Thank you for the answer, Mark :) It sounds kinda tricky to do so.. but maybe I give it a try ;)
Cheerio HeTak On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Mark Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 02, 2015 at 10:22:39AM +0430, HeTak wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > My question is: How I can check a function's local varibales' value using > > dtrace? > > > > I'm a newbie in using dtrace and it's a bit weird for me..I went through > > manuals and so, but did not get that. :( > > > > What I could find out is that via args, I can get functions' input > > arguments. But I could not find out how I can check the value of a > variable > > which is defined inside my goal function's scope. Isn't this feature > > available in Dtrace? > > No, DTrace doesn't support that feature. It can be approximated for > userland programs using the PID provider, since that lets you > effectively place breakpoints on arbitrary instructions, and using > curthread->td_intr_frame, you can retrieve the register set of the > interrupted thread. So if you could map a source line number and local > variable name to a function offset and register (or stack offset), you > should be able to retrieve the variable's value. But as far as I know, > nothing exists to do this automatically. > > I'm not sure how hard it would be to write a program to use DWARF info > to generate a D script which can retrieve a local variable's value. > Seems like an interesting experiment? :) > > -Mark > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-dtrace To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
