D1.5 to D1.7: Online trace synchronization (streaming) and second level harmonization for Windows-like events
A first element here is synchronizing traces from multiple nodes in streaming mode. Earlier work was revisited, optimized, extended for incrementally finding the synchronization parameters, network spanning tree with best accuracy, and optimal reference node, for streaming mode incremental operation.
The prototype code was incorporated into the mainline version of the Tracing and Monitoring Framework (Trace Compass). In the following we explain the manual of downloading and installing the Trace Compass which includes the modules for online trace synchronization.
Eclipse Trace Compass
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This source tree contains the source code for the Trace Compass plugins for
Eclipse.
The plugins are categorized as follows:
org.eclipse.tracecompass.analysis.* | Generic extensions to the base framework
org.eclipse.tracecompass.btf.* | Best Trace Format (BTF) integration
org.eclipse.tracecompass.ctf.* | Common Trace Format (CTF) reader library
org.eclipse.tracecompass.gdbtrace.* | Support for reading and viewing GDB traces
org.eclipse.tracecompass.lttng2.* | LTTng 2.x integration
org.eclipse.tracecompass.pcap.* | libpcap integration
org.eclipse.tracecompass.rcp.* | Code specific to the RCP version
org.eclipse.tracecompass.statesystem.* | State System library
org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.* | Core framework
See the `plugins.svg` file for a diagram showing the dependencies between the
different plugins.
Setting up the development environment
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To set up the environment to build Trace Compass from within Eclipse, see this
wiki page:
<http://wiki.eclipse.org/Trace_Compass/Development_Environment_Setup>
Compiling manually
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To build the plugins manually using Maven, simply run the following command from
the top-level directory:
mvn clean install
The default command will compile and run the unit tests. Running the tests can
take some time, to skip them you can append `-Dmaven.test.skip=true` to the
`mvn` command:
mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true
The RCP is not built by default, to build it you need to add `-Pbuild-rcp` to
the `mvn` command:
mvn clean install -Pbuild-rcp -Dmaven.test.skip=true
This will build the RCP for all supported architectures. The resulting archives
will be placed in `org.eclipse.tracecompass.rcp.product/target/products`.
These commands will also build the p2 update site, which will be placed in
`org.eclipse.tracecompass.releng-site/target/repository`.
Maven profiles and properties
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The following Maven profiles, and their corresponding properties, are defined in
the build system. You can set them by using `-P[profile name]` and
`-D[property name]=[value]` in `mvn` commands.
* `-Pctf-grammar`
Re-compiles the CTF grammar files. This should be enabled if you modify the
`.g` files in the `ctf.parser` plugin.
* `-Pbuild-rcp`
Builds the RCP archives. Refer to the previous section for details.
* `-Pdeploy-rcp`
Mainly for use on build servers. Copies the generated RCP archives, as well as
the RCP-specific update site, to the paths specified by
`-DrcpDestination=/absolute/path/to/destination` and
`-DrcpSiteDestination=/absolute/path/to/destination`, respectively.
Must be used with `-Pbuild-rcp`!
* `-Pdeploy-update-site`
Mainly for use on build servers. Copies the standard update site (for the
Eclipse plugin installation) to the destination specified by
`-DsiteDestination=/absolute/path/to/destination`.
* `-Psign-update-site`
Mainly for use on build servers. Signs all the generated update sites using
the Eclipse signing server.
* `-Pdeploy-doc`
Mainly for use on build servers. Copies the generated HTML documentation to
the destination specified by `-DdocDestination=/absolute/path/to/destination`.
Some directories may need to already exist at the destination (or Maven will
throw related errors).