bcc-uthreads - Man Page
Trace thread creation events in Java or pthreads.
Synopsis
cthreads [-h] [-v] pid javathreads [-h] [-v] pid uthreads [-h] [-l {c,java,none}] [-v] pid
Description
This traces thread creation events in Java processes, or pthread creation events in any process. When a thread is created, its name or start address is printed.
Since this uses BPF, only the root user can use this tool.
Requirements
CONFIG_BPF and bcc.
Options
- -l {c,java,none}
The language to trace. C and none select tracing pthreads only, regardless of the runtime being traced.
- -v
Print the resulting BPF program, for debugging purposes.
- pid
The process id to trace.
Examples
- Trace Java thread creations:
# uthreads -l java 148
- Trace pthread creations:
# uthreads 1802
Fields
- TIME
The event's time in seconds from the beginning of the trace.
- ID
The thread's ID. The information in this column depends on the runtime.
- TYPE
Event type -- thread start, stop, or pthread event.
- DESCRIPTION
The thread's name or start address function name.
Overhead
Thread start and stop events are usually not very frequent, which makes this tool's overhead negligible.
Source
This is from bcc.
https://github.com/iovisor/bcc
Also look in the bcc distribution for a companion _example.txt file containing example usage, output, and commentary for this tool.
OS
Linux
Stability
Unstable - in development.
Author
Sasha Goldshtein
See Also
ustat(8), trace(8)
Referenced By
The man pages bcc-cthreads(8) and bcc-javathreads(8) are aliases of bcc-uthreads(8).