''Prio''': The priority of the thread this event belongs to
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng2EventsEditor.png]]
+
+= LTTng-UST Analyses =
+
+The Userspace traces are taken on an application level. With kernel traces, you know what events you will have as the domain is known and cloistered. Userspace traces can contain pretty much anything. Some analyses are offered if certain events are enabled.
+
+== Call Stack View ==
+
+The Call Stack view allows the user to visualize the call stack per thread over time, if the application and trace provide this information.
+
+To open this view go in '''Window''' -> '''Show View''' -> '''Other...''' and select '''Tracing/Call Stack''' in the list. The view shows the call stack information for the currently selected trace. Conversely, you can select a trace and expand it in the '''Project Explorer''' then expand '''LTTng-UST CallStack Analysis''' (the trace must be loaded) and open '''Call Stack'''.
+
+The table on the left-hand side of the view shows the threads and call stack. The function name, depth, entry and exit time and duration are shown for the call stack at the selected time.
+
+Double-clicking on a function entry in the table will zoom the time graph to the selected function's range of execution.
+
+The time graph on the right-hand side of the view shows the call stack state graphically over time. The function name is visible on each call stack event if size permits. The color of each call stack event is randomly assigned based on the function name, allowing for easy identification of repeated calls to the same function.
+
+Clicking on the time graph will set the current time and consequently update the table with the current call stack information.
+
+Shift-clicking on the time graph will select a time range. When the selection is a time range, the begin time is used to update the stack information.
+
+Double-clicking on a call stack event will zoom the time graph to the selected function's range of execution.
+
+Clicking the '''Select Next State Change''' or '''Select Previous State Change''' or using the left and right arrows will navigate to the next or previous call stack event, and select the function currently at the top of the call stack. Note that pressing the '''Shift''' key at the same time will update the selection end time of the current selection.
+
+Clicking the '''Configure symbol providers''' ([[Image:images/binaries_obj.gif]]) icon will open a file selection dialog, allowing you to import a text file containing mappings from function addresses to function names. If the callstack provider for the current trace type only provides function addresses, a mapping file will be required to get the function names in the view. See the following sections for an example with LTTng-UST traces.
+
+=== Using the Callstack View with LTTng-UST traces ===
+
+There is support in the LTTng-UST integration plugin to display the callstack
+of applications traced with the ''liblttng-ust-cyg-profile.so'' library (see
+the ''liblttng-ust-cyg-profile'' man page for additional information). To do
+so, you need to:
+
+* Recompile your application with "''-g -finstrument-functions''".
+* Set up a tracing session with the the ''vpid'', ''vtid'' and ''procname'' contexts. See the [[#Enabling UST Events On Session Level]] and [[#Adding Contexts to Channels and Events of a Domain]] sections. Or if using the command-line:
+** <pre>lttng enable-event -u -a</pre>
+** <pre>lttng add-context -u -t vpid -t vtid -t procname</pre>
+* Preload the ''liblttng-ust-cyg-profile'' library when running your program:
+** <pre>LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/liblttng-ust-cyg-profile.so ./myprogram</pre>
+
+Once you load the resulting trace, the Callstack View should be populated with
+the relevant information.
+
+Note that for non-trivial applications, ''liblttng-ust-cyg-profile'' generates a
+'''lot''' of events! You may need to increase the channel's subbuffer size to
+avoid lost events. Refer to the
+[http://lttng.org/docs/#doc-fine-tuning-channels LTTng documentation].
+
+For traces taken with LTTng-UST 2.8 or later, the Callstack View should show the
+function names automatically, since it will make use of the debug information
+statedump events (which are enabled when using ''enable-event -u -a'').
+
+For traces taken with prior versions of UST, you would need to set the path to
+the binary file or mapping manually:
+
+=== Importing a binary or function name mapping file (for LTTng-UST <2.8 traces) ===
+
+''For LTTng-UST 2.8+, if it doesn't resolve symbols automatically, see the [[#Binary file location configuration | Source Lookup's Binary file location configuration]].''
+
+If you followed the steps in the previous section, you should have a Callstack
+View populated with function entries and exits. However, the view will display
+the function addresses instead of names in the intervals, which are not very
+useful by themselves. To get the actual function names, you need to:
+
+* Click the '''Configure symbol providers''' ([[Image:images/binaries_obj.gif]]) button in the Callstack View.
+
+Then either:
+* Point to the binary that was used for taking the trace
+OR
+* Generate a mapping file from the binary, using:
+** <pre>nm myprogram > mapping.txt</pre>
+** Select the ''mapping.txt'' file that was just created.
+
+(If you are dealing with C++ executables, you may want to use ''nm --demangle''
+instead to get readable function names.)
+
+The view should now update to display the function names instead. Make sure the
+binary used for taking the trace is the one used for this step too (otherwise,
+there is a good chance of the addresses not being the same).
+
+=== Navigation ===
+
+See Control Flow View's '''[[#Using_the_mouse | Using the mouse]]''', '''[[#Using_the_keyboard | Using the keyboard]]''' and '''[[#Zoom_region | Zoom region]]'''.
+
+=== Marker Axis ===
+
+See Control Flow View's '''[[#Marker_Axis | Marker Axis]]'''.
+
+== Flame Graph View ==
+
+This is an aggregate view of the function calls from the '''Call Stack View'''. This shows a bird's eye view of what are the main
+time sinks in the traced applications. Each entry in the '''Flame Graph''' represents an aggregation of all the calls to a function
+in a certain depth of the call stack having the same caller. So, functions in the '''Flame Graph''' are aggregated by depth and
+caller. This enables the user to find the most executed code path easily.
