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| author | Ethan Jackson <ethan@nicira.com> | 2012-10-15 12:42:48 -0700 |
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| committer | Ethan Jackson <ethan@nicira.com> | 2012-10-17 13:23:24 -0700 |
| commit | 013061cfa364fe4c2f3f1f17fe90ab4b226f37df (patch) | |
| tree | 4462f6ddeeb81b5206e6be7f14cab4b9a5ed715b /utilities/ovs-parse-backtrace.8 | |
| parent | 3d7cab5fe02a7c7181d1479f3b41f4b6d3fa0264 (diff) | |
utilities: New helper ovs-parse-backtrace.
The new ovs-parse-backtrace utility makes the output of ovs-appctl
backtrace more human readable by removing duplicate traces and
converting addresses to function names.
Signed-off-by: Ethan Jackson <ethan@nicira.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | utilities/ovs-parse-backtrace.8 | 28 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/utilities/ovs-parse-backtrace.8 b/utilities/ovs-parse-backtrace.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2fa7c174 --- /dev/null +++ b/utilities/ovs-parse-backtrace.8 @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +.TH ovs\-parse\-backtrace 8 "October 2012" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual" +. +.SH NAME +ovs\-parse\-backtrace \- parses ovs-appctl backtrace output +. +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBovs\-appctl backtrace\fR | \fBovs\-parse\-backtrace\fR [\fIbinary\fR] +.P +\fBovs\-parse\-backtrace\fR [\fIbinary\fR] < \fIbacktrace\fR +. +.SH DESCRIPTION +In some configurations, many Open vSwitch daemons can produce a series of +backtraces using the \fBovs\-appctl backtrace\fR command. Users can analyze +these backtraces to figure out what the given Open vSwitch daemon may be +spending most of its time doing. \fBovs\-parse\-backtrace\fR makes this output +easier to interpret. +.PP +The \fBovs\-appctl backtrace\fR output must be supplied on standard input. The +binary that produced the output should be supplied as the sole non-option +argument. For best results, the binary should have debug symbols. +. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB\-\-help\fR +Prints a usage message and exits. +.P +\fB\-\-version\fR +Prints the version and exits. |