LTTNG-GEN-TP(1)

NAME
lttng-gen-tp - Generate LTTng-UST tracepoint provider code

SYNOPSIS

lttng-gen-tp [--verbose] [--output=FILE.c]
             [--output=FILE.h] [--output=FILE.o] TEMPLATE

DESCRIPTION

The lttng-gen-tp tool simplifies the generation of LTTng-UST tracepoint provider files. It takes a simple template file, TEMPLATE, and generates the necessary C code to use the defined tracepoints in your application. See the Template file format section below for more information about the format of TEMPLATE.

Currently, lttng-gen-tp can generate the .h, .c, and .o files associated with your tracepoint provider. The generated .h file can be included directly in your application. You can let lttng-gen-tp generate the .o file or compile the .c file yourself. See lttng-ust(3) for more information about compiling LTTng-UST tracepoint providers.

By default, lttng-gen-tp generates the .h, .c, and .o files, their basename being the basename of TEMPLATE. You can generate one or more specific file types with the --output option, repeated if needed.

  Template file format

The template file, which usually has the .tp extension, contains a list of TRACEPOINT_EVENT() definitions and other optional definition entries, like TRACEPOINT_LOGLEVEL(). See lttng-ust(3) for the complete list of available definitions.

The TRACEPOINT_EVENT() definitions are written as you would write them in an LTTng-UST template provider header file. C comments are supported (/* */ and //), as well as lines starting with #.

    Note

    The provider name (the first argument of TRACEPOINT_EVENT()) must be the same in all the TRACEPOINT_EVENT() macros of TEMPLATE.

Here’s an example:

    TRACEPOINT_EVENT(
        // Tracepoint provider name
        my_provider,
        // Tracepoint/event name
        my_event,
        // Tracepoint arguments (input)
        TP_ARGS(char *, text),
        // Tracepoint/event fields (output)
        TP_FIELDS(
            ctf_string(message, text)
        )
    )

OPTIONS

-o, --output=FILE
    Do not generate default files: generate FILE.

    The extension of FILE determines what is generated, amongst .h, .c, and .o. This option can be used more than one time to generate different file types.

-v, --verbose
    Increase verbosity.

-h, --help
    Show command help.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

CC
    C compiler to use. Default: cc, then gcc if cc is not found. This option is only relevant when generating the .o file.

CFLAGS
    Flags and options passed directly to the compiler ($CC). This option is only relevant when generating the .o file.

EXIT STATUS

0
    Success

Non-zero
    Error

BUGS

If you encounter any issue or usability problem, please report it on the LTTng bug tracker <https://bugs.lttng.org/projects/lttng-ust>.

RESOURCES

    • LTTng project website <http://lttng.org>

    • LTTng documentation <http://lttng.org/docs>

    • Git repositories <http://git.lttng.org>

    • GitHub organization <http://github.com/lttng>

    • Continuous integration <http://ci.lttng.org/>

    • Mailing list <http://lists.lttng.org> for support and development: lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org

    • IRC channel <irc://irc.oftc.net/lttng>: #lttng on irc.oftc.net

COPYRIGHTS

lttng-gen-tp is part of the LTTng-UST project.

lttng-gen-tp is distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html>. See the COPYING <https://github.com/lttng/lttng-ust/blob/master/COPYING> file for more details.

AUTHOR

lttng-gen-tp was originally written by Yannick Brosseau <mailto:yannick.brosseau@gmail.com>. It is currently maintained by Mathieu Desnoyers <mailto:mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>.

SEE ALSO

lttng-ust(3)