+
+* In a '''Flame Graph''', each entry (box) represents a function in the stack.
+* If one takes a single vertical line in the view, it represents a full call stack with parents calling children.
+* The ''x-axis'' represents total duration (execution time) and not absolute time, so it is not aligned with the other views.
+* The width of an entry is the total time spent in that function, including time spent calling the children.
+* The total time can exceed the longest duration, if the program is pre-empted and not running during its trace time.
+* Each thread traced makes its own flame graph.
+
+The function name is visible on each Flame graph event if the size permits. Each box in the '''Flame Graph'''
+has the same color as the box representing the same function in the '''Call Stack'''.
+
+To open this view select a trace, expand it in the '''Project Explorer''' then expand the
+'''Call Graph Analysis''' (the trace must be loaded) and open the '''Flame Graph'''.
+It's also possible to go in '''Window''' -> '''Show View''' -> '''Tracing''' then
+select '''Flame Graph''' in the list.
+
+[[Image:images/Flame_Graph.png|Flame Graph View]]
+
+To use the '''Flame graph''', one can navigate it and find which function is consuming the most self-time.
+This can be seen as a large plateau. Then the entry can be inspected. At this point, the worst offender in
+terms of CPU usage will be highlighted, however, it is not a single call to investigate, but rather the
+aggregation of all the calls. Right mouse-clicking on that entry will open a context sensitive menu.
+Selecting '''Go to minimum''' or '''Go to maximum''' will take the user to the minimum or maximum
+recorded times in the trace. This is interesting to compare and contrast the two.
+
+Hovering over a function will show a tooltip with the statistics on a per-function basis. One can see the total and self times
+(''worst-case'', ''best-case'', ''average'', ''total time'', ''standard deviation'', ''number of calls'') for that function.
+
+=== How to use a Flame Graph ===
+
+Observing the time spent in each function can show where most of the time is spent and where one could optimize.
+An example in the image above: one can see that ''mp_sort'' is a recursive sort function, it takes approximately
+40% of the execution time of the program. That means that perfectly parallelizing it can yield a gain of 20% for 2 threads, 33% for 3
+and so forth. Looking at the function '''print_current_files''', it takes about 30% of the time, and it has a child ''print_many_per_line'' that has a large
+self time (above 10%). This could be another area that can be targeted for optimization. Knowing this in advance helps developers
+know where to aim their efforts.
+
+It is recommended to have a kernel trace as well as a user space trace in an experiment
+while using the '''Flame Graph''' as it will show what is causing the largest delays.
+When using the '''Flame Graph''' together with a call stack and a kernel trace,
+an example work flow would be to find the worst offender in terms of time taken for a function
+that seems to be taking too longThen, using the context menu '''Go to maximum''', one can navigate
+to the maximum duration and see if the OS is, for example, preempting the function for too long,
+or if the issue is in the code being executed.
+
+=== Using the mouse ===
+
+*'''Double-click on the duration ruler''' will zoom the graph to the selected duration range.
+*'''Shift-left-click or drag''': Extend or shrink the selection range
+*'''Mouse wheel up/down''': scroll up or down
+* '''Shift-mouse wheel up/down''': scroll left or right
+* '''Ctrl-mouse wheel up/down''': zoom in or out horizontally
+* '''Shift-Ctrl-mouse wheel up/down''': zoom in or out vertically
+
+When the mouse cursor is over entries (left pane):
+
+*'''-''': Collapse the '''Flame Graph''' of the selected thread
+*'''+''': Expand the '''Flame Graph''' of the selected thread
+
+=== Using the keyboard ===
+
+The following keyboard shortcuts are available:
+
+*'''Down Arrow''': selects the next stack depth
+*'''Up Arrow''': selects the previous stack depth
+*'''Home''': selects the first thread's '''Flame Graph'''
+*'''End''': selects the last thread's '''Flame Graph''''s deepest depth
+*'''Enter''': toggles the expansion state of the current thread in the tree
+*'''Ctrl + +''': Zoom-in vertically
+*'''Ctrl + -''': Zoom-out vertically
+*'''Ctrl + 0''': Reset the vertical zoom
+
+=== Toolbar ===
+
+{|
+| [[Image:images/sort_alpha.gif]]
+| Sort by thread name
+| Sort the threads by thread name. Clicking the icon a second time will sort the threads by name in reverse order and change the icon to [[Image:images/sort_alpha_rev.gif]]
+|-
+| [[Image:images/sort_num.gif]]
+| Sort by thread id
+| Sort the threads by thread ID. Clicking the icon a second time will sort the threads by ID in reverse order and change the icon to [[Image:images/sort_num_rev.gif]].
+|}
+
+=== Importing a binary or function name mapping file (for LTTng-UST <2.8 traces) ===
+
+See Call Stack View's '''[[#Call Stack View | Importing a binary or function name mapping file (for LTTng-UST <2.8 traces) ]]'''.
+
+== Function Duration Density ==
+The '''Function Duration Density''' view shows the function duration of function displayed by duration for the current active time window range. This is useful to find global outliers.
+
+[[Image:images/FunctionDensityView.png|Function Duration Density View]]
+
+Using the right mouse button to drag horizontally it will update the table and graph to show only the density for the selected durations. Durations outside the selection range will be filtered out. Using the toolbar button [[Image:images/zoomout_nav.gif]] the zoom range will be reset.
+
+== Memory Usage ==
+
+The Memory Usage view allows the user to visualize the active memory usage per thread over time, if the application and trace provide this information.
