tnfdump(1) User Commands tnfdump(1)NAMEtnfdump - convert binary TNF file to ASCII
SYNOPSIStnfdump [-r] [-x] tnf_file...
DESCRIPTION
The tnfdump utility converts the specified binary TNF trace files to
ASCII. The ASCII output can be used to do performance analysis. The
default mode (without the -r option) prints all the event records (that
were generated by TNF_PROBE(3TNF)) and the event descriptor records
only. It also orders the events by time.
OPTIONS
The following option is supported:
-r Does a raw conversion of TNF to ASCII. The output is a literal
transalation of the binary TNF file and includes all the
records in the file. This output is useful only if you have a
good understanding of TNF. A sample output is listed in EXAM‐
PLES below.
-x Prints all TNF unsigned type argument values in hexadecimal
format instead of decimal format.
RETURN VALUEStnfdump returns 0 on succcessful exit.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Converting a file into ASCII
To convert the file /tmp/trace-2130 into ASCII, use the tnfdump command
and the name of the binary trace file. Be aware that the tnfdump output
goes to stdout by default.
example% tnfdump /tmp/trace-2130
probe tnf_name: "inloop" tnf_string: "keys cookie main loop;\
file cookie2.c;line 50;sunw%debug in the loop"
probe tnf_name: "end" tnf_string: "keys cookie main end;\
file cookie2.c;line 41;sunw%debug exiting program"
------------- ----------- ---- ------ --- ---------- ----------------
Elapsed (ms) Delta (ms) PID LWPID TID CPU Probe Data/
Name Description . . .
------------- ----------- ---- ------ --- ---------- ----------------
0.000000 0.000000 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 0
total_iterations: 0
0.339000 0.339000 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 1
total_iterations: 1
0.350500 0.011500 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 2
total_iterations: 2
0.359500 0.009000 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 3
total_iterations: 3
0.369500 0.010000 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 4
total_iterations: 4
7775.969500 7775.600000 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 0
total_iterations: 5
7776.016000 0.046500 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 1
total_iterations: 6
7776.025000 0.009000 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 2
total_iterations: 7
7776.034000 0.009000 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 3
total_iterations: 8
7776.043000 0.009000 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 4
total_iterations: 9
7776.052000 0.009000 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 5
total_iterations: 10
7776.061000 0.009000 8792 1 0 - inloop loop_count: 6
total_iterations: 11
9475.979500 1699.918500 8792 1 0 - end node_struct:
{ type: node_tnf
cur_sum: 9 max_cnt: 12 }
All probes that are encountered during execution have a description of
it printed out. The description is one per line prefixed by the key‐
word 'probe'. The name of the probe is in double quotes after the key‐
word 'tnf_name'. The description of this probe is in double quotes
after the keyword 'tnf_string'.
A heading is printed after all the description of the probes are
printed. The first column gives the elapsed time in milli-seconds since
the first event. The second column gives the elapsed time in milli-sec‐
onds since the previous event. The next four columns are the process
id, lwp id, thread id, and cpu number. The next column is the name of
the probe that generated this event. This can be matched to the probe
description explained above. The last column is the data that the event
contains, formatted as arg_name_n (see TNF_PROBE(3TNF)) followed by a
colon and the value of that argument. The format of the value depends
on its type. tnf_opaque arguments are printed in hexadecimal. All other
integers are printed in decimal. Strings are printed in double quotes
and user-defined records are enclosed in braces `{ }'. The first field
of a user defined record indicates its TNF type (see
TNF_DECLARE_RECORD(3TNF)). The rest of the fields are the members of
the record.
A `-' in any column indicates that there is no data for that particular
column.
Example 2: To do a raw conversion of a file into ASCII
To do a raw conversion of the file /tmp/trace-4000 into ASCII, use:
example% tnfdump-r /tmp/trace-4000
The output will look like the following:
0x10e00 : {
tnf_tag 0x109c0 tnf_block_header
generation 1
bytes_valid 320
A_lock 0
B_lock 0
next_block 0x0
}
0x10e10 : {
tnf_tag 0x10010 probe1
tnf_tag_arg 0x10e24 <tnf_sched_rec>
time_delta 128
test_ulong 4294967295
test_long -1
}
0x10e24 : {
tnf_tag 0x10cf4 tnf_sched_rec
tid 0
lwpid 1
pid 13568
time_base 277077875828500
}
0x10e3c : {
tnf_tag 0x11010 probe2
tnf_tag_arg 0x10e24 <tnf_sched_rec>
time_delta 735500
test_str 0x10e48 "string1"
}
0x10e48 : {
tnf_tag 0x1072c tnf_string
tnf_self_size 16
chars "string1"
}
0x10e58 : {
tnf_tag 0x110ec probe3
tnf_tag_arg 0x10e24 <tnf_sched_rec>
time_delta 868000
test_ulonglong 18446744073709551615
test_longlong -1
test_float 3.142857
}
...
