ACRN-Crashlog
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Introduction
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``ACRN-Crashlog`` is a collective name for various tools (``acrnprobe``,
``usercrash_s``, ``usercrash_c``, ``debugger``, and more) and a overall
control utility called ``crashlogctl``. Together these tools collect logs
and information after each crash or event on an ACRN platform, including
the hypervisor, Service OS (SOS), and Android as a Guest (AaaG).
``ACRN-Crashlog`` provides a flexible way to configure which events are
of interest, by using an XML configuration file.
Building
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Build Dependencies
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The ``ACRN-Crashlog`` tool depends on the following libraries
(build and runtime):
- libevent
- OpenSSL
- libxml2
- systemd
- libblkid
- e2fsprogs
Refer to the :ref:`getting_started` for instructions on how to set up your
build environment, and follow the instructions below to build and configure the
``ACRN-Crashlog`` tool.
Build
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To build the ``ACRN-Crashlog``, run:
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$ cd acrn-crashlog
$ make
To remove all generated files and return the folder to its clean state,
use:
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$ cd acrn-crashlog
$ make clean
Installing
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To install the build:
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$ cd acrn-crashlog
$ sudo make install
Enabling/Disabling
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To enable this tool:
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$ sudo crashlogctl enable
Then it will show:
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... Backup core pattern to /var/log/crashlog/default_core_pattern
'/usr/share/acrn/crashlog/40-watchdog.conf' ->
'/etc/systemd/system.conf.d/40-watchdog.conf'
'/usr/share/acrn/crashlog/80-coredump.conf' ->
'/etc/sysctl.d/80-coredump.conf'
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/acrnprobe.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/acrnprobe.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/usercrash.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/usercrash.service.
*** Please reboot your system. ***
Follow the hints to reboot the system:
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$ sudo reboot
To disable this tool:
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$ sudo crashlogctl disable
Then it will show:
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Removed /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/acrnprobe.service.
Removed /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/usercrash.service.
removed '/etc/sysctl.d/80-coredump.conf'
removed '/etc/systemd/system.conf.d/40-watchdog.conf'
*** Please reboot your system. ***
Follow the hints to reboot the system:
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$ sudo reboot
To check the status of this tool:
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$ sudo crashlogctl is-active
It will show the status of the related services like:
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acrnprobe : inactive
usercrash : inactive
Usage
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The ``acrnprobe`` tool provides ``history_event`` (under
``/var/log/crashlog/history_event``) to record ACRN-related events and
crash information.
``ACRN-Crashlog`` also provides a tool called ``debugger`` to dump specific
process information:
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$ debugger <pid>
.. note::
You need to be ``root`` to use the ``debugger``.
Source Code
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The source code structure:
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acrn-crashlog/
├── acrnprobe
│ └── include
├── common
│ └── include
├── data
└── usercrash
└── include
- ``acrnprobe``: to gather all the crash and event logs on the platform, and
probe on telemetrics-client. For the logs on hypervisor, it's collected with
acrnlog. For the log on SOS, the userspace crash log is collected with
usercrash, and the kernel crash log is collected with the inherent mechanism
like ``ipanic``, ``pstore`` and etc. For the log on AaaG, it's collected with
monitoring the change of related folders on the sos image, like
``/data/logs/``. ``acrnprobe`` also provides a flexible way to allow users to
configure which crash or event they want to collect through the XML file
easily.
- ``common``: some utils for logs, command and string.
- ``data``: configuration file, service files and shell script.
- ``usercrash``: to implement the tool which get the crash information for the
crashing process in userspace.
Acrnprobe
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The ``acrnprobe`` detects all critical events on the platform and collects
specific information for debug purpose. These information would be saved as
logs, and the log path would be delivered to telemetrics-client as a record if
the telemetrics-client existed on the system.
For more detail on acrnprobe, please refer :ref:`acrnprobe_doc`.
Usercrash
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The ``usercrash`` is a tool to get the crash info of the crashing process in
userspace. It works in Client/Server model. Server is autostarted, and client is
configured in ``core_pattern`` or ``coredump-wrapper``, which will be
triggered once crash occurs in userspace.
For more detail on ``usercrash``, please refer :ref:`usercrash_doc`.
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