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<H2><A NAME="HDRFSTRACE_DUMP" HREF="auarf002.htm#ToC_186">fstrace dump</A></H2>
<P><STRONG>Purpose</STRONG>
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<P>Dumps a trace log
<P><STRONG>Synopsis</STRONG>
<PRE><B>fstrace dump</B> [<B>-set</B> &lt;<VAR>set_name</VAR>><SUP>+</SUP>] [<B>-follow</B> &lt;<VAR>log_name</VAR>>]
[<B>-file</B> &lt;<VAR>output_filename</VAR>>]
[<B>-sleep</B> &lt;<VAR>seconds_between_reads</VAR>>] [<B>-help</B>]
<B>fstrace d</B> [<B>-se</B> &lt;<VAR>set_name</VAR>><SUP>+</SUP>] [<B>-fo</B> &lt;<VAR>log_name</VAR>>] [<B>-fi</B> &lt;<VAR>output_filename</VAR>>]
[<B>-sl</B> &lt;<VAR>seconds_between_reads</VAR>>] [<B>-h</B>]
</PRE>
<P><STRONG>Description</STRONG>
<P>The <B>fstrace dump</B> command displays the current contents of the
<B>cmfx</B> trace log on the standard output stream or writes it to the
file named by the <B>-file</B> argument.
<P>To write the log continuously to the standard output stream or to a file,
use the <B>-follow</B> argument. By default, the log's
contents are written out every ten seconds and then automatically
cleared. To change the interval between writes, use the
<B>-sleep</B> argument.
<P><STRONG>Cautions</STRONG>
<P>This command produces output only if the <B>cm</B> event set is
active. To display or set the event set's state, use the
<B>fstrace lsset</B> or <B>fstrace setset</B> command
respectively.
<P>To make the output from this command maximally readable, the message
catalog file called <B>afszcm.cat</B> must reside in the local
<B>/usr/vice/etc/C</B> directory. If necessary, copy the file to
that directory from the AFS Binary Distribution before activating
tracing.
<P>When the <B>cm</B> event set is active, a defined amount of kernel
memory (by default, 60 KB) is allocated for the <B>cmfx</B> trace
log. As described on the introductory <B>fstrace</B> reference
page, when the buffer is full, messages are overwritten in a circular fashion
(new messages overwrite the oldest ones). To allocate more kernel
memory for the log, use the <B>fstrace setlog</B> command; to display
the log buffer's current size, use the <B>fstrace lslog</B> command
with the <B>-long</B> argument.
<P><STRONG>Options</STRONG>
<DL>
<P><DT><B>-set
</B><DD>Names the event set for which to write out the associated trace
log. The only acceptable value is <B>cm</B> (for which the
associated trace log is <B>cmfx</B>). Provide either this argument
or the <B>-log</B> argument, or omit both to write out the <B>cmfx</B>
log by default.
<P><DT><B>-follow
</B><DD>Names the trace log to write out continuously at a specified interval (by
default, every ten seconds; use the <B>-sleep</B> argument to change
the interval). The log is cleared after each write operation.
<P>The only acceptable value is <B>cmfx</B>. Provide either this
argument or the <B>-set</B> argument, or omit both to write out the
<B>cmfx</B> log by default.
<P><DT><B>-file
</B><DD>Specifies the pathname of the file to which to write the trace log's
contents. It can be in AFS or on the local disk. Partial
pathnames are interpreted relative to the current working directory. If
this argument is omitted, the trace log appears on the standard output
stream.
<P><DT><B>-sleep
</B><DD>Sets the number of seconds between writes of the trace log's contents
when it is dumped continuously. Provide the <B>-follow</B> argument
along with this one. If this argument is omitted, the default interval
is ten seconds.
<P><DT><B>-help
</B><DD>Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
are ignored.
</DL>
<P><STRONG>Output</STRONG>
<P>The output begins with a header specifying the date and time at which the
write operation began. If the <B>-follow</B> argument is not
included, the header also reports the number of logs being dumped; it is
always <TT>1</TT>, since there is only the <B>cmfx</B> trace log.
The format of the header is as follows:
<PRE> AFS Trace Dump -
Date: <VAR>starting_timestamp</VAR>
Found 1 logs.
