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| author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-09-06 17:57:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-09-06 18:45:58 +0200 |
| commit | 9fa541250ccda3cd9a3f384d987d1c113304350b (patch) | |
| tree | a4ba910df556cfb7a8a454d5983c77dd355475a5 /hurd/debugging/rpctrace.mdwn | |
| parent | 83d6d51953fdbf2ec8b3e3ad812fa30341a4cb01 (diff) | |
Factor out `hurd/debugging/gdb' and create `hurd/debugging/rpctrace'.
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1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/debugging/rpctrace.mdwn b/hurd/debugging/rpctrace.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c2aabc42 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/debugging/rpctrace.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +[[license text=""" +Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the +terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version +published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no +Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included +in the section entitled [[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl.txt]]. + +By contributing to this page, you agree to assign copyright for your +contribution to the Free Software Foundation. The Free Software Foundation +promises to always use either a verbatim copying license or a free +documentation license when publishing your contribution. We grant you back all +your rights under copyright, including the rights to copy, modify, and +redistribute your contributions. +"""]] + +*rpctrace* is -- roughly -- an equivavlent to Linux's *strace* or Solaris' or +BSD's *truss*. It is used to trace [[remote_procedure_call|rpc]]s a process is +doing. + +See `rpctrace --help` about how to use it. + + +# Issues and Patches + +* <http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?2104> -- don't assert that local port names + are valid +* <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?3939> -- `rpctrace`d program hangs when signal + that terminates or suspends it is sent + * <http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?1633> -- terminated with `C-c` `rpctrace`d + programs hang +* <http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?5580> -- more readable output +* <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?20612> -- heisenbug + + +# TODO + + <youpi> how to rpctrace a translator ? + <youpi> ah, just settrans /usr/bin/rpctrace... + <youpi> hum, it hung, and killing it got a Mach panic (thread in unexpected + state) ... |