2 SASL Error Logging
The SASL application introduces three types of reports:
- Supervisor report
- Progress report
- Crash report
When the SASL application is started, it adds a handler that formats and writes these reports, as specified in the configuration parameters for SASL, that is, the environment variables in the SASL application specification, which is found in the .app file of SASL. For details, see the sasl(6) application in the Reference Manual and the app(4) file in the Kernel Reference Manual.
2.1 Supervisor Report
A supervisor report is issued when a supervised child terminates unexpectedly. A supervisor report contains the following items:
- Supervisor
Name of the reporting supervisor.
- Context
Indicates in which phase the child terminated from the supervisor's point of view. This can be start_error, child_terminated, or shutdown_error.
- Reason
Termination reason.
- Offender
Start specification for the child.
2.2 Progress Report
A progress report is issued when a supervisor starts or restarts a child. A progress report contains the following items:
- Supervisor
Name of the reporting supervisor.
- Started
Start specification for the successfully started child.
2.3 Crash Report
Processes started with functions proc_lib:spawn or proc_lib:spawn_link are wrapped within a catch. A crash report is issued when such a process terminates with an unexpected reason, which is any reason other than normal, shutdown, or {shutdown,Term}. Processes using behaviors gen_server or gen_fsm are examples of such processes. A crash report contains the following items:
- Crasher
Information about the crashing process, such as initial function call, exit reason, and message queue.
- Neighbours
Information about processes that are linked to the crashing process and do not trap exits. These processes are the neighbours that terminate because of this process crash. The information gathered is the same as the information for Crasher, described in the previous item.
Example
The following example shows the reports generated when a process crashes. The example process is a permanent process supervised by the test_sup supervisor. A division by zero is executed and the error is first reported by the faulty process. A crash report is generated, as the process was started using function proc_lib:spawn/3. The supervisor generates a supervisor report showing the crashed process. A progress report is generated when the process is finally restarted.
=ERROR REPORT==== 27-May-1996::13:38:56 ===
<0.63.0>: Divide by zero !
=CRASH REPORT==== 27-May-1996::13:38:56 ===
crasher:
pid: <0.63.0>
registered_name: []
error_info: {badarith,{test,s,[]}}
initial_call: {test,s,[]}
ancestors: [test_sup,<0.46.0>]
messages: []
links: [<0.47.0>]
dictionary: []
trap_exit: false
status: running
heap_size: 128
stack_size: 128
reductions: 348
neighbours:
=SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 27-May-1996::13:38:56 ===
Supervisor: {local,test_sup}
Context: child_terminated
Reason: {badarith,{test,s,[]}}
Offender: [{pid,<0.63.0>},
{name,test},
{mfa,{test,t,[]}},
{restart_type,permanent},
{shutdown,200},
{child_type,worker}]
=PROGRESS REPORT==== 27-May-1996::13:38:56 ===
Supervisor: {local,test_sup}
Started: [{pid,<0.64.0>},
{name,test},
{mfa,{test,t,[]}},
{restart_type,permanent},
{shutdown,200},
{child_type,worker}]2.4 Multi-File Error Report Logging
Multi-file error report logging is used to store error messages received by error_logger. The error messages are stored in several files and each file is smaller than a specified number of kilobytes. No more than a specified number of files exist at the same time. The logging is very fast, as each error message is written as a binary term.
For more details, see the sasl(6) application in the Reference Manual.
2.5 Report Browser
The report browser is used to browse and format error reports written by the error logger handler log_mf_h defined in STDLIB.
The log_mf_h handler writes all reports to a report logging directory, which is specified when configuring the SASL application.
If the report browser is used offline, the reports can be copied to another directory specified when starting the browser. If no such directory is specified, the browser reads reports from the SASL error_logger_mf_dir.
Starting Report Browser
Start the rb_server with function rb:start([Options]) as shown in the following example:
5> rb:start([{max, 20}]).
rb: reading report...done.
rb: reading report...done.
rb: reading report...done.
rb: reading report...done.
