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QEMU SystemTap trace tool
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Synopsis
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--------
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**qemu-trace-stap** [*GLOBAL-OPTIONS*] *COMMAND* [*COMMAND-OPTIONS*] *ARGS*...
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Description
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-----------
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The ``qemu-trace-stap`` program facilitates tracing of the execution
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of QEMU emulators using SystemTap.
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It is required to have the SystemTap runtime environment installed to use
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this program, since it is a wrapper around execution of the ``stap``
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program.
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Options
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-------
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.. program:: qemu-trace-stap
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The following global options may be used regardless of which command
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is executed:
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.. option:: --verbose, -v
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Display verbose information about command execution.
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The following commands are valid:
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.. option:: list BINARY PATTERN...
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List all the probe names provided by *BINARY* that match
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*PATTERN*.
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If *BINARY* is not an absolute path, it will be located by searching
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the directories listed in the ``$PATH`` environment variable.
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*PATTERN* is a plain string that is used to filter the results of
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this command. It may optionally contain a ``*`` wildcard to facilitate
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matching multiple probes without listing each one explicitly. Multiple
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*PATTERN* arguments may be given, causing listing of probes that match
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any of the listed names. If no *PATTERN* is given, the all possible
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probes will be listed.
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For example, to list all probes available in the ``qemu-system-x86_64``
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binary:
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::
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$ qemu-trace-stap list qemu-system-x86_64
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To filter the list to only cover probes related to QEMU's cryptographic
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subsystem, in a binary outside ``$PATH``
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::
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$ qemu-trace-stap list /opt/qemu/4.0.0/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 'qcrypto*'
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.. option:: run OPTIONS BINARY PATTERN...
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Run a trace session, printing formatted output any time a process that is
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executing *BINARY* triggers a probe matching *PATTERN*.
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If *BINARY* is not an absolute path, it will be located by searching
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the directories listed in the ``$PATH`` environment variable.
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*PATTERN* is a plain string that matches a probe name shown by the
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*LIST* command. It may optionally contain a ``*`` wildcard to
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facilitate matching multiple probes without listing each one explicitly.
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Multiple *PATTERN* arguments may be given, causing all matching probes
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to be monitored. At least one *PATTERN* is required, since stap is not
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capable of tracing all known QEMU probes concurrently without overflowing
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its trace buffer.
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Invocation of this command does not need to be synchronized with
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invocation of the QEMU process(es). It will match probes on all
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existing running processes and all future launched processes,
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unless told to only monitor a specific process.
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Valid command specific options are:
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.. program:: qemu-trace-stap-run
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.. option:: --pid=PID, -p PID
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Restrict the tracing session so that it only triggers for the process
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identified by *PID*.
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For example, to monitor all processes executing ``qemu-system-x86_64``
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as found on ``$PATH``, displaying all I/O related probes:
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::
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$ qemu-trace-stap run qemu-system-x86_64 'qio*'
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To monitor only the QEMU process with PID 1732
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::
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$ qemu-trace-stap run --pid=1732 qemu-system-x86_64 'qio*'
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To monitor QEMU processes running an alternative binary outside of
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``$PATH``, displaying verbose information about setup of the
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tracing environment:
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::
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$ qemu-trace-stap -v run /opt/qemu/4.0.0/qemu-system-x86_64 'qio*'
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See also
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--------
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:manpage:`qemu(1)`, :manpage:`stap(1)`
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..
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Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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