NAME

sofdsnoop - Trace FDs passed through unix sockets. Uses Linux eBPF/bcc.

SYNOPSIS

sofdsnoop [-h] [-T] [-p PID] [-t TID] [-n NAME] [-d DURATION]

DESCRIPTION

sofdsnoop traces FDs passed through unix sockets

Every file descriptor that is passed via unix sockets os displayed on separate line together with process info (TID/COMM columns), ACTION details (SEND/RECV), file descriptor number (FD) and its translation to file if available (NAME).

Since this uses BPF, only the root user can use this tool.

REQUIREMENTS

CONFIG_BPF and bcc.

OPTIONS

-h

Print usage message.

-T

Include a timestamp column.

-p PID

Trace this process ID only (filtered in-kernel).

-t TID

Trace this thread ID only (filtered in-kernel).

-d DURATION

Total duration of trace in seconds.

-n NAME

Only print command lines matching this command name (regex)

EXAMPLES

Trace all sockets:

# sofdsnoop

Trace all sockets, and include timestamps:

# sofdsnoop -T

Only trace sockets where the process contains "server":

# sofdsnoop -n server

FIELDS

TIME(s)

Time of SEDN/RECV actions, in seconds.

ACTION

Operation on the fd SEND/RECV.

TID

Process TID

COMM

Parent process/command name.

SOCKET

The socket carrier.

FD

file descriptor number

NAME

file name for SEND lines

SOURCE

This is from bcc.

https://github.com/iovisor/bcc

Also look in the bcc distribution for a companion _examples.txt file containing example usage, output, and commentary for this tool.

OS

Linux

STABILITY

Unstable - in development.

AUTHOR

Jiri Olsa

SEE ALSO

opensnoop(1)