call-trace

This is a tool for generating call information live from a running process. It uses instrumentation functions supported by gcc -finstrument-functions. By using lib bfd it translates addresses to human readable information. So you will need to to link with -lbfd

Usage

Add -lbfd to your library flags, and -finstrument-functions to your C-flags.

Example

If you have a program like

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void bar()
{
	fprintf(stderr, "In bar!\n");
}

void foo()
{
	bar();
}

int main(void)
{
	fprintf(stderr, "Starting program\n");

	foo();

	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

and then using a Makefile like

CFLAGS += -g
CFLAGS += -finstrument-functions
LDLIBS += -lbfd

main: main.o call-trace.o

Compile and run

$ make && ./main
-trace- calling [0x402b91 main at main.c:15] from [0x7f2b6656388a ?? ??:0]
Starting program
-trace- calling [0x402b5e foo at main.c:10] from [0x402bd3 main at main.c:20]
-trace- calling [0x402b17 bar at main.c:5] from [0x402b7d foo at main.c:11]
In bar!