The following table provides a complete list of D built-in variables. All of these variables are scalar global variables; no thread-local or clause-local variables or built-in associative arrays are currently defined by D.
Table 3–1 DTrace Built-in Variables
Type and Name |
Description |
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int64_t arg0, ..., arg9 |
The first ten input arguments to a probe represented as raw 64-bit integers. If fewer than ten arguments are passed to the current probe, the remaining variables return zero. |
args[] |
The typed arguments to the current probe, if any. The args[] array is accessed using an integer index, but each element is defined to be the type corresponding to the given probe argument. For example, if args[] is referenced by a read(2) system call probe, args[0] is of type int, args[1] is of type void *, and args[2] is of type size_t. |
uintptr_t caller |
The program counter location of the current thread just before entering the current probe. |
chipid_t chip |
The CPU chip identifier for the current physical chip. See Chapter 26, sched Provider for more information. |
processorid_t cpu |
The CPU identifier for the current CPU. See Chapter 26, sched Provider for more information. |
cpuinfo_t *curcpu |
The CPU information for the current CPU. See Chapter 26, sched Provider for more information. |
lwpsinfo_t *curlwpsinfo |
The lightweight process (LWP) state of the LWP associated with the current thread. This structure is described in further detail in the proc(4) man page. |
psinfo_t *curpsinfo |
The process state of the process associated with the current thread. This structure is described in further detail in the proc(4) man page. |
kthread_t *curthread |
The address of the operating system kernel's internal data structure for the current thread, the kthread_t. The kthread_t is defined in <sys/thread.h>. Refer to Solaris Internals for more information on this variable and other operating system data structures. |
string cwd |
The name of the current working directory of the process associated with the current thread. |
uint_t epid |
The enabled probe ID (EPID) for the current probe. This integer uniquely identifiers a particular probe that is enabled with a specific predicate and set of actions. |
int errno |
The error value returned by the last system call executed by this thread. |
string execname |
The name that was passed to exec(2) to execute the current process. |
gid_t gid |
The real group ID of the current process. |
uint_t id |
The probe ID for the current probe. This ID is the system-wide unique identifier for the probe as published by DTrace and listed in the output of dtrace -l. |
uint_t ipl |
The interrupt priority level (IPL) on the current CPU at probe firing time. Refer to Solaris Internals for more information on interrupt levels and interrupt handling in the Solaris operating system kernel. |
lgrp_id_t lgrp |
The latency group ID for the latency group of which the current CPU is a member. See Chapter 26, sched Provider for more information. |
pid_t pid |
The process ID of the current process. |
pid_t ppid |
The parent process ID of the current process. |
string probefunc |
The function name portion of the current probe's description. |
string probemod |
The module name portion of the current probe's description. |
string probename |
The name portion of the current probe's description. |
string probeprov |
The provider name portion of the current probe's description. |
psetid_t pset |
The processor set ID for the processor set containing the current CPU. See Chapter 26, sched Provider for more information. |
string root |
The name of the root directory of the process associated with the current thread. |
uint_t stackdepth |
The current thread's stack frame depth at probe firing time. |
id_t tid |
The thread ID of the current thread. For threads associated with user processes, this value is equal to the result of a call to pthread_self(3C). |
uint64_t timestamp |
The current value of a nanosecond timestamp counter. This counter increments from an arbitrary point in the past and should only be used for relative computations. |
uid_t uid |
The real user ID of the current process. |
uint64_t uregs[] |
The current thread's saved user-mode register values at probe firing time. Use of the uregs[] array is discussed in Chapter 33, User Process Tracing. |
uint64_t vtimestamp |
The current value of a nanosecond timestamp counter that is virtualized to the amount of time that the current thread has been running on a CPU, minus the time spent in DTrace predicates and actions. This counter increments from an arbitrary point in the past and should only be used for relative time computations. |
uint64_t walltimestamp |
The current number of nanoseconds since 00:00 Universal Coordinated Time, January 1, 1970. |
Functions built into the D language such as trace() are discussed in Chapter 10, Actions and Subroutines.