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Example scripts for User-space, Statically Defined Tracing (USDT)
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This directory contains scripts showcasing User-space, Statically Defined
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Tracing (USDT) support for Bitcoin Core on Linux using. For more information on
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USDT support in Bitcoin Core see the [USDT documentation].
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[USDT documentation]: ../../doc/tracing.md
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Examples for the two main eBPF front-ends, [bpftrace] and
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[BPF Compiler Collection (BCC)], with support for USDT, are listed. BCC is used
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for complex tools and daemons and `bpftrace` is preferred for one-liners and
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shorter scripts.
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[bpftrace]: https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace
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[BPF Compiler Collection (BCC)]: https://github.com/iovisor/bcc
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To develop and run bpftrace and BCC scripts you need to install the
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corresponding packages. See [installing bpftrace] and [installing BCC] for more
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information. For development there exist a [bpftrace Reference Guide], a
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[BCC Reference Guide], and a [bcc Python Developer Tutorial].
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[installing bpftrace]: https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace/blob/master/INSTALL.md
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[installing BCC]: https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/blob/master/INSTALL.md
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[bpftrace Reference Guide]: https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace/blob/master/docs/reference_guide.md
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[BCC Reference Guide]: https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/blob/master/docs/reference_guide.md
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[bcc Python Developer Tutorial]: https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/blob/master/docs/tutorial_bcc_python_developer.md
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## Examples
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The bpftrace examples contain a relative path to the `bitcoind` binary. By
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default, the scripts should be run from the repository-root and assume a
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self-compiled `bitcoind` binary. The paths in the examples can be changed, for
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example, to point to release builds if needed. See the
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[Bitcoin Core USDT documentation] on how to list available tracepoints in your
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`bitcoind` binary.
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[Bitcoin Core USDT documentation]: ../../doc/tracing.md#listing-available-tracepoints
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**WARNING: eBPF programs require root privileges to be loaded into a Linux
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kernel VM. This means the bpftrace and BCC examples must be executed with root
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privileges. Make sure to carefully review any scripts that you run with root
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privileges first!**
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