From: Avidan Borisov <avidanborisov@xxxxxxxxx> When used with --daemonize, create a pidfile at /var/run/trace-cmd-record.pid during the duration of the recording, and delete it after we're done. Signed-off-by: Avidan Borisov <avidanborisov@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-record.1.txt | 1 + tracecmd/trace-record.c | 13 +++++++++++++ tracecmd/trace-usage.c | 4 +++- 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-record.1.txt b/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-record.1.txt index 366ab46..0c9a914 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-record.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-record.1.txt @@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ OPTIONS *--daemonize* Run trace-cmd in the background as a daemon after recording has started. + Creates a pidfile at /var/run/trace-cmd-record.pid with the pid of trace-cmd during the recording. EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-record.c b/tracecmd/trace-record.c index 0eee8dd..85ad808 100644 --- a/tracecmd/trace-record.c +++ b/tracecmd/trace-record.c @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ #define _STR(x) #x #define STR(x) _STR(x) +#define RECORD_PIDFILE "trace-cmd-record.pid" + #define TRACE_CTRL "tracing_on" #define TRACE "trace" #define AVAILABLE "available_tracers" @@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ static bool fork_process; static bool do_daemonize; +static bool created_pidfile; + /* Max size to let a per cpu file get */ static int max_kb; @@ -648,6 +652,9 @@ void die(const char *fmt, ...) else ret = -1; + if (created_pidfile) + remove_pid_file(RECORD_PIDFILE); + kill_threads(); va_start(ap, fmt); fprintf(stderr, " "); @@ -1739,6 +1746,9 @@ static void daemonize_finish(void) if (kill(getppid(), SIGRTMIN) == -1) die("daemonize: kill"); + + make_pid_file(RECORD_PIDFILE); + created_pidfile = true; } static void trace_or_sleep(enum trace_type type, bool pwait) @@ -7190,6 +7200,9 @@ static void record_trace(int argc, char **argv, destroy_stats(); finalize_record_trace(ctx); + + if (created_pidfile) + remove_pid_file(RECORD_PIDFILE); } /* diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-usage.c b/tracecmd/trace-usage.c index 0630e8e..2e5d861 100644 --- a/tracecmd/trace-usage.c +++ b/tracecmd/trace-usage.c @@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ static struct usage_help usage_help[] = { " available algorithms can be listed with trace-cmd list -c\n" " --proxy vsocket to reach the agent. Acts the same as -A (for an agent)\n" " but will send the proxy connection to the agent.\n" - " --daemonize run trace-cmd in the background as a daemon after recording has started\n" + " --daemonize run trace-cmd in the background as a daemon after recording has started.\n" + " creates a pidfile at /var/run/trace-cmd-record.pid with the pid of trace-cmd\n" + " during the recording.\n" }, { "set", -- 2.25.1