laconicd/ethereum/rpc/namespaces/debug/trace.go

// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
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//+build go1.5

package debug

import (
	"errors"
	"os"
	"runtime/trace"
)

// StartGoTrace turns on tracing, writing to the given file.
func (a *API) StartGoTrace(file string) error {
	a.logger.Debug("debug_startGoTrace", "file", file)
	a.handler.mu.Lock()
	defer a.handler.mu.Unlock()

	if a.handler.traceFile != nil {
		a.logger.Debug("trace already in progress")
		return errors.New("trace already in progress")
	}
	f, err := os.Create(ExpandHome(file))
	if err != nil {
		a.logger.Debug("failed to create go trace file", "error", err.Error())
		return err
	}
	if err := trace.Start(f); err != nil {
		a.logger.Debug("Go tracing already started", "error", err.Error())
		f.Close()
		return err
	}
	a.handler.traceFile = f
	a.handler.traceFilename = file
	a.logger.Info("Go tracing started", "dump", a.handler.traceFilename)
	return nil
}

// StopGoTrace stops an ongoing trace.
func (a *API) StopGoTrace() error {
	a.logger.Debug("debug_stopGoTrace")
	a.handler.mu.Lock()
	defer a.handler.mu.Unlock()

	trace.Stop()
	if a.handler.traceFile == nil {
		a.logger.Debug("trace not in progress")
		return errors.New("trace not in progress")
	}
	a.logger.Info("Done writing Go trace", "dump", a.handler.traceFilename)
	a.handler.traceFile.Close()
	a.handler.traceFile = nil
	a.handler.traceFilename = ""
	return nil
}