uthreads(8)

NAME
uthreads - Trace thread creation events in Java or pthreads.

SYNOPSIS
uthreads [-h] [-l {java}] [-v] pid

DESCRIPTION
This traces thread creation events in Java processes, or pthread creation events in any process. When a thread is created, its name or start address is printed. Since this uses BPF, only the root user can use this tool.

REQUIREMENTS
CONFIG_BPF and bcc.

OPTIONS

-l {java}
    The language to trace (currently only Java is supported). When no language is specified, only pthread creations are traced.

-v  Print the resulting BPF program, for debugging purposes.

pid The process id to trace.

EXAMPLES

Trace Java thread creations:
    # uthreads -l java 148

Trace pthread creations:
    # uthreads 1802

FIELDS

TIME
    The event's time in seconds from the beginning of the trace.

ID  The thread's ID. The information in this column depends on the runtime.

TYPE
    Event type -- thread start, stop, or pthread event.

DESCRIPTION
    The thread's name or start address function name.

OVERHEAD
Thread start and stop events are usually not very frequent, which makes this tool's overhead negligible.

SOURCE
This is from bcc.

    https://github.com/iovisor/bcc

Also look in the bcc distribution for a companion _example.txt file containing example usage, output, and commentary for this tool.

OS
Linux

STABILITY
Unstable - in development.

AUTHOR
Sasha Goldshtein

SEE ALSO
ustat(8), trace(8)