TRACE-CMD-STOP(1)TRACE-CMD-STOP(1)NAME
trace-cmd-stop - stop the Ftrace Linux kernel tracer from writing to the ring buffer.
SYNOPSIS
trace-cmd stop
DESCRIPTION
The trace-cmd(1) stop is a complement to trace-cmd-start(1). This will disable Ftrace from writing to the ring buffer. This does not stop
the overhead that the tracing may incur. Only the updating of the ring buffer is disabled, the Ftrace tracing may still be inducing
overhead.
After stopping the trace, the trace-cmd-extract(1) may strip out the data from the ring buffer and create a trace.dat file. The Ftrace
pseudo file system may also be examined.
To disable the tracing completely to remove the overhead it causes, use trace-cmd-reset(1). But after a reset is performed, the data that
has been recorded is lost.
SEE ALSO trace-cmd(1), trace-cmd-record(1), trace-cmd-report(1), trace-cmd-start(1), trace-cmd-extract(1), trace-cmd-reset(1), trace-cmd-split(1),
trace-cmd-list(1), trace-cmd-listen(1)AUTHOR
Written by Steven Rostedt, <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]>
RESOURCES
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/trace-cmd.git
COPYING
Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).
NOTES
1. rostedt@goodmis.org
mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org
06/11/2014 TRACE-CMD-STOP(1)
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TRACE-CMD-SPLIT(1)TRACE-CMD-SPLIT(1)NAME
trace-cmd-split - split a trace.dat file into smaller files
SYNOPSIS
trace-cmd split [OPTIONS] [start-time [end-time]]
DESCRIPTION
The trace-cmd(1) split is used to break up a trace.dat into small files. The start-time specifies where the new file will start at. Using
trace-cmd-report(1) and copying the time stamp given at a particular event, can be used as input for either start-time or end-time. The
split will stop creating files when it reaches an event after end-time. If only the end-time is needed, use 0.0 as the start-time.
If start-time is left out, then the split will start at the beginning of the file. If end-time is left out, then split will continue to the
end unless it meets one of the requirements specified by the options.
OPTIONS -i file
If this option is not specified, then the split command will look for the file named trace.dat. This options will allow the reading of
another file other than trace.dat.
-o file
By default, the split command will use the input file name as a basis of where to write the split files. The output file will be the
input file with an attached '.#' to the end: trace.dat.1, trace.dat.2, etc.
This option will change the name of the base file used.
-o file will create file.1, file.2, etc.
-s seconds
This specifies how many seconds should be recorded before the new file should stop.
-m milliseconds
This specifies how many milliseconds should be recorded before the new file should stop.
-u microseconds
This specifies how many microseconds should be recorded before the new file should stop.
-e events
This specifies how many events should be recorded before the new file should stop.
-p pages
This specifies the number of pages that should be recorded before the new file should stop.
Note: only one of *-p*, *-e*, *-u*, *-m*, *-s* may be specified at a time.
If *-p* is specified, then *-c* is automatically set.
-r
This option causes the break up to repeat until end-time is reached (or end of the input if end-time is not specified).
trace-cmd split -r -e 10000
This will break up trace.dat into several smaller files, each with at most
10,000 events in it.
-c
This option causes the above break up to be per CPU.
trace-cmd split -c -p 10
This will create a file that has 10 pages per each CPU from the input.
SEE ALSO trace-cmd(1), trace-cmd-record(1), trace-cmd-report(1), trace-cmd-start(1), trace-cmd-stop(1), trace-cmd-extract(1), trace-cmd-reset(1),
trace-cmd-list(1), trace-cmd-listen(1)AUTHOR
Written by Steven Rostedt, <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]>
RESOURCES
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/trace-cmd.git
COPYING
Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).
NOTES
1. rostedt@goodmis.org
mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org
06/11/2014 TRACE-CMD-SPLIT(1)