tools/trace: Document DSO tracing in tools/trace_example.txt

nanshuaibo · Feb 13, 2017 · 86cd535 · 86cd535
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 In the previous invocation, arg1 and arg2 are the class name and method name
 for the Ruby method being invoked.
 
+You can also trace exported functions from shared libraries, or an imported
+function on the actual executable:
+
+# sudo ./trace.py 'r:/usr/lib64/libtinfo.so:curses_version "Version=%s", retval'
+# tput -V
+
+PID TID COMM FUNC -
+21720 21720 tput curses_version Version=ncurses 6.0.20160709
+^C
+
 
 Occasionally, it can be useful to filter specific strings. For example, you
 might be interested in open() calls that open a specific file: