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-# Change Notes
-
-## Summary
-
-This document describes the DarwinLog logging feature.
-
-## StructuredDataDarwinLog feature
-
-The DarwinLog feature supports logging os_log*() and NSLog() messages
-to the command-line lldb console, as well as making those messages
-available to LLDB clients via the event system. Starting with fall
-2016 OSes, Apple platforms introduce a new fire-hose, stream-style
-logging system where the bulk of the log processing happens on the log
-consumer side. This reduces logging impact on the system when there
-are no consumers, making it cheaper to include logging at all times.
-However, it also increases the work needed on the consumer end when
-log messages are desired.
-
-The debugserver binary has been modified to support collection of
-os_log*()/NSLog() messages, selection of which messages appear in the
-stream, and fine-grained filtering of what gets passed on to the LLDB
-client. DarwinLog also tracks the activity chain (i.e. os_activity()
-hierarchy) in effect at the time the log messages were issued. The
-user is able to configure a number of aspects related to the
-formatting of the log message header fields.
-
-The DarwinLog support is written in a way which should support the
-lldb client side on non-Apple clients talking to an Apple device or
-macOS system; hence, the plugin support is built into all LLDB
-clients, not just those built on an Apple platform.
-
-StructuredDataDarwinLog implements the 'DarwinLog' feature type, and
-the plugin name for it shows up as 'darwin-log'.
-
-The user interface to the darwin-log support is via the following:
-
-* 'plugin structured-data darwin-log enable' command
-
- This is the main entry point for enabling the command. It can be
- set before launching a process or while the process is running.
- If the user wants to squelch seeing info-level or debug-level
- messages, which is the default behavior, then the enable command
- must be made prior to launching the process; otherwise, the
- info-level and debug-level messages will always show up. Also,
- there is a similar "echo os_log()/NSLog() messages to target
- process stderr" mechanism which is properly disabled when enabling
- the DarwinLog support prior to launch. This cannot be squelched
- if enabling DarwinLog after launch.
-
- See the help for this command. There are a number of options
- to shrink or expand the number of messages that are processed
- on the remote side and sent over to the client, and other
- options to control the formatting of messages displayed.
-
- This command is sticky. Once enabled, it will stay enabled for
- future process launches.
-
-* 'plugin structured-data darwin-log disable' command
-
- Executing this command disables os_log() capture in the currently
- running process and signals LLDB to stop attempting to launch
- new processes with DarwinLog support enabled.
-
-* 'settings set \
- plugin.structured-data.darwin-log.enable-on-startup'
-
- and
-
- 'settings set \
- plugin.structured-data.darwin-log.auto-enable-options -- {options}'
-
- When enable-on-startup is set to true, then LLDB will automatically
- enable DarwinLog on startup of relevant processes. It will use the
- content provided in the auto-enable-options settings as the
- options to pass to the enable command.
-
- Note the '--' required after auto-enable-command. That is necessary
- for raw commands like settings set. The '--' will not become part
- of the options for the enable command.
-
-### Message flow and related performance considerations
-
-os_log()-style collection is not free. The more data that must be
-processed, the slower it will be. There are several knobs available
-to the developer to limit how much data goes through the pipe, and how
-much data ultimately goes over the wire to the LLDB client. The
-user's goal should be to ensure he or she only collects as many log
-messages are needed, but no more.
-
-The flow of data looks like the following:
-
-1. Data comes into debugserver from the low-level OS facility that
- receives log messages. The data that comes through this pipe can
- be limited or expanded by the '--debug', '--info' and
- '--all-processes' options of the 'plugin structured-data darwin-log
- enable' command. options. Exclude as many categories as possible
- here (also the default). The knobs here are very coarse - for
- example, whether to include os_log_info()-level or
- os_log_debug()-level info, or to include callstacks in the log
- message event data.
-
-2. The debugserver process filters the messages that arrive through a
- message log filter that may be fully customized by the user. It
- works similar to a rules-based packet filter: a set of rules are
- matched against the log message, each rule tried in sequential
- order. The first rule that matches then either accepts or rejects
- the message. If the log message does not match any rule, then the
- message gets the no-match (i.e. fall-through) action. The no-match
- action defaults to accepting but may be set to reject.
-
- Filters can be added via the enable command's '--filter
- {filter-spec}' option. Filters are added in order, and multiple
- --filter entries can be provided to the enable command.
-
- Filters take the following form:
-
- {action} {attribute} {op}
-
- {action} :=
- accept |
- reject
-
- {attribute} :=
- category | // The log message category
- subsystem | // The log message subsystem}
- activity | // The child-most activity in force
- // at the time the message was logged.
- activity-chain | // The complete activity chain, specified
- // as {parent-activity}:{child-activity}:
- // {grandchild-activity}
- message | // The fully expanded message contents.
- // Note this one is expensive because it
- // requires expanding the message. Avoid
- // this if possible, or add it further
- // down the filter chain.
-
- {op} :=
- match {exact-match-text} |
- regex {search-regex} // uses C++ std::regex
- // ECMAScript variant.
-
-e.g.
- --filter "accept subsystem match com.example.mycompany.myproduct"
- --filter "accept subsystem regex com.example.+"
- --filter "reject category regex spammy-system-[[:digit:]]+"
-
-3. Messages that are accepted by the log message filter get sent to
- the lldb client, where they are mapped to the
- StructuredDataDarwinLog plugin. By default, command-line lldb will
- issue a Process-level event containing the log message content, and
- will request the plugin to print the message if the plugin is
- enabled to do so.
-
-### Log message display
-
-Several settings control aspects of displaying log messages in
-command-line LLDB. See the enable command's help for a description
-of these.
-
-
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