Weston debug
weston_debug_v1
This is a generic debugging interface for Weston internals, the global object advertized through wl_registry.
WARNING: This interface by design allows a denial-of-service attack. It should not be offered in production, or proper authorization mechanisms must be enforced.
The idea is for a client to provide a file descriptor that the server uses for printing debug information. The server uses the file descriptor in blocking writes mode, which exposes the denial-of-service risk. The blocking mode is necessary to ensure all debug messages can be easily printed in place. It also ensures message ordering if a client subscribes to more than one debug stream.
The available debugging features depend on the server.
A debug stream can be one-shot where the server prints the requested information and then closes it, or continuous where server keeps on printing until the client stops it. Or anything in between.
destroy()
Destroys the factory object, but does not affect any other objects.
subscribe(name: string, streamfd: fd, stream: new_id<weston_debug_stream_v1>)
Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | stringallow null | debug stream name |
| streamfd | fd | write stream file descriptor |
| stream | new_id<weston_debug_stream_v1> | created debug stream object |
Subscribe to a named debug stream. The server will start printing to the given file descriptor.
If the named debug stream is a one-shot dump, the server will send weston_debug_stream_v1.complete event once all requested data has been printed. Otherwise, the server will continue streaming debug prints until the subscription object is destroyed.
If the debug stream name is unknown to the server, the server will immediately respond with weston_debug_stream_v1.failure event.
available(name: string, description: string)
Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | stringallow null | debug stream name |
| description | stringallow null | human-readable description of the debug scope |
Advertises an available debug scope which the client may be able to bind to. No information is provided by the server about the content contained within the debug streams provided by the scope, once a client has subscribed.
weston_debug_stream_v1
Represents one subscribed debug stream, created with weston_debug_v1.subscribe. When the object is created, it is associated with a given file descriptor. The server will continue writing to the file descriptor until the object is destroyed or the server sends an event through the object.
destroy()
Destroys the object, which causes the server to stop writing into and closes the associated file descriptor if it was not closed already.
Use a wl_display.sync if the clients needs to guarantee the file descriptor is closed before continuing.
complete()
The server has successfully finished writing to and has closed the associated file descriptor.
This event is delivered only for one-shot debug streams where the server dumps some data and stop. This is never delivered for continuous debbug streams because they by definition never complete.
failure(message: string)
Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| message | stringallow null | human readable reason |
The server has stopped writing to and has closed the associated file descriptor. The data already written to the file descriptor is correct, but it may be truncated.
This event may be delivered at any time and for any kind of debug stream. It may be due to a failure in or shutdown of the server. The message argument may provide a hint of the reason.
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