+
+The view shows the memory consumption for the currently selected trace.
+
+The time chart plots heap memory usage graphically over time. There is one line per process, unassigned memory usage is mapped to "Other".
+
+In this implementation, the user needs to trace while hooking the ''liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper'' by running ''LD_PRELOAD=liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper.so'' '''<exename>'''. This will add tracepoints to memory allocation and freeing to the heap, NOT shared memory or stack usage. If the contexts '''vtid''' and '''procname''' are enabled, then the view will associate the heap usage to processes. As detailed earlier, to enable the contexts, see the [[#Adding Contexts to Channels and Events of a Domain]] section. Or if using the command-line:
+* <pre>lttng add-context -u -t vtid -t procname</pre>
+
+If thread information is available the view will look like this:
+
+[[Image:images/memoryUsage/memory-usage-multithread.png]]
+
+If thread information is not available it will look like this:
+
+[[Image:images/memoryUsage/memory-usage-no-thread-info.png]]
+
+The time axis is aligned with other views that support automatic time axis alignment (see [[#Automatic Time Axis Alignment | Automatic Time Axis Alignment]]).
+
+Please note this view will not show shared memory or stack memory usage.
+
+=== Using the mouse ===
+
+The Memory Usage chart is usable with the mouse. The following actions are set:
+
+* '''left-click''': select a time or time range begin time
+* '''Shift-left-click or drag''': Extend or shrink the selection range
+
+* '''left-drag horizontally''': select a time range or change the time range begin or end time
+* '''middle-drag or Ctrl-left-drag horizontally''': pan left or right
+* '''right-drag horizontally''': [[#Zoom region|zoom region]]
+* '''Shift-mouse wheel up/down''': scroll left or right
+* '''Ctrl-mouse wheel up/down''': zoom in or out horizontally
+
+=== Toolbar ===
+
+The Memory Usage View '''toolbar''', located at the top right of the view, has shortcut buttons to perform common actions:
+
+{|
+| [[Image:images/link.gif]]
+| Align Views
+| Disable and enable the automatic time axis alignment of time-based views. Disabling the alignment in the this view will disable this feature across all the views because it's a workspace preference
+|-
+|}
+
+[[Image:images/LTTng_CpuUsageViewToolTip.png]]
+
+Please note this view will not show shared memory or stack memory usage.
+
+== Source Lookup (for LTTng-UST 2.8+) ==
+
+Starting with LTTng 2.8, the tracer can now provide enough information to
+associate trace events with their location in the original source code.
+
+To make use of this feature, first make sure your binaries are compiled with
+debug information (-g), so that the instruction pointers can be mapped to source
+code locations. This lookup is made using the ''addr2line'' command-line utility,
+which needs to be installed and on the '''$PATH''' of the system running Trace
+Compass. ''addr2line'' is available in most Linux distributions, Mac OS X, Windows using Cygwin and others.
+
+The following trace events need to be present in the trace:
+
+* lttng_ust_statedump:start
+* lttng_ust_statedump:end
+* lttng_ust_statedump:bin_info
+* lttng_ust_statedump:build_id
+
+as well as the following contexts:
+
+* vpid
+* ip
+
+For ease of use, you can simply enable all the UST events when setting up your
+session:
+
+ lttng enable-event -u -a
+ lttng add-context -u -t vpid -t ip
+
+Note that you can also create and configure your session using the [[#Control View | Control View]].
+
+If you want to track source locations in shared libraries loaded by the
+application, you also need to enable the "lttng_ust_dl:*" events, as well
+as preload the UST library providing them when running your program:
+
+ LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/liblttng-ust-dl.so ./myprogram
+
+If all the required information is present, then the ''Source Location'' column
+of the Event Table should be populated accordingly, and the ''Open Source Code''
+action should be available. Refer to the section [[#Event Source Lookup]] for
+more details.
+
+The ''Binary Location'' information should be present even if the original
+binaries are not available, since it only makes use of information found in the
+trace. A '''+''' denotes a relative address (i.e. an offset within the object
+itself), whereas a '''@''' denotes an absolute address, for
+non-position-independent objects.
+
+[[Image:images/sourceLookup/trace-with-debug-info.png]]
+
+''Example of a trace with debug info and corresponding Source Lookup information, showing a tracepoint originating from a shared library''
+
+=== Binary file location configuration ===
+
+To resolve addresses to function names and source code locations, the analysis
+makes use of the binary files (executables or shared libraries) present on the
+system. By default, it will look for the file paths as they are found in the
+trace, which means that it should work out-of-the-box if the trace was taken on
+the same machine that Trace Compass is running.
+
+It is possible to configure a ''root directory'' that will be used as a prefix
+for all file path resolutions. The button to open the configuration dialog is
+called '''Configure how addresses are mapped to function names''' and is
+currently located in the [[#Call Stack View]]. Note that the Call Stack View
+will also make use of this configuration to resolve its function names.
+
+[[Image:images/sourceLookup/symbol-mapping-config-ust28.png]]
+
+''The symbol configuration dialog for LTTng-UST 2.8+ traces''
+
+This can be useful if a trace was taken on a remote target, and an image of that
+target is available locally.
+
+If a binary file is being traced on a target, the paths in the trace will refer
+to the paths on the target. For example, if they are:
+
+* /usr/bin/program
+* /usr/lib/libsomething.so
+* /usr/local/lib/libcustom.so
+
+and an image of that target is copied locally on the system at
+''/home/user/project/image'', which means the binaries above end up at:
+
+* /home/user/project/image/usr/bin/program
+* /home/user/project/image/usr/lib/libsomething.so
+* /home/user/project/image/usr/local/lib/libcustom.so
+
+Then selecting the ''/home/user/project/image'' directory in the configuration
+dialog above will allow Trace Compass to read the debug symbols correctly.
