1 //! Support for capturing a stack backtrace of an OS thread
3 //! This module contains the support necessary to capture a stack backtrace of a
4 //! running OS thread from the OS thread itself. The `Backtrace` type supports
5 //! capturing a stack trace via the `Backtrace::capture` and
6 //! `Backtrace::force_capture` functions.
8 //! A backtrace is typically quite handy to attach to errors (e.g. types
9 //! implementing `std::error::Error`) to get a causal chain of where an error
12 //! > **Note**: this module is unstable and is designed in [RFC 2504], and you
13 //! > can learn more about its status in the [tracking issue].
15 //! [RFC 2504]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2504-fix-error.md
16 //! [tracking issue]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53487
20 //! Backtraces are attempted to be as accurate as possible, but no guarantees
21 //! are provided about the exact accuracy of a backtrace. Instruction pointers,
22 //! symbol names, filenames, line numbers, etc, may all be incorrect when
23 //! reported. Accuracy is attempted on a best-effort basis, however, and bugs
24 //! are always welcome to indicate areas of improvement!
26 //! For most platforms a backtrace with a filename/line number requires that
27 //! programs be compiled with debug information. Without debug information
28 //! filenames/line numbers will not be reported.
30 //! ## Platform support
32 //! Not all platforms that libstd compiles for support capturing backtraces.
33 //! Some platforms simply do nothing when capturing a backtrace. To check
34 //! whether the platform supports capturing backtraces you can consult the
35 //! `BacktraceStatus` enum as a result of `Backtrace::status`.
37 //! Like above with accuracy platform support is done on a best effort basis.
38 //! Sometimes libraries may not be available at runtime or something may go
39 //! wrong which would cause a backtrace to not be captured. Please feel free to
40 //! report issues with platforms where a backtrace cannot be captured though!
42 //! ## Environment Variables
44 //! The `Backtrace::capture` function may not actually capture a backtrace by
45 //! default. Its behavior is governed by two environment variables:
47 //! * `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE` - if this is set to `0` then `Backtrace::capture`
48 //! will never capture a backtrace. Any other value this is set to will enable
49 //! `Backtrace::capture`.
51 //! * `RUST_BACKTRACE` - if `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE` is not set, then this variable
52 //! is consulted with the same rules of `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE`.
54 //! * If neither of the above env vars are set, then `Backtrace::capture` will
57 //! Capturing a backtrace can be a quite expensive runtime operation, so the
58 //! environment variables allow either forcibly disabling this runtime
59 //! performance hit or allow selectively enabling it in some programs.
61 //! Note that the `Backtrace::force_capture` function can be used to ignore
62 //! these environment variables. Also note that the state of environment
63 //! variables is cached once the first backtrace is created, so altering
64 //! `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE` or `RUST_BACKTRACE` at runtime may not actually change
65 //! how backtraces are captured.
67 #![unstable(feature = "backtrace", issue = "53487")]
69 // NB: A note on resolution of a backtrace:
71 // Backtraces primarily happen in two steps, one is where we actually capture
72 // the stack backtrace, giving us a list of instruction pointers corresponding
73 // to stack frames. Next we take these instruction pointers and, one-by-one,
74 // turn them into a human readable name (like `main`).
76 // The first phase can be somewhat expensive (walking the stack), especially
77 // on MSVC where debug information is consulted to return inline frames each as
78 // their own frame. The second phase, however, is almost always extremely
79 // expensive (on the order of milliseconds sometimes) when it's consulting debug
82 // We attempt to amortize this cost as much as possible by delaying resolution
83 // of an address to a human readable name for as long as possible. When
84 // `Backtrace::create` is called to capture a backtrace it doesn't actually
85 // perform any symbol resolution, but rather we lazily resolve symbols only just
86 // before they're needed for printing. This way we can make capturing a
87 // backtrace and throwing it away much cheaper, but actually printing a
88 // backtrace is still basically the same cost.
90 // This strategy comes at the cost of some synchronization required inside of a
91 // `Backtrace`, but that's a relatively small price to pay relative to capturing
92 // a backtrace or actually symbolizing it.
96 use crate::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering::SeqCst};
97 use crate::sync::Mutex;
98 use crate::sys_common::backtrace::{lock, output_filename};
100 use backtrace::BytesOrWideString;
101 use backtrace_rs as backtrace;
103 /// A captured OS thread stack backtrace.
