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authorJohannes Stoelp <johannes.stoelp@gmail.com>2024-11-09 11:41:49 +0100
committerJohannes Stoelp <johannes.stoelp@gmail.com>2024-11-09 11:41:49 +0100
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ltrace: example to trace dlopen-ed libraries
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@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ ltrace [opts] [prg]
-o <file> ... log output into <file>
-l <filter> . show who calls into lib matched by <filter>
-C .......... demangle
+ -x <filter> . which symbol table entry points to trace
+ (can be of form sym_pattern@lib_pattern)
```
# Example
@@ -15,3 +17,17 @@ List which program/libs call into `libstdc++`:
```bash
ltrace -l '*libstdc++*' -C -o ltrace.log ./main
```
+
+Trace symbols from `dlopen(3)`ed libraries.
+```bash
+# Assume libfoo.so would be dynamically loaded via dlopen.
+ltrace -x '@libfoo.so'
+
+# Trace all dlopened symbols.
+ltrace -x '*'
+# Trace all symbols from dlopened libraries which name match the
+# pattern "liby*".
+ltrace -x '@liby*'
+# Trace symbol "foo" from all dlopened libraries matching the pattern.
+ltrace -x 'foo@liby*'
+``` \ No newline at end of file