+
+Note that this path prefix will apply to both binary file and source file
+locations, which may or may not be desirable.
+
+= Trace synchronization =
+
+It is possible to synchronize traces from different machines so that they have the same time reference. Events from the reference trace will have the same timestamps as usual, but the events from traces synchronized with the first one will have their timestamps transformed according to the formula obtained after synchronization.
+
+== Obtain synchronizable traces ==
+
+To synchronize traces from different machines, they need to exchange packets through the network and have events enabled such that the data can be matched from one trace to the other. For now, only TCP packets can be matched between two traces.
+
+LTTng traces that can be synchronized are obtained using one of two methods (both methods are compatible):
+
+=== LTTng-module network tracepoint with complete data ===
+
+The tracepoints '''net_dev_queue''' and '''netif_receive_skb''' will be used for synchronization. Both tracepoints are available in lttng-modules since version 2.2, but they do not contain sufficient data to be used to synchronize traces.
An experimental branch introduces this extra data: lttng-modules will need to be compiled by hand.
It is possible to define custom trace analyses and a way to view them in an XML format. These kind of analyses allow doing more with the trace data than what the default analyses shipped with TMF offer. It can be customized to a specific problem, and fine-tuned to show exactly what you're looking for.
-== Importing an XML file containing analysis ==
+== Managing XML files containing analyses ==
+
+The '''Manage XML Analyses''' dialog is used to manage the list of XML files containing analysis. To open the dialog:
-If you already have an XML file defining state providers and/or views, you can import it in your TMF workspace by right-clicking on the ''Traces'' or ''Experiments'' folder and selecting ''Import XML Analysis''.
+* Open the '''Project Explorer''' view.
+* Select '''Manage XML Analyses...''' from the '''Traces''' folder context menu.
+
+[[Image:images/ManageXMLAnalysis.png]]
+
+The list of currently defined XML analyses is displayed on the left side of the dialog.
+
+The following actions can be performed from this dialog:
+
+* Import
-[[Image:images/import_XML_analysis.png| Import XML analysis menu]]
+Click the '''Import''' button and select a file from the opened file dialog to import an XML file containing an analysis. The file will be validated before importing it and if successful, the new analysis and views will be shown under the traces for which they apply. You will need to close any already opened traces and re-open them before the new analysis can be executed. If an invalid file is selected, an error message will be displayed to the user.
-You will be prompted to select the file. It will be validated before importing it and if successful, the new analysis and views will be shown under the traces for which they apply. You will need to close any already opened traces and re-open them before the new analysis can be executed.
+* Export
-Right now, there is no way to "unimport" analyses from within the application. A UI to manage the imported analyses is currently being worked on. In the meantime, you can navigate to your workspace directory, and delete the files in .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.analysis.xml.core/xml_files .
+Select an XML file from the list, click the '''Export''' button and enter or select a file in the opened file dialog to export the XML analysis. Note that if an existing file containing an analysis is selected, its content will be replaced with the analysis to export.
+
+* Edit
+
+Select an XML file from the list, click the '''Edit''' to open the XML editor. When the file is saved after being modified, it is validated and traces that are affected by this file are closed.
+
+* Delete
+
+Select an XML file from the list and click the '''Delete''' button to remove the XML file. Deleting an XML file will close all the traces for which this analysis applies and remove the analysis.
== Defining XML components ==
</head>
</pre>
-If pre-defined values will be used in the state provider, they must be defined before the state providers. They can then be referred to in the state changes by name, preceded by the '$' sign. It is not necessary to use pre-defined values, the state change can use values like (100, 101, 102) directly.
+If predefined values will be used in the state provider, they must be defined before the state providers. They can then be referred to in the state changes by name, preceded by the '$' sign. It is not necessary to use predefined values, the state change can use values like (100, 101, 102) directly.
<pre>
<definedValue name="RUNNING" value="100" />
If modifications are made to the XML state provider after it has been "published", the '''version''' attribute of the '''xmlStateProvider''' element should be updated. This avoids having to delete each trace's supplementary file manually. If the saved state system used a previous version, it will automatically be rebuilt from the XML file.
+== Defining an XML pattern provider ==
+It exists patterns within an execution trace that can provide high level details about the system execution. A '''pattern''' is a particular combination of events or states that are expected to occur within a trace. It may be composed of several state machines that inherit or communicate through a common state system.
+
+We may have multiple instances (scenarios) of a running state machine within a pattern. Each scenario which has its own path in the state system can generate segments to populate the data-driven views
+
+=== The state system structure ===
+
+The pattern analysis generates a predefined attribute tree described as follows :
+
+<pre>
+|- state machines
+| |- state machine 0
+| |- scenario 0
+| |- status
+| |- state
+| |- start
+| ...
+| |- storedFields
+| |- field 1
+| ...
+| |- startTime
+| ...
+| ...
+| |- scenarios 1
+| ...
+| |- state machine 1
+| ...
+</pre>
+
+The user can add custom data in this tree or determine its own attribute tree beside of this one.
+
+=== Writing the XML pattern provider ===
+Details about the XML structure are available in the XSD files.
+
+First define the pattern element. As the state provider element described in [[#Writing_the_XML_state_provider | Writing the XML state provider]], it has a "version" attribute and an "id" attribute.