105 /// This type represents a stack backtrace for an OS thread captured at a
106 /// previous point in time. In some instances the `Backtrace` type may
107 /// internally be empty due to configuration. For more information see
108 /// `Backtrace::capture`.
109 pub struct Backtrace {
113 /// The current status of a backtrace, indicating whether it was captured or
114 /// whether it is empty for some other reason.
116 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
117 pub enum BacktraceStatus {
118 /// Capturing a backtrace is not supported, likely because it's not
119 /// implemented for the current platform.
121 /// Capturing a backtrace has been disabled through either the
122 /// `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE` or `RUST_BACKTRACE` environment variables.
124 /// A backtrace has been captured and the `Backtrace` should print
125 /// reasonable information when rendered.
132 Captured(Mutex<Capture>),
138 frames: Vec<BacktraceFrame>,
141 fn _assert_send_sync() {
142 fn _assert<T: Send + Sync>() {}
143 _assert::<Backtrace>();
146 struct BacktraceFrame {
147 frame: backtrace::Frame,
148 symbols: Vec<BacktraceSymbol>,
151 struct BacktraceSymbol {
152 name: Option<Vec<u8>>,
153 filename: Option<BytesOrWide>,
162 impl fmt::Debug for Backtrace {
163 fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
164 let mut capture = match &self.inner {
165 Inner::Unsupported => return fmt.write_str("unsupported backtrace"),
166 Inner::Disabled => return fmt.write_str("disabled backtrace"),
167 Inner::Captured(c) => c.lock().unwrap(),
171 write!(fmt, "Backtrace ")?;
173 let mut dbg = fmt.debug_list();
175 for frame in &capture.frames {
176 dbg.entries(&frame.symbols);
183 impl fmt::Debug for BacktraceSymbol {
184 fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
185 let mut dbg = fmt.debug_struct("");
187 if let Some(fn_name) = self.name.as_ref().map(|b| backtrace::SymbolName::new(b)) {
188 dbg.field("fn", &format_args!("\"{}\"", fn_name));
190 dbg.field("fn", &"<unknown>");
193 if let Some(fname) = self.filename.as_ref() {
194 dbg.field("file", fname);
197 if let Some(line) = self.lineno.as_ref() {
198 dbg.field("line", line);
205 impl fmt::Debug for BytesOrWide {
206 fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
210 BytesOrWide::Bytes(w) => BytesOrWideString::Bytes(w),
211 BytesOrWide::Wide(w) => BytesOrWideString::Wide(w),
213 backtrace::PrintFmt::Full,
214 crate::env::current_dir().as_ref().ok(),
220 /// Returns whether backtrace captures are enabled through environment
222 fn enabled() -> bool {
223 // Cache the result of reading the environment variables to make
224 // backtrace captures speedy, because otherwise reading environment
225 // variables every time can be somewhat slow.
226 static ENABLED: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
227 match ENABLED.load(SeqCst) {
232 let enabled = match env::var("RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE") {
234 Err(_) => match env::var("RUST_BACKTRACE") {
239 ENABLED.store(enabled as usize + 1, SeqCst);
243 /// Capture a stack backtrace of the current thread.
245 /// This function will capture a stack backtrace of the current OS thread of
246 /// execution, returning a `Backtrace` type which can be later used to print
247 /// the entire stack trace or render it to a string.
249 /// This function will be a noop if the `RUST_BACKTRACE` or
250 /// `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE` backtrace variables are both not set. If either
251 /// environment variable is set and enabled then this function will actually
252 /// capture a backtrace. Capturing a backtrace can be both memory intensive
253 /// and slow, so these environment variables allow liberally using
254 /// `Backtrace::capture` and only incurring a slowdown when the environment
255 /// variables are set.
257 /// To forcibly capture a backtrace regardless of environment variables, use
258 /// the `Backtrace::force_capture` function.
259 #[inline(never)] // want to make sure there's a frame here to remove
260 pub fn capture() -> Backtrace {
261 if !Backtrace::enabled() {
262 return Backtrace { inner: Inner::Disabled };
264 Backtrace::create(Backtrace::capture as usize)
267 /// Forcibly captures a full backtrace, regardless of environment variable
270 /// This function behaves the same as `capture` except that it ignores the
271 /// values of the `RUST_BACKTRACE` and `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE` environment
272 /// variables, always capturing a backtrace.
