tttrace(1) ToolTalk Commands tttrace(1)NAMEtttrace - trace ToolTalk calls and messages
SYNOPSIStttrace [-0FCa] [-o outfile ] [-S session | command]
tttrace [-e script | -f scriptfile ] [-S session | command]
DESCRIPTIONtttrace traces message traffic through the server for the indicated
ToolTalk session, or runs command with ToolTalk client tracing turned
on. If neither session nor command is given, the default session is
traced. By default, tracing terminates when tttrace exits.
Tracing of ToolTalk functions looks like this:
[pid] function_name(params) = return_value (Tt_status)
With the -a option, message attributes are printed after a one-line
summary of the message:
Tt_state Tt_paradigm Tt_class (Tt_disposition in Tt_scope): status == Tt_status
State changes are indicated by:
old_state => new_state.
Deliveries are indicated by:
Tt_message => procid <recipient_procid>
When dispatching is being traced, the reason for each dispatch is one
of:
tt_message_send()tt_message_reject()tt_message_fail()tt_message_reply()tt_session_join()tt_file_join()tt_message_reply()
A client called the indicated function.
tt_message_send_on_exit()
ttsession is dispatching on_exit messages for a client that
disconnected before calling tt_close().
tt_message_accept()
ttsession is dispatching messages that had been blocked while a
ptype was being started. The started client has now called
either tt_message_accept() or tt_message_reply() to indicate
that the ptype should be unblocked.
TT_ERR_PTYPE_START
A ptype instance was started to receive the message, but the
start command exited before it connected to ttsession.
TT_ERR_PROCID
ttsession lost its connection to the client that was working on
this request.
ttsession -> ttsession
Another session wants this session to find recipients for the
message.
ttsession <- ttsession
Another session wants to update (e.g. fail) a message originat‐
ing in this session.
When dispatching is being traced, matching is indicated by one of
Tt_message & Tt_pattern {
Tt_message & ptype ptid {
Tt_message & otype otid {
The pattern or signature is printed, followed by
} == match_score; [/* mismatch_reason */]
OPTIONS-0 Turn off message tracing in session, or run command without mes‐
sage tracing (i.e., with only call tracing).
-F Follow all children forked by command or subsequently started in
session by ttsession. Normally, only the indicated command or
ttsession instance is traced. When -F is specified, the process
id is included with each line of trace output to indicate which
process generated it.
-C Do not trace client calls into the ToolTalk API. Default is to
trace them.
-a Print all attributes, arguments, and context slots of traced
messages. The default is to use only a single line when print‐
ing a message on the trace output.
-e script
Take script as a tttrace setting. See tttracefile(4).
-f scriptfile
File to read tttrace settings from. See tttracefile(4). -f-
causes tttrace to read standard input until EOF, which may pre‐
vent command from using standard input.
-o outfile
File to be used for the trace output.
For session tracing, output goes to standard output of tttrace.
For client tracing, output goes by default to standard error of
tttrace. For client tracing, -o - causes trace output to go to
standard output of tttrace.
If the server for session is running on a remote host and either
· outfile is not mounted on that host, or
· the -o option is omitted,
then tttrace will fail.
-S session
Session to trace. Defaults to the default session -- the ses‐
sion that tt_open() would contact.
command
The ToolTalk client command to invoke and trace.
EXAMPLES
Here we trace a client that registers a pattern and sends a notice that
matches it:
% tttrace-a myclientprogram
tt_open() = 0x51708=="7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0" (TT_OK)
tt_fd() = 11 (TT_OK)
tt_pattern_create() = 0x50318 (TT_OK)
tt_pattern_category_set(0x50318, TT_OBSERVE) = 0 (TT_OK)
tt_pattern_scope_add(0x50318, TT_SESSION) = 0 (TT_OK)
tt_pattern_op_add(0x50318, 0x2f308=="Hello World") = 0 (TT_OK)
tt_default_session() = 0x519e0=="X 129.144.153.55 0" (TT_OK)
tt_pattern_session_add(0x50318, 0x519e0=="X 129.144.153.55 0") = 0 (TT_OK)
tt_pattern_register(0x50318) = 0 (TT_OK)
tt_message_create() = 0x51af0 (TT_OK)
tt_message_class_set(0x51af0, TT_NOTICE) = 0 (TT_OK)
tt_message_address_set(0x51af0, TT_PROCEDURE) = 0 (TT_OK)
tt_message_scope_set(0x51af0, TT_SESSION) = 0 (TT_OK)
tt_message_op_set(0x51af0, 0x2f308=="Hello World") = 0 (TT_OK)
tt_message_send(0x51af0) ...