...
...
0x110ec : {
tnf_tag 0x10030 tnf_probe_type
tnf_tag_code 42
tnf_name 0x1110c "probe3"
tnf_properties 0x1111c <tnf_properties>
tnf_slot_types 0x11130 <tnf_slot_types>
tnf_type_size 32
tnf_slot_names 0x111c4 <tnf_slot_names>
tnf_string 0x11268 "keys targdebug main;\
file targdebug.c;line 61;"
}
0x1110c : {
tnf_tag 0x10068 tnf_name
tnf_self_size 16
chars "probe3"
}
0x1111c : {
tnf_tag 0x100b4 tnf_properties
tnf_self_size 20
0 0x101a0 tnf_tagged
1 0x101c4 tnf_struct
2 0x10b84 tnf_tag_arg
}
0x11130 : {
tnf_tag 0x10210 tnf_slot_types
tnf_self_size 28
0 0x10bd0 tnf_probe_event
1 0x10c20 tnf_time_delta
2 0x1114c tnf_uint64
3 0x10d54 tnf_int64
4 0x11188 tnf_float32
}
The first number is the file offset of the record. The record is
enclosed in braces `{ }'. The first column in a record is the slot name
(for records whose fields do not have names, it is the type name). The
second column in the record is the value of that slot if it is a scalar
(only scalars that are of type tnf_opaque are printed in hex), or the
offset of the record if it is a reference to another record.
The third column in a record is optional. It does not exist for scalar
slots of records. If it exists, the third column is a type name with or
without angle brackets, or a string in double quotes. Unadorned names
indicate a reference to the named metatag record (that is, a reference
to a record with that name in the tnf_name field). Type names in angled
brackets indicate a reference to a record that is an instance of that
type (that is, a reference to a record with that name in the tnf_tag
field). The content of strings are printed out in double quotes at the
reference site.
Records that are arrays have their array elements follow the header
slots, and are numbered 0, 1, 2, and so on, except strings where the
string is written as the 'chars' (pseudo-name) slot.
Records that are events (generated by TNF_PROBE(3TNF)) will have a
slot name of tnf_tag_arg as their second field which is a reference to
the schedule record. Schedule records describe more information about
the event like the thread-id, process-id, and the time_base. The
time_delta of an event can be added to the time_base of the schedule
record that the event references, to give an absolute time. This time
is expressed as nanoseconds since some arbitrary time in the past (see
gethrtime(3C)).
Example 3: Printing TNF unsigned arguments in hexadecimal
To print TNF unsigned arguments in hexadecimal for the file
/tmp/trace-2192, use:
example% tnfdump-x /tmp/trace-2192
The output will look like the following:
probe tnf_name: "start" tnf_string: "keys cookie main;
file test17.c;line 20;sunw%debug starting main"
probe tnf_name: "inloop" tnf_string: "keys cookie main
loop;file test17.c;line 41;sunw%debug in the loop"
probe tnf_name: "final" tnf_string: "keys cookie main
final;file test17.c;line 32;sunw%debug in the final"
--------------------------- ----- --- --------- ---------------------
Elapsed Delta PID LWPID TID CPU Probe Data/Description ...
(ms) (ms) Name
--------------------------- ----- --- --------- ---------------------
0.000000 0.000000 6280 1 1 - start
2455.211311 2455.211311 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x0
total_iterations: 0x0
2455.215768 0.004457 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x1
total_iterations: 0x1
2455.217041 0.001273 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x2
total_iterations: 0x2
2455.218285 0.001244 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x3
total_iterations: 0x3
2455.219600 0.001315 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x4
total_iterations: 0x4
4058.815125 1603.595525 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x0
total_iterations: 0x5
4058.818699 0.003574 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x1
total_iterations: 0x6
4058.819931 0.001232 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x2
total_iterations: 0x7
4058.821264 0.001333 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x3
total_iterations: 0x8
4058.822520 0.001256 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x4
total_iterations: 0x9
4058.823781 0.001261 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x5
total_iterations: 0xa
4058.825037 0.001256 6280 1 1 - inloop loop_count: 0x6
total_iterations: 0xb
13896.655450 9837.830413 6280 1 1 - final loop_count16: 0x258
total_iterations8: 0xb0
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Notice that the loop_count and the total_iterations are TNF unsigned
arguments. Their values are printed in hexadecimal when requested by
option -x.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWtnfd │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOprex(1), gethrtime(3C), TNF_DECLARE_RECORD(3TNF), TNF_PROBE(3TNF),
tnf_process_disable(3TNF), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 22 Jan 2001 tnfdump(1)