Contents of log cmfx:
</PRE>
<P>Each subsequent message describes a Cache Manager operation in the
following format:
<PRE> time <VAR>timestamp</VAR>, pid <VAR>pid</VAR>:<VAR>event_message</VAR>
</PRE>
<P>where
<DL>
<P><DT><B><VAR>timestamp</VAR>
</B><DD>Specifies the time at which the Cache Manager performed the operation, as
the number of seconds since the dump began
<P><DT><B><VAR>pid</VAR>
</B><DD>Specifies the process ID of the process or thread associated with the
message
<P><DT><B><VAR>event_message</VAR>
</B><DD>Is the message itself. They are generally meaningful only to
someone familiar with the AFS source code.
</DL>
<P>In addition, every 1024 seconds the <B>fstrace</B> command interpreter
writes a message that records the current clock time, in the following
format:
<PRE> time <VAR>timestamp</VAR>, pid <VAR>pid</VAR>: Current time: <VAR>unix_time</VAR>
</PRE>
<P>where
<DL>
<P><DT><B><VAR>timestamp</VAR>
</B><DD>Is the number of seconds from the start of trace logging
<P><DT><B><VAR>pid</VAR>
</B><DD>Is the process ID number
<P><DT><B><VAR>unix_time</VAR>
</B><DD>Is the machine's clock time, represent in the standard UNIX time
format as the number of seconds since midnight on January 1, 1970.
</DL>
<P>Use this message to determine the actual clock time associated with each
log message. Determine the actual time as follows:
<OL TYPE=1>
<P><LI>Locate the message of interest.
<P><LI>Search backward through the trace file for the closest current time
message.
<P><LI>If the current time message's <VAR>timestamp</VAR> is smaller than the
log message's <VAR>timestamp</VAR>, subtract former from the latter.
If the current time message's <VAR>timestamp</VAR> is larger than the log
message's <VAR>timestamp</VAR>, add 1024 to the latter and subtract the
former from the result.
<P><LI>Add the resulting number to the current time message's
<VAR>unix_time</VAR> to determine the log message's actual time.
</OL>
<P>If any of the data in the kernel trace buffer has been overwritten since
tracing was activated, the following message appears at the appropriate place
in the output:
<PRE> Log wrapped; data missing.
</PRE>
<P>To reduce the likelihood of overwriting, use the <B>fstrace setlog</B>
command to increase the kernel buffer's size. To display the
current defined buffer size, use the <B>fstrace lslog</B> command with the
<B>-long</B> argument.
<P>The following message at the end of the log dump indicates that it is
completed:
<PRE> AFS Trace Dump - Completed
</PRE>
<P><STRONG>Examples</STRONG>
<P>The following command dumps the log associated with the <B>cm</B> event
set to the standard output stream.
<PRE> # <B>fstrace dump -set cm</B>
AFS Trace Dump -
Date: Tue Apr 7 10:54:57 1998
Found 1 logs.
time 32.965783, pid 0: Tue Apr 7 10:45:52 1998
time 32.965783, pid 33657: Close 0x5c39ed8 flags 0x20
time 32.965897, pid 33657: Gn_close vp 0x5c39ed8 flags 0x20 (returns 0x0)
time 35.159854, pid 10891: Breaking callback for 5bd95e4 states 1024 (volume 0)
time 35.407081, pid 10891: Breaking callback for 5c0fadc states 1024 (volume 0)
.
.
.
time 71.440456, pid 33658: Lookup adp 0x5bbdcf0 name g3oCKs \
fid (756 4fb7e:588d240.2ff978a8.6)
time 71.440569, pid 33658: Returning code 2 from 19
time 71.440619, pid 33658: Gn_lookup vp 0x5bbdcf0 name g3oCKs (returns 0x2)
time 71.464989, pid 38267: Gn_open vp 0x5bbd000 flags 0x0 (returns 0x0)
AFS Trace Dump - Completed
</PRE>
<P>The following command dumps the trace log associated with the <B>cm</B>
event set on the local machine to the file
<B>cmfx.dump.file.1</B>, using the default interval
of 10 seconds between successive dumps:
<PRE> # <B>fstrace dump -follow cmfx -file cmfx.dump.file.1</B>
</PRE>
<P><STRONG>Privilege Required</STRONG>
<P>The issuer must be logged in as the local superuser <B>root</B>.
<P><STRONG>Related Information</STRONG>
<P><A HREF="auarf041.htm#HDRAFSZCM">afszcm.cat</A>
<P><A HREF="auarf169.htm#HDRFSTRACE_INTRO">fstrace</A>
<P><A HREF="auarf174.htm#HDRFSTRACE_LSLOG">fstrace lslog</A>
<P><A HREF="auarf176.htm#HDRFSTRACE_SETLOG">fstrace setlog</A>
<P><A HREF="auarf175.htm#HDRFSTRACE_LSSET">fstrace lsset</A>
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