+
+<pre>
+<pattern version="0" id="my.test.pattern">
+</pre>
+
+Optional header information as well as predefined values like described in [[#Writing_the_XML_state_provider | Writing the XML state provider]] can be added.
+
+Stored values can be added before the pattern handler. The predefined action '''saveStoredField''' triggers the updates of the stored fields and the predefined action '''clearStoredFields''' reset the values.
+
+<pre>
+<storedField id="offset" alias="offset"/>
+</pre>
+
+The behavior of the pattern and the models it needs are described in the pattern handler element.
+
+The structure of the state machine (FSM) is based on the SCXML structure. The following example describe an FSM that matches all the system call in an LTTng kernel trace.
+
+<pre>
+<fsm id="syscall" initial="start">
+ <state id="start">
+ <transition event="syscall_entry_*" target="syscall_entry_x" action="sys_x_founded" saveStoredFields="true"/>
+ </state>
+ <state id="in_progress" >
+ <transition event="syscall_exit_*" cond="thread_condition" target="syscall_exit_x" action="exit_syscall_found" saveStoredFields="true" clearStoredFields="true"/>
+ </state>
+ <final id="end"/>
+</fsm>
+</pre>
+
+The value of the target attribute corresponds to the 'id' of a test element described in the XML file and is a reference to it. Similarly, the value of the action attribute corresponds to the 'id' of an action element described in the XML file and is a reference to it.
+
+Conditions are used in the transitions to switch between the state of an FSM. They are defined under the '''test''' element. Two types of conditions are allowed : '''Data condition''' and '''Time condition'''. It is possible to combine several conditions using a logical operator (OR, AND, ...).
+
+Data conditions tests the ongoing event information against the data in the state system or constant values. The following condition tests whether the current thread running on the CPU is also the ongoing scenario thread.
+
+<pre>
+<test id="thread_condition">
+ <if>
+ <condition>
+ <stateValue type="query" >
+ <stateAttribute type="location" value="CurrentCPU" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="Current_thread" />
+ </stateValue>
+ <stateValue type="query">
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="#CurrentScenario" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="thread" />
+ </stateValue>
+ </condition>
+ </if>
+</test>
+</pre>
+
+Two types of time conditions are available:
+* Time range conditions tests whether the ongoing event happens between a specific range of time. The following condition tests whether the ongoing event happens between 1 nanosecond and 3 nanoseconds.
+
+<pre>
+<test id="time_condition">
+ <if>
+ <condition>
+ <timerange unit="ns">
+ <in begin="1" end="3" />
+ </timerange>
+ </condition>
+ </if>
+</test>
+</pre>
+
+* Elapsed time conditions tests the value of the time spent since a specific state of an fsm. The following condition tests whether the ongoing event happens less than 3 nanoseconds after that the scenario reaches the state "syscall_entry_x".
+
+<pre>
+<test id="time_condition">
+ <if>
+ <condition>
+ <elapsedTime unit="ns">
+ <less since="syscall_entry_x" value="3" />
+ </elapsedTime>
+ </condition>
+ </if>
+</test>
+</pre>
+
+Two types of actions are allowed :
+* State changes update values of attributes into the state system. The following example set the value of the thread for the current scenario.
+
+<pre>
+ <action id="sys_x_found">
+ <stateChange>
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="#CurrentScenario" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="thread" />
+ <stateValue type="query">
+ <stateAttribute type="location" value="CurrentCPU" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="Current_thread" />
+ </stateValue>
+ </stateChange>
+ </action>
+</pre>
+
+* Generate segments. The following example represents a system call segment.
+
+<pre>
+<action id="exit_syscall_founded">
+ <segment>
+ <segType>
+ <segName>
+ <stateValue type="query">
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="#CurrentScenario" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="syscall" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="name" />
+ </stateValue>
+ </segName>
+ </segType>
+ </segment>
+</action>
+</pre>
+
+When existing, the stored fields will be added as fields for the generated segments.
+
+Here is the complete XML file by combining all the examples models above:
+
+<pre>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<tmfxml xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+ xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="xmlDefinition.xsd">
+
+<pattern version="1" id="my.test.pattern">
+ <head>
+ <traceType id="org.eclipse.linuxtools.lttng2.kernel.tracetype" />
+ <label value="xml syscall" />
+ </head>
+
+ <storedField id="filename"/>
+ <storedField id="fd"/>
+ <storedField id="ret" alias="ret"/>
+ <storedField id="flags" alias="flags"/>
+ <storedField id="offset" alias="offset"/>
+ <storedField id="fd_in" alias="fd_in"/>
+ <storedField id="fd_out" alias="fd_out"/>
+ <storedField id="uservaddr" alias="uservaddr"/>
+ <storedField id="upeer_sockaddr" alias="upeer_sockaddr"/>
+
+ <location id="CurrentThread">
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="Threads" />
+ <stateAttribute type="query">
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="CPUs" />
+ <stateAttribute type="eventField" value="cpu" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="Current_thread" />
+ </stateAttribute>
+ </location>
+
+ <location id="CurrentCPU">
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="CPUs" />
+ <stateAttribute type="eventField" value="cpu" />
+ </location>
+
+ <patternHandler>
+ <test id="time_condition">
+ <if>
+ <or>
+ <not>
+ <condition>
+ <timerange unit="ns">
+ <in begin="1" end="3" />
+ </timerange>
+ </condition>
+ </not>
+ <condition>
+ <elapsedTime unit="ns">
+ <less since="syscall_entry_x" value="3" />
+ </elapsedTime>
+ </condition>
+ </or>
+ </if>
+ </test>
+
+ <test id="thread_condition">
+ <if>
+ <condition>
+ <stateValue type="query" >
+ <stateAttribute type="location" value="CurrentCPU" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="Current_thread" />
+ </stateValue>
+ <stateValue type="query">
