Книга: Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Exam Preparation Kit

Readlog Tool

Readlog Tool

In addition to the graphical Remote Kernel Tracker application, you can process CELog data files by using the Readlog tool, located in the %_WINCEROOT%PublicCommonOakBini386 folder. Readlog is a command-line tool to process and display information not exposed in Remote Kernel Tracker, such as debug messages and boot events. It is often useful to analyze system activities in Remote Kernel Tracker first and then focus on an identified process or thread with the Readlog tool. The raw data that the CeLogFlush tool writes into the .clg file is ordered by zones to facilitate locating and extracting specific information. You can also filter the data and extend filtering capabilities based on extension DLLs to process custom data captured through the custom events collector.

One of the most useful Readlog scenarios is to replace thread start addresses (the functions passed to the CreateThread call) in CeLog data files with the names of the actual thread functions to facilitate system analysis in Remote Kernel Tracker. To accomplish this task, you must start Readlog with the -fixthreads parameter (readlog -fixthreads). Readlog looks up the symbol .map files in the release directory to identify the thread functions based on the start addresses and generates new logs with the corresponding references.

Figure 4-6 shows CeLog data in Remote Kernel Tracker, captured through the CeLog event-tracking system, flushed to a .clg file with the CeLogFlush tool, and prepared for a more user-friendly display of the information by using the Readlog application with the -fixthreads parameter.

Figure 4-6 A CeLog data file prepared with readlog -fixthreads and opened in Remote Kernel Tracker

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