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NAME
libfiu - Fault injection in userspace
SYNOPSIS
/* Core API */
#include <fiu.h>
int fiu_init(unsigned int flags);
int fiu_fail(const char *name);
void *fiu_failinfo(void);
[void] fiu_do_on(char *name, action); [macro]
[void] fiu_exit_on(char *name); [macro]
[void] fiu_return_on(char *name, retval); [macro]
/* Control API */
#include <fiu-control.h>
int fiu_enable(const char *name, int failnum,
void *failinfo, unsigned int flags);
int fiu_enable_random(const char *name, int failnum,
void *failinfo, unsigned int flags, float probability);
typedef int external_cb_t(const char *name, int *failnum,
void **failinfo, unsigned int *flags);
int fiu_enable_external(const char *name, int failnum,
void *failinfo, unsigned int flags,
external_cb_t *external_cb);
int fiu_enable_stack(const char *name, int failnum,
void *failinfo, unsigned int flags,
void *func, int func_pos_in_stack);
int fiu_enable_stack_by_name(const char *name, int failnum,
void *failinfo, unsigned int flags,
const char *func_name, int func_pos_in_stack);
int fiu_disable(const char *name);
int fiu_rc_fifo(const char *basename);
DESCRIPTION
libfiu is a library for fault injection. It provides functions to mark "points of failure"
inside your code (the "core API"), and functions to enable/disable the failure of those
points (the "control API").
The core API is used inside the code wanting to perform fault injection on. The control
API is used inside the testing code, in order to control the injection of failures.
This page is an API reference and not a complete manual, and as such does not go into
detail about how to use the library. The library's manual can be found in the
distribution.
CORE API
To use the core API, you should #include <fiu.h> (or <fiu-local.h>, see below).
Because fault injection is usually a debugging/testing facility, unwanted at runtime, some
special considerations were taken to minimize the impact of the core API. First of all, if
FIU_ENABLE is not defined, then fiu.h will define empty stubs for all the core API,
effectively disabling fault injection completely.
Also, the special header fiu-local.h is shipped with libfiu. It is meant to be included in
your project to avoid having libfiu as a mandatory build-time dependency. You can add it
to your project, and #include it instead of fiu.h. It will take care of including the
real fiu.h only when FIU_ENABLE is defined. It is entirely optional, but recommended. See
the library's manual for more details.
fiu_init(flags)
Initializes the library. Ideally, you should only call this once, although it can
cope with multiple calls. The flags parameter is currently unused and must be set
to 0. Returns 0 on success, < 0 on error.
fiu_fail(name)
Returns the failure status of the given point of failure. 0 means it should not
fail. By default, all points of failure do not fail; they're enabled in runtime
using the control API.
fiu_failinfo()
Returns the information associated with the last failure, or NULL if there isn't
one. This function is thread-aware and will only return information about failures
in the calling thread.
fiu_do_on(name, action) [macro]
This is a macro that uses fiu_fail() to perform the given action when the given
point of failure fails. The action can be any valid C statement.
fiu_exit_on(name) [macro]
This is a macro that uses fiu_fail() to exit the process when the given point of
failure fails. The process is exit using exit(3), which is given the status
EXIT_FAILURE.
fiu_return_on(name, retval) [macro]
This is a macro that uses fiu_fail() to make the current function return the given
value (whose type obviously depends on the return type of the function).
CONTROL API
To use the control API, you should #include <fiu-control.h>.
fiu_enable(name, failnum, failinfo, flags)
Enables the given point of failure. failnum is what fiu_fail() will return, and
must be != 0. failinfo is what fiu_failinfo() will return when called after the
given point of failure has failed. flags can be either 0 or FIU_ONETIME, which
indicates that this point of failure should only fail once. Returns 0 if success,
< 0 otherwise. If the point of failure was already enabled, this overwrites the
previous values.
Successive calls to fiu_fail() will return failnum until this point of failure is
disabled. If FIU_ONETIME was passed in the flags, this point of failure is disabled
immediately after failing once.
If the name ends with an asterisk, then it this will match all points of failure
that begin with the given name (excluding the asterisk, of course).
fiu_enable_random(name, failnum, failinfo, flags, probability)
Enables the given point of failure, with the given probability (between 0 and 1).
The rest of the parameters, as well as the return value, are the same as the ones
in fiu_enable().
fiu_enable_external(name, failnum, failinfo, flags, external_cb)
Enables the given point of failure, leaving the decision whether to fail or not to
the given external function, which should return 0 if it is not to fail, or 1
otherwise. The rest of the parameters, as well as the return value, are the same as
the ones in fiu_enable().
int fiu_enable_stack(name, failnum, failinfo, flags, func, func_pos_in_stack)
Enables the given point of failure, but only if func is in the stack at
func_pos_in_stack.
func must be a function pointer, and func_pos_in_stack is the position where we
expect the function to be, or -1 for "any" (values other than -1 are not yet
supported). The rest of the parameters, as well as the return value, are the same
as the ones in fiu_enable().
This function relies on some GNU extensions, so it may be not available in all
platforms.
int fiu_enable_stack_by_name(name, failnum, failinfo, flags, func_name, func_pos_in_stack)
Enables the given point of failure, but only if func_name is in the stack at
func_pos_in_stack.
func must be the name of a function (resolved at runtime using dlsym()); the rest
of the parameters, as well as the return value, are the same as the ones in
fiu_enable_stack.
This function relies on some GNU extensions, so it may be not available in all
platforms.
fiu_disable(name)
Disables the given point of failure, undoing the actions of the fiu_enable*()
functions.
fiu_rc_fifo(basename)
Enables remote control over named pipes with the given basename. See the remote
control documentation that comes with the library for more detail.
THREAD SAFETY
The library is thread-safe. The list of enabled failure points is shared among all
threads.
Care should be taken in the user-provided functions given to fiu_enable_external(), as
they can be run in parallel.
SEE ALSO
fiu-run(1), fiu-ctrl(1).
BUGS
If you want to report bugs, or have any questions or comments, just let me know at
albertito@blitiri.com.ar. For more information about libfiu, you can go to
http://blitiri.com.ar/p/libfiu.
17/Feb/2009 libfiu(3)