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="#CurrentScenario" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="thread" />
+ </stateValue>
+ </condition>
+ </if>
+ </test>
+
+ <action id="sys_x_founded">
+ <stateChange>
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="#CurrentScenario" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="syscall" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="name" />
+ <stateValue type="eventName"/>
+ </stateChange>
+
+ <stateChange>
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="#CurrentScenario" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="cpu" />
+ <stateValue type="eventField" value="cpu"/>
+ </stateChange>
+
+ <stateChange>
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="#CurrentScenario" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="thread" />
+ <stateValue type="query">
+ <stateAttribute type="location" value="CurrentCPU" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="Current_thread" />
+ </stateValue>
+ </stateChange>
+ </action>
+
+ <action id="exit_syscall_founded">
+ <segment>
+ <segType>
+ <segName>
+ <stateValue type="query">
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="#CurrentScenario" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="syscall" />
+ <stateAttribute type="constant" value="name" />
+ </stateValue>
+ </segName>
+ </segType>
+ </segment>
+ </action>
+
+ <fsm id="syscall" initial="start">
+ <state id="start">
+ <transition event="syscall_entry_*" target="syscall_entry_x" action="sys_x_founded" saveStoredFields="true"/>
+ </state>
+ <state id="in_progress" >
+ <transition event="syscall_exit_*" cond="thread_condition" target="syscall_exit_x" action="exit_syscall_found" saveStoredFields="true" clearStoredFields="true"/>
+ </state>
+ <final id="end"/>
+ </fsm>
+ </patternHandler>
+</pattern>
+</tmfxml>
+</pre>
+
+=== Representing the scenarios ===
+
+Segments generated by the pattern analysis are used to populate latency views. A description of these views can be found in [[#Latency_Analyses | Latency Analyses]].
+
+The full XML analysis example described above will generate the following views :
+
+* Latency Table
+
+[[Image:images/XMLPatternAnalysis/LatencyTable.png| Latency Table example - System Call pattern]]
+
+* Latency vs Time
+
+[[Image:images/XMLPatternAnalysis/LatencyVSTime.png| Latency vs Time example - System Call pattern]]
+
+* Latency Statistics
+
+[[Image:images/XMLPatternAnalysis/LatencyStatistics.png| Latency Statistics example - System Call pattern]]
+
+* Latency vs Count
+
+[[Image:images/XMLPatternAnalysis/LatencyVSCount.png| Latency vs Count example - System Call pattern]]
+
== Defining an XML time graph view ==
A time graph view is a view divided in two, with a tree viewer on the left showing information on the different entries to display and a Gantt-like viewer on the right, showing the state of the entries over time. The [[#Control_Flow_View | Control Flow View]] is an example of a time graph view.
-Such views can be defined in XML using the data in the state system. The state system itself could have been built by an XML-defined state provider or by any pre-defined Java analysis. It only requires knowing the structure of the state system, which can be explored using the [[#State System Explorer View | State System Explorer View]] (or programmatically using the methods in ''ITmfStateSystem'').
+Such views can be defined in XML using the data in the state system. The state system itself could have been built by an XML-defined state provider or by any predefined Java analysis. It only requires knowing the structure of the state system, which can be explored using the [[#State System Explorer View | State System Explorer View]] (or programmatically using the methods in ''ITmfStateSystem'').
In the example above, suppose we want to display the status for each task. In the state system, it means the path of the entries to display is "Tasks/*". The attribute whose value should be shown in the Gantt chart is the entry attribute itself. So the XML to display these entries would be as such:
[[Image:images/Xml_analysis_screenshot.png| XML analysis with view]]
+==== Using the keyboard ====
+*'''Ctrl + F''': Search in the view. (see [[#Searching in Time Graph Views | Searching in Time Graph Views]])
+
== Defining an XML XY chart ==
An XY chart displays series as a set of numerical values over time. The X-axis represents the time and is synchronized with the trace's current time range. The Y-axis can be any numerical value.
-Such views can be defined in XML using the data in the state system. The state system itself could have been built by an XML-defined state provider or by any pre-defined Java analysis. It only requires knowing the structure of the state system, which can be explored using the [[#State System Explorer View | State System Explorer View]] (or programmatically using the methods in ''ITmfStateSystem'').
+Such views can be defined in XML using the data in the state system. The state system itself could have been built by an XML-defined state provider or by any predefined Java analysis. It only requires knowing the structure of the state system, which can be explored using the [[#State System Explorer View | State System Explorer View]] (or programmatically using the methods in ''ITmfStateSystem'').
We will use the Linux Kernel Analysis on LTTng kernel traces to show an example XY chart. In this state system, the status of each CPU is a numerical value. We will display this value as the Y axis of the series. There will be one series per CPU. The XML to display these entries would be as such:
<pre>
<head>
- <analysis id="org.eclipse.tracecompass.lttng2.kernel.analysis" />
+ <analysis id="org.eclipse.tracecompass.analysis.os.linux.kernel" />
<label value="CPU status XY view" />
</head>
</pre>
[[Image:images/XML_xy_chart.png| XML XY chart]]
+= Latency Analyses =
+
+Trace Compass offers a feature called Latency analysis. This allows an analysis to return intervals and these intervals will be displayed in four different views. An example analysis is provided with kernel system call latencies being provided. The available views are:
+
+* System Call Latencies
+A '''table''' of the raw latencies. This view is useful to inspect individual latencies.
