LTT Trace Points

Event type Event subtype Event detail
System call entry N/A System call ID; Instruction counter
System call exit N/A None
Trap entry N/A Trap ID; Instruction counter
Trap exit N/A None
Interrupt entry N/A Interrupt ID; Kernel-space occurrence
Interrupt exit N/A None
Scheduling change N/A Incoming process ID; Outoing process ID; Outgoing process state
Kernel timer N/A None
Soft IRQ Bottom half Bottom half ID
Soft IRQ Bottom half ID
Tasklet action Address of function
Tasklet hi-action Address of function
Process Creation of kernel thread Thread start address; PID
Fork PID of created process
Exit None
Wait PID waited on
Signal Signal ID; Destination PID
Wakeup Process PID; State prior to wakeup
Filesystem Buffer wait start None
Buffer wait end None
Exec Filename
Open Filename; File descriptor
Close File descriptor
Read File descriptor; Quantity read
Write File descriptor; Quantity written
Seek File descriptor; Offset
Ioctl File descriptor; Command
Select File descriptor; Timeout
Poll File descriptor; Timeout
Timer Expired None
Setitimer Type; Time
Setitimeout Time
Memory Page alloc Size order
Page free Size order
Swap in Page address
Swap out Page address
Page wait start None
Page wait end None
Socket communication Socket call Call ID; Socket ID
Socket create Socket type; ID of create socket
Socket send Socket type; Quantity sent
Socket receive Socket type; Qunatity received
Inter-Proces communication System V IPC call Call ID; Object ID
Message queue create Message queue ID; Creation flags
Semaphore create Semaphore ID; Creation flags
Shared memory create Shared memory ID; Creation flags
Network Incoming packet Protocol type
Outgoing packet Protocol type