{ok,<0.199.0>}Online Help
Enter command rb:help() to access the report browser online help system.
List Reports in Server
Use function rb:list() to list all loaded reports:
4> rb:list().
No Type Process Date Time
== ==== ======= ==== ====
20 progress <0.17.0> 1996-10-16 16:14:54
19 progress <0.14.0> 1996-10-16 16:14:55
18 error <0.15.0> 1996-10-16 16:15:02
17 progress <0.14.0> 1996-10-16 16:15:06
16 progress <0.38.0> 1996-10-16 16:15:12
15 progress <0.17.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:14
14 progress <0.17.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:14
13 progress <0.17.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:14
12 progress <0.14.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:14
11 error <0.17.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:21
10 error <0.17.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:21
9 crash_report release_handler 1996-10-16 16:16:21
8 supervisor_report <0.17.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:21
7 progress <0.17.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:21
6 progress <0.17.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:36
5 progress <0.17.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:36
4 progress <0.17.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:36
3 progress <0.14.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:36
2 error <0.15.0> 1996-10-16 16:17:04
1 progress <0.14.0> 1996-10-16 16:17:09
okShow Reports
Use function rb:show(Number) to show details of a specific report:
7> rb:show(4). PROGRESS REPORT <0.20.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:36 =============================================================================== supervisor {local,sasl_sup} started [{pid,<0.24.0>}, {name,release_handler}, {mfa,{release_handler,start_link,[]}}, {restart_type,permanent}, {shutdown,2000}, {child_type,worker}] ok 8> rb:show(9). CRASH REPORT <0.24.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:21 =============================================================================== Crashing process pid <0.24.0> registered_name release_handler error_info {undef,{release_handler,mbj_func,[]}} initial_call {gen,init_it, [gen_server, <0.20.0>, <0.20.0>, {erlang,register}, release_handler, release_handler, [], []]} ancestors [sasl_sup,<0.18.0>] messages [] links [<0.23.0>,<0.20.0>] dictionary [] trap_exit false status running heap_size 610 stack_size 142 reductions 54 ok
Search Reports
All reports containing a common pattern can be shown. Suppose a process crashes because it tries to call a non-existing function release_handler:mbj_func/1. The reports can then be shown as follows:
12> rb:grep("mbj_func").
Found match in report number 11
ERROR REPORT <0.24.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:21
===============================================================================
** undefined function: release_handler:mbj_func[] **
Found match in report number 10
ERROR REPORT <0.24.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:21
===============================================================================
** Generic server release_handler terminating
** Last message in was {unpack_release,hej}
** When Server state == {state,[],
"/home/dup/otp2/otp_beam_sunos5_p1g_7",
[{release,
"OTP APN 181 01",
"P1G",
undefined,
[],
permanent}],
undefined}
** Reason for termination ==
** {undef,{release_handler,mbj_func,[]}}
Found match in report number 9
CRASH REPORT <0.24.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:21
===============================================================================
Crashing process
pid <0.24.0>
registered_name release_handler
error_info {undef,{release_handler,mbj_func,[]}}
initial_call
{gen,init_it,
[gen_server,
<0.20.0>,
<0.20.0>,
{erlang,register},
release_handler,
release_handler,
[],
[]]}
ancestors [sasl_sup,<0.18.0>]
messages []
links [<0.23.0>,<0.20.0>]
dictionary []
trap_exit false
status running
heap_size 610
stack_size 142
reductions 54
Found match in report number 8
SUPERVISOR REPORT <0.20.0> 1996-10-16 16:16:21
===============================================================================
Reporting supervisor {local,sasl_sup}
Child process
errorContext child_terminated
reason {undef,{release_handler,mbj_func,[]}}
pid <0.24.0>
name release_handler
start_function {release_handler,start_link,[]}
restart_type permanent
shutdown 2000
child_type worker
okStop Server
Use function rb:stop() to stop the rb_server:
13> rb:stop().
ok