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for linux, a tool used to pause or freeze specified threads。适用于linux,暂停或冻结指定线程的工具

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fthread

for linux, a tool used to pause or freeze specified threads

Background

  • When analyzing multi-threaded programs, you need to exclude the interference of several of these threads, and you want to pause them to observe the performance of the system

  • The gdb provides corresponding functionality but is inconvenient to use when a batch pause thread is needed

  • Looking around the internet with no tools providing bulk pause thread functionality

    So, dirty my hand, just write one.

Dependencies

Build

Setup environment

git clone https://github.com/EmptyWatson/fthread.git
cd fthread
chmod +x ./setup_dev.sh
./setup_dev.sh

Compile

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j

Strip

eu-strip -f ./fthread.debug ./fthread

Use

Capabilities

  • list List all threads / frozen threads for the specified process (get the current thread list of the process each time the list command is executed)
  • find Find all threads where the thread name meets criteria and list (regular expressions only)
  • freeze Pause the thread name, the thread index number, any thread in the thread ID that meets the specified condition, or freeze the result of the last find (support regular expressions, with "," split number list, and with "-" split number range)
  • unfreeze Unfreeze a thread that meets the specified condition, or restore the result of the last find (method as freeze)

Examples

Start fthread

[root@localhost build]# ./fthread -p $(pidof java)
2022-01-29 11:23:31,303 INFO --------->fthread is starting......
2022-01-29 11:23:31,306 INFO Welcome to fthread
Press 'tab' to view autocompletions
Type '.help' for help
Type '.quit' or '.exit' to exit

fthread>

Get help info

fthread> h
2022-01-29 11:24:39,057 INFO
h,.help
        displays the help output
q,.quit/.exit
        exit the repl
.clear
        clears the screen
.history
        displays the history output
.save
        save op log
l,list all/freezed
         refresh and list threads
find [thread name regexpr]
        find thread by name,use regexpr
f,freeze [thread name regexpr]/[thread id]/[thread idx]
        freeze thread,use regexpr or tid/idx(1,2,.. or 1-5) or last finded threads
u,unfreeze [thread name regexpr]/[thread id]/[thread idx]
        unfreeze thread,use regexpr or tid/idx(1,2,.. or 1-5) or last finded threads

fthread>

List all threads

fthread> l
IDX      Thread Id        Status       Name
[1     ] 1988             - running    pool-7-thread-6
[2     ] 4289             - running    java
[3     ] 4319             - running    java
[4     ] 4322             - running    java
[5     ] 4323             - running    java
[6     ] 4324             - running    java
[7     ] 4325             - running    java
[8     ] 4326             - running    java
[9     ] 4327             - running    java
[10    ] 4328             - running    java
[11    ] 4329             - running    java
[12    ] 4330             - running    java
[13    ] 4331             - running    java
[14    ] 4332             - running    java
[15    ] 4333             - running    java
[16    ] 4334             - running    java
[17    ] 4335             - running    java

...

Freeze threads

fthread> freeze 1-3
freeze threads ....
freeze threads finish, succ cnt 3

fthread> freeze 4,5,6
freeze threads ....
freeze threads finish, succ cnt 3

fthread> f 4325-4326
freeze threads ....
freeze threads finish, succ cnt 2
fthread>

fthread> freeze .*java.*
freeze threads ....
freeze threads finish, succ cnt 21
fthread>

List the threads that have already been frozen

fthread> list freezed
IDX      Thread Id        Status       Name
[2     ] 4289             * freezed    java
[3     ] 4319             * freezed    java
[4     ] 4322             * freezed    java
[5     ] 4323             * freezed    java
[6     ] 4324             * freezed    java
[7     ] 4325             * freezed    java
[8     ] 4326             * freezed    java
[9     ] 4327             * freezed    java
[10    ] 4328             * freezed    java
[11    ] 4329             * freezed    java
[12    ] 4330             * freezed    java
[13    ] 4331             * freezed    java
[14    ] 4332             * freezed    java
[15    ] 4333             * freezed    java
[16    ] 4334             * freezed    java
[17    ] 4335             * freezed    java
[18    ] 4336             * freezed    java
[19    ] 4337             * freezed    java
[20    ] 4338             * freezed    java
[21    ] 4339             * freezed    java
[45    ] 4422             * freezed    java

Unfreeze threads

fthread> unfreeze 2-3
unfreeze threads ....
unfreeze threads finish, succ cnt 2

fthread> unfreeze java
unfreeze threads ....
2022-01-29 11:34:02,710 ERROR detrace_pid fail: pid=4289
2022-01-29 11:34:02,710 ERROR detrace_pid fail: pid=4319
unfreeze threads finish, succ cnt 19
        failed cnt 2 :
4289,4319

Find threads

fthread> find .*-thread.*
finded threads:
IDX      Thread Id        Status       Name
[1     ] 1988             - running    pool-7-thread-6
[46    ] 4433             - running    pool-1-thread-1
[61    ] 4475             - running    sysinfo-thread1
[102   ] 13641            - running    pool-7-thread-2
[103   ] 14201            - running    pool-7-thread-8
[104   ] 26427            - running    pool-7-thread-1

...

Freeze the found results

fthread> freeze
no args, freeze finded threadsfreeze threads ....
freeze threads finish, succ cnt 38
fthread> find .*-thread.*
finded threads:
IDX      Thread Id        Status       Name
[1     ] 1988             * freezed    pool-7-thread-6
[46    ] 4433             * freezed    pool-1-thread-1
[61    ] 4475             * freezed    sysinfo-thread1
[102   ] 13641            * freezed    pool-7-thread-2
[103   ] 14201            * freezed    pool-7-thread-8
[104   ] 26427            * freezed    pool-7-thread-1
[105   ] 34015            * freezed    pool-7-thread-2
[107   ] 58240            * freezed    pool-7-thread-3
[108   ] 79725            * freezed    pool-7-thread-1
[109   ] 101419           * freezed    pool-7-thread-3
[110   ] 105710           * freezed    pool-7-thread-1
[111   ] 110990           * freezed    pool-7-thread-2
[112   ] 123730           * freezed    pool-7-thread-7
[114   ] 133070           * freezed    pool-7-thread-3
[115   ] 152928           * freezed    pool-7-thread-3
[117   ] 168584           * freezed    pool-7-thread-2
[118   ] 170886           * freezed    pool-7-thread-2
...

Quit

fthread> q
2022-01-29 11:36:08,834 INFO
Exiting fthread

TODO

  • The state of the thread is maintained inside the tool without going to read the true state

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