Call Stack Logger

Call Stack Logger uses function instrumentation to facilitate logging of every function call. Each nesting adds an ident, whereas returning from a function removes it. As the result call stack tree is produced at the runtime giving knowledge of the actual program's flow of execution.

:seedling: Outcome

:book: Article

Here is the article on dev.to describing the details of the project, its aim and motivation behind it: \ Call Stack Logger - Function instrumentation as a way to trace program’s flow of execution

:scroll: Requirements

GNU Binutils

It is required in order to get access to BFD (Binary File Descriptor library) necessary to get information about object files and manipulate them.

sudo apt-get install binutils-dev

:wrench: Building and running

git clone https://github.com/TomaszAugustyn/call-stack-logger.git
cd call-stack-logger

# Create build folder and go there
mkdir build && cd build

# Configure cmake with default logging
cmake ..
# or for extended logging you can play with these flags
cmake -DLOG_ADDR=ON -DLOG_NOT_DEMANGLED=ON ..
# or to compile your application with disabled instrumentation (no logging)
cmake -DDISABLE_INSTRUMENTATION=ON ..

# Build
make

# Build and Run (as the result trace.out file will be generated)
make run

:wrench: Building and running - legacy (Makefiles)

git clone https://github.com/TomaszAugustyn/call-stack-logger.git
cd call-stack-logger

mv Makefile_legacy Makefile
mv src/Makefile_legacy src/Makefile

# Build with default logging
make
# or for extended logging you can play with these flags
make log_with_addr=1 log_not_demangled=1
# or to compile your application with disabled instrumentation (no logging)
make disable_instrumentation=1

# Build and Run (as the result trace.out file will be generated)
make run

:balance_scale: Copyright and License

Call Stack Logger is a single-copyright project: all the source code in this Call Stack Logger repository is Copyright © Tomasz Augustyn.

As copyright owner, I dual license Call Stack Logger under different license terms, and offers the following licenses for Call Stack Logger:

• GNU AGPLv3, a popular open-source license with strong copyleft conditions (the default license)
• Commercial or closed-source licenses

If you license Call Stack Logger under AGPLv3, there is no license fee or signed license agreement: you just need to comply with the AGPLv3 terms and conditions. See LICENSE_COMMERCIAL and LICENSE for further information.

If you purchase a commercial or closed-source license for Call Stack Logger, you must comply with the terms and conditions listed in the associated license agreement; the AGPLv3 terms and conditions do not apply. To purchase commercial license please contact me via email at t.augustyn@poczta.fm in order to discuss requirements and formulate a commercial license that best suits your needs.

The Call Stack Logger software itself remains the same: the only difference between an open-source Call Stack Logger and a commercial Call Stack Logger are the license terms.