shmsnoop(8)                                          System Manager's Manual                                          shmsnoop(8)

NAME

shmsnoop - Trace System V shared memory syscalls. Uses Linux eBPF/bcc.

SYNOPSIS

shmsnoop [-h] [-T] [-p] [-t] [-d DURATION] [-n NAME]

DESCRIPTION

shmsnoop traces System V shared memory syscalls: shmget, shmat, shmdt, shmctl Since this uses BPF, only the root user can use this tool.

REQUIREMENTS

CONFIG_BPF and bcc.

OPTIONS

-h Print usage message. -T Include a timestamp column. -p PID Trace this process ID only (filtered in-kernel). -t TID Trace this thread ID only (filtered in-kernel). -d DURATION Total duration of trace in seconds. -n NAME Only print command lines matching this command name (regex)

EXAMPLES

Trace all shm* syscalls: # shmsnoop Trace all shm* syscalls, and include timestamps: # shmsnoop -T Only trace shm* syscalls where the process contains "server": # shmsnoop -n server

FIELDS

TIME(s) Time of shm syscall return, in seconds. PID Process ID COMM Process/command name. RET Return value of shm syscall. ARGS "arg: value" couples that represent given syscall arguments as described in their manpage

SOURCE

This is from bcc. https://github.com/iovisor/bcc Also look in the bcc distribution for a companion _examples.txt file containing example usage, output, and commentary for this tool.

OS

Linux

STABILITY

Unstable - in development.

AUTHOR

Jiri Olsa

SEE ALSO

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