+
+ [[Image:images/LatenciesTable.png| Latency Table example - System Call Latencies]]
+
+
+* System Call Latency vs Time
+A time aligned '''scatter chart''' of the latencies with respect to the current window range. This view is useful to see the overall form of the latencies as they arrive.
+
+[[Image:images/LatenciesScatter.png| Latency Scatter Chart example - System Call Latency vs Time]]
+
+
+* System Call Latency Statistics
+A view of the total '''statistics''' of the latencies. These show the ''minimum'', ''maximum'', ''average'', ''standard deviation'', and ''count'' of the latencies when applicable. This tool is useful for finding the outliers on a per-category basis.
+
+Right-clicking on an entry of the table and select '''Go to minimum''' allows to select the range of the minimum latency for the selected entry and synchronize the other views to this time range.
+
+Right-clicking on an entry of the table and select '''Go to maximum''' allows to select the range of the maximum latency for the selected entry and synchronize the other views to this time range.
+
+[[Image:images/LatenciesStatistics.png| Latency Statistics example - System Call Latency Statistics]]
+
+* System Call Density
+A '''density''' view, analyzing the current time range. This is useful to find global outliers. Selecting a duration in the table it will synchronize other views to this time range.
+
+[[Image:images/LatenciesDensity.png| Latency Densities example - System Call Density]]
+
+Using the right mouse button to drag horizontally it will update the table and graph to show only the density for the selected durations. Durations outside the selection range will be filtered out. Using the toolbar button [[Image:images/zoomout_nav.gif]] the zoom range will be reset.
+
+= Virtual Machine Analysis =
+
+Virtual environments are usually composed of host machines, who each run an hypervisor program on which one or many guests can be run. Tracing a guest machine alone can often yield some strange results as from its point of view, it has full use of the resources, but in reality, most resources are shared with the host and other guests.
+
+To better understand what is happening in such an environment, it is necessary to trace all the machines involved, guests and hosts, and correlate this information in an experiment that will display a complete view of the virtualized environment.
+
+== Virtual Machine Experiment ==
+
+A trace has to be taken for each machine, guest and host, in the virtualized environment. The host trace is the most important to have, as missing guests will only give an incomplete view of the system, but missing hosts usually won't allow to identify the hypervisor, nor determine when a guest is preempted from the host CPUs. The virtual machine analysis only makes sense if the host trace is available.
+
+Once all the traces are imported in Trace Compass, they can be [[#Creating a Experiment | added to an experiment]]. The type of the experiment should by set to '''Virtual Machine Experiment''' by clicking on the right mouse button over the experiment name, then selecting '''Select Experiment Type...'''.
+
+[[Image:images/vmAnalysis/VM_experiment.png | Virtual Machine Experiment]]
+
+Depending on the hypervisor used, traces might need to be [[#Trace synchronization | synchronized]] so that they have the same time reference and their events can be correctly correlated.
+
+== Virtual CPU View ==
+
+The Virtual CPU view shows the status of CPUs and threads on guests augmented with the preemption and hypervisor data we get from the host.
+
+In the image below, we see for the virtual CPU status that it has a few more states than the CPUs in the [[#Resources View | Resources View]]: in red and purple respectively, when the virtual CPU is running hypervisor code and when the CPU is preempted on the host.
+
+The entries for each thread of the machine corresponds to the one from the [[#Control flow | Control Flow View]], augmented with the data from the Virtual CPU, so that we see that even though it is running from the guest's point of view, it is actually not running when the Virtual CPU it runs on is in preempted or hypervisor mode.
+
+[[Image:images/vmAnalysis/VM_CPU_view.png | Virtual CPU view]]
+
+==== Using the keyboard ====
+*'''Ctrl + F''': Search in the view. (see [[#Searching in Time Graph Views | Searching in Time Graph Views]])
+
+== Hypervisor-specific Tracing ==
+
+In order to be able to correlate data from the guests and hosts traces, each hypervisor supported by Trace Compass requires some specific events, that are sometimes not available in the default installation of the tracer.
+
+The following sections describe how to obtain traces for each hypervisor.
+
+=== Qemu/KVM ===
+
+The Qemu/KVM hypervisor require extra tracepoints not yet shipped in LTTng for both guests and hosts, as well as compilation with the full kernel source tree on the host, to have access to kvm_entry/kvm_exit events on x86.
+
+Obtain the source code with extra tracepoints, along with lttng-modules
+
+ # git clone https://github.com/giraldeau/lttng-modules.git
+ # cd lttng-modules
+
+Checkout the addons branch, compile and install lttng-modules as per the lttng-modules documentation.
+
+ # git checkout addons
+ # make
+ # sudo make modules_install
+ # sudo depmod -a
+
+On the host, to have complete kvm tracepoints support, the make command has to include the full kernel tree. So first, you'll need to obtain the kernel source tree. See your distribution's documentation on how to get it. This will compile extra modules, including lttng-probe-kvm-x86, which we need.
+
+ # make KERNELDIR=/path/to/kernel/dir
+
+The lttng addons modules must be inserted manually for the virtual machine extra tracepoints to be available:
+
+ # sudo modprobe lttng-addons
+ # sudo modprobe lttng-vmsync-host # on the host
+ # sudo modprobe lttng-vmsync-guest # on the guest
+
+The following tracepoints will be available
+
+ # sudo lttng list -k
+ Kernel events:
+ -------------
+ ...
