#!/usr/bin/python
#
# stacksnoop Trace a kernel function and print all kernel stack traces.
# For Linux, uses BCC, eBPF, and currently x86_64 only. Inline C.
#
# USAGE: stacksnoop [-h] [-p PID] [-s] [-v] function
#
# Copyright 2016 Netflix, Inc.
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
#
# 12-Jan-2016 Brendan Gregg Created this.
from __future__ import print_function
from bcc import BPF
import argparse
import ctypes as ct
import time
# arguments
examples = """examples:
./stacksnoop ext4_sync_fs # print kernel stack traces for ext4_sync_fs
./stacksnoop -s ext4_sync_fs # ... also show symbol offsets
./stacksnoop -v ext4_sync_fs # ... show extra columns
./stacksnoop -p 185 ext4_sync_fs # ... only when PID 185 is on-CPU
"""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Trace and print kernel stack traces for a kernel function",
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog=examples)
parser.add_argument("-p", "--pid",
help="trace this PID only")
parser.add_argument("-s", "--offset", action="store_true",
help="show address offsets")
parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true",
help="print more fields")
parser.add_argument("function",
help="kernel function name")
args = parser.parse_args()
function = args.function
offset = args.offset
verbose = args.verbose
debug = 0
# define BPF program
bpf_text = """
#include <uapi/linux/ptrace.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
struct data_t {
u64 stack_id;
u32 pid;
char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
};
BPF_STACK_TRACE(stack_traces, 128);
BPF_PERF_OUTPUT(events);
void trace_stack(struct pt_regs *ctx) {
u32 pid = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid();
FILTER
struct data_t data = {};
data.stack_id = stack_traces.get_stackid(ctx, BPF_F_REUSE_STACKID),
data.pid = pid;
bpf_get_current_comm(&data.comm, sizeof(data.comm));
events.perf_submit(ctx, &data, sizeof(data));
}
"""
if args.pid:
bpf_text = bpf_text.replace('FILTER',
'if (pid != %s) { return; }' % args.pid)
else:
bpf_text = bpf_text.replace('FILTER', '')
if debug:
print(bpf_text)
# initialize BPF
b = BPF(text=bpf_text)
b.attach_kprobe(event=function, fn_name="trace_stack")
TASK_COMM_LEN = 16 # linux/sched.h
class Data(ct.Structure):
_fields_ = [
("stack_id", ct.c_ulonglong),
("pid", ct.c_uint),
("comm", ct.c_char * TASK_COMM_LEN),
]
matched = b.num_open_kprobes()
if matched == 0:
print("Function \"%s\" not found. Exiting." % function)
exit()
stack_traces = b.get_table("stack_traces")
start_ts = time.time()
# header
if verbose:
print("%-18s %-12s %-6s %-3s %s" %
("TIME(s)", "COMM", "PID", "CPU", "FUNCTION"))
else:
print("%-18s %s" % ("TIME(s)", "FUNCTION"))
def print_event(cpu, data, size):
event = ct.cast(data, ct.POINTER(Data)).contents
ts = time.time() - start_ts
if verbose:
print("%-18.9f %-12.12s %-6d %-3d %s" %
(ts, event.comm.decode(), event.pid, cpu, function))
else:
print("%-18.9f %s" % (ts, function))
for addr in stack_traces.walk(event.stack_id):
sym = b.ksym(addr, show_offset=offset)
print("\t%s" % sym)
print()
b["events"].open_perf_buffer(print_event)
while 1:
b.perf_buffer_poll()