TT_CREATED => TT_SENT:
TT_SENT TT_PROCEDURE TT_NOTICE (TT_DISCARD in TT_SESSION): 0 == TT_OK
id: 0 7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
op: Hello World
session: X 129.144.153.55 0
sender: 7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
= 0 (TT_OK)
tt_message_receive() ...
Tt_message => procid <7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0>
TT_SENT TT_PROCEDURE TT_NOTICE (TT_DISCARD in TT_SESSION): 0 == TT_OK
id: 0 7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
op: Hello World
session: X 129.144.153.55 0
sender: 7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
pattern: 0:7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
= 0x51af0 (TT_OK)
ttsession's view of this traffic can be seen as follows. Note that the
first message traced will almost always be ttsession's reply to the
request sent it by tttrace.
% tttrace-a
tt_message_reply:
TT_SENT => TT_HANDLED:
TT_HANDLED TT_PROCEDURE TT_REQUEST (TT_DISCARD in TT_SESSION): 0 == TT_OK
id: 0 2.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
op: Session_Trace
args: TT_IN string: "> /tmp/traceAAAa002oL; version 1; states"[...]
session: X 129.144.153.55 0
sender: 2.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
pattern: 0:X 129.144.153.55 0
handler: 0.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
Tt_message => procid <2.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0>
tt_message_send:
TT_CREATED TT_PROCEDURE TT_NOTICE (TT_DISCARD in TT_SESSION): 0 == TT_OK
id: 0 7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
op: Hello World
session: X 129.144.153.55 0
sender: 7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
TT_CREATED => TT_SENT:
TT_SENT TT_PROCEDURE TT_NOTICE (TT_DISCARD in TT_SESSION): 0 == TT_OK
id: 0 7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
op: Hello World
session: X 129.144.153.55 0
sender: 7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
Tt_message & Tt_pattern {
id: 0:7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0
category: TT_OBSERVE
scopes: TT_SESSION
sessions: X 129.144.153.55 0
ops: Hello World
} == 3;
Tt_message => procid <7.jOHHM X 129.144.153.55 0>
To trace message flow in a specific, non-default session,
% tttrace-S "01 15303 1342177284 1 0 13691 129.144.153.55 2"
ENVIRONMENTtttrace is implemented purely as a ToolTalk client, using the message
interface to ttsession and the following environmental hook into libtt.
TT_TRACE_SCRIPT
If set, tells libtt to turn on client-side tracing as specified
in the trace script. If the first character of of the value is
'.' or '/', the value is taken to be the pathname of file con‐
taining the trace script to use. Otherwise, the value is taken
to be an inline trace script.
FILES
$TMPDIR/tttrace.nnn A named pipe (see mkfifo(3C)) in $TMPDIR (see temp‐
nam(3S)) from which trace output for session is
read when the -o option is ommitted.
WARNINGS
Since (with the -F option) tracing can follow clients to remote hosts
if the environment is properly propagated, it is possible for different
processes in the same trace output to be labeled with the same process
id.
SEE ALSOttsession(1), tttracefile(4), the Session_Trace() ToolTalk request
DIAGNOSTICS
If command is run, then tttrace will exit with the exit status of com‐
mand. Otherwise, exit codes are as follows:
0 Normal termination. Any session tracing turned on by this invoca‐
tion of tttrace has now been turned off.
1 Usage. tttrace was given invalid command line options.
2 Failure. tttrace encountered an error while trying to do its job.
An error message has been emitted on standard error.
3 Runaway session tracing. tttrace could not terminate tracing in
session before exiting.
4 Remote session. ttsession is remote, and outfile (if given) is
not visible there. Choose a visible file, or run tttrace on that
remote host.
5 Old session. The ttsession for session does not support the Ses‐
sion_Trace() request. Run kill -USR1 on it to turn on old-style
tracing.
NOTES
For security purposes, client-side tracing is disabled inside a client
when its effective uid or gid is different from its real uid or gid and
the real uid is not the super-user.
ToolTalk 1.3 1 March 1996 tttrace(1)