274 /// Note that capturing a backtrace can be an expensive operation on some
275 /// platforms, so this should be used with caution in performance-sensitive
277 #[inline(never)] // want to make sure there's a frame here to remove
278 pub fn force_capture() -> Backtrace {
279 Backtrace::create(Backtrace::force_capture as usize)
282 // Capture a backtrace which start just before the function addressed by
284 fn create(ip: usize) -> Backtrace {
286 let mut frames = Vec::new();
287 let mut actual_start = None;
289 backtrace::trace_unsynchronized(|frame| {
290 frames.push(BacktraceFrame { frame: frame.clone(), symbols: Vec::new() });
291 if frame.symbol_address() as usize == ip && actual_start.is_none() {
292 actual_start = Some(frames.len());
298 // If no frames came out assume that this is an unsupported platform
299 // since `backtrace` doesn't provide a way of learning this right now,
300 // and this should be a good enough approximation.
301 let inner = if frames.len() == 0 {
304 Inner::Captured(Mutex::new(Capture {
305 actual_start: actual_start.unwrap_or(0),
314 /// Returns the status of this backtrace, indicating whether this backtrace
315 /// request was unsupported, disabled, or a stack trace was actually
317 pub fn status(&self) -> BacktraceStatus {
319 Inner::Unsupported => BacktraceStatus::Unsupported,
320 Inner::Disabled => BacktraceStatus::Disabled,
321 Inner::Captured(_) => BacktraceStatus::Captured,
326 impl fmt::Display for Backtrace {
327 fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
328 let mut capture = match &self.inner {
329 Inner::Unsupported => return fmt.write_str("unsupported backtrace"),
330 Inner::Disabled => return fmt.write_str("disabled backtrace"),
331 Inner::Captured(c) => c.lock().unwrap(),
335 let full = fmt.alternate();
336 let (frames, style) = if full {
337 (&capture.frames[..], backtrace::PrintFmt::Full)
339 (&capture.frames[capture.actual_start..], backtrace::PrintFmt::Short)
342 // When printing paths we try to strip the cwd if it exists, otherwise
343 // we just print the path as-is. Note that we also only do this for the
344 // short format, because if it's full we presumably want to print
346 let cwd = crate::env::current_dir();
347 let mut print_path = move |fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>, path: BytesOrWideString<'_>| {
348 output_filename(fmt, path, style, cwd.as_ref().ok())
351 let mut f = backtrace::BacktraceFmt::new(fmt, style, &mut print_path);
353 for frame in frames {
354 let mut f = f.frame();
355 if frame.symbols.is_empty() {
356 f.print_raw(frame.frame.ip(), None, None, None)?;
358 for symbol in frame.symbols.iter() {
361 symbol.name.as_ref().map(|b| backtrace::SymbolName::new(b)),
362 symbol.filename.as_ref().map(|b| match b {
363 BytesOrWide::Bytes(w) => BytesOrWideString::Bytes(w),
364 BytesOrWide::Wide(w) => BytesOrWideString::Wide(w),
377 fn resolve(&mut self) {
378 // If we're already resolved, nothing to do!
382 self.resolved = true;
384 // Use the global backtrace lock to synchronize this as it's a
385 // requirement of the `backtrace` crate, and then actually resolve
388 for frame in self.frames.iter_mut() {
389 let symbols = &mut frame.symbols;
391 backtrace::resolve_frame_unsynchronized(&frame.frame, |symbol| {
392 symbols.push(BacktraceSymbol {
393 name: symbol.name().map(|m| m.as_bytes().to_vec()),
394 filename: symbol.filename_raw().map(|b| match b {
395 BytesOrWideString::Bytes(b) => BytesOrWide::Bytes(b.to_owned()),
396 BytesOrWideString::Wide(b) => BytesOrWide::Wide(b.to_owned()),
398 lineno: symbol.lineno(),
411 fn debug_backtrace_fmt() {
412 let bt = Backtrace::capture();
413 eprintln!("uncaptured: {:?}", bt);
414 let bt = Backtrace::force_capture();
415 eprintln!("captured: {:?}", bt);
416 eprintln!("display print: {}", bt);
417 eprintln!("resolved: {:?}", bt);