STAPREF(1)

NAME
stapref - systemtap language reference

SYNOPSIS
stapref

DESCRIPTION
The reference for the systemtap scripting language.

LANGUAGE
Keywords • break • continue • delete • else • exit • foreach • for • function • global • if • in • next • probe • return • try/catch • while Data Types and Operators Integers • var1 = 5 • global var2 = 10 Strings • var1 = "string1" • global var2 = "string2" Associative Arrays • global array1[] • global array2[SIZE] • array[index] = 5 Context Variables • $var • $var$ (pretty printed string form) Binary numeric operators • * / % + - << >> & ^ | && || Binary string operators • . (string concatenation) Numeric assignment operators • = += -= *= /= %= >>= <<= &= ^= |= String assignment operators • = .= Unary numeric operators • + - ! ~ ++ -- Numeric & string comparison operators • < > <= >= == != Regular expression matching operators • =~ !~ Ternary operator • cond ? exp1 : exp2 Grouping operator • ( expression ) Array operators • array[index] (array read/write) • [index] in array Aggregation operator • var <<< value Statements Jump Statements • continue • break • next • return expression • try statement catch (message) Selection Statements • if (expression) statement • else statement Iteration Statements • foreach (variable in array) statement • foreach ([var1,var2,...] in array) statement • for (expression; expression; expression) statement • while (expression) statement Declaration Statements • function name (variable : type, ...) { statement } • function name : type (variable : type, ...) { statement } • function name : type (variable : type, ...) %{ c_statement %} • probe probepoint { statement } • probe label = probepoint { statement } Lexical Structure Comments • # ... comment • // ... comment • /* ... comment ... */ Preprocessor • %( expression %? true_tokens %: false_tokens %) • @define label (variable, ...) %{ statement %} Builtin Functions Aggregation Builtin Functions • @avg (variable) • @count (variable) • @hist_linear (variable, N, N, N) • @hist_log (variable) • @max (variable) • @min (variable) • @sum (variable) Output Builtin Functions • print (variable) • printf (format:string, variable, ...)
  where format is of the form: %[flags][width][.precision][length]specifier • printd (delimiter:string, variable, ...) • printdln (delimiter:string, variable, ...) • println () • sprint:string (variable) • sprintf:string (format:string, variable, ...) Variable Access Builtin Functions • @cast (variable, "type_name"[, "module"]) • @defined (variable) Probepoints Some of the more commonly used probepoints • kernel.function(PATTERN) kernel.function(PATTERN).call • kernel.function(PATTERN).return • kernel.FUNCTION (PATTERN).return.maxactive(VALUE) • kernel.FUNCTION (PATTERN).inline • kernel.FUNCTION (PATTERN).label(LPATTERN) • module(MPATTERN).FUNCTION (PATTERN) • module(MPATTERN).FUNCTION (PATTERN).call • module(MPATTERN).FUNCTION (PATTERN).return.maxactive(VALUE) • module(MPATTERN).FUNCTION (PATTERN).inline • kernel.statement(PATTERN) • kernel.statement(ADDRESS).absolute • module(MPATTERN).statement(PATTERN) • kprobe.FUNCTION (FUNCTION) • kprobe.FUNCTION (FUNCTION).return • kprobe.module(NAME).FUNCTION (FUNCTION) • kprobe.module(NAME).FUNCTION (FUNCTION).return • kprobe.statement(ADDRESS).absolute • process.begin process("PATH").begin • process(PID).begin process.thread.begin • process("PATH").thread.begin • process(PID).thread.begin • process.end • process("PATH").end • process(PID).end • process.thread.end • process("PATH").thread.end • process(PID).thread.end • process("PATH").syscall • process(PID).syscall • process.syscall.return • process("PATH").syscall.return • process(PID).syscall.return • process("PATH").FUNCTION ("NAME") • process("PATH").statement("*@FILE.c:123") • process("PATH").FUNCTION ("*").return • process("PATH").FUNCTION ("myfun").label("foo") • process("PATH").mark("LABEL") • java("PNAME").class("CLASSNAME").method("PATTERN") • java("PNAME").class("CLASSNAME").method("PATTERN").return • java(PID).class("CLASSNAME").method("PATTERN") • java(PID).class("CLASSNAME").method("PATTERN").return Tapset Functions Some of the more commonly used tapset functions • addr:long () • backtrace:string () • caller:string () • caller_addr:long () • cmdline_arg:string (N:long) • cmdline_args:string (N:long,m:long,delim:string) • cmdline_str:string () • env_var:string (name:string) • execname:string () • int_arg:long (N:long) • isinstr:long(s1:string,s2:string) • long_arg:long (N:long) • modname:string () • module_name:string () • pid:long () • pn:string () • pointer_arg:string (N:long) • pp:string () • print_backtrace () • probefunc:string () • register:long(name:string) • str_replace:string(prnt_str:string,srch_str:string,rplc_str:string) • stringat:long(str:string,pos:long) • strlen:long(str:string) • strtol:long(str:string,base:long) • substr:string(str:string,start:long,length:long) • user_long:long(addr:long) • user_string:string(addr:long)

SEE ALSO
stap(1)

BUGS
Use the Bugzilla link of the project web page or our mailing list. http://sourceware.org/systemtap/,<systemtap@sourceware.org>.