GstTrace

GstTrace — Tracing functionality

Synopsis


#include <gst/gst.h>

                    GstTrace;
GstTrace*           gst_trace_new                       (gchar *filename,
                                                         gint size);
void                gst_trace_destroy                   (GstTrace *trace);
void                gst_trace_flush                     (GstTrace *trace);
void                gst_trace_text_flush                (GstTrace *trace);
#define             gst_trace_add_entry                 (trace,seq,data,msg)
#define             gst_trace_get_size                  (trace)
#define             gst_trace_get_offset                (trace)
#define             gst_trace_get_remaining             (trace)
void                gst_trace_set_default               (GstTrace *trace);
void                gst_trace_read_tsc                  (gint64 *dst);
enum                GstAllocTraceFlags;
                    GstAllocTrace;
gboolean            gst_alloc_trace_available           (void);
const GList*        gst_alloc_trace_list                (void);
int                 gst_alloc_trace_live_all            (void);
void                gst_alloc_trace_print_all           (void);
void                gst_alloc_trace_set_flags_all       (GstAllocTraceFlags flags);
GstAllocTrace*      gst_alloc_trace_get                 (const gchar *name);
void                gst_alloc_trace_print               (const GstAllocTrace *trace);
void                gst_alloc_trace_print_live          (void);
void                gst_alloc_trace_set_flags           (GstAllocTrace *trace,
                                                         GstAllocTraceFlags flags);
#define             gst_alloc_trace_register            (name)
#define             gst_alloc_trace_new                 (trace, mem)
#define             gst_alloc_trace_free                (trace, mem)

Description

Traces allows to track object allocation. They provide a instance counter per GType. The counter is incremented for each object allocated and decremented it when it's freed.

Example 18. Tracing object instances

    // trace un-freed object instances
    gst_alloc_trace_set_flags_all (GST_ALLOC_TRACE_LIVE);
    if (!gst_alloc_trace_available ()) {
      g_warning ("Trace not available (recompile with trace enabled).");
    }
    gst_alloc_trace_print_live ();
    // do something here
    gst_alloc_trace_print_live ();
  


Last reviewed on 2005-11-21 (0.9.5)

Details

GstTrace

typedef struct {
} GstTrace;

Opaque GstTrace structure.


gst_trace_new ()

GstTrace*           gst_trace_new                       (gchar *filename,
                                                         gint size);

Create a ringbuffer of size in the file with filename to store trace results in.

filename : a filename
size : the max size of the file
Returns : a new GstTrace.

gst_trace_destroy ()

void                gst_trace_destroy                   (GstTrace *trace);

Flush an close the previously allocated trace.

trace : the GstTrace to destroy

gst_trace_flush ()

void                gst_trace_flush                     (GstTrace *trace);

Flush any pending trace entries in trace to the trace file. trace can be NULL in which case the default GstTrace will be flushed.

trace : the GstTrace to flush.

gst_trace_text_flush ()

void                gst_trace_text_flush                (GstTrace *trace);

Flush any pending trace entries in trace to the trace file, formatted as a text line with timestamp and sequence numbers. trace can be NULL in which case the default GstTrace will be flushed.

trace : the GstTrace to flush.

gst_trace_add_entry()

#define             gst_trace_add_entry(trace,seq,data,msg)

Add an entry to trace with sequence number seq, data and msg. If trace is NULL, the entry will be added to the default GstTrace.

trace : a GstTrace
seq : a sequence number
data : the data to trace
msg : the trace message

gst_trace_get_size()

#define 	gst_trace_get_size(trace) 	((trace)->bufsize)

Retrieve the buffer size of trace.

trace : a GstTrace

gst_trace_get_offset()

#define 	gst_trace_get_offset(trace) 	((trace)->bufoffset)

Retrieve the current buffer offset of trace.

trace : a GstTrace

gst_trace_get_remaining()

#define 	gst_trace_get_remaining(trace) 	((trace)->bufsize - (trace)->bufoffset)

Retrieve the remaining size in the trace buffer.

trace : a GstTrace

gst_trace_set_default ()

void                gst_trace_set_default               (GstTrace *trace);

Set the default GstTrace to trace.

trace : the GstTrace to set as the default.

gst_trace_read_tsc ()

void                gst_trace_read_tsc                  (gint64 *dst);

Read a platform independent timer value that can be used in benchmarks.

dst : pointer to hold the result.

enum GstAllocTraceFlags

typedef enum {
  GST_ALLOC_TRACE_LIVE		= (1 << 0),
  GST_ALLOC_TRACE_MEM_LIVE	= (1 << 1)
} GstAllocTraceFlags;

Flags indicating which tracing feature to enable.

GST_ALLOC_TRACE_LIVE Trace number of non-freed memory
GST_ALLOC_TRACE_MEM_LIVE trace pointers of unfreed memory

GstAllocTrace

typedef struct {
  gchar		*name;
  gint		 flags;

  gint		 live;
  GSList	*mem_live;
} GstAllocTrace;

The main tracing object

gchar *name; The name of the tracing object
gint flags; Flags for this object
gint live; counter for live memory
GSList *mem_live; list with pointers to unfreed memory

gst_alloc_trace_available ()

gboolean            gst_alloc_trace_available           (void);

Check if alloc tracing was compiled into the core

Returns : TRUE if the core was compiled with alloc tracing enabled.

gst_alloc_trace_list ()

const GList*        gst_alloc_trace_list                (void);

Get a list of all registered alloc trace objects.

Returns : a GList of GstAllocTrace objects.

gst_alloc_trace_live_all ()

int                 gst_alloc_trace_live_all            (void);

Get the total number of live registered alloc trace objects.

Returns : the total number of live registered alloc trace objects.

gst_alloc_trace_print_all ()

void                gst_alloc_trace_print_all           (void);

Print the status of all registered alloc trace objects.


gst_alloc_trace_set_flags_all ()

void                gst_alloc_trace_set_flags_all       (GstAllocTraceFlags flags);

Enable the specified options on all registered alloc trace objects.

flags : the options to enable

gst_alloc_trace_get ()

GstAllocTrace*      gst_alloc_trace_get                 (const gchar *name);

Get the named alloc trace object.

name : the name of the alloc trace object
Returns : a GstAllocTrace with the given name or NULL when no alloc tracer was registered with that name.

gst_alloc_trace_print ()

void                gst_alloc_trace_print               (const GstAllocTrace *trace);

Print the status of the given GstAllocTrace.

trace : the GstAllocTrace to print

gst_alloc_trace_print_live ()

void                gst_alloc_trace_print_live          (void);

Print the status of all registered alloc trace objects, ignoring those without live objects.


gst_alloc_trace_set_flags ()

void                gst_alloc_trace_set_flags           (GstAllocTrace *trace,
                                                         GstAllocTraceFlags flags);

Enable the given features on the given GstAllocTrace object.

trace : the GstAllocTrace
flags : flags to set

gst_alloc_trace_register()

#define             gst_alloc_trace_register(name)

Register a new alloc tracer with the given name

name : The name of the tracer object

gst_alloc_trace_new()

#define             gst_alloc_trace_new(trace, mem)

Use the tracer to trace a new memory allocation

trace : The tracer to use
mem : The memory allocated

gst_alloc_trace_free()

#define             gst_alloc_trace_free(trace, mem)

Trace a memory free operation

trace : The tracer to use
mem : The memory that is freed