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Preface

Part I Application Programming Interface

1.  Overview of STREAMS

2.  STREAMS Application-Level Components

3.  STREAMS Application-Level Mechanisms

4.  Application Access to the STREAMS Driver and Module Interfaces

5.  STREAMS Administration

6.  Pipes and Queues

Part II Kernel Interface

7.  STREAMS Framework - Kernel Level

8.  STREAMS Kernel-Level Mechanisms

9.  STREAMS Drivers

10.  STREAMS Modules

11.  Configuring STREAMS Drivers and Modules

12.  Multithreaded STREAMS

13.  STREAMS Multiplex Drivers

Part III Advanced Topics

14.  Debugging STREAMS-based Applications

Kernel Debug Printing

STREAMS Error and Trace Logging

Kernel Examination Tools

crash Command

adb Command

kadb Command

Part IV Appendixes

A.  Message Types

B.  Kernel Utility Interface Summary

C.  STREAMS-Based Terminal Subsystem

D.  STREAMS FAQ

Glossary

Index

STREAMS Error and Trace Logging

STREAMS error and trace loggers are provided for debugging and for administering STREAMS modules and drivers. This facility consists of log(7D), strace(1M), strclean(1M), strerr(1M), and strlog(9F).

Any module or driver in any stream can call the STREAMS logging function strlog(9F) (see also log(7D)). strlog(9F) sends formatted text to the error logger strerr(1M), the trace logger strace(1M), or the console logger.

strerr(1M) runs as a daemon process initiated at system startup. A call to strlog(9F) requesting an error to be logged causes an M_PROTO message to be sent to strerr(1M), which formats the contents and places them in a daily file. strclean(1M) purges daily log files that have not been modified for three days.

strlog(9F) also sends a similar M_PROTO message to strace(1M), which places it in a user-designated file. strace(1M) is initiated by a user. The user designates the modules and drivers and the severity level of the messages accepted for logging by strace(1M).

A user process can submit its own M_PROTO messages to the log driver for inclusion in the logger of its choice through putmsg(2). The messages must be in the same format required by the logging processes and are switched to the loggers requested in the message.

The output to the log files is formatted ASCII text. The files can be processed by standard system commands such as grep(1) or by developer-provided routines.