ltrace(1)
ltrace [opts] [prg]
-f .......... follow child processes on fork(2)
-p <pid> .... attach to running process
-o <file> ... log output into <file>
-l <filter> . show who calls into lib matched by <filter>
-C .......... demangle
-e <filter> . show calls symbols matched by <filter>
-x <filter> . which symbol table entry points to trace
(can be of form sym_pattern@lib_pattern)
-n <num> number of spaces to indent nested calls
Example
List which program/libs call into libstdc++
:
ltrace -l '*libstdc++*' -C -o ltrace.log ./main
List calls to specific symbols:
ltrace -e malloc -e free ./main
Trace symbols from dlopen(3)
ed libraries.
# 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*'