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6 Coro::Debug - various functions that help debugging Coro programs
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9 use Coro::Debug;
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11 our $server = new_unix_server Coro::Debug "/tmp/socketpath";
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13 $ socat readline unix:/tmp/socketpath
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16 This module is an AnyEvent user, you need to make sure that you use and
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19 This module provides some debugging facilities. Most will, if not
20 handled carefully, severely compromise the security of your program, so
21 use it only for debugging (or take other precautions).
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23 It mainly implements a very primitive debugger that is very easy to
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26 our $server = new_unix_server Coro::Debug "/tmp/somepath";
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29 It lets you list running coroutines:
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32 |cctx allocated
33 || resident set size (octets)
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36 PID SC RSS USES Description Where
37 14572344 UC 62k 128k [main::] [dm-support.ext:47]
38 14620056 -- 2260 13 [coro manager] [Coro.pm:358]
39 14620128 -- 2260 166 [unblock_sub scheduler] [Coro.pm:358]
40 17764008 N- 152 0 [EV idle process] -
41 13990784 -- 2596 10k timeslot manager [cf.pm:454]
42 81424176 -- 18k 4758 [async pool idle] [Coro.pm:257]
43 23513336 -- 2624 1 follow handler [follow.ext:52]
44 40548312 -- 15k 5597 player scheduler [player-scheduler.ext:13]
45 29138032 -- 2548 431 music scheduler [player-env.ext:77]
46 43449808 -- 2260 3493 worldmap updater [item-worldmap.ext:115]
47 33352488 -- 19k 2845 [async pool idle] [Coro.pm:257]
48 81530072 -- 13k 43k map scheduler [map-scheduler.ext:65]
49 30751144 -- 15k 2204 [async pool idle] [Coro.pm:257]
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51 Lets you do backtraces on about any coroutine:
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53 > bt 18334288
54 coroutine is at /opt/cf/ext/player-env.ext line 77
55 eval {...} called at /opt/cf/ext/player-env.ext line 77
56 ext::player_env::__ANON__ called at -e line 0
57 Coro::_run_coro called at -e line 0
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73 > trace 94652688
74 2007-09-27Z20:30:25.1368 (5) [94652688] enter Socket::sockaddr_in with (8481,\x{7f}\x{00}\x{00}\x{01})
75 2007-09-27Z20:30:25.1369 (5) [94652688] leave Socket::sockaddr_in returning (\x{02}\x{00}...)
76 2007-09-27Z20:30:25.1370 (5) [94652688] enter Net::FCP::Util::touc with (client_get)
77 2007-09-27Z20:30:25.1371 (5) [94652688] leave Net::FCP::Util::touc returning (ClientGet)
78 2007-09-27Z20:30:25.1372 (5) [94652688] enter AnyEvent::Impl::Event::io with (AnyEvent,fh,GLOB(0x9256250),poll,w,cb,CODE(0x8c963a0))
79 2007-09-27Z20:30:25.1373 (5) [94652688] enter Event::Watcher::__ANON__ with (Event,poll,w,fd,GLOB(0x9256250),cb,CODE(0x8c963a0))
80 2007-09-27Z20:30:25.1374 (5) [94652688] enter Event::io::new with (Event::io,poll,w,fd,GLOB(0x9256250),cb,CODE(0x8c963a0))
81 2007-09-27Z20:30:25.1375 (5) [94652688] enter Event::Watcher::init with (Event::io=HASH(0x8bfb120),HASH(0x9b7940))
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91 2007-09-26Z02:22:46 (9) unimportant message
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93 Other commands are available in the shell, use the "help" command for a
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99 log $level, $msg
100 Log a debug message of the given severity level (0 is highest,
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103 stderr_loglevel $level
104 Set the loglevel for logging to stderr (defaults to the value of
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108 session_loglevel $level
109 Set the default loglevel for new coro debug sessions (defaults to
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113 trace $coro, $loglevel
114 Enables tracing the given coroutine at the given loglevel. If
115 loglevel is omitted, use 5. If coro is omitted, trace the current
116 coroutine. Tracing incurs a very high runtime overhead.
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121 A message will be logged at the given loglevel if it is not
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124 untrace $coro
125 Disables tracing on the given coroutine.
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127 command $string
128 Execute a debugger command, sending any output to STDOUT. Used by
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132 Run an interactive debugger session on the given filehandle. Each
133 line entered is simply passed to "command" (with a few exceptions).
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135 $server = new_unix_server Coro::Debug $path
136 Creates a new unix domain socket that listens for connection
137 requests and runs "session" on any connection. Normal unix
138 permission checks and umask applies, so you can protect your socket
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141 The "socat" utility is an excellent way to connect to this socket:
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149 The server accepts connections until it is destroyed, so you must
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153 $server = new_tcp_server Coro::Debug $port
154 Similar to "new_unix_server", but binds on a TCP port. Note that
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162 http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/Coro.html
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