[erlang-bugs] Trace bug?

[Tony Rogvall]

in bif.c:1885 (r17)

The code will only call the trace_send function if the name is NOT registered.
Not sure how nor why.

When NO process is registered to x (yield badarg)

> erlang:trace(spawn(fun() -> x ! message end), true, [send]).
2> flush().
Shell got {trace,<0.45.0>,send,message,x}
ok

When process is registered to x:

register(x, self()).
> erlang:trace(spawn(fun() -> x ! message end), true, [send]).
1
11> flush().
Shell got message
ok

Feature?

;-)

/Tony


On 2 jun 2014, at 16:50, Robert Virding <rvirding@REDACTED> wrote:

> No, answers?
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> On 30 May 2014 23:18, Robert Virding <rvirding@REDACTED> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if this is a bug? If not how do I get around it in simple way?
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> On 27 May 2014 17:45, Robert Virding <rvirding@REDACTED> wrote:
> We have discovered strange behaviour when tracing message sends. We turn on tracing message send for a process. In R16 and 17 it seems like there is no trace message when sending to a registered process name, while sending to a pid generates a trace message as it should. In R15 however you get a trace message both sending to a registered name and hen sending to a pid. Is this a bug or is it a new undocumented feature?
> 
> As an example I include simple program in which worker sends a message to a registered server and the server replies by sending the worker pid. Here are outputs when running in 17:
> 
> Erlang/OTP 17 [erts-6.0] [source-07b8f44] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:10] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false] [dtrace]
> 
> Eshell V6.0  (abort with ^G)
> 1> c(trace_procs).
> {ok,trace_procs}
> 2> trace_procs:start().
> trace_procs 7 Server: '<0.39.0>' 
> trace_procs 10 Worker: '<0.40.0>' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.39.0>,send,answer,<0.40.0>}' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.39.0>,send,answer,<0.40.0>}' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.39.0>,send,answer,<0.40.0>}' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.39.0>,send,answer,<0.40.0>}' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.39.0>,send,answer,<0.40.0>}' 
> 
> and in R15:
> 
> Erlang R15B03 (erts-5.9.3.1) [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]
> 
> Eshell V5.9.3.1  (abort with ^G)
> 1> c(trace_procs).
> {ok,trace_procs}
> 2> trace_procs:start().
> trace_procs 7 Server: '<0.38.0>' 
> trace_procs 10 Worker: '<0.39.0>' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.39.0>,send,{request,<0.39.0>},server}' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.38.0>,send,answer,<0.39.0>}' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.39.0>,send,{request,<0.39.0>},server}' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.38.0>,send,answer,<0.39.0>}' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.39.0>,send,{request,<0.39.0>},server}' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.38.0>,send,answer,<0.39.0>}' 
> trace_procs 34 Message: '{trace,<0.39.0>,send,{request,<0.39.0>},server}' 
> 
> What gives?
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
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