+ kvm_entry (loglevel: TRACE_EMERG (0)) (type: tracepoint)
+ kvm_exit (loglevel: TRACE_EMERG (0)) (type: tracepoint)
+ vmsync_gh_guest (loglevel: TRACE_EMERG (0)) (type: tracepoint) # on the guest
+ vmsync_hg_guest (loglevel: TRACE_EMERG (0)) (type: tracepoint) # on the guest
+ vmsync_gh_host (loglevel: TRACE_EMERG (0)) (type: tracepoint) # on the host
+ vmsync_hg_host (loglevel: TRACE_EMERG (0)) (type: tracepoint) # on the host
+ ...
+
+Host and guests can now be traced together and their traces added to an experiment. Because each guest has a different clock than the host, it is necessary to synchronize the traces together. Unfortunately, automatic synchronization with the virtual machine events is not completely implemented yet, so another kind of synchronization needs to be done, with TCP packets for instance. See section on [[#Trace synchronization | trace synchronization]] for information on how to obtain synchronizable traces.
+
+= Java Logging =
+
+Trace Compass contains some Java Utility Logging (JUL) tracepoints in various places in the code. To diagnose issues with Trace Compass or when reporting problems with the application, a JUL trace may be useful to help pinpoint the problem. The following sections explain how to enable JUL logging in Trace Compass and use various handlers to handle the data.
+
+== Enable JUL Logging ==
+
+By default, all the logging of the Trace Compass namespace is disabled. To enable it, one needs to add the following property to the ''vmargs'': ''-Dorg.eclipse.tracecompass.logging=true''.
+
+The log levels and components can be controlled via a configuration file whose path is specified also in the ''vmargs'' like this: ''-Djava.util.logging.config.file=/path/to/logger.properties''. An example configuration file can be found in the next section.
+
+If running the RCP, these arguments can be appended at the end of the ''tracecompass.ini'' file located in the folder where the executable is located. If running from Eclipse in development mode, in the ''Run configurations...'', the arguments should be added in the ''Arguments'' tab in the ''VM args'' box.
+
+== Configuring JUL logging ==
+
+JUL logging can be fine-tuned to log only specific components, specific levels, but also to different log handlers, with different formats, etc. Or else, the default level is INFO and the default log handler is a ConsoleHandler which displays all log message to the Console, which can be quite cumbersome.
+
+Here is an example ''logger.properties'' file to control what is being logged and where.
+
+ # Specify the handlers to create in the root logger
+ # (all loggers are children of the root logger)
+ # These are example handlers
+
+ # Console handler
+ handlers = java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
+ # Console and file handlers
+ #handlers = java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler, java.util.logging.FileHandler
+ # No handler
+ #handlers =
+
+ # Set the default logging level for the root logger
+ # Possible values: OFF, SEVERE, WARNING, INFO, CONFIG, FINE, FINER, FINEST, ALL
+ .level = OFF
+
+ # Fine tune log levels for specific components
+ # Use the INFO level for all tracecompass, but FINEST for the StateSystem component
+ #org.eclipse.tracecompass.internal.statesystem.core.StateSystem.level = FINEST
+ org.eclipse.tracecompass.level = INFO
+
+== LTTng JUL log handler ==
+
+The various log handlers have an overhead on the application. The ConsoleHandler has a visible impact on Trace Compass performance. The FileHandler also has an overhead though less visible, but when logging from multiple threads at the same time, the file becomes a bottleneck, so that logging data cannot be used with accuracy for performance analysis. The [http://lttng.org/docs/#doc-java-application LTTng log handler] is much better in a multi-threads context.
+
+LTTng-UST comes with the Java JUL agent in most distros. Otherwise, it is possible to manually compile lttng-ust with options ''--enable-java-agent-jul'' and install it.
+
+ git clone git://git.lttng.org/lttng-ust.git
+ cd lttng-ust
+ ./bootstrap
+ ./configure --enable-java-agent-jul
+ make
+ sudo make install
+
+The necessary classes for the java agent will have been installed on the system. Since Equinox (the OSGi implementation used by Eclipse and thus Trace Compass) uses its own classpath and ignores any classpath entered on the command line for security reasons, one needs to specify the agent class path with the bootclasspath argument:
+
+ -Xbootclasspath/a:/usr/local/share/java/lttng-ust-agent-jul.jar:/usr/local/share/java/lttng-ust-agent-common.jar
+
+Note that unlike the -classpath argument, -Xbootsclasspath does not follow the dependencies specified by a jar's Manifest, thus it is required to list both the -jul and the -common jars here.
+
+These classes need to load the LTTng JNI library. Because they were loaded from the boot class path by the boot ClassLoader, the library path entered on the command line is ignored. A workaround is to manually copy the library to the jvm's main library path. For example
+
+ sudo cp /usr/local/lib/liblttng-ust-jul-jni.so /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/
+
+Or to overwrite the JVM's library path with the following VM argument.
+
+ -Dsun.boot.library.path=/usr/local/lib
+
+''Disclaimer: this last method overwrites the main java library path. It may have unknown side-effects. None were found yet.''
+
+LTTng can now be used as a handler for Trace Compass's JUL, by adding the following line to the logger.properties file
+
+ handlers = org.lttng.ust.agent.jul.LttngLogHandler
+
+The tracepoints will be those logged by a previously defined configuration file. Here is how to setup LTTng to handle JUL logging:
+
+ lttng create
+ lttng enable-event -j -a
+ lttng start
+
= Limitations =
* When parsing text traces, the timestamps are assumed to be in the local time zone. This means that when combining it to CTF binary traces, there could be offsets by a few hours depending on where the traces were taken and where they were read.
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