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Classes and events

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    - Introduction to the System Analysis Toolkit (SAT)
    - Events and the Kernel
      - Generating events: a typical scenario
      - Simple and combine events
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      - Classes and events
        Communication class: _NTO_TRACE_COMM
        The _NTO_TRACE_COMM class includes events related to communication.
        Control class: _NTO_TRACE_CONTROL
        The _NTO_TRACE_CONTROL class includes events related to the control of tracing itself.
        Interrupt class: _NTO_TRACE_INT
        The _NTO_TRACE_INT class includes events related to interrupts.
        Kernel-call classes: _NTO_TRACE_KERCALLENTER, _NTO_TRACE_KERCALLEXIT, and _NTO_TRACE_KERCALLINT
        These classes track kernel calls.
        Process class: _NTO_TRACE_PROCESS
        The _NTO_TRACE_PROCESS class includes events related to the creation and destruction of processes.
        Security class: _NTO_TRACE_SEC
        The _NTO_TRACE_SEC class includes events related to security.
        System class: _NTO_TRACE_SYSTEM
        The _NTO_TRACE_SYSTEM class includes events related to the system as a whole.
        Thread class: _NTO_TRACE_THREAD
        The _NTO_TRACE_THREAD class includes events related to state changes for threads.
        User class: _NTO_TRACE_USER
        The _NTO_TRACE_USER class includes custom events that your program creates.
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      As the instrumented kernel intercepts events, it stores them in a ring of buffers.
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    - Current Trace Events and Data
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Classes and events

QNX SDP8.0System Analysis Toolkit (SAT) User's GuideUser

There can be a lot of events in even a small trace, so they're organized into classes to make them easier for you to manage:

Communication class: _NTO_TRACE_COMM
Control class: _NTO_TRACE_CONTROL
Interrupt class: _NTO_TRACE_INT
Kernel-call classes: _NTO_TRACE_KERCALLENTER, _NTO_TRACE_KERCALLEXIT, and _NTO_TRACE_KERCALLINT
Process class: _NTO_TRACE_PROCESS
QNX Unified Instrumentation Platform class: _NTO_TRACE_QUIP
Security class: _NTO_TRACE_SEC
System class: _NTO_TRACE_SYSTEM
Thread class: _NTO_TRACE_THREAD
User class: _NTO_TRACE_USER

(The <sys/trace.h> header file also defines an _NTO_TRACE_EMPTY class, but it's a placeholder and isn't currently used.)

The sections that follow list the events for each class, provide a description of when the events are emitted, and list the labels that traceprinter and the IDE use to identify the events.

For information about the data for each event, see the Current Trace Events and Data appendix.

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